A new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center shows that the use of Pfizer's ChantixTM, a smoking cessation drug, is associated with a 72 percent increased risk of a serious adverse cardiovascular event, such as heart attack or arrhythmia. Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Scientists, led by Sam Deadwyler of Wake Forest, have designed a brain implant that restored lost memory function and strengthened recall of new information in laboratory rats — a crucial first step in the development of so-called neuroprosthetic devices to repair deficits from dementia, stroke and other brain injuries in humans.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Edward Abraham, M.D., the chair of the Department of Medicine and Spencer Chair in Medical Science Leadership at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has been named dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine.Categories: University Announcements
Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the Journal of Neuroscience by Fadel Zeidan, a post-doctoral research fellow at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center reveals name changes and a new visual identity. Categories: University Announcements
With numerous reports documenting poorer quality of health care and outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities, several prominent experts will take on the issue of disparities in health care during a symposium on campus Wednesday.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Wake Forest's work in regenerative medicine is in the news this week as the world’s first tissue-engineered urethras have been used successfully, a transplantable kidney is printed on TED Talks and new projects are underway at the regenerative medicine veterinary center.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students from Wake Forest’s Schools of Divinity, Law and Medicine will travel to Nicaragua during spring break for a cross-disciplinary course focusing on professional development. While in Nicaragua, students will have access to resources available in Wake Forest’s newest international facility, Casa Dingledine, which was dedicated last week.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.C. will make a $16 million investment in a building to be renamed Wake Forest BioTech Place in the Piedmont Triad Research Park. It will provide space for laboratories, offices and other uses, primarily for Wake Forest University Health Sciences.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students, faculty and alumni were honored during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation, celebrating Wake Forest’s founding, on Feb. 17. The program featured seniors Catherine Berenato, Ashley Gedraitis and Ava Petrash presenting their senior orations.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements