See a list of employment milestones reached by staff in May 2013: Continue reading »

Congratulations to Michael J. Berry, professor and chair of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Early ICU mobility in the critically injured burn patient” has been funded by the US Department of Defense and the WFU Health Sciences (WFU funding agency).
 
Congratulations to David J. Anderson, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Population size of blue-footed boobies in Galapagos: evaluation of indications of population decline” has been funded by the Galapagos Conservancy.

The following is a message from President Nathan Hatch: 

While commencement season always brings about a sense of new beginnings and opportunities, it’s also a time to say thank you and bid farewell to many of our friends, colleagues and mentors who have called Wake Forest University home.

Please join me in congratulating and commemorating a marvelous class of Reynolda Campus faculty and staff retiring from Wake Forest this year. We are grateful for the many contributions from this remarkable group of individuals, who together have more than 800 years of service to the University: Continue reading »

Congratulations to Gary D. Miller, associate professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Increased Plasma Nitrite, Tissue Oxygenation and Functional Changes in PAD” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number 1560532138A1 and the Duke University (WFU funding agency).

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Congratulations to Jeffrey Katula, assistant professor of health and exercise science, and Michael Lawlor, professor of economics, whose proposal entitled “HELP PD II” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number RG0742 and RG0983 and the WFU Health Sciences (WFU funding agency).

Congratulations to David Carroll, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Organic Thermoelectrics: the matrix composite approach“ has been funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the Texas A & M Engineering Experiment Station (WFU funding agency).

Congratulations to Gary D. Miller, associate professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Dietary Nitrate to Augment Exercise Benefits” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under subaward number 203-2819 and the Duke University (WFU funding agency).

Congratulations to Oana Jurchescu, assistant professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Career: Fundamental Limits of Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

See a list of employees joining and leaving the University in March 2013: Continue reading »

Congratulations to Anthony Marsh, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Project (CLIP II)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number 5R18HL076441-07.

Congratulations to Miles R. Silman, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Understanding range limits and plant migration in response to climate change in neotropical montane forests: Moving from observational models to mechanisms” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Congratulations to David J. Anderson, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Population size of blue-footed boobies in Galapagos: evaluation of indications of population decline” has been funded by the Galapagos Conservancy.

See a list of employees joining and leaving the University in February 2013: Continue reading »

Kristen Beavers, a visiting professor in health and exercise science, was recently featured in the Winston-Salem Journal after her manuscript was published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The study found an increase in fat throughout the thigh is likely to contribute to mobility loss in otherwise healthy older adults.

“As people age, they are more likely to gain fat in and around their muscles,” Beavers said. “We speculated that gaining fat in the leg muscle itself would be related to a slowed walking speed.”

In older adults, a significant decrease in walking speed can be a predictor of disability, which can lead to a loss of independence and the ability to live in their home.

Read more in the Winston-Salem Journal »

Congratulations to Walter J. Rejeski, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Project (CLIP II)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number 5R18HL076441-07.
 

Congratulations to David Carroll, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “PT-DT WOLED Development” has been funded by the CeeLite Technologies. LLC.
 

Congratulations to Freddie Salsbury, associate professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Targeting the MSH2-dependent Apopototic Pathway” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number 5R01CA129373-05.