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University of Detroit Mercy’s School of Engineering & Science and ReBUILDetroit Program will host Otis W. Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society. This special event takes place Friday, Aug. 4, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.in the Student Ballroom located in the Student Center on the McNichols Campus. Dr. Brawley is Read More …

Rising sophomore and ReBUILDetroit scholar from Wayne State University, Xavier Walker, is spending his summer digging through pond muck and dissecting water mites. Walker is a research assistant in WSU School of Medicine professor Dr. Jeffery Ram’s aquatic research lab, located in Belle Isle’s historic aquarium. It’s here that he’ll spend much of his summer, Read More …

Alex Jones, a ReBUILDetroit scholar, and Griffin Craig both from University of Detroit Mercy presented their freshman year SEA-PHAGE research project at the 9th Annual SEA-PHAGE Symposium held on the Janelia Research Campus of Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in Ashburn, VA. on June 10. The title of their poster was “Isolation and Characterization of Read More …

ReBUILDetroit scholars in cohort 2016 received their lab coats from the faculty-mentors and peer-to-peer mentors during a ceremony at Marygrove on May 19. The annual ReBUILDetroit Lab Coat Ceremony capped a week of orientation as scholars begin their summer research experience at labs across Detroit on Monday, May 22. The ceremony celebrates a successful first-year Read More …

ReBUILDetroit scholars from University of Detroit Mercy were special invited guests of Dr. Lonnie Jones, Jr., Internal Medicine, Pulmonology Specialist and Board Member, and the Detroit Medical Society at their April meeting. Scholars shared their educational and research experiences while speaking about the ReBUILDetroit program. The setting provided an excellent opportunity for scholars to network Read More …

Psychology ReBUILDetroit scholar, Jace Paupert from University of Detroit Mercy presented “Socioeconomic status as a potential moderator for the relationship between coping and social support” at the 30th Annual Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference held at Hillsdale College earlier this month. Paupert was joined with fellow Health Disparities Detroit Mercy ReBUILDetroit scholars, Yuyi Li, Vanessa Read More …