Dr. Sokol certified by Board of Addiction Medicine
(Prognosis June 22, 2009)
Robert J. Sokol, M.D., director of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been certified by the recently formed American Board of Addiction Medicine.
The American Board of Addiction Medicine is a new and independent medical specialty board that trains physicians to properly determine and diagnose when a patient may be suffering from an addiction (Read More)

Michigan scientists fine-tune reproduction
(Detroit Free Press-June 7, 2009)
At some of Michigan's largest universities, reproductive researchers are breaking new ground -- from re-creating a uterus to diagnosing high blood pressure early to learning why some babies conceived through in-vitro fertilization are smaller than their naturally conceived counterparts. … High blood pressure during pregnancy is the third-leading killer of pregnant women in the industrialized world, and IVF seems to increase that risk in some women. The condition -- called preeclampsia -- occurs when maternal blood vessels do not widen enough to carry blood to the growing fetus. The result, said Randy Armant, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State University, is "more pressure, rather than a bigger pipe." Armant has found that women who had preeclampsia during a pregnancy were running low on a protein called HB-EGF. It causes changes in trophoblasts -- cells that form the placenta -- that spur widening of blood vessels. Levels of HB-EGF could one day be a preeclampsia predictor.  (read Free Press article )

Medical Alumni Association recognizes Dr. Diamond and two SOM graduates
(May 13, 2009)
Michael P. Diamond, M.D., received the 2009 Lawrence M. Weiner Award, which honors outstanding contributions of non-alumni to the School of Medicine through the exceptional performance of teaching, research or administrative duties. (read full article)