http://www2.wfubmc.edu/News from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center60http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2741An important H1N1 vaccine study that will look at the high risk population group of asthmatics will be conducted by the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine as part of the first government-sponsored clinical trial launched by the National Institutes of Health]]>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:31:10http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2740The Program for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist has been renamed the Center for Integrative Medicine, reflecting the program’s growth and increasing significance at the Medical Cent]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:09:24http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2739Louis C. Argenta, M.D., F.A.C.S., professor and chairman emeritus of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is being honored for his work developing negative pressure wound therapy and for his continuing contributions to surgical patient ca]]>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:03http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2738Eugene R. Bleecker, M.D., has been appointed professor of genomics and personalized medicine and director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research at Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, effective Oct. 1, 2009. This appointment reflects an expanded leadership role for Bleecker at Health Sciences and the medical school and a widening of the scope of the former Center for Human Genomics, which he has directed since its inception in 2000, the year he joined the faculty. Deborah A. Meyers, Ph.D., continues as the co-director of the cent]]>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:00http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2737A newer, less expensive drug used to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in kidney and pancreas transplant patients works just as well as its much more expensive counterpart, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Cent]]>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2736Some invasive procedures that are becoming increasingly common as a first line of treatment for patients diagnosed with narrowed arteries in and around the kidneys may not be necessary, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Cente]]>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:39:39http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2735Michael Cartwright, M.D., a neurologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, was presented the President’s Research Initiative Award by the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) on Oct. 9, 200]]>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:15:07http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2733The Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC) of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the Special Olympics of North Carolina have collaborated to sponsor a conference to address issues affecting developmentally disabled individuals and the challenges they face living in mainstream socie]]>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:43:56http://www2.wfubmc.edu/news/NewsArticle.htm?ArticleID=2732Wake Forest University School of Medicine honored eight of its researchers with awards for excellence at the 13th Annual Research Awards Day Oct. ]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:50:14