Presidential Inauguration Presentation
Gerry E. Conti, assistant professor, Occupational Therapy, Department of Health Care Sciences, and Robert Erlandson, professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, WSU College of Engineering, were selected to present their proposal on the Active Reach and Manipulation (ARM) laboratory as part of President M. Roy Wilson's Inauguration Symposium. The title of their presentation was "Patient Need trhough Commercizlization: Translational Research of an Arm Support Device." "This is an impressive achievement, considering the intense competition from the large number of proposals submitted for this event, I am thrilled our college is well represented," said Deepak Bhalla, EACPHS associate dean for research. Conti is director of the ARM lab and Erlandson, co-director. President Wilson was inaugurated as the 12th president of Wayne State University on April 4.

Governor's Award of Excellence
MPRO, Michigan's Quality Improvement Organizations, and the Governor's Office has awarded the Rosa Parks Wellness Institute for Senior Health, under the direction of faculty member Candice Garwood, the Governor's Award of Excellence for achievements in reducing adverse drug events. In his letter notifying Garwood of the award, Robert J. Yellan, president and chief executive officer of MPRO, stated; "Your efforts to improve health care quality in your facility are the catalyst for change that touches the lives of millions of Michigan residents." Garwood will accept the award on May 9 during the Health Care at its Best: Recognizing Quality Across the Care Continuum." The event celebrates health care quality improvements in Michigan while focusing on the patient perspective across all settings of care. Garwood is an associate professor-clinical in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.