Eric Olson
Dr. Eric Olson (’77, PhD ’81, DSc ’03), a 2025 Horwitz Prize winner, is leading the development of gene-targeted treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease that affects one in every 5,000 births worldwide.
Peter Voorhees, MD
The New York Times highlighted a study by Professor Peter Voorhees showing that a new immunotherapy made multiple myeloma — a blood cancer previously thought incurable — disappear in patients.
Kristen Beavers
In their latest effort to help older, overweight adults lose weight while maintaining musculoskeletal health, Wake Forest University and Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers will test osteoporosis drugs and “bone-loading” exercises. This research is designed to explore methods and best practices that can […]
Regina Joice Cordy
Detecting malaria can often be a complicated endeavor. What makes it even more so is the fact that chronic infections, which account for 75% of all malaria cases, often present no symptoms. Regina Joice Cordy, assistant professor of biology at Wake Forest University, is leading […]
Erik Nesson
What we say isn’t always what we do. In the fight against nicotine addiction, Wake Forest economist Erik Nesson has teamed with researchers from other universities to combine medical testing with self-reported data to paint a far more accurate picture of underage tobacco use. Among […]