Research centers in arteriosclerosis, stroke, and cancer at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. (Wake Forest Centennial).

From: Southern Medical Journal | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Klein, Karen Potvin | Copyright information

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (WFUSM) has had the unusual distinction of holding simultaneous Center grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in arteriosclerosis (begun in 1971), stroke (begun in 1965), and cancer (begun in 1972). Each was maintained for more than 2 decades, and the research directions they established have been maintained up to the present day. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief overview of the history and accomplishments of e...

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