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Wayne State University’s School of Medicine faculty member, Jocelyn Ang, MD, has been awarded $604,000 for a grant titled, “Effects of Massage Therapy on Immune System of Preterm Infants,” from the National Institute of Health’s National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine. This three-year grant, in collaboration with seven faculty members from various departments within the School of Medicine at WSU, aims to investigate the effects of massage therapy on immune systems of premature infants and will provide valuable information on potential immune parameters associated with stress reduction and improved development in premature infants undergoing massage therapy.

According to Dr. Ang, “Data from this study could also impact future explorations on potential effects of massage therapy on the immune responses to childhood vaccinations and susceptibility to bacterial and viral infections.”

Dr. Ang, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at WSU, received her Doctor of Medicine from Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines. She resides in Troy, Michigan.

Wayne State University is one of the nation’s pre-eminent public research universities in an urban setting. In the past 20 years, Wayne State’s research has grown nine percent annually, with research expenditures reaching nearly $214 million in 2003. Over 75 percent of research at WSU is focused on the life sciences, and this focus has led our School of Medicine to climb the National Science Foundation rankings to 22 in 2001.

Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and throughout the world.