Faculty members have been invited to participate and speak at national and international symposia on specific areas of toxicology and disease. Several faculty members have participated on study sections at the National Institutes of Health. In addition, they have received invitations to other institutions as visiting scientists. Faculty members also have had the distinction of being reviewers of other toxicology programs at major universities, providing guidance for the government in areas of regulatory concerns, as well as serving to review program project grants. Virtually all of the investigators at the Institute have funding and their research programs employ research assistants and research associates.
Several faculty have graduate students.
The Institute's faculty also work extensively with minority students from Detroit high schools as well as students from surrounding communities. This project, along with efforts to encourage minority undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies, has a goal of increasing the number of students in life-science related Ph.D. programs. Currently, the Institute is in the process of recruiting additional faculty to further strengthen the areas of molecular and cell biology, and immunology. The Institute has also initiated an interdisciplinary program in molecular and cellular toxicology. Faculty from Wayne State's School of Medicine, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, College of Science and the Center for Molecular Biology are participating in the program which is designed to foster the growth and development of graduate students with expertise in molecular and cellular toxicology.