Noreen Rossi, M.D., has been named assistant dean for clinical research at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. She will assist the associate dean for research in facilitating translational research collaborations, developing an infrastructure for investigators to get maximum support, and re-engineering the school's clinical research enterprise, per the National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research.

A tenured professor of internal medicine, noted nephrologist and well-funded researcher, Dr. Rossi has experience and expertise in designing and conducting clinical trials. With joint appointments at Wayne State University and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center , Dr. Rossi continues to see patients, conduct critical research, and educate medical students and graduate students in biomedical studies.

Dr. Rossi earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Detroit and a medical degree from Yale. She completed an internship and residency at Venderbilt and did nephrology fellowships at the University of Colorado. She joined WSU as an instructor in 1985 and has risen through the ranks to be named a tenured professor in 2001.

She has won numerous research, teaching and service awards including the Distinguished Service Award for Research from the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan and she was named a fellow of the American College of Physicians in 1997. She has directed the theses of 10 graduate students and has personally mentored and advised more than 40 others. Dr. Rossi has to her credit 88 original publications and more than 100 invited presentations.