Many of the Wayne State Univeristy Department of Emergency Medicine faculty members have extensive experience as NIH funded investigators and have a track record of motoring. 

Robert Erhman, M.D., assistant professor of Emergency Medicine for Wayne State University School of Medicine and assistant director of Emergency Ultrasound at Sinai-Grace Hospital, was awarded a $150,000 grant by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation to examine cardiac function in patients with sepsis admitted through emergency rooms with the aim of establishing individualized resuscitation strategies to improve patient outcomes.