Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University...
..." The program for the Friedman School Symposium is chaired by Drs. Robert Russell and Simin Nikbin Meydani, Director and Associate Director respectively of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. Symposium presenters will include: Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, Professor...Rep. Sherwood Boehlert to receive award from AIBS
...r the duration of his congressional career and has chaired it since 2001. During his tenure he has supported a robust national science portfolio and has helped to secure crucial boosts in funding for agencies like the National Science Foundation. AIBS President Kent Holsinger said, "Science is losing a stron...NIH panel urges more informed approach to multivitamin/mineral use for chronic disease prevention
... Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, who chaired the panel. The panel recommended the combined use of calcium and vitamin D supplementation for postmenopausal women to protect bone health. The panel also advocated that anti-oxidants and zinc be considered for use by non-smoking adults with early-...New drug extends lung cancer survival 22 percent, UC Davis Cancer Center researchers report
... at nearly 550 institutions. Its lung committee is chaired by David R. Gandara, professor of hematology and oncology and director of the Clinical Research Program at UC Davis Cancer Center. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women in the United States. According to the Ameri...Oxford Journals share evidence-based open access results with the community
...dson, Managing Director, Oxford Journals, who also chaired the event. He continued: "The event has received strong support from across the scholarly community, for presenting hard evidence into the effects of open access, and also for enabling others to share their experiences of open access. We hope that by...Titans of biodiversity science call for united, authoritative voice to inform decision-makers
...ief Scientist at the World Bank, who chairs or has chaired several global scientific collaborations including the IPCC, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Ozone Assessment Panel. Others among the signatories are two former chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological A...Roger Kornberg to present Dickson Prize lecture at U of Pittsburgh's SCIENCE2006: Feel the Power
...chool, Dr. Kornberg returned to Stanford, where he chaired the department of structural biology from 1984 until 1992. He has held his current post since 2003. Science2006 showcases the University of Pittsburgh's academic strengths in science, medicine, engineering and computation, and the growing potential...IU, Purdue selected for major NCI biomarker tools initiative
... an Indiana statewide network of cancer physicians chaired by Christopher Sweeney, MBBS, an oncologist and associate director of clinical research at the IU Cancer Center. Prostate cancer samples also will be collected from the NCI-sponsored Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group trial. As co-principal investiga...16 outstanding researchers receive Singapore's highest honor in science and technology
...d research institutes. The main NSTA committee was chaired by Mr Peter Ong, Permanent Secretary of Ministry o...rof Cham Tao Soon, Distinguished Professor of NTU, chaired the National Science Awards and the National Technology Awards Selection Panels respectively. Prof L...Lupus Research Institute awards $4.5 million to explore new approaches to lupus
...nd experienced Scientific Advisory Board, which is chaired by William E. Paul, M.D., the chief of the laboratory of immunology at the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases....SNM: Exploring molecular imaging potential
...nd USC professor. Individuals who participated and chaired the summit's panels included Basic research: Malcolm Avison (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.), David Geho (George Mason University, Manassas, Va.), John Gore (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.), Lihong Wang (Texas A&...Bright future for nuclear medicine technologists
...pects of the profession," said Anthony Knight, who chaired the SNMTS Advisory Committee for the survey. In looking at the future, the findings note that 6 out of 10 (60.5 percent) technologists expect to remain in their current positions for the next five years, he said. A majority (53.3 percent) indicated t...Committee review of stem-cell fraud finds editors followed all rules
...d to assess Science 's handling of the papers was chaired by John I. Brauman, J.G. Jackson C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, who is chair of the Senior Editorial Board for Science . Other committee members included John Gearhart; Douglas Melton; Linda Miller; Linda Partridge; and Ge...NJIT women scientists and engineers use new information technologies to tackle isolation on campus
... computer-mediated collaborative writing. She has chaired NJITs Committee on Womens Issues and is the author of NJITs 2005 Status of Women Faculty report. Steffen-Fluhrs research explores the relationship between gender and technology as interdependent social constructs, with a special interest in how gen...Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology
... Rensselaer are Angel Garcia, senior constellation chaired professor in biocomputation and bioinformatics; Mark Shephard, the Samuel A. and Elisabeth C. Johnson Jr. Professor of Engineering and director of the Scientific Computation Research Center; Shekhar Garde, the Elaine and Jack S. Parker Career Develop...The National Academies' Distinguished Speaker Series runs Jan. 17-March 21, 2007
...om vehicular emissions. Michael P. Ramage, Ph.D., chaired the National Research Council's Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use, and currently chairs the Committee on Assessment of Resource Needs for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies. He is also a current member o...Public shares views on environmental, health and safety research needs for nanoscale materials
...otechnology Environmental and Health Implications, chaired the meeting and gave an overview of the NNI's work in safety-related research. Dr. Alderson noted that the NNI funds this research because of the potential benefits to be achieved through nanotechnology in fields ranging from medicine, to energy and...2nd annual Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research awarded to Webster K. Cavenee
... Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize selection committee was chaired by the inaugural prize recipient: Harold Dvorak, M.D. Committee members were Sujuan Ba, Ph.D.; Yi Michael Wang, M.D., Ph.D., National Foundation for Cancer Research; Dennis Carson, M.D., University of California, San Diego; Stanley Cohen, M.D., St...Light-Activated Tissue Regeneration and Therapy -- II
...pa Rigau) This conference is being organized and chaired by Drs. R. Waynant, US-FDA/CDRM, J. Anders, Uniformed Services University, and J. Rigau, Virgili University, Spain. Papers and poster presentations are invited.......e solicited. This meeting is being organized and chaired by Drs. H. Muller-Steinhagen, German Aerospace Center, and P. Watkinson, University of British Columbia...