2005 Behavioral Sciences & Health Services Research Award
...rolina (Chapel Hill, USA) in 1986. Dr. Hausen was appointed as the first professor of Community Dentistry in Finland in 1985, when the chair was established at the University of Kuopio. His pioneering work in the field of Community Dentistry in Finland is based on years of practical experience as a school and......al thesis defences. At the end of the 1960s he was appointed associate professor of chemistry, following this up soon afterwards with a specialisation in clinical chemistry. His research has touched on areas such as steroids in humans, steroid receptors, and the enzymes involved in steroid metabolism. Many of ...Johns Hopkins scientists receive presidential medals
...rofessor in both departments. In 1980, Snyder was appointed the first University Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry and director of the Department of Neuroscience, positions he still holds today. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
...s focus from the global to the national, Foege was appointed director of CDC in 1977. During his six-year tenur...tor of the Global 2000 program. In 1997 Foege was appointed Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory University, and in 1999 he joi...Future of clinical medicine research is at risk, warns professor
...on clinical activities. Also, younger consultants appointed under the new consultant contract will have fewer opportunities to be involved in clinical research, he will say. In his inaugural lecture, Professor Greening, will highlight the key role of the academic clinician in helping to translate basic resear...Child health must become UNICEF's priority over next decade
...a new leader in 2005. UNICEF's new leader will be appointed by Kofi Annan next year. The process of selecting a new executive director for UNICEF is flawed. Lancet Editor Richard Horton comments: "There are no agreed criteria by which the global political or health community can judge a candidate to lead UNIC...HHS Secretary names UO researcher to national health advisory panel
...ENE-The Secretary of Health and Human Services has appointed a University of Oregon professor, Judith Hibbard, to serve on a national advisory council aimed at improving the national health care system. The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality (NACHRQ) improves the quality, safety, eff...Policy-makers should enhance selection process for Presidential S&T appointments
...sts, engineers, and health professionals should be appointed to federal advisory committees based on their expertise and integrity. They should not be asked for information that would have no bearing on the scientific or technical expertise they would provide during committee discussions such as political pa...Scripps atmospheric scientist appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences
...phy, University of California, San Diego, has been appointed by Pope John Paul II to be an academician of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Ramanathan will receive the honor from the pope during the academy's Plenary Session in Rome the week of Nov. 5-8. Ramanathan is director of the Scripps Center for Cloud...Distinguished, outstanding, innovative optometrists receive honors from UH
...y fortunate to have a former UHCO alumnus recently appointed to the UH System Board of Regents," Smith said. "Dr. Golden's presence assuredly will aid in furthering our profession, as well as the mission of our college to boost community outreach activities and research endeavors." Active in the Texas Optom...Patient safety study provides first national estimate of adverse events in Canadian hospitals
...he challenges identified today," says CIHI's newly appointed board chair, Graham Scott. "The key here is to take this information, learn from it and use those lessons to ultimately make our health care safer." "This study has been designed as a first step to help Canada's health care system better understand w...Cedars-Sinai Medical tipsheet for May 2004
...NAI MEDICAL CENTER Agustin Garcia, M.D., has been appointed as Director of Breast Cancer Research at the Women's Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Garcia was on faculty at the University of Southern California. In his new role, Dr. Garcia will focus ...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
...d disease," said Martin. An esteemed professor was appointed to fill one of these chairs yesterday by the Presi... is a Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine appointed in the Department of Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and leads the Division of Sleep Me...New study: Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
...tarbucks," said Charles Czeisler, who was recently appointed the Frank Baldino Jr. PhD professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School. "Their caffeine levels soar only to fall as the day progresses in the face of rising sleepiness. They might be better off taking much smaller more frequent doses of caff...2004 Oral Medicine/Pathology Research Award to Gutkind
...ression of growth-promoting genes. In 1998, he was appointed as the Chief of the Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch. He also heads a multi-institutional effort aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that contribute to the evolution of squamous cell carcinomas, and to use this knowledge to develop molecular...UF professor: Living choices need new terms for aging baby boomers
...th Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century, appointed by Congress to study in 2001-02 the housing and long-term care needs of older Americans. "Instead, the dominant emphasis has been on the frail and vulnerable elders, who have to deal with declines in their abilities to live independently and who some...Weizmann Institute Prof. Moshe Oren named winner of NIH MERIT Award
...tanford University from 1988-1989. In 1993 he was appointed Director of the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Center for Molecular Genetics at the Weizmann Institute, and he served as Dean of the Biology Faculty at the Weizmann Institute from 1999-2003....Professorial Fellowships announced
...ee years. It includes funding for one PhD student appointed by the Fellow and for a research assistant, subject to application, providing the administrative support for the fellow to concentrate entirely on research. Professor Ian Diamond, Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council, said: "T...DuPont R&D leader named American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
...merican Academy of Arts and Sciences, Chowdhry was appointed "for engineering contributions in the fields of catalysis/surface science, electronic ceramics, high temperature superconductors, and electronic packaging that have been of great value to the engineering community and her company. As a senior member...New method of delivering chemotherapy using ultrasound works in BYU lab
...h the bloodstream without any side effects. At an appointed time, a physician could apply ultrasound to a tumor and release the drug to that tumor site only. After successful trials in test tubes, Pitt had a graduate student, Jared Nelson, inject doxorubicin contained within the plastic micelle carrier and ap...