AACC and The Endocrine Society partner to promote patient education
...est descriptions. Lab Tests Online has won several awards for its content and writing, and has been called one of the "smartest health sites on the web" (Prevention magazine, March 2004). In 2003, the American Society of Association Executives recognized the site with a Summit Award for its positive contrib...Philanthropist Paul F. Glenn launches labs for aging research at Harvard Medical School
... through direct sponsorship of research grants and awards programs and through important relationships with other institutions focused on understanding the molecular biology of aging and mechanisms that govern the pace at which normal individuals experience physiological decline and disease. "As we mark ou...2005 Geriatric Oral Research Award
...ns. He is the recipient of numerous international awards for his clinical, teaching, and research contributions....Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
... Dental Research will present numerous prestigious awards and fellowships. Details follow: IADR Distingui... The IADR/Unilever Division Travel Awards These awards were established to encourage outstanding young dental scientists to carry out research, attend the ...Northwestern Memorial Hospital honored with one of the nation's top awards for quality
...est and one of the most prestigious health quality awards in the United States. "We are honored to receive this award. It provides validation that we are making significant strides toward our goal of providing the best and safest care for our patients," said Gary A. Mecklenburg, president and chief execu...University of Manchester awarded 826k for brain science and mental health research
...ts in the first phase of this competition. "These awards recognize that the University of Manchester is in ...alth and brain degeneration. These jointly funded awards will be especially important in building up research in mental health, which represents a huge burde...IADR & GSK announce 2005 Innovation in Oral Care Awards
...GSK Innovation in Oral Care Awards for 2005. These awards are intended to inspire innovative and novel resea...s at Chicago, USA (Dr. Lin Tao and co-workers) The awards will be formally presented during the 83rd General Session of IADR/AADR, to be held in Baltimore, Ma...Top honor for head of Epilepsy Foundation
... Congress in August. The Ambassador for Epilepsy awards of IBE/ILAE are intended as recognition of outstanding achievement in the international struggle against epilepsy. Candidates, chosen by the Joint Executive Committee of IBE/ILAE every two years, must have made a commitment "above and beyond the cal...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
...ontifical Academy of Sciences in 1986. Her several awards for public service include the National Medal of Science, as well as the 1982 AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, which she shared with Paul Berg and Norton Zinder, and the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, bestowed in January ...NIAID seeks applicants to lead clinical trials units for revamped HIV/AIDS networks
...rship RFA is March 2006; Clinical Trials Units RFA awards are estimated to be made in mid- to late 2006. Each Clinical Trials Unit will be led by a principal investigator and will comprise an administrative component and one or more clinical research sites. NIAID strongly encourages the establishment of CTU...Children's Hospital Oakland opens new $5.6 million infectious disease lab
... grants obtained by scientists and clinicians. The awards CHORI scientists received placed CHORI 14th out of 113 children's hospitals and pediatric departments in the United States, according to data provided by The National Association of Children's Hospitals in their most recent survey....Canadian neurologist wins highest award as American Stroke Association honors five
... wins the Distinguished Scientist Award. Research awards will go to Hong Li, M.D., who is receiving the Mor...ke Council of the American Heart Association at an awards breakfast and council election. This honor recognizes members of the association who have made majo...Medical meeting to feature research findings and disease prevention and health promotion sessions
...ve medicine and health promotion. There will be an awards banquet at which members of the College will recognize their peers for professional achievement, career advancement sessions, and social events to provide networking opportunities. Preventive Medicine 2005 will be convened jointly with Medical Quali...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
...ons and has received numerous honorary degrees and awards -- among them the Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award, the World Health Organization's Health for All Medal, and Columbia University's Calderone Prize. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1979 and named a fellow of the London School ...National Academies news: Academy honors 17 for major contributions to science
...iences (NAS) has selected 17individuals to receive awards honoring their outstanding scientificachievements. The awards will be presented on May 2 at a ceremony inWashington, D.C., during the Academy's 142nd annual meeti...Yale cardiovascular researcher named Bayer Fellow 2004-05
...ment for Scholars in Medicine and Management, Yale awards a fellowship each year to a faculty member who is making significant advances in medicine or health care management. Of particular interest are the areas of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular health, infectious diseases, men's health and medical econo...Rice student wins award for revolutionary MRI research
...The prestigious award includes a $5,000 prize. The awards are the first of their kind offered to U.S. gradua...otechnology. A Rice student has won one of the two awards in each of the first two years they have been offered. Competition for the awards is fierce. For exa...Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego funds commercialization of lung, shock, other devices
...ise, and while we are only able to make eight cash awards at this time, the Center will continue to work with all of the applicants to develop commercialization strategies for their technologies, and if possible, help them secure other types of funding for their projects." This is the sixth round of funding...ASTRO patient education campaign wins award
...xcellence in the 2005 Associations Advance America awards program, a national competition sponsored by the A...year, the prestigious Associations Advance America awards program recognizes associations that propel America forward with innovative projects, knowledge cre...Four teams awarded inaugural translational cancer research grants
...AACR Grants in Translational Cancer Research offer awards to top doctors and scientists at National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers, prominent universities and freestanding research institutions. Proposals that hold outstanding promise for translating basic cancer findings into a new preven...