The Group Room(R)cancer radio talk show to air live from CHEST 2003, Sunday, Oct. 26, in Orlando, FL
...ention, asthma management, end-of-life issues, and awards for research and community service. By giving life to projects in local communities and across the world, with special emphasis to those who can least afford it, The CHEST Foundation enables the ACCP to realize its vision of being the leading resour...President names eight elite scientists and engineers to receive National Medals of Science
...ts and on the individual disciplines for which the awards are given. The medal also recognizes contributions...d the National Medal of Science in 1959. The 2002 awards bring to 409 the total number of science medals awarded since their inception. Witkin of Rutgers is...NIH funds two UCSD scientists to venture deep into human genome
...UCSD is the only institution to receive two of the awards from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health. The new effort, funded with $36 million, is called the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project and will be carried out by an international consortiu...NIEHS issues additional awards to continue 9/11 follow up
...nvironmental Health Sciences has made supplemental awards totaling more than $9 million for FY 2003 to conti...niversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. These awards will continue to support an integrated, interdisciplinary research effort that has characterized hum...Doris Duke Charitable Foundation selects Emory HIV/AIDS research team for innovation award
... Duke Innovation in Clinical Research Awards. The awards will provide approximately $200,000 to investigators or teams to develop "Point-of-Care" diagnostics and therapeutic monitoring tools to care for AIDS patients in resource-poor areas of the world. The Emory investigators will collaborate with Ethiop...Yale University's Levy wins The Gerontological Society of America's 2003 Margret M. Baltes Award
...s hearings on ageism in the media. Levy's previous awards include the Springer Early Career Award in Research on Adult Development in Aging from the American Psychological Association and the International Mensa Foundation's New Investigator Award for Excellence in Research. The Baltes award is given to a p...CHEST Foundation recognizes physicians who make a world of difference in lung health
...es in communities, and its fifth year in providing awards and grants that recognize medical professionals for their outstanding community service and patient care projects. By blending specialty medicine, public health, and a commitment to serve those in need, The CHEST Foundation strives to improve lung h...NIAID funds construction of biosafety laboratories
...egional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs). "These awards to build high-level biosafety facilities are a major step towards being able to provide Americans with effective therapies, vaccines and diagnostics for diseases caused by agents of bioterror as well as for naturally occurring emerging infections suc...Tylenol awards $250,000 to outstanding healthcare students
...lenol.com beginning on February 23, 2004. McNeil awards the Tylenol Scholarship in conjunction with local retailers. Winners are selected on the basis of leadership in community and school activities, grade point average and intended focus on healthcare-related areas of study. Scholarship America (SM), a ...NIAID reports 'tremendous progress' in biodefense research
...gy companies to infectious disease research, these awards will likely shorten the time from preclinical testing to commercialization of products. Basic Research--NIAID recently awarded eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. This nationwide network of m...NIAID awards $81 million for HIV vaccine development
...support development of candidate HIV vaccines. The awards are part of NIAID's HIV Vaccine Design and Develop...Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID director. "These new awards will speed the development of promising HIV vaccine candidates that are based on recent advances in ...Emory School of Medicine receives $16 million NIH grant to lead biodefense consortium
...-a-half year grant is part of $85 million in NIAID awards aimed at a better understanding of the human immune response to potential agents of bioterror and rapid development of counter measures such as vaccines and therapies. The translational centers will focus on moving new findings about immune system ...Major new center at UIC to study racial/ethnic disparities in health
...retary of health and human services, announced the awards this morning at the UIC College of Medicine. According to the National Cancer Institute's latest annual report on cancer published last week, while death rates for breast cancer in white women fell 2.5 percent during the 1990s, for black women the dr...Two to receive American Academy of Ophthalmologys Distinguished Service Award
...and J. Donald M. Gass, MD. Both will receive their awards at the opening ceremonies of the Academy's Annual Meeting, November 16, 2003, in Anaheim, Calif. Mr. Herbert, of San Clemente, Calif., is chairman emeritus and director of Allergan, Inc. He is being honored for his many years of service to ophthalmol...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces its guests of honor for Annual Meeting
...nd the Shaler Richardson, M.D. Service to Medicine awards for contributions to quality patient care. The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons Eye M.D.s with more than 27,000 members worldwide. For more information about the Annual Meeting, vi...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces Special Recognition Award recipients
...D, and Harry S. Brown, MD. They will receive their awards at the opening ceremonies of the Academy's Annual Meeting, November 16, 2003 in Anaheim, Calif. Mr. McManus, executive director of National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research in Washington, D.C., is being honored with the Special Recognition Award ...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces new award, its highest honor
...bert Machemer, MD and Charles L. Schepens, MD. The awards presentations will be at the Opening Session of the Academy's Annual Meeting, Sunday, November 16, 2003 in Anaheim.Dr. Kelman, clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York Medical College and attending surgeon at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary...Brady announces collaborative grant to develop radiation injury treatment
...search anti-terrorism grant is part of a series of awards that fall under the CRDF's Special Competition for...and plans to announce further cooperative research awards in the near future. The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation is a private, nonprofit o...Patients lose access to neurological care, according to survey
...result in a small percentage of patients receiving awards while others find it more difficult to access care. The American Academy of Neurology supports the Health Act of 2003, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in March, according to Rydell, because it prevents further patient loss of access to me...New method for manufacturing compound has potential for cancer treatment
...st in the pharmaceutical industry, established the awards to encourage faculty, staff, and students of the university to develop innovative methods and inventions with good commercial potential which have benefited or will benefit the university and society....