Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...s of local, regional and national health boardsand committees requires a great deal of traveling and consumes considerableenergy, but improving the well-being of all members of society is a passion forDr. Burnes Bolton. "At the end of the day, I can see that we've improvedpeople's access to healthcare. That's g...'Handwriting challenged' doctors to take penmanship class at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...inai, we have a whole network of interdisciplinary committees that work to improve, not just maintain, our already high levels of excellence."......ection of the National Institutes of Health and on committees of the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation....Dana-Farber Cancer Institute opens Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies
... and education committees. Working together, these committees will design and implement clinical trials, create models for greater integration of care directed at quality of life issues while patients undergo conventional cancer treatment, and develop clinical and patient educational programs. Through monthly c...Wolfgang Glasser receives ACS award for wood chemistry, bio-based composites research
...n external examiner for dissertations and graduate committees in Europe, Scandinavia, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, and Africa. Glasser is a member of the American Chemical Society, recently serving as councilor for the Cellulose, Paper and Textile Division; the Bio/Environmentally Degradable Polymer Society; ...Consortium aims to improve protection of human research subjects
... the nation. Institutional Review Boards are those committees in medical centers charged with local oversight of research involving human subjects. "The system to protect participants in clinical research recently has been challenged," said Dr. Jeremy Sugarman, director of the Center for the Study of Medica...Scientific society recognizes womens contributions to the Manhattan Project
...Women Chemists Committee of the ACS as part of the committees 75th anniversary. It seeks to highlight the important scientific and technical contributions made by women to the development of the atomic bomb in World War II. WHAT: Women scientists of the Manhattan Project Era WHEN: Monday, April 8, 8:05 a...NIAID expands vaccine testing network
...esults provide the government and vaccine advisory committees with essential information for making critical decisions about smallpox vaccination strategies. In addition to rigorously evaluating vaccine safety during every trial, the VTEUs explore emerging hypotheses about vaccine-related adverse side effects....Postcode prescribing is alive and well in Scotland
...equitable than previously; extra layers of central committees exist, and drug availability continues to depend on local health board decisions, say the authors. "We would advocate a streamlined approach, with centralised decision making bodies, such as NICE and the Scottish Health Consortium. Any decisions in f...Ethical committee members have different views on how to evaluate clinical trials
...s is not necessarily a problem because the ethical committees reach collective decisions on whether or not to gr...dy are relevant to other countries because ethical committees in other European countries and in North America are quite similar in respect of their basic structu...UCSD professor explains how elephants are able to snorkel
...cine & Biology. He has served on numerous national committees including those of the National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health and NASA. He has published 20 books and almost 400 articles....Study finds most pediatric residents satisfied with primary care training
...d from the preceptor, two factors residency review committees considered more important. About 85 percent of residents also said their continuity experience satisfaction was associated with receiving the "appropriate amount of teaching." However, Serwint says further studies are needed to understand what reside...2004 Research in Periodontal Disease Award to Soskolne
...onal arena. In addition, he has served on numerous committees of the IADR and chaired the Hatton Awards Committee for 3 years. Supported by the Colgate-Palmolive Company, this award is designed to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding achievements in basic research in periodontal disease. The Basic Re...North Shore-LIJ attains accreditation of human research protections processes
...e of BRANY's institutional review boards (IRBs) -- committees that review and ensure the integrity and safety of proposed research studies as they relate to human subjects protections -- by BRANY's 138 affiliate members, consisting of hospitals, medical schools and research centers across the United States. "T...3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
...ntial journal articles. They led MRI societies and committees that helped to develop truly useful clinical applications of the technique. Medical physicists took the lead in defining and developing quality-assurance standards for both the instruments and the individuals who operate MRI equipment. Today, medic...Policy-makers should enhance selection process for Presidential S&T appointments
...cess of appointing experts to federal S&T advisory committees operate more quickly and transparently, says a new... should make certain that appointments to advisory committees are not politicized or used to promote foregone conclusions. Scientists, engineers, and health prof...2004 Science-in-Society Award winners announced
...the other winners from among finalists screened by committees representing the other five categories. The members of the newspaper screening committee were Phil Hilts (chair), former New York Times reporter and author of Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation ; Da...Where there's smoke, there's money
... Luke's findings: Tobacco political action committees gave an average of $22,000 to each Republican in the Senate and $6,000 to each Democrat. Regardless of whether they received contributions, Republicans voted pro-tobacco much more often 73 percent of the time while Democrats voted pro-tobac...NIH halts use of COX-2 inhibitor in large cancer prevention trial
...cular expertise was added to the safety monitoring committees at the request of the Steering Committees for this trial after a September 2004 report that the COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib (Vioxx) caused a two-fold increased risk of cardiovascular toxicities in a trial to prevent adenomas. The APC is a study of more...