Regional consortium of universities chosen for biodefense initiative
DURHAM, NC A consortium of investigators from six regional universities ha...ine, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The consortium will be centered at Duke and led by Barton Haynes, M.D., of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute. Its co...University of Iowa examines role of faith-based groups in helping ex-offenders
... understanding rather than getting more money. The consortium found that church and other faith-based groups are wary of accepting government funds to do their work. "There was the general notion was that more government monies should go to public social services such as help for the disabled, children, the men...Innovative Canadian companies receive funding to improve air quality
(July 28, 2003 - CALGARY) A consortium consisting of NOVA Chemicals, the Alberta Research...rties amounts to approximately $2 million Cdn. The consortium is developing an improved separation process for the production of olefins from petrochemical plants...Argentina's largest health system works to lower drug costs
...ry and successfully negotiated an agreement with a consortium of more than 200 enterprises to transfer to them the risk of increasing pharmaceutical costs in exchange for a fixed monthly payment by the NISSRP. Argentina is believed to be the first nation in the world to ever test this type of risk contract as a...NIDA leads research network to improve substance abuse treatment in criminal justice settings
...s taken the lead in building a unique multi-agency consortium to improve drug treatment services for drug using ...will play a central role in establishing a working consortium of policymakers, researchers, and practitioners representing criminal justice, drug treatment, and o...Brain images from patients with schizophrenia will be shared in first nationwide imaging network
... Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN), a consortium of U.S. universities that received their initial funding from the NCRR in 2001. During the past year, BIRN has utilized the new Internet 2 network and broad-band networking technologies to link several sites in the United States. With this new techn...HHS awards University of Wisconsin $55.8 million to fight asthma in inner-city children
...to their best use in this population. Finally, the consortium will likely investigate possible genetic predispos... Many of the investigators and institutions in the consortium also participate in NIAID's National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Studies (NCICAS). Launched in 199...USC consortium receives $15 million NCI grant to determine causes of colon cancer
...oration between six different centers, including a consortium of researchers from USC and several other institutions. "This is the largest single resource in the world to help determine what causes colon cancer and how to prevent it," said Robert Haile, DPH, professor of preventive medicine in the Keck School o...The CDC has awarded $4.5 million to UCSFS Institute for Global Health
...countries that have been hard hit by HIV/AIDS. The consortium will lead teams in four component areas--training, technical assistance, operations research, and monitoring/evaluation--and will draw support from five affiliated partners," said CIASTE's principal investigator, George W. Rutherford, MD, UCSF profes...Consortium awarded CDC grant to coordinate national health system 'radar' to catch bioterror events
...d Prevention has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a consortium of investigators and health care organizations for...hese common symptoms. The CDC grant will allow our consortium to coordinate efforts to recognize such increases, building a platform that will also allow other he...Fred Hutchinson receives $12.7 million to lead prostate-cancer consortium
...ity Medicine. As such, the overarching goal of the consortium is to bring, more quickly and efficiently, laboratory discoveries to patient bedsides throughout the Pacific Northwest. A variety of clinical partners throughout the Northwest will recruit and enroll patients for research studies to test the therapie...NIEHS announces $20 million, three-center effort to pin-point environmental triggers of Parkinson's
...may be important in Parkinson's disease. This new consortium should bring together the right mix of scientists so that these leads can be pursued quickly." J. William Langston, MD., founder and CEO of the Parkinson's Institute, said, "This could be the final chapter of our search for the cause of P...Sites chosen for public-private Osteoarthritis Initiative
...gression needed for drug evaluation. The OAI consortium includes public funding from the National Institut...s Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Pfizer. The consortium is being facilitated by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. The OAI will allow the...Sutter Health announces plan to deploy Bridge MedPoint error-prevention system
... The Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), the consortium of Fortune 500 employers that is leading the Leapfrog effort in California, praised Sutter's commitment. "We applaud Sutter's investment in technology to improve patient safety," said PBGH President and CEO Peter Lee who was scheduled to join Sutter ...Studies yield key insights in preventing destruction of insulin-producing cells
...ce Network (ITN), directed by Dr. Bluestone, is a consortium of basic and clinical researchers focused on evaluating promising treatments that modulate the immune system to improve outcomes in islet and kidney transplantation, autoimmune diseases (such as type 1 diabetes), and asthma and allergic diseases. The...NIAAA steps up search for brain mechanisms of alcohol abuse, alcoholism
...search institutions across the United States. Each consortium will pursue three overarching goals: to establish ...sic Research. A neuroinformatics core within each consortium will allow all investigators access to genetic, molecular, cellular, anatomic, physiologic, neural n...Multimillion-dollar pain research center funded at Wake Forest
...tates." Eisenach and Rauck are also organizing a consortium of more than 100 doctors who treat chronic pain patients in a three-state area. The research center will also sponsor a symposium on pain each year for the Medical Center and the community, featuring nationally or internationally recognized experts i...High homocysteine levels may double risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease
...Alzheimers Disease Cooperative Study, a nationwide consortium of research centers, is already planning a clinical trial of folate and vitamins B6 and B12 to test whether reducing homocysteine levels with high doses of these vitamin supplements can slow the rate of cognitive decline in people diagnosed with AD.W...Honing the tools to identify clues to surviving cancer
...logy InformaticsNetwork," Dr. McDonald will head a consortium of institutions including theIndianapolis hospitals, the Indiana State Health Department, and theUniversity of Pittsburgh. The University of Pittsburgh group, known for itsexpertise in pathology informatics, is led by Michael Becich, M.D., Ph.D.Dr. ...Consortium aims to improve protection of human research subjects
...ions and public policy for years to come." The consortium will be led by Sugarman, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, chai...ritable Foundation. One major focus of the consortium will be to evaluate 20 to 25 representative research centers to create a comprehensive database on t...