UW-Madison Center One Of Two Sites Nationwide Selected For Clinical Trial Of Cancer Drug
... early this afternoon ofits participation. "We are honored and very excited to be taking part in these trials," said UWCCCDirector Dr. John Niederhuber. "This is an important opportunity to answer somekey questions about a very interesting compound." Endostatin's potential value as a cancer treatment receiv...New Teacher Award Honors NSF Program Director
Two teachers have been honored with the first of a one-of-a-kind awardfor K-12 science teachers. Don Berthiaume (Biddeford High School, Biddeford,Me.), and Pattyanne Corsentino (Place Middle School, Denver, Colo.) received theLawrence A. Scadden Outstanding Teacher Award of the Y...Abraham Rudolph To Receive Howland Medal For Contributions To The Advancement Of Pediatrics
...cs andformer chief of pediatric endocrinology, was honored with the award in 1997.......n July 1999. Over the years, Dr. Lifshitz has been honored with numerous awards, includingrecognition as a "Woman Making History" by the Comision Femenil, "DistinguishedContributor to Social Welfare" by the University of Southern California Schoolof Social Work, "Woman of the '90s" by Robinson's and the Los ...UCSF HIV/AIDS web site honored by Smithsonian Institution
...d by the University of CaliforniaSan Francisco was honored this week in Washington, DC, by the SmithsonianInstitution. HIV InSite, whose address is hivinsite.ucsf.edu , was recognized as one offive finalists in the medicine category for the 1999 Computerworld SmithsonianAwards. The award citation to HIV I...American Heart Association names 1999 Physician of the Year
...nization'sannual Delegate Assembly. He was honored primarily for his "work in low-income communities and hisinfluence on many physicians and cardiovascular care programs." The award is conferred annually upon the practicing physician who hasrendered "outstanding contributions" to the accompli...American Heart Association honors three volunteers with national awards
Dallas, June 25 --The American Heart Association honored threevolunteers Friday with Awards of Meritorious ...edicalCenter, Nashville, Tenn. Barrett was honored for her "infectious enthusiasm and passion forAmerican Heart Association programs and for being a mo...American Heart Association honors two volunteers with top award
...plishment with the American Heart Association were honored Saturday withGold Heart Awards during the organiza...ation volunteer for more than 40 years, Hoffmanwas honored for his "profound influence" on the organization at the local, stateand national levels. In ...Female hormones don't cause overeating and weight gain
... is Pelkman's dissertation adviser.Pelkman will be honored at the meeting with a Young Investigator Award. ...hether or not to takeit." Pelkman was also honored for her work, which forms the basis of herdissertation, with first prize in the Health and Life Scie...Cedars-Sinai pediatrician to receive award for his contributions to international child health
...iMedical Center's Division of Neonatology, will be honored next week by theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics for his long-standing efforts to improve thelives of newborns and infants throughout the world, particularly in under-servedareas of Central and South America. The E.H. Christopherson Lectureship recogni...Cedars-Sinai Medical tip sheet for Oct. 14
...i Medical Center's Division ofNeonatology, will be honored next week in Washington D.C. by the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics for his long-standing efforts to improve the lives ofnewborns and infants throughout the world, particularly in under-served areas ofCentral and South America....U.S., British scientific societies honor penicillin as International Chemical Landmark
...of the 20th century's greatest lifesavers, will be honored as an International Historic Chemical Landmark at 11a.m. Friday, Nov. 19 in London. The designation takes place 70 years after the discovery of the drug was first published by Alexander Fleming. Representatives from the government, academic and pri...Chemist Percy Julian captures spirit of black history celebration scientist
...an Chemical Society, of which Julian was a member, honored his synthesis of physostigmine by designating it a...estones in the history of chemistry and Julian was honored in ceremonies at DePauw on April 23, 1999.The ACS encourages African American and other minority stu......ist Samuel Danishefsky of Englewood, N.J., will be honored on March 28 by the world's largestscientific society for developing vaccines and new drugs to fight cancer. He will receive the HerbertC. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods from the American Chemical Society at itsnational meeting......ist Dennis P. Curran of Pittsburgh, Penn., will be honored on March 28 by the world's largestscientific society for finding new ways to make molecules used as anti-cancer drugs. He will receivethe American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the Society'snational meetin...St. Paul researcher receives national award
...mist Philip Portoghese of St. Paul, Minn., will be honored on March 28 by the world's largest scientific society for revealing precisely how drugs such as morphine interact with opioid receptors -- information that can be used to tailor-make new drugs, for example. He will receive the Alfred Burger Award in ...Piedmont researcher receives national award
...t Richard J. Saykally of Piedmont, Calif., will be honored on March 28 by the world's largest scientific society for shedding new light on the world's most common yet mysterious substance: water. He will receive the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics from the American Chemical Society at its 219th nat......l Property Owners Association (IPO). Cohn is being honored for inventing the Cohn Cardiac Stabilizer, a device and method that makes it possible to perform coronary artery bypass surgery on a beating heart without the use of a heart-lung machine. The award will be presented June 28 in the Caucus Room of the ...Award-winning book looks at responsibility for sick babies in hospitals
...the social skills to insist tactfully that they be honored tend to be treated better by hospital personnel, the book concludes. Operating successfully within the organizational structure of the health care system gives parents a distinct advantage in how they will be judged as parents -- ultimately affect...