UIC professor receives international humanitarian award
...y the Albert Schweitzer World Academy of Medicine, honors Epstein for his "longstanding and pioneering international contributions to cancer prevention." Epstein is a leading authority and champion of cancer prevention issues. His lifelong work focuses on preventing exposure to environmental carcinogens in ......ADR's 15 Distinguished Scientist Awards. The award honors Dr. Wilmer Souder, the motivating force in establishing the Dental Section at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), and is designed to perpetuate the scientific ideals he exemplified, and to encour...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA), this award honors an individual who has given exemplary service in the area of public affairs by consistently promoting the interests and activities of oral health research to a wide constituency. As Chair of the Friends of the NIDCR, Dr. Niessen is a true public serv...Northwestern Memorial Hospital honored with one of the nation's top awards for quality
...ivery. NCQHC's National Quality Health Care Award honors Northwestern Memorial's executive leadership and staff for their exceptional efforts in the quality healthcare field to ensure patient centered practices, innovative use of new and emerging technologies, and continuous efforts to maintain financial ...Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
...st's Undergraduate Research Awards ceremony, which honors the 45 winners who conducted their projects in the summer and fall of 2004. Since 1993, about 40 students each year have received PURA grants of up to $3,000 to conduct original research, some results of which have been published in professional jour...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
...tates -- earned her undergraduate degree with high honors from Swarthmore in 1952, then received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Yale University in 1957. Her professional career began in 1956 with a postdoctoral fellowship at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she received a staff appointmen...Canadian neurologist wins highest award as American Stroke Association honors five
...tension and brain trauma. Kontos has received many honors for his career including the Thomas Willis award in 2001 and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. Two other awards recognize noteworthy research accomplishments by young investigators: Hong Li, M.D., of Johns Hopki...Computer memory, MRI technology benefit from student research at UH
... competition. Three UH graduate students won top honors and prize money at the biannual UH Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials (TcSAM) Student Symposium. The symposium series highlights the original research efforts of undergraduate and graduate students working in TcSAM, which is a...Penn professor earns 2004 award from the American College of Psychiatrists
...erican College of Psychiatrists. This award which honors an individual or individual whose group has made major contributions to the understanding and treatment of mood disorders is presented annually. Dr. Evans was chosen from among those scholars and scientific investigators who have displayed excellen...The Gerontological Society of America confers 2004 M. Powell Lawton Award to Penn State's Zarit
...utions to applied gerontological research. It also honors an individual for exemplifying one or more of Lawton's outstanding professional and personal qualities. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting the following year. The award is sponsored by the Madlyn and Leonard ...Scripps atmospheric scientist appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences
...n and rural biomass burning. Ramanathan's previous honors include the 2002 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal from the American Meteorological Society, the Buys Ballot Medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, and a medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement from NASA. He is a member of the Nat...University of Maryland School of Medicine scientist receives prestigious presidential award
...l Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers honors the most promising beginning researchers in the nation within their fields. Eight federal departments and agencies annually nominate scientists and engineers at the start of their careers whose work shows the greatest promise to benefit the nominatin...Chemists honor 'Heroes' for biotechnology achievements in health
... of Chemistry program, started in 1996 by the ACS, honors industrial chemists and chemical engineers who create commercially successful products that improve the quality of life. Last year's program honored 17 scientists from four companies for developing products based on chemistry that improved children's...UT Southwestern's Dr. Charles Pak receives international award for kidney-stone research
... The prestigious award, bestowed every four years, honors the top international researcher in kidney-stone disease, as chosen by his or her peers. Dr. Pak, who came to UT Southwestern in 1972, has been at the forefront of research and development of treatment methodologies for both kidney stones and osteopo...Distinguished, outstanding, innovative optometrists receive honors from UH
...Cora and J. Davis Armistead Faculty Teaching Award honors recipients with a plaque of recognition and $5,000. In addition to accepting this most recent honor, Miller has received numerous other awards, including 'Teacher of the Year,' which he received three-years-running from 2000 to 2003. His teaching a...Peter H. Arger, MD, receives the 2004 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
...hibits. Dr. Arger has received numerous awards and honors for his dedication to the fields of radiology and ultrasound, including the AIUM's Presidential Recognition Award in 1988 and 1993. Dr. Arger has served the AIUM in various capacities, including as a member of the Board of Governors from 1988 to 1993...American Academy of Neurology awards 2004 Potamkin Prize to two scientists
...the "Nobel Prize of Neurology," the Potamkin Prize honors and rewards researchers for their work in helping advance the understanding of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Thal is professor and chairman, Department of Neurosciences, director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Center at the University...Environmental educators win 2004 Tyler Prize
...la, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. The honors will be accepted by Bunker Roy, founder and directorof Barefoot College, and Osvaldo Sala, president of RedLatinoamericana de Botanica. On April 29, at 2 p.m., the recipients will give public lectures atthe Davidson Conference Center of...Top honors for patient counseling awarded to UH student
...hools across the nation, bringing home first place honors this year. "Having been a national finalist previously, the pressure was on to perform well in this year's competition," Edwards said. "I was pleased to have made the top 10 again and overwhelmed with joy at finishing in first place." As the 200......rize and plaque, and represents one of the highest honors the IADR can bestow....