NIH awards grant to UCSF and Kaiser to strengthen women's health research
... whom are women, will serve as mentors. All of the mentors have successful research careers in women's health or relevant chronic diseases and a strong track record of training and mentoring.The 12 program research areas are: cardiovascular, breast cancer, skeletal health, neuropsychiatric disorders (dementi...U-M Medical School complementary and alternative medicine curriculum an interdisciplinary model
...ners at the U-M and in the community will serve as mentors to the scholars. The graduate program in holistic health and healing will provide graduate students in social and health sciences with opportunities to acquire academic expertise in CAM theories and practices. "I believe the NIH selected us for the n...Columbia dental students chosen for three out of nine NIH summer fellowships in national competition
...sda, Md. as research fellows. They are assigned to mentors and research projects that reflect their individua... Fellows are encouraged to work closely with their mentors to take advantage of professional growth opportunities, such as publishing in scholarly journals and...Dooley and Gardner named Hartford Doctoral Fellows in geriatric social work
...faculty who will become teachers, role models, and mentors for future generations of social workers caring for older persons and their families. It is estimated that there are over 600,000 practicing social workers in the United States. While most social workers report that geriatric knowledge is needed i...Occupation directly impacts a woman's retirement, study says
...dministrators served as substitute teachers and as mentors to school-age children. These women also served on boards and donated time to nonprofit agencies. The women in the nonprofessional group didn't place as much emphasis on community involvement, Price said. When they did volunteer, they were interest...LOral USA launches new science fellowship program
...d science, due in part to a lack of encouragement, mentors and available resources. L'Oral's historic connection to the sciences can be traced back to its founder, a scientist/chemist, responsible for the development of the first permanent, hair dye with safe and consistent results. Science has been the ba...World's largest scientific society convenes regional meeting May 30 - June 2 in Chicago
...nd policies on affirmative action and focus on how mentors can actively promote diversity in science. (Hilary Arnold Godwin, Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry, Evanston, Ill., 847-467-3543, h-godwin@northwestern.edu ) Monday, June 2 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cleaning the uncleanable: particulate a...New Hampshire lung disease research center funded
...h faculty will serve as investigators, leaders and mentors on the program, and Dartmouth and Keene junior faculty will head the individual research projects. Program co-directors are Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D. professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and James Leiter, Ph.D., professor of physiology, both from D...Neurologists take on challenge of advocacy work
...rology issues. The new leaders worked with 16 mentors from last year's program. Courses on legislative advocacy, media training, and facilitating organization change were included. Neurologists identified the following critical issues facing neurologists and patient care: Medicare payments, medical...Antisocial behaviour schemes may fail to deliver
...s associated with breakdowns of relationships with mentors have been reported. On the basis of these findings, they conclude that non-directive mentoring programmes delivered by volunteers cannot be recommended as an evidence-based intervention for young people at risk of or already involved in antisocial be...Hopkins' young researchers honored for their contributions
... research, frequently taking on projects their own mentors think may be too ambitious for the typical five-year graduate student stint or two- to four-year postdoc position. For example, immunology graduate student Hao Jiang had to develop a cell-free experimental system before he could tackle the real ques...UCSD partners with Peru in NIH grant to battle malaria, world's number 2 killer
...come self-sufficient." Peruvians who will serve as mentors for the NIH-funded program include Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia faculty Humberto Guerra, Jorge Arevalo, and Alejandro Llanos. Additional Peruvians are Graciela Meza, Universidad de Las Amazonas del Peru and Hermann Silva, Hospital Apoyo de I...Teacher-training for hospital residents improves medical students' education, UCI study shows
... instruction onimproving residents' performance as mentors and instructors," said Dr.Elizabeth H. Morrison, associate professor and director of predoctoraleducation in UCI's Department of Family Medicine. "Improving theteaching skills of residents is critical. Residents teach their traineeshow to diagnose an...Eight New Hartford doctoral fellows in Geriatric Social Work selected
...faculty who will become teachers, role models, and mentors for future generations of social workers caring for older persons and their families. The Gerontological Society of America administers the Hartford Doctoral Fellows program. Dr. James Lubben, the Louise McMahon Ahearn University Chair at Boston Co...Natural mentors help mold lives of teens, study says
... of the American Journal of Public Health. "Unlike mentors who are assigned by a program, natural mentors come from different areas of the young person's own life such as their extended family, neighbors, t...Kandel pays tribute to Hubel's and Wiesel's 25-year partnership and work in neurobiology & vision
... They will also discuss the importance of various mentors in their lives, especially Stephen W. Kuffler, who opened up the field by studying the cat retina in 1950, and founded the department of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, where most of their work was done. A reception and book sale will foll...The Gerontological Society of America announces Hartford Fellowship recipients
...c social work faculty as teachers, role models and mentors for future generations of geriatric social workers. Nickle will be writing her dissertation on the "Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of Interventions Relevant to Quality of Life for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia." Chou will b...