Kandel pays tribute to Hubel's and Wiesel's 25-year partnership and work in neurobiology & vision
...meritus of The Rockefeller University. He is also secretary general of the Human Frontier Science Program, president of the International Brain Research Organization, and chairman of the Board of the New York Academy of Sciences. Eric R. Kandel is Professor of Neurobiology, Columbia University and a Senior In...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
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...t who served from 1993 to 1995 as deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this capacity, he coordinated all financial estimates and program impacts of President Clinton's health care reform proposals for the White House. He also directed the admin......nd, University of Minnesota regent and former U.S. secretary of agriculture. "As a state with a history of leadership and innovation in agriculture, food and medicine, Minnesota recognizes the significant opportunities facing us as a society and as a research university--whether that means looking for ways to ...Screening the controversy continues
... screening reduced mortality. But Dr Robin Wilson, secretary of the European Group for Breast Cancer Screening, will tell a news briefing (Tuesday 19 March) at the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona, that even the Cochrane team were concerned about the validity of the Olsen and Gtzsche review,...Wake Forest establishes Maya Angelou Research Center on minority health
...er, American CityVista. Former secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Charles A. Sanders, M.D., Chapel Hill, N.C. - Physician, former chairman and chief executive officer of Glaxo Inc. Crandall Close Bowles, Charlotte, N.C. - Chief executive officer and president, Springs Industries...HHS secretary Donna Shalala and N.Y. Times journalist Natalie Angier will participate in June 6th award ceremony in NYC The 2000 Weizmann Women & Science Award will be presented to Dr.Carla J. Shatz of Harvard Medical School. The award includes a $25,000 resear...Viagra Prescribing Will Be Based On Financial Rather Than Clinical Reasoning
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