Dr. Judah Folkman honored with American Heart Association/Novartis award
...mid-1960s. Folkman holds honorary degrees from 12 universities and has received more than 100 awards. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences....Regional consortium of universities chosen for biodefense initiative
...C A consortium of investigators from six regional universities has been chosen to be part of a new biodefense initiative that will work to develop the next generation of vaccines, drugs and diagnostic tests against emerging infections such as SARS, and for defense against organisms such as smallpox that might be...Elementary schools need a lesson in bathroom breaks
...of Urology. Cooper and colleagues next will survey universities and colleges to find out if teachers learn about childhood toileting. Cooper said the team also plans a pilot in-service teacher program on normal toileting for children. "We've identified a problem and now we need to figure out a solution," Cooper s...Fifteen football players died during 2002 season, none from heatstroke, study finds
...tball in the United States each year. Colleges and universities field about 75,000 players....College students get better grades when they take psychological principals courses
... course like the one at Ohio State. Other universities could help increase retention, especially of at-risk students, if they taught students how to learn. "Psychological principles and theories about achievement, motivation,self-regulation ...Is science stuck in the middle ages?
...o be small biotech companies, often spin-offs from universities doing the underlying basic research, which do so." The editorial notes however that this interface can pose problems with potential conflicts of interest for scientist and universities....Innovative Canadian companies receive funding to improve air quality
... Waterloo is one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with undergraduate and graduate programs in the faculties of engineering, mathematics, science, arts, environmental studies and applied health sciences. In the 2003 annual university survey in Maclean's magazine, UW was ranked No. 1 for best overall ...OneWorld Health licenses compounds from Yale, U of Washington to treat major parasitic diseases
...lso creates a dual market opportunity in which the universities could seek a pharmaceutical partner to develop the...untries. We are pleased with the generosity of the universities in sharing their discoveries." She noted that these compounds broaden OneWorld Health's product port...Graduation may be hazardous to your health
...f poverty. State mandates to require colleges and universities to offer coverage to all full-time and part-time students, and require all full-time and part-time students to have health insurance, could help cover up to 1.8 million uninsured students....Chemist works to prevent undesirable side effects in synthetic drugs
...ubmitted in chemistry, physics, and astronomy from universities across the country. Crawford is the third faculty member in Virginia Tech's Department of Chemistry -- along with Brian Tissue and Paul Deck -- to receive the Cottrell Scholar Award. Crawford's research in theoretical and computational quantum chem...An automated observation system to analyse the behaviour of laboratory rodents
...ng those of many leading pharmaceutical companies, universities and governmental research institutes. In 2001, the product generated sales of around 2.5 million Euro and a 30 per cent increase in turnover for the Dutch company selling it, Noldus Information Technology. Dr Noldus, managing director of Noldus Infor...UCLA professors James Heath, Gary Small named to Scientific Americans list of 50 visionaries
..., each with two professors selected, were the only universities in the country to have more than one professor honored by Scientific American. Gary W. Small, the Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was also selected. Heath was selected in manufacturing -- along with h...Brain images from patients with schizophrenia will be shared in first nationwide imaging network
...tics 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 technology, scientists wil...UNC forms Conte Center for multidisciplinary schizophrenia research
...ings together a diverse group of experts from four universities to conduct comprehensive studies of brain developm...it unites the intellectual resources of four great universities and the expertise of individuals from diverse scientific disciplines," said Dr. Lieberman. "Through ...People near freeways are exposed to 30 times the concentration of dangerous particles
...rings together outstanding scientists from leading universities throughout the nation to create dynamic new ways of investigating the health effects of particulate matter and to secure the protection of public health by better informing policy....Fogarty International Center announces first awards for international tobacco and health program
...vania State University will collaborate with three universities in Africa -- Cape Town University in South Africa, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal, and University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania -- to investigate tobacco control among youths. Two Centers of Excellence will be established in Africa, regional ...NIH awards grants for two new autism research centers
...lopmental grants, which were already funded at six universities and research institutes to help research teams prepare applications for future centers. The competition for the additional STAART Center sites is underway. The Children's Health Act calls for a total of at least five centers, so at least three more ...Physical, mental health illnesses hinder low-income families' economic security
...s: A Three-City Study," where researchers at eight universities are monitoring the consequences of welfare reform on the lives of 2,400 families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio. Ethnographic research teams observed families' day-to-day activities and the influences impacting their interactions with school, wo...Medication effective in treating children with autism
...kins University. "This study network enabled five universities to pool their resources and locate a large number of children with the same conditions and carry out a protocol in a uniform way," said Aman, a professor of psychology and psychiatry in Ohio State's Nisonger Center for Mental Retardation and Developm......osols globally. NASA and various federal agencies, universities and institutes around the world have established these ground-stations. Holben said, "In addition to helping to collect data for the asthma project, the aerosol data that the students collect using hand-held devices will be used to verify the accura...