Columbia U receives $16.9M award to study origin and health effects of arsenic in ground water
... Information Network announced that they have been awarded a five-year, $16.9 million grant renewal from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP). The grant will fund ongoing investigations into the health effects and geochemistry of arsenic and ...Ninety-eight percent of Gaza's children experience or witness war trauma -- Queen's study
...ations in danger, usually in refugee camps. It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. ...University to develop new therapeutics for cancer
...ng the management of breast cancer. He has been awarded 69k from the North West Development Agency (NWDA) to pay for the services of the NBC. Eden Biodesign is the NBC designated operator that will engage in the production of the purified antibody and protein to enable further characterisation of the prot...Supertron raises $3.5 million in Series C Financing
...rsey Economic Development Authority (EDA) has also awarded the company $500,000 in springboard grants. "We're indebted to our institutional ATP grant research partners at Brigham & Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School and our host institution, NJIT. Without NJIT's support we would not have been succe...Older, more rounded and artier applicants make better medical students
... economics, law, or drama. Extra points to be awarded for an A level in English Literature, on the grounds that it improves imagination and empathy, communication skills, and the ability to discuss complex ethical issues. A minimum age requirement of 23, but without the need for a first degree, so...Baylor Institute for Immunology research receives $3 million grant to create cancer vaccines
...a component of Baylor Research Institute, has been awarded a three-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop vaccines against melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. The multi-project grant, entitled "Improving the Efficacy of Dendritic Cell Vaccines" is led by Jacques Banche...NIH grant of $665K awarded to Rhode Island Hospital
... -- Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have been awarded a five-year grant of $665,000 from the National In...School. In 2005, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to two scientists who discovered that H. pylori is linked to peptic ulcer disease as well as infla...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2006 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research
...ive years in 2003, bringing the total amount to be awarded up to $50 million by 2008. Under the program, each grant recipient's sponsoring institution receives an award of as much as $1 million to support the scientist's research activities for a period of five years. It is hoped that the investment in the K...For-profit research ethics committees: How are they performing?
...accreditation'--the highest level of accreditation awarded by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs-- were one for-profit IRB, Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB), and one not-for-profit IRB, University of Iowa," says Emanuel. "And so it continued: of the first eig...ASU's Biodesign Institute Director George Poste awarded 2006 Albert Einstein Award
...odesign Institute at Arizona State University, was awarded the Albert Einstein Award, presented in Jerusalem on June 27 during the Third Annual Life Science Mission to Israel by the Global Business Leadership Council. The award recognizes business leaders who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in adva...Inflammatory processes in arteriosclerosis revealed
...essor Bengt Samuelsson was one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 for the discovery of these substances, and has participated in the study on leukotrienes and arteriosclerosis. Professor Jesper Haeggstrm is carrying on the work into eicosanoids and is the leader for...Rush University Medical Center maintains Magnet status for quality nursing
...ing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program first awarded Rush the four-year Magnet designation in 2002. F...approximately 5,000 hospitals nationwide have been awarded Magnet designation since the program was formally established in 1993. "Everyday our nursing staff...The brain, traffic and nano-circuits -- e-Science takes on major challenges
...ch Council (EPSRC) and other funding partners have awarded more than 13m to three, 3-4 year projects covering each of these topics in the third round of the EPSRC's e-Science programme. e-Science is opening up to scientific scrutiny challenging problems that had seemed out of reach, or even impossible to t...American Society of Hematology announces recipients of the Minority Medical Student Award
...ency years. The following individuals have been awarded the 2006 MMSAP: Christina Bennett Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Fernando Diaz Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Katy, TX Robert Eberhardt University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,...Montefiore and Einstein receive $2-million grant from Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
...City, New York A $2-million dollar grant has been awarded to Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center to develop a program to train doctors in caring for the elderly. The initiative, known as the GeriEd Program, will contain both educational and clinical compo...New study into Australia ageing gracefully
... Associate Professor Kaarin Anstey was yesterday awarded one of six joint National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Research Council grants announced by the Minister for Ageing and the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Associate Professor Anstey will lead a team of investiga...Eczema and asthma connection to be explored through $5 million grant
Indianapolis A $5 million grant has been awarded to the IU School of Medicine to establish an Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Center (AADCRC). Principal investigator of the center grant is Mark Kaplan, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics and director of Pediatric Pulmonary Ba...Blinkhorn receives Dean Memorial Award
...s List for 2005 in the UK, Professor Blinkhorn was awarded the OBE for his contribution to the promotion of Special Care Dentistry. This prestigious award is presented annually by the IADR and is supported by the Colgate-Palmolive Company and a bequest from the estate of Frank J. McClure in memory of H. Tren...Koo receives IADR Young Investigator Award
...xhibition Centre for its 84th General Session, has awarded the 2006 Young Investigator Award to Dr. Hyun (Michel) Koo, University of Rochester, NY. Dr. Koo represents the best and brightest of a new generation of young investigators. His work in microbial biofilms represents the cutting edge for dental and o...REM sleep behaviour disorder is an early marker of neurodegenerative diseases
...lable. Toward this end, the Ministry of Health has awarded this group with a FIS award named "Prognostic markers of the development of a neurodegenerative disease in patients affected with REM sleep behaviour disorder"....