Investigation into improving quality of life after cancer
...searchers at the University of Liverpool have been awarded 1.9 million to further understanding of how the quality of patients' lives can be improved following serious illness. The 'Cancer Experiences Collaborative' will investigate ways in which patients and their families can cope more effectively and max...Mount Sinai School of Medicine receives prestigious AAMC Grant for Chronic Illness Care education
...he Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) awarded Mount Sinai School of Medicine the Enhancing Education for Chronic Illness Care grant. The grant, totaling $125,000, is funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation to stimulate the development and implementation of innovative approaches for educating m...$20 million gift to Rush University Medical Center kicks-off campus redevelopment
...ps will be established in Rush Medical College and awarded to students with a demonstrated interest in practicing primary care medicine. One of the new cardiac catheterization laboratories in the new facilities will be named the Herb Family-Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, in rec...Indiana seed fund invests in breast cancer detection startup company
...est life science ventures, CS-Keys, Inc., has been awarded $285,000 from the Indiana Seed Fund. The company's focus is on early detection of breast cancer through a new diagnostic tool developed in the laboratory of Linda Malkas, Ph.D., the Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine at the...Hebrew University scientists develop potential new epilepsy drug
...y Development Project (TETDP) of Reston, Virginia, awarded a grant, through Yissum, to the Hebrew University researchers to do further evaluation work As an integral part of this grant, Jazz Pharmaceuticals signed a licensing agreement with Yissum for developing a new antiepileptic and CNS drug, based on the...Major grant to IU School of Medicine will expand HIV/AIDS programs in Kenya
...The Indiana University School of Medicine has been awarded a $8.9 million federal grant to expand its highly regarded HIV/AIDS programs in Kenya, tripling the number of patients who will be receiving anti-retroviral drug treatments. The grant, from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is in additi...Step by step, cancer patients use exercise to feel better
...CO) 2006 annual meeting in Atlanta on June 5. ASCO awarded her an ASCO Junior Investigator Research Merit Award, given to outstanding early-career researchers to recognize their cancer prevention and control research. Exercise is emerging as a new therapeutic weapon to help cancer patients manage and reduce...Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh receives congressional recognition as pediatric transplant leader
...tine transplant in 1990. This year, Dr. Starzl was awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor. Research Research programs at Children's are helping to advance pediatric transplantation. Important clinical trials in research include progress in immunotherapy, transplantati...Daniel Zheng wins SIAM's first prize at INTEL-ISEF
...ademy and Summit School in St. Paul, Minnesota was awarded first prize in SIAM's Special Awards Organizations...ar Trek. SIAM's S.A.O. honorable mention prize was awarded at INTEL-ISEF to Gabriel Joel Mendoza and Frederic Rojas of El Paso, Texas for their project titled,...Rice wins $2.2M for undergrad global health program
... the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), which awarded the university $2.2 million to develop a four-year biomedical training program that will challenge Rice's students to solve healthcare problems in the developing world. The program, Beyond Traditional Borders, is designed to help students reach beyon...Penn State research shows withdrawal drug offers relief for Crohn's sufferers
... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded the College of Medicine $500,000 for the team to continue the study. In a related study, Smith and other College of Medicine researchers are studying the chemical and molecular mechanisms involved in suppression of inflammatory responses in the intes...Ireland leads Europe for anti-tobacco policies while Luxembourg comes last
...n on smoking in public places. It might have been awarded a higher score, had it not been for the fact that it failed to increase tobacco taxes in 2005, for the first time in 10 years. Only three other countries - the UK, Norway, and Iceland - clocked up 70 points or more. Malta came fifth, with 62 points. ...WPI team receives $1.8 million to study atherosclerotic plaque progression and rupture
...eath in the developed world. With the NSF funding, awarded jointly by the agency's Division of Mathematical Sciences, the Directorate of Biological Sciences, and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to support research in the area of mathematical biology, Tang and his team will use a combinatio...Tunnell Consulting awarded contract to fight avian flu
... Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Tunnell Consulting a multi-million dollar labor-hours type contract to provide staffing support to assist HHS in preparing for a potential global influenza pandemic. Tunnell will work directly with the Office of Research and Development Coordination ...Lilly Foundation gift to Indiana University Cancer Center
...patient care come together. The NCI distinction is awarded to an elite group of research centers whose focus is the rapid translation of research discoveries into treatments for people with cancer. IU Cancer Center physicians and scientists are well known for bringing cutting-edge research to clinic care; an...Penn Scientist receives first annual prize for scientific contributions to women's health
...University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was awarded the first annual Society for Women's Health Research Medtronic Prize for Scientific Contributions to Women's Health. She was recognized for her work in the field of sex differences research and women's health. Bartolomei received a $75,000 award and ...MSKCC received record gift of $100 million from Mortimer B. Zuckerman for cancer research facility
...ber Cancer Institute in Boston. Mr. Zuckerman was awarded the Commandeur De L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France, received five honorary degrees, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Guild Hall and the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architecture in New York. "Anyone who kno...Unsung heroes recognised in 2006 Australian Nursing Awards
...each received a prize of $500 (there was no winner awarded in this category). The three finalists in this category were Jade Larosa from the University of Tasmania, Karen Wesley from Monash University and Megan McLaughlin from Queensland University of Technology. While the Australian Nursing Awards celebrate...2006 Alzheimer Award to P. Hemachandra Reddy, PhD
...ely understood. The main objective of the research awarded the prize was to determine whether presynaptic or postsynaptic compartments of neurons in AD patients are preferentially affected by disease. Using immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, and densitometry techniques, Reddy and his colleagues investigat......who also have a serious mental illness. NIDA has awarded $2.1 million (1 R01 DA018130-01A2) to Dr. David Kressel, a senior member of NDRI's Center for the Integration of Research and Practice (Dr. Stanley Sacks, Director). The study will look at established TC programs in the United States, China, and Thai...