L'Oral accepting applications for 2007 USA fellowships for Women in Science
... L'Oreal's USA Fellowships offer support for some extraordinary talents and will help women entering science to continue and advance." This fellowship is open to women post doctoral researchers who are either American-born, naturalized citizens or permanent residents living in the United States. Applications f...ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS
...n experience some form of lower back pain. This is extraordinary since, on Earth, back pain is associated with heavy spinal load, mainly as a consequence of gravity. Scientists have therefore developed a hypothesis that lower back pain may develop without compression of the vertebrae. The explanation of the pro...Two UCSF faculty named fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
...ed by their peers as leaders who have accomplished extraordinary milestones in their careers. They are the best and the brightest in the nursing discipline and UCSF can be proud, indeed, of having such a high percentage among the academy membership. We are all looking forward to celebrating the newest UCSF inducte...The Mount Sinai Medical Center recognized for excellence in bariatric surgery
...t Sinai Medical Center staff has been providing an extraordinary level of care to weight loss surgery patients since 1999. It's very satisfying to see this officially recognized at the national level by the ASBS," said Herron. Dr. Herron has been performing laparoscopic bariatric surgery since joining the Moun......ion calling on EU decision makers to recognise the extraordinary burden of rheumatic diseases was adopted as an official resolution of the European Parliament in September 2005. However Mr Betteridge, on behalf of EULAR and its PARE Manifesto, is keen to focus also on the campaign for social justice for disabled p...4th International Conference on Memory
...lf, ICOM-4's scientific program is crammed with an extraordinary array of content, comprising keynote addresses by international leaders, themed symposia, oral papers and poster presentations. 500 presentations The week-long conference will see and hear 500 presentations by scholars from 40 nations. They will sp...Wilmer Eye Institute professor to receive ARVO's Weisenfeld Award
...almology. Guyton is this year's recipient for his extraordinary contributions to the clinical and scientific study of strabismus and amblyopia, for his optical innovations and excellence in teaching ophthalmic optics, and for his significant service to the vision community, particularly ARVO. Guyton is Krieger Pr...Worthy purse strings tie Vera Bradley Foundation $6.8 M gift to IU Cancer Center
...e Vera Bradley Foundation has for many years given extraordinary support to the Breast Cancer Research Program of the IU Cancer Center, for which we are profoundly grateful," said IU Cancer Center Director Stephen D. Williams, M.D., H.H. Gregg Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine. "The funds have given ...Daniel Zheng wins SIAM's first prize at INTEL-ISEF
...nd biology at MIT, Caltech or Brown. "Daniel is an extraordinary student, passionate about all areas of learning, although most especially about math and science. He is one of those rare students who pushes himself well beyond the assigned material to satisfy his own curiosity," says Tom Fones, Zheng's teacher and...Conference to focus on healthcare systems' response to disasters and overloads
...ability of a hospital or healthcare system to meet extraordinary needs of the community in the event of a manmade or natural catastrophe, is an important measure of disaster preparedness. Hospitals also deal with daily surge, a concept related to disaster surge, but with different characteristics. Both of these co...Putting healthcare dollars into the 'right' prevention services
...is delivered at rates and in ways that achieve the extraordinary potential benefits." Addressing that challenge, C....ers, purchasers, and policymakers stand to achieve extraordinary returns-- in extended lives and cost savings--by getting serious about helping smokers to quit." The...MSKCC received record gift of $100 million from Mortimer B. Zuckerman for cancer research facility
...rate the pace of progress and to help the Center's extraordinary scientists and physicians achieve their crucial goals." The commitment to establish the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center, through the MBZ Charitable Trust, comes at an important time for Memorial Sloan-Kettering, which recently announced plans t...Boost to health and medical research funding visionary
...Kieran Schneemann. It is through this funding that extraordinary breakthroughs like Professor Ian Frazer's cervical cancer vaccine can be developed and eventually make it to market. "The Grant Review found that investment in health and medical research delivers excellent returns," Mr Schneemann said. "The returns ...BIDMC's Harold Dvorak, MD, honored by National Foundation for Cancer Research
...r and celebrates leading researchers who have made extraordinary contributions in the field of cancer research. In 1983, Dvorak and his colleagues were the first to demonstrate that tumor cells secreted vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), known at the time as vascular permeability factor or VPF. "Dr. Dv...VCU Medical Center team implants total artificial heart
...rience in human heart transplantation. "This is an extraordinary interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, perfusionists and medical technicians," Kasirajan said. "The role of nursing care is particularly crucial and one of the reasons that we were able to be TAH-t certified." The American Nurses Credentialing...Pandemic influenza requires coordinated response, says ACP
...demic influenza. A pandemic, ACP warns, will place extraordinary and sustained demands on the U.S. health care system. All non-hospital-based health care providers (particularly internists and family practice physicians) will need to be prepared to counsel, diagnose, treat and monitor patients outside of hospital ...UC Berkeley study finds in utero arsenic exposure tied to lung disease and cancer in adults
... markedly increased disease rates in adults. "The extraordinary risk we found for in utero and early childhood exposure is a new scientific finding," says the study's lead author, Allan Smith, professor of epidemiology at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. "I sometimes ponder the improbability that drinking w...BIDMC's Harvey Goldman, MD, receives distinguished pathologist award
...urrent chief of pathology at BIDMC. "He has had an extraordinary career as a pathologist and educator and in the process has touched the lives of so many people in so many positive ways. We are proud that the USCAP has recognized his contributions with the Distinguished Pathologist Award." A popular professor and ...Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
...vided conference support. "In the wake of so many extraordinary events that have affected our nation's campuses, we hope this conference will foster the sharing of plans and effective tactics, encourage open discussion of challenges, and help more campuses prepare to handle the mental health aspects of crises of ...Binghamton University receives $1.7 million NYSTAR award to enhance flexible electronics research
...g at Binghamton University. "This initiative holds extraordinary promise for New York State and the nation and will aid in moving university-developed R2R processes and technologies to the marketplace," he said. "The CAMM will be fully integrated into the IEEC's mission and will directly enable the IEEC to enhance...