International award honors M. D. Anderson President for pioneering research
...e of the National Academy of Sciences. Among other honors Mendelsohn has received are the Gold Medal of Paris, the Joseph H. Burchenal Clinical Research Award from the American Association for Cancer Research, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Jill Rose Award, the Simon Shubitz Prize from the Universi...SNMTS provides $58,000 in 2006 scholarships, grants for nuclear medicine technologists
...r four-year degree in nuclear medicine technology, honors the memory of Mickey Williams, a past SNMTS president who immigrated to the United States from Jamaica. Said Diabes Figueroa, M.S., CNMT, RT(N), of Columbia, Mo., a doctoral student in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute at the University...American Association for Dental Research presents awards, recognitions
...ector, IADR/AADR, Alexandria, VA, USA), this award honors an individual who has given exemplary service in the area of public affairs by consistently promoting the interests and activities of oral health research to a wide constituency. The award is supported by the AADR and consists of a plaque. Previous r...Dramatic changes in US aging highlighted in new census, NIH report
...er. Charlotte County, Fla. (34.7 percent) gets top honors among counties, and McIntosh County, N.D. (34.2 percent) ranks second. Higher levels of education, which are linked to better health, higher income, more wealth and a higher standard of living in retirement, will continue to increase among people 65...BIDMC's Harvey Goldman, MD, receives distinguished pathologist award
...es in the early 1970s and has continued to receive honors and recognition from recent classes. Goldman's research in the field of gastrointestinal pathology has focused on inflammatory conditions of the esophagus, stomach and intestines. In the early 1980s Goldman published sentinel papers describing mucosa...ISHLT celebrates 20th anniversary of infant cardiac transplantation
...turer this year." The ISHLT Pioneer Lecture series honors enduring contributions to the field of heart and lung transplantation. Past Pioneer Lecturers include Norman Shumway, M.D. Christian Barnard, M.D. and Joel Cooper M.D. Pediatric Research Focus Also at the ISHLT Meeting this week, a satellite sympos...Students' device may improve chest closure after heart surgery
...bs. The 11-member team's prototype won first-place honors in the university's recent Biomedical Engineering Design Day competition. The project's sponsor, Surgical Transformations LLC, has obtained a provisional patent covering the system. If the idea appeals to enough surgeons, the firm plans to support fu...Vision, contributions earn two honors for UH optometrist
...role in international optometry efforts, receiving honors from universities in Colombia and China, as well as working to unite several international organizations toward a common goal through the World Optometry Foundation. Volunteerism, however, has remained close to his heart through philanthropy, leader...UCI epilepsy researcher receives nation's top neuroscience prize
...d by the United States Congress in 1983, the award honors the late U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), who was a strong advocate for research on a variety of neurological disorders. Senator Javits suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the disabling neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou...Craniofacial Biology Award presented to Mina
...rize and plaque, and represents one of the highest honors the IADR can bestow....Ferracane to receive Wilmer Souder Award from IADR
...ADR's 15 Distinguished Scientist Awards. The award honors Dr. Wilmer Souder, the motivating force in establishing the Dental Section at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), and is designed to perpetuate the scientific ideals he exemplified, and to encour...Einstein's Dr. Michael Brownlee receives prestigious new scholar award from JDRF
...rd is the latest in a long string of distinguished honors that Dr. Brownlee has received in recognition of his scientific efforts and achievements. These include the 2005 Naomi Berrie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research from Columbia University Medical Center; the 2004 Banting Medal, the ...ASU's Biodesign Institute Director George Poste awarded 2006 Albert Einstein Award
...ce and democracy. This latest award adds to many honors that Poste has received for his contributions to international health. He has received honorary degrees in science, law and letters and has been accorded the rank of Commander of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He has been ele...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, green chemistry breakthroughs
... of Chemistry program, started in 1996 by the ACS, honors industrial chemists and chemical engineers who create commercially successful products that improve the quality of life. The keynote speaker for the 2006 Heroes awards program is Paul Farmer, Ph.D., M.D., medical anthropologist and physician, who h...ASTRO awards $240,000 to four cancer researchers
...raduated with a B.S. in Human Physiology with high honors and distinction. He continued his education at the University of Colorado where he received a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and an M.D. He is currently conducting post-graduate work as a B. Leonard Holman Pathway Resident in the Department of Radiation Oncol...Marc Levine, M.D., of Penn, wins Eminent Scientist of the Year award from the IRPC
...adiology. Levine has received numerous awards and honors including the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for distinguished teaching at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2003, the highest teaching award given to a member of the medical school faculty. He served on the Board of Direc...Columbia pediatricians, Anne Gershon and Richard Polin, awarded top honors
...ital of NewYork-Presbyterian have been awarded top honors from two of the most prestigious medical associations in their fields. Anne Gershon, M.D. was recently named vice president and president-elect of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), while Richard Polin, M.D. received the annual Neonat...Einstein's Dr. Susan Band Horwitz elected to Institute of Medicine
... health. Election is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health. Dr. Horwitz...on for Cancer Research. She has received numerous honors and awards including the Cain Memorial Award of the American Association for Cancer Research in 1992...GSA confers 2006 M. Powell Lawton Award to University of Washington's Teri
...utions to applied gerontological research. It also honors an individual for exemplifying one or more of Lawton's outstanding professional and personal qualities. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting the following year. The award is sponsored by the Madlyn and Leonard ...NOVA to air two-hour documentary on pioneering African American chemist
...ard of Directors of the American Chemical Society, honors a man who "was an inspirational and motivational figure for many young men and women. Although this was especially true for students and researchers of color, it was more generally true for all, no matter what their race, ethnicity or gender." Perc...