National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2007 inductees
... Every year, the National Inventors Hall of Fame honors through induction the individuals whose work has changed society and improved the way we live. Their vision, hard work, and creative drive have led to powerful new tools that shape the future while celebrating invention. The 2007 class will be indu...Winners of 2007 Engineering Awards to be honored at gala dinner
...es will award the engineering profession's highest honors for 2007 at a gala dinner in Washington, D.C., on ... engineering and technology; the Russ Prize, which honors outstanding achievement in engineering; and the Gordon Prize, which recognizes experiments in educat...MGH research award helps women establish scientific careers
...s research publications, presentations and related honors during the following years and also described the awards direct positive impact on their career development including improving their impression of the hospitals commitment to their careers and their own outlook on their professional prospects. O...Northwestern surgeon invents teaching technology for scary patient exams
...l Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md. The exhibit honors black trailblazers and educators in contemporary medicine. Another trail Pugh blazed was to help students perform better breast exams. "Breasts all look and feel different, so its hard to know whats normal," Pugh explained. "Breasts vary as much ...Conference honoring UH professor attracts researchers from United States, abroad
...r of the French Academy of Sciences in 2005. Other honors are membership in the French National Academy of Technology, the Academia Europaea and the Morningside Group, which promotes computational and applied mathematics in China; and induction as a chevalier in the Lgion d'Honneur, the French equivalent of...Craniofacial Biology Award presented to Vargervik
...rize and plaque, and represents one of the highest honors the IADR can bestow....International and American Associations for Dental Research present awards and fellowships
...Kleinman (University of Maryland, 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...Stephen receives Trendley Dean Memorial Award
...ology, and public health. It is one of the highest honors the IADR can bestow. Dr. Stephen receives his award today during the Opening Ceremonies of the IADR's 85th General Session....Marshall to receive Wilmer Souder Award from IADR
...e IADR's 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...Mooney to receive IADR's Isaac Schour Memorial Award
...Morial Convention Center. It is one of the highest honors the IADR can bestow....Leader of the pack: Dog groomer turned UH pharmacy professor honored
...y of Houston pharmacy educator has earned national honors for grooming the next generation of pharmacy professionals. Lynn Simpson, a clinical associate professor and executive vice chair of pharmacy practice at the UH College of Pharmacy, received the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student...World-renowned chemist honored with inaugural lectureship
...vement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. The award honors novel and significant chemistry research which has led to important contributions to the field of cancer research. Danishefsky is the Kettering Chair and Director of the Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a...Richard Mayeux awarded AAN Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's research
..., held April 28 May 5, 2007. The Potamkin Prize honors and rewards researchers for their work in helping advance the understanding of Alzheimers disease and related disorders. Mayeux is being honored for his work showing that Alzheimers disease likely results from a complex mixture of altered genes and...Aflac expands decade-long partnership with AACR
...s of progress in cancer research, in 2007 the AACR honors past achievements and looks to foster future advancements in the fight against cancer. "Providing scholarship and training awards toward cancer treatment and research is a part of Aflacs commitment to help stamp out the disease," said Buffy Swine...UCLA surgeon honored with American Association for Thoracic Surgery's Achievement Award
... D.C. on May 8. Established in 1994, the award honors individuals who have achieved scientific contributions in the field of thoracic surgery worthy of the highest recognition. Previous recipients of this award are an illustrious group of cardiac surgeons of worldwide eminence that include John Kir...Dyson Foundation gives $5 Million for ophthalmology research at Weill Cornell Medical College
...ed to open in the spring of 2008. "This new gift honors the memory of Margaret and Charlie Dyson, who were...ent is very grateful for this generous gift, which honors the exemplary clinical and research work of Dr. D. Jackson Coleman," says Dr. Donald J. D'Amico, cha...UCLA pediatrician honored with prestigious achievement award
...mmunologic disorders. The Abbot Laboratories award honors Stiehm for his more than three decades of work as a preeminent leader in the field of pediatric immunology. Stiehms impact has been wide in the diagnostic immunology laboratory and in the research and treatment of primary and secondary immune defi...GlaxoSmithKline honors cancer research pioneer Gianni Bonadonna with new ASCO Award and Fellowship
...SCO and The ASCO Foundation on this new award that honors the legacy of one of the giants of medical oncology, said Paolo Paoletti, MD, Senior Vice President of the Oncology Medicine Development Center at GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Bonadonna is an exceptional scientist, clinician and humanitarian. His revolutio...New grant fulfills wish of late Baltimore Orioles team photographer
...2007 A new American Cancer Society research grant honors the wishes of long-time Baltimore Orioles team photographer Jerry Wachter, who recognized the need for increased attention to a rare but dangerous form of skin cancer that took his life in 2005. The $30,000 two-year grant to University of Washington ......dictorian at Vanderbilt University, graduated with honors from Yale Law School, was a Marshall scholar at Oxford and today is a respected legal scholar at University of Southern California Gould School of Law. And, since adolescence, Saks has battled schizophrenia and acute psychosis. After decades of hi...