Last call for Annual World of Children award nominations
...lobe. World of Children, Inc. has become the most prestigious global award program promoting child advocacy. Their mission is to honor, illuminate and inspire on behalf of children. AWARD DETAILS: Deadline for Submissions: APRIL 25, 2005. $100,000 Kellogg's Child Development Award , underwritten by foun...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
...iness and government. This is the 34th year of the prestigious competition, which has recognized techniques that have changed our technical and business landscape. Operations Research, known as the "science of better," is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. The 2...Children's Hospital, Oakland's Dr. Barbara Staggers wins prestigious award
...eter E. Haas Public Service Award, one of the most prestigious honors given by the University of California, Berkeley. The award recognizes an alumnus of the university who has made "a significant voluntary public contribution to the betterment of society, particularly at the community level." The award consid...Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
... April 13. "I am extremely honored to receive this prestigious award which will allow me to broaden the message of the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. So many families and their caregivers know the frustration and confusion of neurological disorders," Gibbons said. "The work of the American Academy of Neurology...Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
...m, the senior author of the paper published in the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry. "We found that 2-ME works through a protein called Smad7, and that artificially lowering the amount of Smad7 in prostate cancer cells reduced 2-ME's ability to cause cell death. This finding suggests that the levels o...Learning software developed by Rutgers-Newark scientist helps 450,000 students with reading
...al also was recently invited to participate in the prestigious Presidential Symposium at the 2005 meeting of the Society of Neuroscience....ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
...n 2000 and 2001. She is also the recipient of the prestigious Emerging Nursing Star in Health Disparities Research award from Howard University Division of Nursing in 2004. The Emerging Star honor is awarded annually to nurses across the country who hold a doctorate degree in their discipline and who are "nati...How medical research is taking care of your heart
The Croonian Lecture is the most prestigious lecture of The Royal Society and for the first tim...s is set to be debated and highlighted during this prestigious event"....Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
...mber from UT Southwestern currently serving on the prestigious academy. "This is a great honor for me personally and a wonderful credit to the outstanding scientific environment here at UT Southwestern," said Dr. Nestler, who also is a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, to which ...Rush designated Center of Excellence by Huntington's Disease Society of America
... sites across the nation competitively awarded the prestigious designation this year. The designation includes $50,000 a year in funding to help support a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals with expertise in Huntington's disease. The team will provide comprehensive medical and social services as...University of Kentucky researcher wins American Heart Association award
...ntucky researcher Dr. Dennis Bruemmer received the prestigious 2005 Irvine Page Award for Young Investigators at ...see one of our young physician scientists win this prestigious award," said Alan Daughtery, UK Gill Heart Institute Associate Chair of Medicine for Physician Scien...Three UCSD scholars elected to prestigious National Academy of Sciences
...ho previously have been named to membership in the prestigious academy....UCI epilepsy researcher receives nation's top neuroscience prize
...vits Award in the Neurosciences, the nation's most prestigious prize for cutting-edge research on brain injuries and illnesses. A professor of anatomy and neurobiology, Soltesz and his research team will receive $2.7 million over seven years from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorder...Sabin Gold Medal awarded to vaccine developer Dr. Albert Z. Kapikian
...tional Institutes of Health (NIH), was awarded the prestigious Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal at a ceremony on May 10, 2005. Cited for his "extraordinary achievements in vaccinology," Dr. Kapikian is the 13th recipient of this recognition, awarded annually by the Sabin Vaccine Institute to honor achievements by vacc...Protecting Europe from epidemics: official inauguration of ECDC on 27 May
...peakers at the ceremony, which will be held at the prestigious Nobel Forum of the Karolinska Institutet starting at 10:00. A press conference will take place immediately after the ceremony at 11:30. Journalists wishing to attend the press conference should contact press@ecdc.eu.int Press contact for Mr. Kypri...K-State researcher discovers compliments go a long way to improve body self-image in women
...a said. "It's nice to be able to present at a big, prestigious conference like this, and to be able to present on such a new and novel topic." Although self-objectification has been discovered in girls as young as 4-5 years old, Fea's research focused on older subjects who often voice concerns like "my arms are ...College of Nursing faculty member honored for excellence as nurse educator
...Services," said Scoloveno, who recently received a prestigious Rutgers University Warren I. Sussman award for teaching excellence. "Winning the Sussman Award and the 2005 Governor's Merit Award in one year is an experience I will never forget. I love teaching pediatric nursing and my greatest reward is seeing m...University of Maryland scientist wins 2005 Kettering Prize
... and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, has won the prestigious Charles F. Kettering Prize for her pioneering work...st," Dr. Wells says. "This is one of the most prestigious awards in the world of science," says Donald E. Wilson, M.D., M.A.C.P., Vice President for Medical A...Rice bioengineer wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
...ritical-care and emergency medical category of the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award competition. "Dr. Athanasiou's tireless service to the discipline of bioengineering have earned him a worldwide reputation as a leader," said Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the incoming chair of Rice's Bioengineering Departm...... hand at the event to see UH do so well with these prestigious honors bestowed at both the faculty and student levels." For exhibiting exemplary performance in their fields of study, Cole and Brooks each were awarded a Kathi Bowles Scholarship, established in 1988 to honor the memory of one of the AWC Houston ...