Polverini to receive IADR Oral Medicine and Pathology Award
...supported by Sunstar Butler and consists of a cash prize and a plaque. It is one of 15 Distinguished Scientist Awards given annually by the IADR. Dr. Polverini receives his award today during the Opening Ceremonies of the IADR's 84th General Session. ...Finnish scientist to receive IADR Award in Geriatric Oral Research
... the IADR can bestow. The Award consists of a cash prize and plaque and will be presented to Dr. Ainamo during the Opening Ceremonies of the IADR's 84th General Session, convening here at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre....International Association for Dental Research presents awards & fellowships
...year of the Borrow Award, which consists of a cash prize and a plaque. The IADR David B. Scott Fellowshi...IADR General Session. The award consists of a cash prize and a plaque. The Gies Award is open to anyone who publishes in the Journal of Dental Research, the ...UCI epilepsy researcher receives nation's top neuroscience prize
...n the Neurosciences, the nation's most prestigious prize for cutting-edge research into brain disorders. Javits awards are given annually by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to recognize researchers whose work is supported by the institute and who have demonstrated exceptional sc...IADR reinstates Isaac Schour Memorial Award
...t reinstated award, which will consist of a $2,000 prize and a plaque, will be presented at the IADR General Session & Exhibition in New Orleans, March 21-24, 2007. "On behalf of the IADR, I sincerely thank the Sarnat Family Foundation for its tremendous generosity," said IADR Executive Director Christophe...Daniel Zheng wins SIAM's first prize at INTEL-ISEF
...it School in St. Paul, Minnesota was awarded first prize in SIAM's Special Awards Organizations at the INTE...mputing; or numerical analysis. Zheng received the prize in recognition of his project titled "Mathematical Modeling of Smoking Effect on Down Syndrome." His...Unsung heroes recognised in 2006 Australian Nursing Awards
...minations. The winner of the 2006 award and $5,000 prize money, Linzi Donlan, an emergency nurse from Portland, Victoria, plans to use her prize money to help her complete her Master of Advanced Nursing degree at Melbourne University. The two ot...2006 Alzheimer Award to P. Hemachandra Reddy, PhD
...od. 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 investigated 7 synap...BIDMC's Harold Dvorak, MD, honored by National Foundation for Cancer Research
...aureate Szent-Gyorgyi, co-founder of the NFCR, the prize recognizes outstanding scientific achievement in t...Scientific Officer Sujuan Ba, PhD, co-chair of the prize committee. "Dr. Dvorak's key VPF/VEGF discovery paved the way for researchers to better understand t...Karen Duff receives prestigious prize for Alzheimer's research
... Prize from the American Academy of Neurology. The prize recognizes outstanding research in Alzheimer's and related neurodegenerative brain diseases, and is considered one of the most prestigious in the field of Alzheimer's research. Dr. Duff is one of three recipients of the prize, which will be awarded A...American Association for Dental Research presents awards, recognitions
...IADR General Session. The award consists of a cash prize and a plaque. The Gies Award is open to anyone who publishes in the Journal of Dental Research, the official publication of the IADR/AADR. -- The award in the Biological category is presented to Xiu-Pang Wang, Thomas berg, Martyn J. James, Ditsa Leva...Portable cocaine sensor developed at UC Santa Barbara
...ymers and Organic Solids at UCSB. He won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 2000. "For me the most exciting thing is that this is a generic, inexpensive way of detecting a range of interesting targets," said Kevin Plaxco, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry. "Cocaine is just the tip of the icebe...International award honors M. D. Anderson President for pioneering research
... of cancer therapy, and Mendelsohn was awarded the prize for "pioneering the rapidly developing field of antibody-mediated cancer therapy in general and that of antibodies to growth factors in particular," according to the Foundation. For more than two decades, Mendelsohn has carried out research on how gr...The Alzheimer patient who sang 'Oh, what a beautiful morning!'
...journal as one of his major achievements, and this prize seems an appropriate way to celebrate his memory,"...e Charlton, editor of Medical Hypotheses. The 2005 prize was judged by Sir Roy Calne FRS of Cambridge University, UK. Sir Roy performed the first liver trans...Award for work on hypertension
...n Barcelona, specialists from Navarre received the prize for the best paper presented, from amongst the hundreds presented. It involved research on hypertension undertaken jointly by scientists from the Navarre Health Service and two centres at the University of Navarra: the Centre for Applied Medical Rese...Case Western Reserve University's Noelker to receive GSA's 2005 Distinguished Career award
...inguished Career Contribution to Gerontology. This prize is given annually to an individual whose theoretical contributions have helped bring about a new synthesis and perspective or have yielded original and elegant research designs addressing a significant problem in the literature. The award presentatio...Conference offers new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration
...o the public. Each winner received a $20,000 cash prize and spoke to conference attendees about their views on the value of communicating science well. Launched in 2003 by the National Academies and the W.M. Keck Foundation, the National Academies Keck FUTURES INITIATIVE is a 15-year effort to stimulate ...Penn researcher wins awards from two major cardiovascular research organizations
...cardiovascular population research laboratory. The prize consists of a citation and an honorarium of $5,000...see the creation of this (AHA Population Research) prize as both a coming of age and a challenge for population-oriented research to fight heart disease and ...Australia's best health journalism recognised
...esented Hedley Thomas of the Courier Mail with the prize of the National Press Club and Medicines Australia...our categories, with Mr Thomas winning the overall prize for his landmark reporting on the failings of the Queensland health system. Both Mr Thomas and Profe......res Innovation Awards. It also scooped the overall prize at the awards ceremony held last week in London. The test, known as MODS (Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptible Assay) is able to confirm the presence of TB from sputum samples in one week on average, taking one third to one quarter of the time of...