Vilcek Foundation to award $150,000 to early-career immigrant scientists in 2023
Vilcek FoundationIn 2023, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each.
In 2023, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each.
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New studies emerge daily on the effect of the human microbiome on human health: colon cancer, ulcers, and cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease have been associated with the communities of microbes that live in our bodies.
Here are some of the latest articles we've posted in the Physical Science channel.
Binghamton University, State University of New York kept its place among the elite schools labeled “R1 — very high research activity” in a new list released by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Professor Melinda Duncan has received major appointments to the research administration at the University of Delaware, being named associate vice president for research at UD and director of the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE).
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey joins the ranks of 53 premier international institutions from 12 countries invited to participate in the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) Global Scholars Program (NGSP). The competitive program is designed to support innovative thinkers from select academic institutions in translating their breakthrough science into transformative medicine and/or clinical research to improve the lives of patients.
Here are some of the latest articles we've posted in the Behavioral Science channel.
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University will award Paul Farmer, a physician and medical anthropologist who has dedicated his life to improving healthcare for the world's most in need, with the 2022 Inamori Ethics Prize.
Despite a year of unparalleled challenges, including a pandemic, travel restrictions and redirected funding, Arizona State University continues to grow its research enterprise and advance new discoveries and solutions.
In APL Bioengineering, editor Rylie A. Green highlights the disconnect between what bionic technologies can actually provide versus public and patient expectations and discusses how the health and ethical risks involved in embracing bionic devices may outweigh their benefits. When any device is implanted within the body, it poses significant risks beyond the surgery itself, and the hype around "the bionic man" should be tempered by these risks.
Sanford Burnham Prebys is pleased to announce several new appointments to its executive leadership team, fortifying the Institute’s position as a world leader in nonprofit biomedical research.
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research announced today that Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, PhD, a renowned developmental biologist who has led a research lab at the University of Oxford for the past ten years, will join the Institute in the first quarter of 2022. She will also join the faculty of the Graduate School of the Stowers Institute.
The University of Illinois Chicago and Malcolm X College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, have teamed up for a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support undergraduate students training in biomedical research during the last two years of their studies.
When it comes to learning how to prevent heart disease, including diverse populations isn’t just the right thing to do, it also makes the science better.
Kim Iversen, a popular political talk show host with over 27K followers on Twitter, claimed that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are global superspreaders of the new omicron variant. “I can’t believe that after fully vaccinated travelers have been found to be the global spreaders of the omicron variant, we’re STILL talking about forcing people into being vaccinated,” she wrote on Twitter. We find this claim to be misleading. There is very little data on how the new variant is being spread.
ROCKVILLE, MD – At their fall meeting, the Council of the Biophysical Society (BPS) discussed several orders of business important to a culture of inclusion. Specifically, the Council focused on the approval of a new set of Ethics Guidelines, created by an appointed Task Force for BPS Policy, for which the Society expects all members to comply.
Pandemic highlights existing issues in our health information ecosystem.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of more than $701K to establish a collaborative network of experts to identify evidence-based inclusion strategies that can be employed by scientific societies to address persistent cultural challenges that prevent inclusive practices from taking root.
The fellowship is designed as an 18-month program that will begin with a pilot group of four scholars this spring semester
Thanks to funding from the Walder Foundation, UChicago is building a new resource to support the careers of researchers navigating family caregiving responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
A commentary by researchers from Mayo Clinic and the University of Southern California suggests that agencies funding biomedical research must strive for diversity, equity and inclusion in research decisions, and that these agencies will only be successful if they address bias in the research funding process. The commentary is published in Nature Medicine.
Several Florida State University researchers are among the most cited academics worldwide, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list from Clarivate, a data and analytics company.
The world’s most influential researchers include 43 UCLA scholars - and five of them are faculty at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
The thirteen scientists were named to the 2021 list of Highly Cited Researchers by the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, reflecting the international reach of St. Jude research.
Over the last decade, the publications of Jerold Chun and Randal J. Kaufman are among the top 1% in the world for number of citations
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to announce that Donna Ginther and Raynard Kington have been selected by the society’s Public Policy Committee to be the recipients of the 2021 ASCB Public Service Award. Ginther and Kington were the lead authors on two important research papers that highlighted the lack of racial equity within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) research community. The two are receiving their awards “for leadership in alerting the scientific community to significant racial disparities in research funding at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).”
The University of Illinois Chicago received $446 million in sponsored funding during the 2021 fiscal year, setting a record for research awards. The total amount represents an 8.6% increase over fiscal year 2020, with funding supporting over 3,500 research projects that move research to practical application.
A new study provides a novel way of showing that medical research does indeed save lives, starting in the local communities where it is produced.
Journal of Experimental Medicine is now presenting opportunities to engage in Continuing Medical Education (CME) in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Each Journal-Based CME activity consists of a full-text article that is free to read, a multiple-choice question test, and an evaluation/self-assessment.
NIAF Board Member and SHRO Director Antonio Giordano leads scholarship committee.
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, a study of 2,329 academic journals has found that fewer manuscripts were submitted by women than by men, with this gender gap being especially prominent in the medical field and for women in earlier stages of their careers.
Race is not genetic. Race is a social and political construct. However, the conflation of race and genetics is one way that racism persists in medicine and research.
Expanded partnerships, access to clinical trials and new medical and behavioral treatments and interventions reaching individuals more quickly will benefit communities in Pennsylvania and beyond thanks to the renewal of Penn State’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The global race to develop new stem cell-based COVID-19 treatments during the pandemic was filled with violations of government regulations, inflated medical claims and distorted public communication, say the authors of a new perspective.
Peter O’Donnell Jr., whose vision, legendary generosity, and cherished friendship graced UT Southwestern Medical Center for many decades, passed away Oct. 10 at the age of 97.
The Neiman Health Policy Institute is accepting applications for its new grants and fellowship programs to fund novel research to inform health policy and radiology practice. Grant topics include payment models, AI/emerging technology, and practice advancements to improve efficiency, outcomes, or equity. For full details, please see the Grants & Fellowship page.
The American Thyroid Association (ATA) celebrates the recipients of the 2021 Women Advancing Thyroid Research Award. This award recognizes and honors the work of young women that are leading outstanding thyroid research.
.The Undergraduate Research Definition Task Force of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) announced an updated definition for undergraduate research, reflecting the broadened scope for undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry as well as attention to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Justin Perry, PhD, cell biologist and immunologist of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s (MSK) Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) has been named one of 64 recipients of the prestigious 2021 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. As part of the award, Dr. Perry will receive $1.5 million in direct costs split into two multi-year segments.
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the world’s largest association of neurologists with more than 36,000 members, is issuing a position statement which considers the ethical implications related to high drug costs. The statement is published in the October 4, 2021, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, and was developed by the Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee, a joint committee of the AAN, American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society.
“Throw me the idol; I’ll throw you the whip!” - From Raiders of the Lost Ark
Congress missed an opportunity to secure long-term funding for life-saving medical research in the midst of the pandemic.
Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has attained Plan S compliant Transformative Journal status from cOAlition S. Authors receiving funding from members of cOAlition S may be eligible to have their Immediate Open Access (OA) fees covered in Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), and Journal of General Physiology (JGP).
Eric Wang, Ph.D., has joined Sanford Burnham Prebys as an assistant professor in the Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program. Wang comes to Sanford Burnham Prebys from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he was a postdoctoral research fellow.
Engaging underrepresented students to create diversity in agriculture and life science fields represents a pressing challenge for the scientific community.
A five-year, $61.7 million grant to the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will help medical researchers speed the application of scientific discoveries, so that new treatments can be delivered to patients faster.
The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) honors research led by Anne Teitelman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Associate Professor Emerita in Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health, as the 2021 JANAC (Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care) Article of the Year.
A new paper co-authored by Georgia Tech found that women — as compared to their male counterparts — receive less credit for the work they put into academic publications, more frequently experience authorship disputes, and often end up losing out on opportunities for future collaboration as a result.