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Released: 11-Dec-2019 3:50 PM EST
Groups work better when stakes are gradually increased
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A gradual approach to increasing the stakes of group coordination projects can improve overall team performance, according to a new research paper featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Released: 11-Dec-2019 3:35 PM EST
VUMC’s Denny Selected to Lead National ‘All of Us’ Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Joshua C. Denny, MD, MS, vice president of Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), to be the Chief Executive Officer of the federal All of Us Research Program.

Released: 11-Dec-2019 1:40 PM EST
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Receives Re-Accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center achieved re-accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

Released: 11-Dec-2019 11:55 AM EST
James Wilson Clark, PPPL’s first deputy director for administrative operations, was a decorated World War II veteran, experienced federal administrator, and active member of the Princeton community
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

James W. Clark, PPPL's first deputy director for administrative operations, was a decorated World War II veteran with a long career in public service, who died Aug. 6. A memorial service in his honor will be held Dec. 21.

Released: 11-Dec-2019 9:50 AM EST
New Study and Pilot Curriculum Trains Students to Provide Complex Care
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas Jefferson University Hotspotting Program Addresses Hospital “Super Utilizers” Using Team-Based Model

Released: 11-Dec-2019 9:45 AM EST
The Songwriter Is Creative – the Singer, Not So Much
Ohio State University

Country music songwriters must perform a careful dance when they work with famous singers who may be less talented at writing songs but bring the needed star power to attract fans – and, importantly, to get the song recorded in the first place, research suggests. A study of 39 successful country-music songwriters found that they use two strategies to navigate creative collaboration with more famous artists.

Released: 11-Dec-2019 9:00 AM EST
Bea Weiser, 98, Volunteers to Help People with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
Florida Atlantic University

For more than 14 years, Bea Weiser, 98, has volunteered at the front desk of FAU’s Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center to help attendees who are struggling with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias. Nothing slows down this vibrant and energetic senior who continues to maintain her independence (she still drives) and who has worked since she was 14 years old. Even a recent setback with a broken shoulder and a cancer diagnosis has not deterred her from returning to the center three afternoons a week to continue her passion to help others.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 3:55 PM EST
A New Era of Care: The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to Open in January 2020
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today celebrated the opening of a $1.5 billion state-of-the-art cancer treatment facility with government officials, members of the Boards of Overseers and Managers, and staff. Opening for patient care next month, the 750,000-square-foot building is the institution’s — and the city’s — largest freestanding cancer care facility. The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is a healing community dedicated to patient-centered care, made possible by a landmark donation and a pioneering vision that signifies a new era of cancer care.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 3:45 PM EST
Um School of Medicine Celebrates Longtime Board of Visitors Chair Michael E. Cryor
University of Maryland School of Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean, E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, kicked off a celebration and recognition of longstanding Chair of the UMSOM’s Board of Visitors (BOV), Michael E. Cryor, President of The Cryor Group and recognized strategic counselor and public leader, for his distinguished service to the UMSOM for the past 10 years. At the celebration, Dean Reece announced that current UMSOM Board Member Cynthia L. Egan has been selected as the new Chair of the UMSOM Board.

   
Released: 10-Dec-2019 3:35 PM EST
'Moderate' Impact of Workplace Health Promotion Program
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Long-term evaluation of a comprehensive workplace health promotion (WHP) program at a large Finnish company shows a "moderate" impact on worker health—even with relatively low annual participation rates, reports a study in the November Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 3:35 PM EST
Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan Named 20th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize Recipients
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

The UNC School of Medicine has awarded the 20th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize to Lily Jan, PhD, and Yuh-Nung Jan, PhD, both at UC San Francisco, for the “discovery and functional characterization of potassium channels.”

Released: 10-Dec-2019 3:30 PM EST
Alumni couple Carol and Eugene Choi to receive UCI’s Extraordinarius award
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 10, 2019 — The University of California, Irvine Alumni Association will bestow its highest honor, the Lauds & Laurels Extraordinarius award, to alumni couple Carol Choi ’85 and Eugene Choi ’86, MBA ’01, for their exemplary service and contributions to the university and community. “We are proud to celebrate the Chois’ remarkable impact through this distinguished and well-deserved award,” said Brian T.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 3:05 PM EST
Einstein Receives $178 Million in NIH Funding in Fiscal Year 2019, Largest Annual Total in Institution’s History
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine secured $178 million from the National Institutes of Health in federal fiscal year 2019, marking the largest annual total in the institution’s history (excluding supplemental stimulus funding distributed as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). Major grants included those to lead international consortiums to study Ebola and HIV, as well as those focusing on neuroscience, genetics, and improving health among minority groups.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 2:45 PM EST
Twelve Honored by Society for Risk Analysis
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Today, the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) awarded six prestigious scholarly and service awards and named six new Fellows at its Annual Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. These awards recognize 12 individuals for their outstanding contributions to the society and to the science of risk analysis. The recipients were selected by a committee of SRA past presidents and approved by the SRA Council.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 2:15 PM EST
Society for Risk Analysis Announces Its New 2020 Council
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

During its Annual Meeting, the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) announced the addition of five new Council members and the rise of Seth Guikema, Ph.D., University of Michigan, as the new President of its 2020 Council. Guikema succeeds Katherine McComas, Ph.D., Cornell University, who has completed her term and will continue to serve on the Council as past-president.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 1:45 PM EST
Society for Risk Analysis Announces 2019 Winners for Best Journal Papers and Best Research Posters
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) is pleased to announce the winners for best papers in Risk Analysis: An International Journal and the best research posters for 2019. The editorial staff of Risk Analysis selected the 2019 Best Paper award winners. These papers made the most significant impacts on the theory or practice of risk analysis. Judges, as well as members of the society via popular vote, selected the poster winners during the meeting’s annual poster session the evening prior.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Advertising continues to assume mothers only use knowledge for domestic caring
Lancaster University

Magazine adverts continue to tell mothers to put caring for their families front and centre - and encourage them to devote all their knowledge to protecting and caring for them rather than for their own benefit or professional advancement.

5-Dec-2019 2:00 PM EST
New England fishermen losing jobs due to climate
University of Delaware

For decades the biggest threat to the industry has been overfishing, but it is no longer the only threat. According to new research at the University of Delaware, fluctuations in the climate have already cost some New England fishermen their jobs.

Released: 9-Dec-2019 2:55 PM EST
Medical Errors Remain Problem 20 Years after Critical Report on Patient Safety
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

Medical errors remain as vexing a problem, according to Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Kathleen Sutcliffe of Johns Hopkins University. She discusses the issue in her new book Still Not Safe: Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine, co-authored with Robert Wears.

Released: 9-Dec-2019 2:35 PM EST
MITRE Appoints Kim Warren Vice President of Public Sector Programs
MITRE

MITRE Announces New VP of Public Sector Programs

Released: 9-Dec-2019 2:20 PM EST
Loyola Medicine Invests in Raising Minimum Wagefor Workforce
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine Invests in Raising Minimum Wage for Workforce

Released: 9-Dec-2019 1:35 PM EST
Edmondo Robinson Joins Moffitt Cancer Center as New Chief Digital Innovation Officer
Moffitt Cancer Center

Dr. Robinson has joined Moffitt as the new senior vice president, chief digital innovation officer. He is responsible for expanding Moffitt’s ecosystem from within and outside of health care to deliver on consumer-oriented, real-world solutions for clinical practice, research and administrative processes essential to support growth.

Released: 9-Dec-2019 12:25 PM EST
Strategic Plan Approved by Board of Trustees
Augustana University, South Dakota

Augustana University announced today that its Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a new strategic plan – Viking Bold: The Journey to 2030.

Released: 9-Dec-2019 10:05 AM EST
Queen’s University Belfast signs the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
Queen's University Belfast

Queen’s University has become a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

Released: 6-Dec-2019 12:45 PM EST
Yervant Terzian, who explored matter between stars, dies at 80
Cornell University

Yervant Terzian, the Tisch Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, who studied the physical matter between stars, dedicated his career to education and chaired the department for two decades, died Nov. 25 in Ithaca. Terzian was 80.

4-Dec-2019 2:05 PM EST
Astronomy fellowship demonstrates effective measures to dismantle bias, increase diversity in STEM
University of Washington

Joyce Yen of the University of Washington worked with the Heising-Simons Foundation to dismantle bias and promote diversity in a prominent grant that the Foundation awards to postdoctoral researchers. Here, Yen shares the ways bias can work against greater diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM.

Released: 6-Dec-2019 10:20 AM EST
The CEO-CFO Relationship and Executive Compensation
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

It’s not uncommon for incoming CEOs to hire new senior staff when they join companies. But when they hire new CFOs, might those CFOs be pressured to manage earnings in a way that benefits the CEOs’ pay? New research examines these C-suite relationships and what they might mean for the long-term health of a company.

27-Nov-2019 11:05 AM EST
Designing Workplaces with Sound Disturbances in Mind
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Workplaces are full of sound, most of which is not helpful to workers trying to do their jobs. Scientists are using physics to understand how conversation, music and other ambient noise is experienced by individuals in a variety of work situations. Takeshi Akita, of Tokyo Denki University, will present a talk on “Effects of sound source and its direction on subjects’ impression of soundscape in workplace” at the 178th ASA Meeting.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 2:30 PM EST
Donna Plecha, MD, named chair of radiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Announcement of a new chair of the Department of Radiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Donna M. Plecha, MD, a nationally recognized expert in breast imaging.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 12:55 PM EST
Wichita State University tops national rankings for aeronautical R&D
Wichita State University

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released updated rankings for university research and development (R&D) expenditures, and Wichita State has held its position as the top university in the country for industry-funded aeronautical R&D with a total of $39 million in fiscal year 2018.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 12:40 PM EST
Former Air Force Brigadier General Andrew Armacost named University of North Dakota president
University of North Dakota

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has selected former U.S. Air Force brigadier general, Dr. Andrew Armacost, as the 13th president of the University of North Dakota. He will begin his position as soon as possible after contract negotiations are complete.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
American University and Dignity Health Global Education Introduce Innovative Certificates in Healthcare Project Management and Administration
American University

Dignity Health Global Education (DHGE) is partnering with American University’s School of Professional & Extended Studies to offer new and unique training in project management with an emphasis on healthcare.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 11:45 AM EST
Internships fuel research for engineering students from Puerto Rico
Sandia National Laboratories

The Consortium for Integrating Energy Systems in Engineering and Science Education, CIESESE, internship program, sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration, connects engineering students from five Hispanic-serving institutions, including UPRM, with research at Sandia National Laboratories and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The program has recently been extended through next summer.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 10:15 AM EST
Mount Sinai Receives $1 Million Grant for Prostate Cancer Research
Mount Sinai Health System

The Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $1 million grant from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 9:00 AM EST
Coriell Institute for Medical Research Scientist Receives Grant to Find Drivers of Breast Cancer
Coriell Institute for Medical Research

Shoghag Panjarian, PhD, a research scientist at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, has been awarded a grant from the W. W. Smith Charitable Trust to support her search for epigenetic factors that contribute to the development and growth of breast cancer.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 9:00 AM EST
GAIUS Networks, A Start-Up Co-Founded by NYU, NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Chosen for Facebook Accelerator Program
New York University

GAIUS Networks, co-founded by researchers at New York University and NYU Abu Dhabi, has been selected for Facebook Accelerator London’s program—a 12-week session that pairs start-ups with the team at Facebook’s London lab.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 4:50 PM EST
Early-career engineers learn about the wide variety of tasks in PPPL program
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's new rotational engineering program allows early-career engineers to receive a variety of training as they rotate through four different engineering areas during the two-year program.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 3:50 PM EST
Moffitt’s Top Blood Cancer Research Highlighted at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center, a leader in the clinical care and research of blood malignancies, will present its top clinical research at the 61st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, Dec. 7-10 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 3:20 PM EST
Cardiac Program Receives National Recognition for Treating Condition Often Undiagnosed
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health named a Center of Excellence for high quality of care in treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 1:40 PM EST
The Big Questions: José Rodriguez on Catalysts
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The Big Questions series features perspectives from the five recipients of the Department of Energy Office of Science’s 2019 Distinguished Scientists Fellows Award describing their research and what they plan to do with the award. José Rodriguez is a senior chemist at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

27-Nov-2019 10:20 AM EST
ASA, CDC Plan Revamp of Sound-Related Wikipedia Pages for International Year of Sound 2020
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

As harmful effects of noise are becoming more widely known, popular internet websites are increasingly being used as resources of information. For the International Year of Sound 2020 (#IYS2020), the Acoustical Society of America and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, part of the CDC, took the lead in designing the online event Wiki4YearOfSound2020. The event will facilitate the improvement of Wikipedia content in topics related to acoustics, communication, music, noise and soundscapes.

   
Released: 4-Dec-2019 11:05 AM EST
An Indoor Tracking System for Hospitals
Henry Ford Health

A new indoor software tracking system conceived at the Henry Ford Innovations (HFI) in Detroit for use in hospitals is being compared to GPS for its functionality. The two developers behind the system called Novatrack say it has the potential to be a “game changer” in health care for its capability and precision to optimize operations and improve efficiencies.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 10:50 AM EST
UAB tops $600 million in research funding for first time
University of Alabama at Birmingham

One year after surpassing $500 million in research grant and award funding, University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty, staff and administration have hit another institutional milestone for the first time in its 50-year history — exceeding more than $600 million in research funding awards.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 9:30 AM EST
Highlights for reporters from the 2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

Check out this day-by-day rundown of events and sessions of interest to media at the 2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting taking place Dec. 7-11 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 6:20 AM EST
Toxic corporate workplace culture could be linked to Australia's spiral into depression
University of South Australia

Here’s a sobering statistic for the ‘lucky country’: 36 million prescriptions for antidepressant medication were issued in Australia in 2018, the second highest in the developed world after Iceland.

   
Released: 3-Dec-2019 3:10 PM EST
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Hires New Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Benner brings more than 20 years of experience in financial and operational management positions and significant experience in higher education administration.

Released: 3-Dec-2019 2:55 PM EST
Architect of Landmark Dental Training Program Honored with Prestigious Award
NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn

A pioneer in dental residency education, Dr. Neal Demby has devoted his 50-year career at the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone to improving the oral health of vulnerable populations.

Released: 3-Dec-2019 1:55 PM EST
UD engineering professor honored by National Academy of Inventors
University of Delaware

Kristi Kiick, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the organization announced today.



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