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Newswise: Bristol leaps ahead in record £1 billion UK investment to train next generation of leaders to tackle major global challenges
Released: 13-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Bristol leaps ahead in record £1 billion UK investment to train next generation of leaders to tackle major global challenges
University of Bristol

Hundreds of talented scientists and engineers are set to advance solutions for some of the world’s most pressing challenges, ranging from reaching net-zero and developing sustainable energy to improving digital security and making the latest health breakthroughs.

Newswise: Two New CZI Awards Power Studies of Metabolism and Intergenerational Memory
Released: 12-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Two New CZI Awards Power Studies of Metabolism and Intergenerational Memory
University of Utah Health

$2 million in total funds will accelerate interdisciplinary neurobiology research and scale up a search for new rules of human biochemistry.

   
Newswise: SLAS Announces $100,000 Graduate Education Fellowship Grant Awarded to Lan Mi of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Released: 12-Mar-2024 2:00 PM EDT
SLAS Announces $100,000 Graduate Education Fellowship Grant Awarded to Lan Mi of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
SLAS

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is pleased to announce Lan Mi, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Newswise: AACN Supports Increased Nursing Education Funding in President’s FY 2025 Budget
Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
AACN Supports Increased Nursing Education Funding in President’s FY 2025 Budget
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

AACN is pleased to see recommended increases to programs that support nursing education and the workforce in the Administration's proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.

Released: 8-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EST
Endocrine Society celebrates extension of Special Diabetes Program
Endocrine Society

The Endocrine Society applauds Congress for approving the first funding increase for the Special Diabetes Program in two decades.

Newswise: People with Diabetes Who Live in Rural Areas More Likely to Develop Complications of the Disease, UM School of Medicine Study Finds
Released: 8-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
People with Diabetes Who Live in Rural Areas More Likely to Develop Complications of the Disease, UM School of Medicine Study Finds
University of Maryland School of Medicine

It has been well established that people who live in rural areas in the U.S. are more likely to have diabetes and experience barriers to managing their condition compared to those who live in the suburbs and cities.

Newswise: An ecosystem roadmap: Apalachicola Bay System Initiative Community Advisory Board’s recommendations provide guide to sustainable fishery
Released: 7-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EST
An ecosystem roadmap: Apalachicola Bay System Initiative Community Advisory Board’s recommendations provide guide to sustainable fishery
Florida State University

Through the work of Florida State University’s Coastal & Marine Laboratory and the Apalachicola Bay System Initiative, there is a plan to help restore one of the country’s great fisheries.

   
Released: 7-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EST
MSU receives $25M to take lead on long-term health care needs of Michigan residents
Michigan State University

Michigan State University has received a $25 million grant that will address the state’s critical shortage of direct care workers, or DCWs, by establishing a Direct Care Career Center that aims to increase pathways into the field and transform the public view to one that recognizes the workforce as a respected profession.

Newswise: Exploring Reproductive Factors and Gut Microbiome in Benign Breast Disease
Released: 7-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EST
Exploring Reproductive Factors and Gut Microbiome in Benign Breast Disease
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Tengteng Wang, PhD, MSPH, MBBS, cancer epidemiologist in the Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has received more than $700,000 from the National Cancer Institute (R00CA267557) to support her research on examining the association between reproductive factors, gut microbiome, and benign breast disease (BBD).

Released: 5-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EST
Report finds Whitmer’s Growing Michigan Together Council plan cannot be implemented without more money
Michigan State University

A new policy brief from Michigan State University and Wayne State University researchers finds that in an era of highly partisan politics, the Growing Michigan Together Council succeeded in finding common ground among members from diverse backgrounds and with diverse perspectives. However, despite the council’s best efforts, the brief states that the vision for education cannot be implemented, beyond relatively modest initiatives, without new revenues and a reversal of the state’s long-term disinvestment in public services.

 
Newswise: University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Announces Transformational Gift From Kenneth C. Griffin
Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EST
University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Announces Transformational Gift From Kenneth C. Griffin
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Miami today announced a transformational $50 million gift from Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel and Founder of Griffin Catalyst, to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine.

Released: 4-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EST
UC Irvine receives $15 million NSF grant for integrative movement research
University of California, Irvine

The National Science Foundation has granted $15 million to the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute at the University of California, Irvine. This six-year funding, part of the NSF’s Biology Integration Institutes program, will support groundbreaking research led by Monica Daley, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at the UCI School of Biological Sciences.

Newswise: 35th Annual Mix 106.5 Radiothon Raises More Than $1.4 Million for Johns Hopkins Children’s CenterCenter
Released: 4-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EST
35th Annual Mix 106.5 Radiothon Raises More Than $1.4 Million for Johns Hopkins Children’s CenterCenter
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Thanks to generous donations from listeners and others, the 35th annual Mix 106.5 radiothon raised $1,453,157.35 for Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. The final total from the event was announced on the radio on Monday, March 4. During the event, DJs from the station broadcast live last week from the Children’s Center for 26 hours over two days.

Released: 4-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EST
Rutgers Health Receives Nearly $2.6 Million to Provide Training for Integrated Care and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Center for Integrated Care is using the funding to widen programming to include instruction for licensed counselors, registered nurses and prelicensure professionals

Newswise: ASSET Awarded $350,000 Grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to Advance PALS Tutoring Program
Released: 28-Feb-2024 1:00 PM EST
ASSET Awarded $350,000 Grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to Advance PALS Tutoring Program
ASSET Inc. (Achieving Student Success through Excellence in Teaching)

ASSET, Inc. has received a $350,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to support the implementation and growth of its nationally-recognized Partnerships to Advance Learning in STEM (PALS) program.

Newswise: MTSU Quantum takes new leap with two NSF grants totaling $1M-plus
Released: 20-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MTSU Quantum takes new leap with two NSF grants totaling $1M-plus
Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University’s Quantum Science Initiative is taking more giant leaps with two new grants — totaling more than $1 million — from the National Science Foundation to expand research, education and inclusivity in quantum education.

   
Newswise: U of I Researchers on Team Exploring Black Hole Mergers With $1.8 Million NASA Award
Released: 13-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
U of I Researchers on Team Exploring Black Hole Mergers With $1.8 Million NASA Award
University of Idaho

A team including University of Idaho researchers is going to explore the physics of supermassive black hole mergers and galaxy collisions, unlocking secrets that could reshape science’s understanding of one of the universe’s most enigmatic processes.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers Receive $5 Million Gift From the Blavatnik Family Foundation to Expand Revolutionary Organ Perfusion Platform
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute has received a $5 million gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, pledged across five years.

Newswise: Migrant and refugee children need early education supports too
Released: 13-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST
Migrant and refugee children need early education supports too
University of South Australia

Early childhood educators need more support to deliver positive outcomes for Australia’s most vulnerable children – including migrant and refugee children – say early childhood experts at the University of South Australia.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers Awarded $4.1 Million NIH Grant to Advance Understanding of Sleep Apnea Using Artificial Intelligence
Mount Sinai Health System

Machine-learning method aims to predict consequences of serious sleep disorder impacting millions in the U.S.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Bar-Ilan University study reveals microbiome changes linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Bar-Ilan University

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by decreased social communication and repetitive behaviors, has long intrigued scientists seeking to unravel its underlying mechanisms.

   
Newswise: Lung Transplant Recipient's Generous Donation Creates Rehabilitation Area for Patients Recovering from Transplant
Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Lung Transplant Recipient's Generous Donation Creates Rehabilitation Area for Patients Recovering from Transplant
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine recently celebrated the dedication of the Chris and Neil Blitstein Rehabilitation Track with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC).

Newswise: 2024 Kyoto Prize Symposium to Honor Laureates in Arts and Philosophy, Basic Sciences and Advanced Technology
Released: 8-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
2024 Kyoto Prize Symposium to Honor Laureates in Arts and Philosophy, Basic Sciences and Advanced Technology
University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University will co-host the 23rd annual Kyoto Prize Symposium on March 13 and 14.

   
Released: 8-Feb-2024 10:30 AM EST
Foundation Venture Capital Group Commits $1 Million to Hackensack Meridian Health’s First Spin-out Company, EValuate Diagnostics
Hackensack Meridian Health

The company, based on science from the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation, promises to capture biomarkers for early detection of disease

Released: 8-Feb-2024 9:15 AM EST
Children’s Academic Partner, Emory University Department of Pediatrics, Ranks in Top 5 for NIH Research Funding
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, a proud academic partner of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, received $47 million in federal research grant dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2023 for pediatrics departments, according to rankings released from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

Newswise: $6.5 Million Legacy Gift Enhances Emergency Medicine across University Hospitals
Released: 8-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
$6.5 Million Legacy Gift Enhances Emergency Medicine across University Hospitals
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

A significant estate gift of $6.5 million from the late Arthur D. and Kazuko Maine will support emergency medical care across the University Hospitals health system, expanding the now named Arthur D. and Kazuko Maine Trauma Unit at UH Ahuja Medical Center, establishing the first two endowed positions within emergency medicine at UH and supporting an endowed chair for orthopedic trauma.

Newswise: Case Western Reserve University researcher awarded $2 million federal grant to further explore possible new effective treatments for colorectal and other cancers
Released: 8-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Case Western Reserve University researcher awarded $2 million federal grant to further explore possible new effective treatments for colorectal and other cancers
Case Western Reserve University

With a new $2 million federal grant, a researcher with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will lead a team to further explore preliminary findings of an effective treatment for colorectal and possibly other cancers.

Newswise: Wayne State University awarded $1.4 million from Department of Defense to expand on research findings surrounding prostate cancer
Released: 7-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Wayne State University awarded $1.4 million from Department of Defense to expand on research findings surrounding prostate cancer
Wayne State University Division of Research

A team of researchers from Wayne State University was awarded a $1.4 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for the study, “Cytochrome c acetylation drives prostate cancer aggressiveness and Warburg effect.”

Newswise: UTEP Researchers Win Inaugural Award to Support Lithium Extraction Technology
Released: 6-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
UTEP Researchers Win Inaugural Award to Support Lithium Extraction Technology
University of Texas at El Paso

A group of researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso are behind an emerging lithium extraction technology that won the inaugural Hill Prize from the Texas Academies of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Social Ventures, Hardware Innovators, and Mentors Worldwide Invited to Apply for 2024 ASME ISHOW Accelerator and IDEA LAB Incubator
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is currently accepting applications from social innovators focusing on scaling hardware technology solutions that address urgent global challenges through the ISHOW accelerator and IDEA LAB incubator.

Newswise: UW-Milwaukee bioengineer creating a virtual tumor with data from an actual one
Released: 6-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
UW-Milwaukee bioengineer creating a virtual tumor with data from an actual one
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Mahsa Dabagh is building a virtual model of a real human tumor, using data that characterizes the tissue on a molecular level.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
AI-powered projects targeting blindness, cervical cancer selected for Penn Medicine accelerator program
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Through the use of artificial intelligence, teams hope to better check for diabetic retinopathy and improve the process of cervical cancer screenings

Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Bristol scientists supercharge Artificial Intelligence in revolutionary £80million UK initiative
University of Bristol

Experts are helping put the UK at the forefront of AI advances, using it to transform current uses and tackle important global challenges.

Newswise: $1.1M Grant Supports Research in Breast Cancer Survivorship among Black Women
Released: 6-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
$1.1M Grant Supports Research in Breast Cancer Survivorship among Black Women
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD, researcher and cancer epidemiologist in the Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has received $1.1M from the American Cancer Society to support her research on the impact of lifestyle patterns, social determinants of health, and inflammatory mechanisms on breast cancer survivorship among Black women.

Newswise: Awards totaling $2.6 Million Support Exploration of Therapeutic Strategy for Adult and Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Released: 6-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Awards totaling $2.6 Million Support Exploration of Therapeutic Strategy for Adult and Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Daniel Herranz Benito, PhD, PharmD, resident researcher at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s leading cancer program and only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center together with RWJBarnabas Health, and associate professor of pharmacology and pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has received a total of $2.6M to support his research on acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), an aggressive type of leukemia that affects both children and adults.

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Released: 5-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Better together: Beckman imaging facilities share $3M Alzheimer’s research grant
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Beckman researchers and collaborators received $3 million from the U.S. National Institute on Aging to develop diagnostic tools and imaging agents for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.

   
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:00 AM EST
ARVO Foundation announces 2024 recipient of Oberdorfer Award in Low Vision Research
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation has named David A. Atchison, PhD, DSc, as the 2024 recipient of the Oberdorfer Award in Low Vision.

Newswise: Bradley C. Bond Becomes New Chief Financial Officer of University Hospitals
Released: 5-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Bradley C. Bond Becomes New Chief Financial Officer of University Hospitals
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals announced today that Bradley C. Bond became the system’s new Chief Financial Officer on February 1, upon the retirement of Michael A. Szubski.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
VUMC Community Art Initiative call for medical student art
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Association of American Medical Colleges and Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Art of Diagnosis Program, sponsored by the Gordan and Betty Moore Foundation, awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Community Art Initiative (CAI) $5,000 to support an exhibition of medical student art.

Newswise: IU surgeon-scientist studying physiological effect of microorganisms in sinuses of chronic rhinosinusitis patients
Released: 2-Feb-2024 7:30 AM EST
IU surgeon-scientist studying physiological effect of microorganisms in sinuses of chronic rhinosinusitis patients
Indiana University

An Indiana University School of Medicine surgeon-scientist is leading a multi-institutional grant investigating the role of the sinus microbiome in chronic rhinosinusitis, an inflammatory disease that causes the lining of the sinuses to swell.

Newswise:Video Embedded live-event-nurses-the-most-trusted-profession-in-an-age-of-mistrust
VIDEO
Released: 1-Feb-2024 5:00 PM EST
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: Nurses -- The Most Trusted Profession in an Age of Mistrust
Newswise

For 21 years, nurses have consistently been the most trusted profession, according to the yearly Gallup poll. (The new poll will be issued by the end of January). Dr Rushton, who specializes in burnout, will speak on trust, moral injury, and how nurses cope in this day and age.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Scientist training program aimed at improving patient-centered research and care gets $5 million boost
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A $5 million grant seeks to develop new, more efficient approaches to learn from the care delivered to patients across the University of Pennsylvania Health System and to train local scientists in the principles of “Learning Health System science.”

Newswise:Video Embedded binghamton-battery-project-named-one-of-10-nsf-innovation-engines-in-the-nation
VIDEO
Released: 1-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Binghamton battery project named one of 10 NSF Innovation Engines in the nation
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Binghamton University, State University of New York's role as a national leader in battery innovation and manufacturing received a multimillion-dollar investment Monday when the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) designated Upstate New York as one of 10 inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines.

Newswise: Lab Repurposes a Former Particle Accelerator to Become a Scientific Data Center Facility
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Lab Repurposes a Former Particle Accelerator to Become a Scientific Data Center Facility
Department of Energy, Office of Science

We’re all about finding new ways to save energy and money at the Department of Energy (DOE), especially when it comes to our facilities.

Newswise: Inaugural class of Damon Runyon–St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Research Fellows announced
Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Inaugural class of Damon Runyon–St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Research Fellows announced
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The initiative aims to provide support for early-career scientists to study pediatric cancer, addressing a funding gap that drives top talent to seek more prevalent opportunities in adult cancer research or the pharmaceutical sector.

Newswise: Employee-led giving at ORNL nets $967,871 for area nonprofits
Released: 31-Jan-2024 10:05 PM EST
Employee-led giving at ORNL nets $967,871 for area nonprofits
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Employees of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory contributed over $828,000 to local nonprofits through the lab’s employee giving programs in 2023.



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