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AAI announces it has been awarded the IUIS 2023 Day of Immunology Award for Best Theme

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New research finds female surgeons had slightly lower patient mortality than males for elective surgeries, but no gender difference for non-elective procedures.

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The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has selected 16 individuals as 2023 ASPET Fellows.

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Stay informed! Keep up with the latest research on the COVID-19 virus in the Coronavirus channel on Newswise.

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This Stage 7 achievement represents Ochsner's commitment to optimize the use of data, information and technology to advance quality of care.

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New research published today provides new evidence that households with lower incomes are facing greater financial pressures than existing inflation measures are capturing.

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Five researchers and professors from Michigan State University have been recognized in the “2023 Highly Cited Researchers” list, a ranking organized annually by Clarivate Analytics.

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Stony Brook University Professor Kevin Reed has been appointed Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming, as announced by Executive Vice President and Provost Carl Lejuez.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Sandia National Laboratories employees will soon join the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics class of 2024 as associate fellows.

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The world’s total population is expected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050. This rapid increase in population is boosting the demand for agriculture to cater for the increased demand. Below are some of the latest research and features on agriculture and farming in the Agriculture channel on Newswise.

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Twelve current investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University are on this year’s list of scientists whose papers have been cited the most frequently by other researchers.

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University Hospitals (UH) and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) extended the reach of their July 2022 major affiliation agreement. The organizations aim to build on their early successes through their major affiliation and have identified significant opportunities to collaborate throughout this year and beyond.

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Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, a distinguished pediatric urologist from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been named the new Chair of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Board of Regents. The announcement of his election to a one-year term came following the ACS Clinical Congress 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Hackensack University Medical Center's physicians performed in a Battle of the Bands and won! Raising money for a good cause while having some fun!

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Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH has been named the inaugural Chief Obstetrical Transformation Officer for the University of Chicago Medicine health system.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is proud to announce three innovative investigators as the recipients of this year’s Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research.

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The biennial prize recognizes a new generation of leaders in cancer research

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The American Association of Physicists in Medicine is pleased to announce C. David Gammel as its incoming Executive Director.

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On this episode of the Business and Society podcast, Professors Jerry Davis and Cindy Schipani discuss the state of labor from an economic, industry, and organizational development perspective. They explore the factors of modern labor, recent striking action, CEO pay, and more.

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Whether they’re working from home or on site, many employees are taking a break between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and making up the time later that night. Smith expert Nicole Coomber says, “sometimes it’s worthwhile to take a step back from work, rather than trying to just keep grinding.”

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He has also become co-leader of the Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program within the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. These combined units comprise one of the largest clinical brain tumor programs in North America.

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The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has announced the upcoming departure of its CEO, Kathleen T. Craig, following 23 years of dedicated service — the last seven as CEO.

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Postpartum people are 9% more likely to breastfeed at six months postpartum in states with generous paid family leave.

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Tena Barnes Carraher, DAISY Foundation cofounder and board member, was in New Orleans to award ten Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans nurses with the DAISY Award.

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Dr. Anastasia Santiago began her career in healthcare as a hospital unit secretary. Despite barriers and naysayers, the determined young woman went on to earn a doctorate as a nurse practitioner, and today is the advanced practice provider supervisor for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Division of Hematology.

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Over the past decades, Brazil has become the world’s leading soybean producer, as well as the leading consumer of pesticides. Despite concerns about potential public health consequences, little is known about the effects of pesticide exposure in the general population.

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Read the latest research news on air pollution, nanoplastics, waterborne illnesses and more in the Pollution channel on Newswise.

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Gastroenterologist Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2023–2024 President of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).

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New research has revealed that firms with female directors on the board, regardless of how many, improves the quality of corporate sustainability disclosures than those with no board representation.

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Women faculty are more likely to leave academia than men faculty throughout all career stages in U.S. universities, University of Colorado Boulder researchers revealed in the most comprehensive analysis of retention in academia to date.

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WARRENDALE, PA—Reshef Tenne of the Weizmann Institute of Science has been selected to receive the 2023 Von Hippel Award, the highest honor given by the Materials Research Society (MRS).

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Supervisors are traditionally associated with higher status markers such as age, education and tenure than their subordinates. But it’s increasingly common to see those dynamics reversed, which is the focus of a new study from Jessica Huisi Li, University of Washington assistant professor of management and organization.

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Between the Inflation Reduction Act and the EU’s Just Transition Mechanism, both the United States and Europe are poised to put tens of billions of dollars toward creating green jobs.

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SEATTLE – OCTOBER 17, 2023 – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has announced the recipients of the 2023 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award, which recognizes early-career underrepresented minority scientists and scientists with disabilities.

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New research from the University of Florida finds that financial fraud plays a unique role in attracting students to the field of accounting and other business disciplines.

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Ten63 Therapeutics, a company combining generative AI and physics-based models to develop first- and best-in-class therapeutics with an internal pipeline focused on oncology, is pleased to announce its partnership with newly unveiled cancer-focused venture fund, Yosemite.

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Montner succeeds Aytekin Oto, MD, who had been chair since 2020.

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Middle Tennessee State University’s Albert Gore Research Center has been awarded a $213,000 federal grant to fund the Brown v. Board of Education Oral History Project.

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A RUDN University doctor named the reasons why nickel industry workers may develop several chronic diseases at once. The authors analyzed long-term data, identified the main risk factors, and suggested how to improve the situation.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s new four-year Anesthesiology Residency Program, launching spring 2024, recently earned accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

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Otologist-neurotologist Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS is the recipient of the 2023 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award.

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Cedars-Sinai's dedication to excellence in nursing is being celebrated at the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) National Magnet Conference® taking place in Chicago from October 12 to 14.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce a generous gift of $250,000 from iPlay America, New Jersey’s largest indoor amusement park, to support the Child Life Program at Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptune.

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With a new five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a Case Western Reserve University researcher is leading a project to expand and accelerate the evolution of personalized medicine in treating diseases.