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Newswise: Single-Port Robotic Surgery is Making its Debut in the Mountain West
Released: 29-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Single-Port Robotic Surgery is Making its Debut in the Mountain West
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

A new treatment for patients with head and neck cancers is available at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Single-port robotic surgery is a game-changer now accessible for people in the Mountain West.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr., MD, Who Transformed the Academy Into an International Association, Dies at 84
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

As executive vice president from 1993 to 2009, Dr. Hoskins grew the American Academy of Ophthalmology into the world’s largest association of eye physicians and surgeons and guided it into the digital era, with the goal of providing ophthalmologists worldwide with resources to improve ophthalmic care and their patients’ lives.

Newswise: Immunologist Lydia Lynch appointed member of Ludwig Princeton
Released: 29-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Immunologist Lydia Lynch appointed member of Ludwig Princeton
Ludwig Cancer Research

It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Lydia Lynch as a full member of the Princeton Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.

Newswise: Journey Through the Universe celebra 20 años de exploración en la isla de Hawai‘i
24-Jan-2024 4:30 PM EST
Journey Through the Universe celebra 20 años de exploración en la isla de Hawai‘i
NSF's NOIRLab

Journey Through the Universe: una asociación entre el Observatorio Internacional Gemini, operado por NOIRLab de NSF, y el Departamento de Educación Hilo-Waiākea Complex Area de Hawaiʻi celebra 20 años de exploración cósmica con los estudiantes y la comunidad de Hawai‘i.

Newswise: Journey Through the Universe Celebrates 20 Years of Exploration on Hawai‘i Island
23-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Journey Through the Universe Celebrates 20 Years of Exploration on Hawai‘i Island
NSF's NOIRLab

Journey Through the Universe — a partnership between the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education Hilo-Waiākea Complex Area — celebrates 20 years of cosmic exploration with Hawai‘i students and the community.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Young Men of Talent initiative creates win-win opportunities for businesses and students of color
CFES Brilliant Pathways

Young Men of Talent initiative creates win-win opportunities for businesses and students of color

Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:30 AM EST
Mount Sinai Leaders Showcase Innovations and Solutions in Health Delivery and Care Quality at Arab Health 2024
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System leaders will attend and present at Arab Health 2024, the Middle East’s largest healthcare exhibition and congress, on January 29 – February 1

Newswise: 3rd Space Launch of Cedars-Sinai Stem Cells Slated for Jan. 29
Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
3rd Space Launch of Cedars-Sinai Stem Cells Slated for Jan. 29
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai and Space Tango are planning their third launch of pilot-scale systems for the automated in-space production of stem cells to the International Space Station.

   
Released: 29-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Penn Medicine CAREs Grant program surpasses $1 million in funding for staff volunteerism efforts in the community
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Buying personal hygiene supplies for people in need, helping them access fresh, healthy food, or offering rides to medical appointments may seem like simple acts of service.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Hackensack Meridian Health’s Palisades Medical Center Receives The Joint Commission’s Health Care Equity Certification
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, is proud to announce that Palisades Medical Center is the third hospital in the network to receive the Health Care Equity Certification from The Joint Commission.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
FASEB Receives NSF Grant for Program to Change Negative Culture in Biological Sciences
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

FASEB launches pilot to change the current culture within the life sciences that negatively affects early-career researchers in historically excluded populations.

Newswise: Cranfield University selects Symplectic Elements to manage research activity and REF submissions
Released: 29-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Cranfield University selects Symplectic Elements to manage research activity and REF submissions
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Cranfield University has selected Symplectic Elements from Digital Science’s flagship products to manage its research information outputs and activities.

     
Newswise: Jennifer Romano, MD, Elected  President of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Released: 29-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Jennifer Romano, MD, Elected President of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Jennifer C. Romano, MD, a congenital heart surgeon at Congenital Heart Center/C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, and the Herbert Sloan Collegiate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School, was elected president of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons today at STS 2024 during the Society’s Business Meeting.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Introducing Sechrist's Innovative eHEAL and 3300HM Hyperbaric Chamber
Sechrist Industries, Inc.

Sechrist Industries, a leader in hyperbaric technology, is proud to announce the launch of two groundbreaking products: eHEAL and the 3300HM Hyperbaric Chamber.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 6:00 AM EST
Inaugural Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize awarded to paper on biodiversity risk
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

A team of researchers who developed tools for investors, academics, and businesses to measure economic risks from the loss of the planet’s biodiversity has won the inaugural Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize.

Newswise: ISPOR Launches New HEOR Learning Platform
Released: 29-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
ISPOR Launches New HEOR Learning Platform
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) announced today that it has launched its new online learning platform for HEOR education and training—ISPOR Education Center.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Receives Grant from Bank of America to Support the Human Dimension Program at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Released: 28-Jan-2024 10:05 PM EST
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Receives Grant from Bank of America to Support the Human Dimension Program at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Receives Grant from Bank of America to Support the Human Dimension Program at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Released: 26-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Ursula Storb, immunologist and role model for women scientists, 1936-2023
University of Chicago Medical Center

Storb was a Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology for more than 29 years.

Newswise: Neuroscientist Receives $2.2 Million for Pivotal PTSD Research
Released: 26-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Neuroscientist Receives $2.2 Million for Pivotal PTSD Research
Stony Brook University

Prerana Shrestha, PhD, from the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for research on why people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have persistent intrusive memories of the traumatic experience.

Newswise: EPB, ORNL announce plans for research collaborative focused on energy resilience, quantum technology
Released: 26-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
EPB, ORNL announce plans for research collaborative focused on energy resilience, quantum technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Building on $180 million in joint energy-related research, EPB and Oak Ridge National Laboratory marked 10 years of collaboration Friday with the announcement of the new Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science, or CERQS.

Released: 26-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU takes new science teaching approach to the rural South
Michigan State University

Students living in the U.S. rural South — where one in six live below the poverty line — face even more barriers to learning science.

Newswise: Smidt Heart Institute Experts to Discuss Study Findings, Techniques at Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Released: 26-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Smidt Heart Institute Experts to Discuss Study Findings, Techniques at Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Cedars-Sinai

Cardiothoracic surgeons and investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai will lead sessions featuring a range of heart procedures at the 60th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), Jan. 27-29, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.

Newswise: Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, Appointed a Presidential Distinguished Professor
Released: 26-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, Appointed a Presidential Distinguished Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, CRNP, FAASLD, FAAN, has been appointed the Gail and Ralph Reynolds President’s Distinguished Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and will serve as a faculty member in Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences.

Newswise: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Awarded $160 Million 10-Year U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines Grant
25-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Awarded $160 Million 10-Year U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines Grant
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is the recipient of an inaugural U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engines Program award. The NSF Engines: Piedmont Triad Regenerative Medicine Engine is a regional project that provides an innovation ecosystem to stimulate workforce development, job creation, and economic growth through the development of technologies that benefit the emerging industry.

   
Newswise: Huntsman Cancer Institute Receives $20 Million Land Donation from Flagship Companies and Woodbury Corporation, the Developers of Utah City
Released: 26-Jan-2024 12:00 PM EST
Huntsman Cancer Institute Receives $20 Million Land Donation from Flagship Companies and Woodbury Corporation, the Developers of Utah City
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Huntsman Cancer Institute's groundbreaking $20 million land donation from a developer for a new campus in Utah County promises expanded world-class care, breathtaking views, and reduced travel burden for patients.

Released: 26-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
A C2SMARTER way to reduce FDNY response time
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

In a pioneering effort to help provide faster, more equitable life-saving emergency services in areas with high traffic congestion, researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s transportation center, C2SMARTER, are leveraging AI technology to analyze and improve emergency vehicle travel times in partnership with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).

Newswise: PNNL Software Technology Wins FLC Award
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
PNNL Software Technology Wins FLC Award
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Visual Sample Plan, a free software tool developed at PNNL that boosts statistics-based planning, has been recognized with a 2024 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award.

Newswise: American Association of Colleges of Nursing Receives New Grant to Combat Racism through Nursing Education
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:00 PM EST
American Association of Colleges of Nursing Receives New Grant to Combat Racism through Nursing Education
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, a groundbreaking initiative of the American Nurses Association, has awarded funding to AACN to better prepare nurses to address racism in academic and clinical settings.

Newswise: UAlbany Chemists Developing New Technique to Help Fight Illegal Logging and Deforestation
Released: 25-Jan-2024 2:45 PM EST
UAlbany Chemists Developing New Technique to Help Fight Illegal Logging and Deforestation
University at Albany, State University of New York

The technique yields a chemical fingerprint that is unique to each tree species, allowing authorities to quickly determine whether the harvested wood is from a protected species.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Rutgers Health Receives $3 Million U.S. Grant to Study Impact of Environmental Factors on Pregnancy and Children’s Health
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A multidisciplinary group of Rutgers Health researchers have received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the impact of environmental influences on pregnancy and children’s health.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Rutgers Health Receives More Than $7 Million in Grants to Study Tobacco Disinformation
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Two new grants exceeding $7 million will help the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies research how Black and Hispanic young adults perceive messaging about the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Karma Automotive drives forward climate innovation with UC Irvine’s RADiCal initiative
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 25, 2024 — University of California, Irvine’s Resilience and Adaptation Development in California initiative, which deepens university–industry engagement to drive innovation and answer climate challenges, has entered a strategic partnership with Karma Automotive.

Newswise: RUSH Names Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, President & Chief Academic Officer of RUSH University
Released: 25-Jan-2024 11:30 AM EST
RUSH Names Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, President & Chief Academic Officer of RUSH University
RUSH

Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, has been selected to serve as the next President & Chief Academic Officer of RUSH University and Chief Academic Officer, Senior Vice President of RUSH.

Newswise:Video Embedded vascular-verification-program-verifies-first-three-outpatient-centers
VIDEO
Released: 25-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST
Vascular Verification Program Verifies First Three Outpatient Centers
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

The American College of Surgeons (ACS), with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), has verified the first three outpatient centers as part of the recently launched Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP).

Released: 25-Jan-2024 10:00 AM EST
Press registration opens for ACS Spring 2024
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) upcoming hybrid meeting and exposition — ACS Spring 2024 — will have access to nearly 12,000 presentations on topics including agriculture and food, energy and fuels, health and medicine, sustainability, and more.

   
Newswise: David Brydges Wins 2024 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Released: 25-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
David Brydges Wins 2024 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

AIP and APS are pleased to announce David Brydges as the recipient of the 2024 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics “for achievements in the fields of constructive quantum field theory and rigorous statistical mechanics, especially the introduction of new techniques including random walk representation in spin systems, the lace expansion, and mathematically rigorous implementations of the renormalization group.”

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Released: 25-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Texas A&M AgriLife expands controlled environment horticulture initiatives
Texas A&M AgriLife

Horticultural research remains at epicenter of growing field.

25-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine Receives Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant for Crohn's Disease Research
Mount Sinai Health System

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support an innovative research project aimed at understanding the early stages of Crohn’s disease before noticeable symptoms develop.

Newswise: Building buzz, WVU becomes first new Bee Campus USA affiliate of 2024
Released: 25-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
Building buzz, WVU becomes first new Bee Campus USA affiliate of 2024
West Virginia University

West Virginia University is being recognized as a certified affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program for its buzzworthy efforts to support pollinators on campus by increasing native plants and providing nest sites.

Newswise: NUS Mechanobiology Institute receives S$49m boost to develop biomedical innovations for age-related conditions such as infertility, muscle loss and cancer
Released: 25-Jan-2024 2:05 AM EST
NUS Mechanobiology Institute receives S$49m boost to develop biomedical innovations for age-related conditions such as infertility, muscle loss and cancer
National University of Singapore (NUS)

The Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has recently secured SGD 49 million in funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) in Singapore to promote research aimed at advancing the field of mechanobiology and turning scientific breakthroughs into action by developing novel technologies and therapeutic targets for the treatment of age-related ailments such as infertility, chronical inflammatory diseases, muscle atrophy and cancer.

   
Newswise: $5.4M Javits Award Funds Research into Origins of Migraine
Released: 24-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
$5.4M Javits Award Funds Research into Origins of Migraine
University of Utah Health

University of Utah researcher KC Brennan received the award to support research on the unusual patterns of electrical and chemical activity that occur in the brain just before a migraine starts.

Newswise: Ochsner Health names Amy Trainor, RN Chief Information Officer
Released: 24-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Ochsner Health names Amy Trainor, RN Chief Information Officer
Ochsner Health

Trainor will lead the team responsible for the design, implementation and use of healthcare Information Services (IS) at Ochsner on a systemwide level.

Released: 24-Jan-2024 3:00 PM EST
MD Anderson to host 2024 Cancer Neuroscience Symposium
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will host the 2024 Cancer Neuroscience Symposium, Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, in collaboration the journal Advanced Biology.

   
Newswise: ORNL wins five Federal Laboratory Consortium awards
Released: 24-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
ORNL wins five Federal Laboratory Consortium awards
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers, staff members and licensees from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory received top honors in the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s annual awards competition for excellence in technology transfer, excellence in technology transfer innovation, outstanding researcher and regional technology transfer.

Newswise: JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Invites Submissions for Research Papers on Machine Learning-Driven Genomic Predictive Models
Released: 24-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Invites Submissions for Research Papers on Machine Learning-Driven Genomic Predictive Models
JMIR Publications

JMIR Publications is pleased to announce a new theme issue titled “Machine Learning-Based Predictive Models Using Genomic Data” in JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology.

Newswise: Nationally Recognized Health Equity Leader Appointed as Chair of UCSF Obstetrics and Gynecology Program
Released: 24-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Nationally Recognized Health Equity Leader Appointed as Chair of UCSF Obstetrics and Gynecology Program
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS, a highly regarded obstetrician, gynecologist and diversity champion, will draw on her experience in women’s reproductive health, training the next generation of caregivers and addressing systemic racism in her role as chair of UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences. 

Released: 24-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
PSC’s Neocortex Among Elite Artificial Intelligence Computers Selected for National AI Research Resource Pilot Project
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

PSC’s Neocortex AI system is among six national AI supercomputers participating in a pilot program to support novel and transformative AI research and education at a national scale.

Released: 24-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Off-road autonomy: U-M's Automotive Research Center funded with $100 million through 2028
University of Michigan

The U.S. Army has extended its long-running relationship with the University of Michigan's Automotive Research Center, reaching a new five-year, agreement of up to $100 million to boost work on autonomous vehicle technologies.

Newswise: Melissa “Missy” Terlecki, PhD, Appointed Dean of PCOM’s School of Professional and Applied Psychology
Released: 24-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Melissa “Missy” Terlecki, PhD, Appointed Dean of PCOM’s School of Professional and Applied Psychology
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Melissa Terlecki, PhD, has been named dean of the School of Professional and Applied Psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), effective July 1.

Newswise: VUMC establishes Realizing Accelerated Progress, Investigation, Implementation, and Dissemination in Learning Health Systems (RAPID-LHS) Center
Released: 24-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
VUMC establishes Realizing Accelerated Progress, Investigation, Implementation, and Dissemination in Learning Health Systems (RAPID-LHS) Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to establish a multidisciplinary center focused on training scientists and supporting research to minimize gaps between the generation of clinical evidence, implementation of proven interventions and development of informed public health policy.



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