The certificate program was launched this spring for senior engineering students at FAU, and to date, more than 700 have graduated with the certificate. Through this certificate program, students will gain a broad understanding of intellectual property, and is expected to spur innovation and entrepreneurship at FAU.
SMU nanotechnology expert MinJun Kim and his team have been awarded a $1.8 million, R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research related to gene therapy.
Press Release from The National Family Violence Law Center- Rahimi: Supreme Court appears poised to affirm that the Constitution is not a suicide pact.
Is there a feasible way to enjoy more effective online fraud protection that is more consumer-friendly at the same time? This question is being worked on by University of Bonn researchers in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure (FIZ) in Karlsruhe and the University of Duisburg-Essen, who are jointly developing an online platform that affords better protection against identity data misuse for both consumers and merchants.
The Loyola Medicine Burn Center has once again been recognized by the American Burn Association (ABA) as an officially Verified Adult and Pediatric Burn Center.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is proud to announce nine new graduate fellowships for the 2023-2024 academic year, thanks to ongoing funding from Jefferson Science Associates. These fellowships offer students a unique opportunity to collaborate with leading nuclear physicists at Jefferson Lab and pursue advanced studies at their respective universities.
Macarena de la Fuente, MD, chief of neuro-oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been elected to the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO)’s board of directors. She becomes the first Hispanic elected to the multidisciplinary board.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) congratulates Monica Bertagnolli, MD, on her U.S. Senate confirmation today as the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Three members of the University of Chicago community have been recognized by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) for making significant contributions to medical education, research, clinical care, and community engagement.
VECTOR program to establish, enhance vector control efforts across Texas, Louisiana
University of Central Florida won the 2023 CyberForce Competition which aimed to inspire and strengthen the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to tackle real-world issues.
JDRF, the world’s largest nonprofit supporter of Type 1 diabetes research, has awarded a $750,000 grant to a team of Michigan State University researchers.
Learn about ECHO Cohort-specific findings and funding pursuits to prevent heart issues in young people.
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 7, 2023 — The National Science Foundation recently awarded an $18-million grant to a team of scientists to design the most powerful laser in the world. The team includes Franklin Dollar, an associate professor of physics & astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.
Florida State University doctoral candidate Emily Lu will use the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program fellowship to support her dissertation research on the intersection of the arts and politics in imperial Japan during the wartime periods leading up to 1945.
The morning of Sunday Oct. 29th wasn’t too different for Albuquerque resident Nicholas Juskiewicz and Brandon Behrens, MD, a trauma surgeon at The University of New Mexico Hospital. Jusckiewicz put on his cycling kit and headed to Albuquerque’s Old Town area to start the Day of the Tread 61-mile bicycle ride.
Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., a 1985 graduate of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate as the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. She is the first medical doctor trained in Utah to serve in this important national leadership role.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories, a leading global reference laboratory, and Progentec Diagnostics, a digital health and biomarker technology-based company focused on autoimmune conditions, today announced a strategic collaboration to bring Progentec’s suite of proprietary biomarker blood tests for the proactive management of autoimmune diseases to market.
UWF came in at No. 12 out of 325 schools on the "Best for Vets" college list released by the Military Times. This marks the University’s highest ranking on the list to date.
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.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center is one of a select few institutions nationwide now offering patients with abnormally slow heart rates breakthrough technology that delivers treatment by two tiny leadless pacemakers implanted within the heart. The Aveir™ DR Leadless Pacemaker System, each smaller than a AAA battery, are implanted with the upper and lower chambers of the heart, to normalize its rhythm.
The Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institute (CUTI) is now part of a winning consortium in the Volvo Research and Educational Foundation’s (VREF) International Research Program on Informal and Shared Mobility in Low and Middle-Income Countries.
SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native software company and a leader in data-driven medicine, today announced that BioReference® Health, LLC, an OPKO Health, Inc. company and full-service laboratory that processes more than 12 million tests annually, will implement SOPHiA GENETICS' technology and add MSK-ACCESS® liquid biopsy to its test suite.
MD Anderson and Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced a five-year strategic research collaboration agreement to evaluate zanidatamab, Jazz’s investigational HER2-targeted bispecific antibody, in multiple HER2-expressing cancers.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has awarded its 2023 Careers in Medicine (CiM) Excellence in Medical Student Career Advising Faculty Award to Air Force Col. (Dr.) Pamela Williams. Williams, currently the associate dean for Student Affairs at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), received the prestigious recognition for her unwavering commitment to supporting the success of medical students.
The Miami Dolphins and AutoNation have teamed up to fund a $1-million, four-year Breast Cancer Research Foundation project at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to investigate critical health disparities that drive mortality among breast cancer patients.
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.
Ochsner Health and Chevron formed a key partnership for the Lung Cancer Awareness, Education and Prevention Program to improve lung health and overall wellness. This critical initiative launched in November 2021 in St. Tammany Parish. Since then, the two organizations have worked together to improve resources and education around smoking cessation and overall lung health.
The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) received its 24th consecutive "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an industry watchdog safety organization that sets nationwide standards for excellence in patient care. UCMC is the only organization in Chicago with the nonprofit's straight "A" distinction.
Missouri University of Science and Technology has been awarded a $850,000 grant to focus on reducing pollution and waste related to the mining of critical minerals. The team will provide training and technical assistance to mining companies on environmentally friendly methods.
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care, assigns a grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.
Ochsner Health is thrilled to announce that Yvens Laborde, MD, has been named chief community medical officer for the medical system. In this new role, Dr. Laborde is driving Ochsner’s comprehensive community strategy to promote health equity and further align initiatives under Healthy State, a collaborative effort with government, non-profit and business organizations to promote health and wellness in Louisiana.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Michael McGuire has received the lab’s Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology and the Distinguished Researcher award for his leadership and contributions to materials research.
Cleveland Clinic has launched the Cleveland Clinic Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program, a competitive program for start-up companies to explore quantum computing applications in healthcare and life sciences.
CATCH My Breath, an evidence-based vaping prevention program created by researchers from UTHealth Houston, is now being offered at New York City Public Schools, thanks to a partnership with CATCH Global Foundation and in collaboration with the New York Health Foundation and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is pleased to announce that Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, will become the society’s next president. Dr. Crews, who succeeds Michelle A. Josephson, MD, FASN, will assume her new role on January 1, 2024.
Two Florida State University faculty members will receive Rising Star Awards from the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida.
Building upon the success of its previous REU program (Award #1659663, 2018-2022), WFIRM’s renewed grant has a specific focus on growing the increasing the engagement of underrepresented minority groups, women, and non-traditional students, including students attending 2- and 4-year universities.
The award recognizes Saphire's leadership and innovative research toward addressing the urgent need for effective antibody therapeutics against COVID-19 and viral threats such as Ebola and Lassa virus.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has teamed up with FundamentalVR, a leader in virtual reality (VR) medical training, for their Knights Templar Eye Foundation (KTEF) Pediatric Ophthalmology VR Simulation Program.
The Quantum Systems Accelerator's summer camp (QCaMP) for high school students in New Mexico and California continues to evolve and grow. Under the 2023 Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) Pathway Summer School initiative, the DOE Office of Science awarded new funding to expand QCaMP's curricula and host students on-site at Berkeley Lab and Sandia Labs in 2024.
An examination of the impact of image size on measurements from magnetic force microscopy has won the Advances in Magnetism Award, sponsored by AIP Advances. The paper was selected as the winner from nearly 200 papers submitted and Michael Vaka, now a data engineer at Zontal, was awarded a cash prize and a travel stipend to next year’s conference for his work, performed at BYU under the supervision of Karine Chesnel.
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.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University will benefit from a significant $7.5 million bequest gift from alumnus Alan Ross and his spouse, Rebecca Ross.
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 2, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Defense granted $26.9 million to 16 academic institutions and other organizations, including the University of California, Irvine, to launch California DREAMS, the California Defense Ready Electronics and Microdevices Superhub.
The Mount Sinai Health System has received a $7 million grant from the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation for a three-year project that aims to fast-track novel translational concepts to improve outcomes for people with high risk myeloma, the second most common blood cancer in the United States.
Ochsner Health and Infirmary Health announce a landmark partnership with Ochsner Accountable Care Network, a top-performing accountable care organization (ACO) in both clinical performance and healthcare savings for the Medicare population.
Mount Sinai receives award honoring health organizations that use information technology to enhance health care and outcomes
November is Diabetes Awareness Month.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted $2.1 million to UCLA’s Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) and the UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) to support four research projects and an implementation science consultation hub.
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