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Newswise: Interdisciplinary team of UWF faculty help write the rules on cancer prevention in Florida
Released: 16-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Interdisciplinary team of UWF faculty help write the rules on cancer prevention in Florida
University of West Florida

UWF faculty, serving as evaluators for Florida's Cancer Prevention and Control Program since 2018, recently had their contract renewed for $680,000 over four years due to excellent performance, as acknowledged by the CDC.

Released: 16-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center Achieves Its First Magnet® Designation
Hackensack Meridian Health

JFK University Medical Center is among the top 9.4% in the nation with this designation

Newswise: Open principles reaffirm Digital Science’s commitment to open research
Released: 16-Apr-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Open principles reaffirm Digital Science’s commitment to open research
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science has launched its Open Principles, a new initiative that commits its research information solutions to open science now and into the future.

       
Released: 16-Apr-2024 7:00 AM EDT
MD Anderson and CureVac enter strategic collaboration to develop novel cancer vaccines
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson and CureVac today announced a co-development and licensing agreement to develop novel mRNA-based cancer vaccines.

Newswise: PCOM South Georgia Research Day to feature CDC emergency response leader as keynote speaker
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
PCOM South Georgia Research Day to feature CDC emergency response leader as keynote speaker
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, deputy director of the CDC’s Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology will serve as the keynote speaker during PCOM South Georgia’s annual Research Day on Wednesday, May 8.

Newswise: Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, receives 2024 Tsukahara Memorial Award
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, receives 2024 Tsukahara Memorial Award
Yale School of Medicine

Yale School of Medicine immunobiologist Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, will receive the 2024 Nakaakira Tsukahara Memorial Award from the Brain Science Foundation of Japan.

Newswise: NIH awards $3.4M to Wayne State University to investigate biomarkers for better reproductive success
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
NIH awards $3.4M to Wayne State University to investigate biomarkers for better reproductive success
Wayne State University Division of Research

A new $3.4 million award to the Wayne State University School of Medicine from the National Institutes of Health aims to overcome the limitations of conventional semen analyses by examining mitochondrial DNA levels in sperm as a novel biomarker of sperm fitness.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UA Little Rock Receives $5 Million to Advance Cybersecurity Education and Innovation
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received $5 million in federal funding aimed at enhancing cybersecurity in the energy sector through education, workforce development, and innovation. The award comes from appropriations language authored by U.S. Sen. John Boozman passed into law in December 2022. The funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Ochsner Health Receives 2024 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards
Ochsner Health

The Top Workplaces program has a 17-year history of surveying and celebrating people-first organizations nationally and across 60 regional markets. Top Workplaces awards are based on feedback from a research-backed employee engagement survey.

Newswise: Tulane University’s Middle American Research Institute receives grant for mapping of Maya civilization
Released: 15-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Tulane University’s Middle American Research Institute receives grant for mapping of Maya civilization
Tulane University

The Middle American Research Institute (MARI) in Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts has received a $1.5 million grant from the Hitz Foundation to conduct innovative archaeological research on the Maya civilization of Mexico and Central America.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Mitchell A. Lazar Honored with Prestigious George M. Kober Medal for Pioneering Contributions to Diabetes and Metabolic Research
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., the Rhoda and Willard Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, and Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, is the 2025 recipient of the George M. Kober Medal from the Association of American Physicians (AAP). Lazar will receive the honor in Chicago at the AAP’s annual meeting which takes place April 25-27, 2025.

Newswise: Metaphacts and Dimensions launch the Dimensions Knowledge Graph, powered by metaphactory
Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:45 AM EDT
Metaphacts and Dimensions launch the Dimensions Knowledge Graph, powered by metaphactory
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science solutions metaphacts and Dimensions announce the launch of the Dimensions Knowledge Graph, a large ready-made knowledge graph powering AI solutions in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

     
Newswise: SMU Prof to Use NSF Grant to Develop Game-Based Semiconductor Curriculum for High School Students
Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
SMU Prof to Use NSF Grant to Develop Game-Based Semiconductor Curriculum for High School Students
Southern Methodist University

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) grant to SMU professor Lin Lipsmeyer and colleagues toward developing one of the first game-based semiconductor curricula for high school students.

Newswise: Andrew Smith, MD, PhD, named chair of Diagnostic Imaging at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Andrew Smith, MD, PhD, named chair of Diagnostic Imaging at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Smith is a nationally recognized academic radiologist with expertise in body and oncologic imaging, clinical trials and imaging research and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in imaging and medicine.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
University Hospital and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Launch Comprehensive Weight Management Center
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

University Hospital and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) have established a Weight Management Center designed to address obesity and its complications by providing comprehensive support to patients struggling with weight management through a multidisciplinary approach.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Media Advisory - Join the Celebrate Donate Life Month Event
Hackensack Meridian Health

Celebrate Life Month Event to be held at American Dream Mall on Wednesday, 4/17.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Begins Run 24
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Today marks the startup of the 24th run of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Newswise: UWF’s Day of Giving returns on April 18
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
UWF’s Day of Giving returns on April 18
University of West Florida

Argos and friends are invited to support the University and its programs on Thursday's sixth annual UW FDay of Giving. UWF Alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends will have the opportunity to invest in the University’s future during the 24-hour online fundraising initiative and social media event.

Newswise: NCCN Foundation Announces Recipients for 2024 Young Investigator Awards Honoring Future Leaders of Cancer Research
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:30 AM EDT
NCCN Foundation Announces Recipients for 2024 Young Investigator Awards Honoring Future Leaders of Cancer Research
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the NCCN Foundation announce five winners for the 2024 NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards (YIA).

Newswise: Leading mining companies invest R40 million in geosciences research at Wits
Released: 15-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Leading mining companies invest R40 million in geosciences research at Wits
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

The Bushveld Geology and Metallogeny Research Chair will advance the mining industry and develop the next generation of geoscientists.

Newswise: Utah Governor’s Medal Given to Neli Ulrich, PhD, MS, for Outstanding Research and Leadership
Released: 12-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Utah Governor’s Medal Given to Neli Ulrich, PhD, MS, for Outstanding Research and Leadership
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Neli Ulrich joins a select group of recipients recognized for their impactful work in science and technology in Utah.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
ASA Invites Media to Acoustics Meeting in Ottawa, May 13-17
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

The Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association are co-hosting a joint meeting May 13-17 at the Shaw Centre/Westin Ottawa Hotel.

Newswise: Stony Brook University Professor Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood Named 2024 Fulbright Scholar
Released: 12-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Stony Brook University Professor Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood Named 2024 Fulbright Scholar
Stony Brook University

Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood, associate professor in the Department of English and affiliated faculty in the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program teaching grant for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Newswise: Stony Brook University Cosmologist Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Stony Brook University Cosmologist Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
Stony Brook University

The US Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected Stony Brook University Professor Kenneth Lanzetta, PhD, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, as a Fulbright US Scholar for 2024-2025.

   
Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Dr. Meghan Azad receives prestigious 2024 Canada Gairdner Award
University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba (UM) and the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) are thrilled with the announcement that Dr. Meghan Azad who is recognized globally for her innovative research on human breast milk and the infant microbiome has won a Canada Gairdner Momentum Award.

Newswise: Scott Oakes named Vice Dean for Clinical Science Research
Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Scott Oakes named Vice Dean for Clinical Science Research
University of Chicago Medical Center

The Vice Dean for Clinical Science Research is a new leadership role accountable for successfully implementing the research strategic plan as it pertains to clinical science within the overall BSD/PSOM research mission.

Newswise: Seth Himelhoch named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago
Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Seth Himelhoch named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago Medical Center

Himelhoch comes to UChicago from the University of Kentucky, where his public health research has focused on interventions for those with HIV and substance use disorders and cancer control.

Newswise: Cleveland Innovation District Partners Exceeding Many Targets Set by State and JobsOhio
Released: 12-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Cleveland Innovation District Partners Exceeding Many Targets Set by State and JobsOhio
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Since the Cleveland Innovation District launched in 2021, the founding institutions have made significant progress, including exceeding many of the targets set by the Ohio Department of Development and JobsOhio.

Newswise: NASA science chief to visit the University of Delaware
Released: 12-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
NASA science chief to visit the University of Delaware
University of Delaware

The University of Delaware will host a visit and thought leader presentation by NASA’s head of science Dr. Nicola (Nicky) Fox on Thursday, April 18. Fox directs about 100 NASA missions to explore the universe, laying the foundation for the robotic and human expeditions of the future.

Newswise: Supercool Delivery: Final Section of Souped-Up Neutron Source Trucks Out of Jefferson Lab
Released: 12-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Supercool Delivery: Final Section of Souped-Up Neutron Source Trucks Out of Jefferson Lab
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

As a longtime partner of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jefferson Lab has been supplying sections of particle accelerator called cryomodules – the supercooled behemoths that propel particles to near the speed of light for scientific research – for the Proton Power Upgrade (PPU) of the Spallation Neutron Source.

Newswise: Research team led by Case Western Reserve awarded $2.75M from Department of Defense to advance clot-stabilizing nanotechnology
Released: 12-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Research team led by Case Western Reserve awarded $2.75M from Department of Defense to advance clot-stabilizing nanotechnology
Case Western Reserve University

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University a four-year, $2.75 million grant to explore new technology to generate and stabilize a protein called fibrin that is essential to maintain protective blood clots in an injured body.

Released: 11-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
UWF launches ‘Here for Good capital campaign,’ announces gift in excess of $9 million to name football stadium
University of West Florida

WF launched the public phase of the “#HereforGood capital campaign,” the largest campaign in University history. President Martha Dunagin Saunders announced the campaign at a gala, alongside an extraordinary gift exceeding $9 million from Darrell and Debbie Gooden to break ground on the Darrell Gooden Stadium.

Released: 11-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Wang Feng and Gene Tsudik are named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine professors Wang Feng and Gene Tsudik have been awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships. They join 186 other American and Canadian scientists and scholars receiving the prestigious grants this year.

Newswise: New Addiction Treatment Research Receives Major Funding
Released: 11-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New Addiction Treatment Research Receives Major Funding
University of Utah Health

Researchers at Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah have been selected by Wellcome Leap to research an innovative ultrasound-based treatment for addiction as part of a $50 million commitment.

Newswise: Danforth Center Selected as Project of a New Partnership Between NSF and NobleReach Emerge
Released: 11-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Danforth Center Selected as Project of a New Partnership Between NSF and NobleReach Emerge
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

In an exciting endorsement of the work being conducted at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, it was recently announced that technology developed by Keith Slotkin, PhD, member, and his laboratory, and funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), was chosen as one of the very first projects of the new NSF/NobleReach Emerge partnership.

Newswise: U of I Receives Over $11 Million to Launch Research Center in Women’s Nutrition and Health
Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
U of I Receives Over $11 Million to Launch Research Center in Women’s Nutrition and Health
University of Idaho

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded University of Idaho more than $11 million toward creating a biomedical research center focused on furthering studies on women’s health and nutrition.

Newswise: STORMWERX Center at Harrisburg University Hosting US Marine Corps III Marine Expeditionary Force
Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
STORMWERX Center at Harrisburg University Hosting US Marine Corps III Marine Expeditionary Force
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) is hosting members of the United States Marine Corps Okinawa-based III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) for two weeks.

Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Rutgers School of Nursing reaches No. 5 national ranking in U.S. News 2024 Best Graduate Programs
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Doctor of Nursing Practice program enters the top 5. The Master’s program is No. 14.

Newswise: NAWI Awarded Funding to Continue to Accelerate Research and Development for a Secure Water Future
Released: 11-Apr-2024 11:15 AM EDT
NAWI Awarded Funding to Continue to Accelerate Research and Development for a Secure Water Future
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), which is led by Berkeley Lab, has been extended for five more years with $75 million in funding fromDOE. NAWI will continue its contributions to helping decarbonize the water and wastewater sectors through investments in technologies that enhance the efficient use of energy for water use, treatment, and distribution.

Newswise: Sholl selected as UT-ORII executive director
Released: 11-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Sholl selected as UT-ORII executive director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

David Sholl has been named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, or UT-ORII, and vice provost of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after serving as the institute’s interim leader since June 2023.

Newswise:Video Embedded enhanced-ai-tool-texgpt-powers-up-academic-writing
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Released: 11-Apr-2024 10:30 AM EDT
Enhanced AI tool TeXGPT powers up academic writing
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science is further broadening its range of AI innovations in a major new release from AI-based academic language service Writefull, which is to be used in the collaborative authoring tool Overleaf.

     
Newswise: American College of Surgeons Advocates for Medicare Physician Payment Reform
Released: 11-Apr-2024 10:30 AM EDT
American College of Surgeons Advocates for Medicare Physician Payment Reform
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

In testimony before the United States Senate Finance Committee Thursday, American College of Surgeons (ACS) Executive Director and CEO Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, called on Congress to create stability in the Medicare physician payment system to improve patient access to high-quality care.

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Released: 10-Apr-2024 10:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Lanza Atención Médica Virtual Para Niños e Hispanohablantes
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai está ampliando la atención médica virtual para niños e hispanohablantes en California a través de su aplicación móvil Cedars-Sinai Connect, una opción en línea de rápido crecimiento que permite a los pacientes acceder rápidamente a los mejores profesionales sanitarios para la atención aguda, crónica y preventiva.

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Released: 10-Apr-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Joins 40 Health Systems in White House Effort on AI
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai has joined a White House initiative aimed at ensuring healthcare providers and companies use artificial intelligence (AI) ethically and responsibly. Together with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the AI effort—announced in late 2023—is a consortium involving nearly 40 health systems and insurers.

Newswise: AtlantiCare Announces VISION 2030—its Ambitious 6-Year Plan Advancing Systemwide Strategies and Bringing in Powerful New Partnerships to Transform Healthcare
Released: 10-Apr-2024 4:30 PM EDT
AtlantiCare Announces VISION 2030—its Ambitious 6-Year Plan Advancing Systemwide Strategies and Bringing in Powerful New Partnerships to Transform Healthcare
AtlantiCare

The region’s largest healthcare organization and largest non-casino employer, with more than 6,500 team members and providers serving the community in more than 100 locations — recently unveiled its vision 2030.

Released: 10-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
The Autoimmune Association Announces the Inaugural Young Adult Advisory Council
Autoimmune Association

The Autoimmune Association The Autoimmune Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to autoimmune advocacy, awareness, education, and research, announces the 16 individuals appointed to the newly established Young Adult Advisory Council (YAAC), dedicated to empowering and advocating for young individuals aged 15 to 25 living with autoimmune disease.

Newswise: NYCST Now Accepting Applications for Space Technology Projects
Released: 10-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
NYCST Now Accepting Applications for Space Technology Projects
Cornell University

The New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development (NYCST) today announced that the application window is now open for the consortium’s funding program.

Newswise: New Online Community, Skin Cancer Champions, Offers Support to Millions Affected by Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Released: 10-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New Online Community, Skin Cancer Champions, Offers Support to Millions Affected by Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer Outcomes Consortium (SCOUT)

Skin Cancer Champions is a safe and compassionate place where patients, their caregivers, and clinicians can ask questions, and share experiences.

Newswise: UAH ranks first in state in six categories of federal research expenditures, according to latest HERD Survey
Released: 10-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
UAH ranks first in state in six categories of federal research expenditures, according to latest HERD Survey
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) ranks first in the State of Alabama in six categories of federal research expenditures, according to the most recent Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey.

Newswise: U.S. Department of Energy’s INCITE program seeks proposals for 2025 to advance science and engineering at U.S. leadership computing facilities
Released: 10-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
U.S. Department of Energy’s INCITE program seeks proposals for 2025 to advance science and engineering at U.S. leadership computing facilities
Argonne National Laboratory

The INCITE program is aimed at large-scale scientific computing projects that require the power and scale of the nation’s fastest supercomputers.



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