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Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:04 |
 The nation's champion for babies has received the 2010 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award.
Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, who has served as president of the March of Dimes since 1990, was honored March 2 by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NIFD) at a ceremony at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Va.
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 16:16 |
 The research foundation of the nation's largest group of thoracic surgeons has awarded University of Michigan's Jennifer C. Hirsch, M.D., M.S., with the Nina Starr Braunwald award, a top award for women in cardiac surgery.
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 18:27 |
 For his work contributing to a potential new treatment approach for Parkinson's disease, the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research has awarded a $500,000 grant to a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:00 |
 The British Psychological Society's Research Digest has reached the finals of the Research Blogging Awards in the categories 'Best Psychology Blog' and 'Best Research Twitterer'.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 12:05 |
 Just weeks into his post as John S. Dunn Distinguished Professor and founding chair of the University of Houston's new department of biomedical engineering, Metin Akay is already being recognized.
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 12:43 |
 Adam Berger, M.D., a Cancer Liaison Physician (CLP) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, recently received an Outstanding Performance Award for going above and beyond the scope of the normal duties of serving as a liaison between the hospital's cancer program and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 12:43 |
 The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) has announced that John Greenspan, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is the recipient of the 2010 AADR Distinguished Scientist Award. This award will be presented to Greenspan at the 39th AADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Washington, DC, March 3, 2010.
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:38 |
 The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) has announced Irwin D. Mandel, AADR past president and Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, New York, as the recipient of the inaugural 2010 AADR Distinguished Mentoring Award. This award will announced at the 39th AADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Washington, DC, March 3, 2010.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:38 |
 At the core of the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation's mission is to attract the best and brightest trainees into a career in rheumatology. To do this, the REF has an extensive portfolio of awards and grants that provide support during critical career stages. |
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 15:39 |
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  Two UCSF scientists have been selected for the American Academy of Neurology's prestigious Potamkin Prize, for their "outstanding achievements" in research on dementias.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:02 |
 Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue is the recipient of the Alzheimer's Association's 2010 Humanitarian Award. The award is given each year to a public official who has made a significant contribution to help those who are struggling with Alzheimer's disease. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 15:14 |
 Amber J. Belcher, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Delaware, has won the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The fellowship will support Belcher's research on how couples cope with breast cancer.
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 12:31 |
 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have awarded a $300,000 grant for research focusing on the nature of the immune response induced by the action mechanisms of plant-made Virus-Like Particles (VLP) to Dr. Louis Vezina, Chief Scientific Officer of Medicago and to Dr. Brian Ward and Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) and McGill University.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 12:05 |
Just weeks into his post as John S. Dunn Distinguished Professor and founding chair of the University of Houston's new department of biomedical engineering, Metin Akay is already being recognized.
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 18:55 |
The ASCO Cancer Foundation will present Merit Awards to twenty-five leading oncology fellows from around the world at the 2010 Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium, which takes place March 5-7 in San Francisco. These promising young fellows will be honored for their exceptional contributions to the research of genitourinary tract cancers.
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:17 |
 The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) has announced Isabel Gay as the recipient of the 2010 AADR William B. Clark Fellowship in Clinical Research. This award will be announced at the 39th AADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Washington, DC, March 3, 2010.
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:40 |
 The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) has announced David C. Johnsen, dean of the College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, as the recipient of the 2010 AADR Jack Hein Public Service Award. This award will be presented to Johnsen at the 39th AADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Washington, DC, March 3, 2010.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 18:33 |
 The 2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award will honor Dr. Nancy Olivieri of the University of Toronto "for her indefatigable determination that patient safety and research integrity come before institutional and commercial interests."
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 16:46 |
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 The Obama administration has nominated former Clinton administration adviser Anthony Lake to lead UNICEF, Bloomberg/BusinessWeek reports. He would succeed Ann Veneman, who will step down at the end of her five-year term on April 30
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 17:57 |
 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded more than $119 million to states and U.S. territories to support public health efforts to reduce obesity, increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and decrease smoking-the four most important actions for combating chronic diseases and promoting health. |
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