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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.

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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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Released: 10-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Launches Virtual Healthcare for Children and Spanish Speakers
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai is expanding virtual healthcare for children and Spanish speakers in California through its mobile app Cedars-Sinai Connect, a fast-growing online option that allows patients to quickly access top healthcare professionals for acute, chronic and preventive care.

Newswise: WVU to help fill need for water workforce in Appalachian communities
Released: 10-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
WVU to help fill need for water workforce in Appalachian communities
West Virginia University

A $1.4 million demonstration grant from the U.S. Department of Labor supports the three-year initiative to develop paid summer internship partnerships with water and wastewater utilities serving disadvantaged areas of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

Newswise: Cleveland Clinic Uses Noninvasive Ultrasound Technology to Treat Some Liver Tumors
Released: 10-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Clinic Uses Noninvasive Ultrasound Technology to Treat Some Liver Tumors
Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic has started using a recently FDA-approved ultrasound device to treat liver tumors. The non-invasive technology, called histotripsy, uses brief high-intensity ultrasound pulses that disrupt and kill the targeted tumor cells.

Released: 10-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
CFES Scholar Wins $1,000 Prize in Entrepreneurial Contest
CFES Brilliant Pathways

CFES Scholar from Ticonderoga, NY wins $1,000 prize in Vermont Pitch Challenge

Released: 10-Apr-2024 9:30 AM EDT
Lipogems Announces Last Patient Enrolled in the U.S. FDA IDE ARISE Study for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Lipogems

Lipogems, a clinical stage- global medical technology company, announces it has completed enrollment in the ARISE I U.S. FDA IDE study, which aims to examine MicroFat versus corticosteriod injection for the treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis (OA). Efficacy and safety results from ARISE 1 are expected to be announced in 2025.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Health System Named to Modern Healthcare’s 2024 Innovators list
Released: 10-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System Named to Modern Healthcare’s 2024 Innovators list
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System today announced that it has been named one of Modern Healthcare’s Innovators for 2024, an award that recognizes leaders and organizations driving innovation that improves care, achieves measurable results, and contributes to the clinical and financial goals of the organization.

Newswise: University College London uses Symplectic Elements to showcase research profiles
Released: 10-Apr-2024 9:00 AM EDT
University College London uses Symplectic Elements to showcase research profiles
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to share the news that University College London (UCL) has launched a new public profiles system, UCL Profiles, powered by Symplectic Elements.

     
Newswise:Video Embedded fau-lands-1-3-million-grant-to-clean-up-stinky-seaweed-in-florida
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Released: 10-Apr-2024 8:30 AM EDT
FAU Lands $1.3 Million Grant to ‘Clean Up’ Stinky Seaweed in Florida
Florida Atlantic University

Once Sargassum deluges beaches, removing, disposing and repurposing the seaweed presents many logistical and economic challenges. Cleaning up these huge piles of annoying seaweed while protecting these critical habitats at the same time is a precarious struggle.

Newswise: Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is the No. 3 Nursing School in the World, Says QS World Rankings
Released: 10-Apr-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is the No. 3 Nursing School in the World, Says QS World Rankings
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

QS World University Rankings has named the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) the No. 3 nursing school in the world for 2024.

Released: 9-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
MSU graduate programs ranked No. 1 for decades by U.S. News & World Report
Michigan State University

In its 2024-25 Best Graduate Schools rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized six of Michigan State University’s graduate programs as first in the nation, including two programs recognized as No. 1 for three decades.

   
Released: 9-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
مايو كلينك تفوز بأعلى تقييم لسلامة المرضى وتجارب المرضى
Mayo Clinic

فازت مايو كلينك مؤخرًا بتكريم من منظمة هيلثجريدز لالتزامها بتقديم رعاية استثنائية للمرضى. ومنظمة هيلثجريدز هي مصدر عبر الإنترنت يمكّن المرضى من العثور على المعلومات عن الأطباء والمستشفيات.

Newswise: UCSF’s Pelter Named AACN 2024 Distinguished Research Lecturer
Released: 9-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
UCSF’s Pelter Named AACN 2024 Distinguished Research Lecturer
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

Michele Pelter is director of the ECG Monitoring Research Lab at UC San Francisco, which has built an international reputation for research that has improved cardiac monitoring and clinical practice and influenced the development of monitoring technology.

Released: 9-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Loyola Medicine Allergy Count Returns on Monday, April 1
Loyola Medicine

For more than 20 years, Loyola Medicine's Gottlieb Memorial Hospital has provided the Chicago area with updated allergy counts every weekday during allergy season. This year's official count will resume on Monday, April 1.

Newswise: FSU historian appointed to teach next generation of leaders at U.S. Air Force Academy
Released: 9-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
FSU historian appointed to teach next generation of leaders at U.S. Air Force Academy
Florida State University

A Florida State University historian has been appointed to serve as a distinguished visiting professor in the humanities division at the United States Air Force Academy.

Newswise: Neurosurgery Redefined: AANS Explores
Released: 9-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Neurosurgery Redefined: AANS Explores "What Matters" at 2024 Annual Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) proudly announces the highly anticipated 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, slated for May 3-6 at the prestigious McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

Newswise: Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD Named to Modern Healthcare’s 2024 Innovators List
Released: 9-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD Named to Modern Healthcare’s 2024 Innovators List
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals is proud to announce the recognition of Dr. Mehdi Shishehbor by Modern Healthcare as one of its Innovators for 2024.

Newswise: The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Has Been Ranked the No. 1 Doctor of Nursing Practice (Dnp) Program and No. 1 Master’s (Tied) by U.S. News & World Report for 2024.
Released: 9-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Has Been Ranked the No. 1 Doctor of Nursing Practice (Dnp) Program and No. 1 Master’s (Tied) by U.S. News & World Report for 2024.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing has been ranked the No. 1 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program and No. 1 master’s (tied) by U.S. News & World Report for 2024.

Newswise: Hall of Fame Head Coach Jay Wright to Deliver 2024 PCOM Commencement Address
Released: 9-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Hall of Fame Head Coach Jay Wright to Deliver 2024 PCOM Commencement Address
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Retired Villanova basketball coach and two-time NCAA National Champion Jay Wright will address PCOM's graduates at the 2024 Commencement ceremony.

Released: 9-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
HealthTrackRx Appoints Leading Healthcare Expert Dr. Steven Goldberg as Chief Medical Officer
HealthTrackRx

HealthTrackRx, the nation's premier molecular diagnostic testing laboratory, today announced the appointment of Steven Goldberg, MD, MBA, as its Chief Medical Officer (CMO).



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