Caroline W. Nahas Named New Corporate Board Chair for United Way of Greater Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- United Way of Greater Los Angeles today announced that Caroline W. Nahas, managing director of the Southern California region of Korn/Ferry International, has been appointed as the new volunteer chair of the organization's corporate board of...YAI/NIPD Board of Trustees Elects Eliot Green Chair and Sheldon Kwiat Vice Chair
The YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities (YAI/NIPD) Board of Trustees has elected Eliot P. Green, a Partner at the law firm of Loeb & Loeb LLP, as Chair, and Sheldon Kwiat, President of the diamond jewelry firm bearing his family name, as Vice Chair. ...Urban Caucus Chair Says Healthcare Reform Means You Can Have Your Care and Keep It Too
WASHINGTON ., July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Chairman of the Congressional Urban Caucus, release d this statement today as the three House Committees with jurisdiction over health policy introduce the American Affordable Health Choices Act:...Roush Life Sciences' Taylor to Chair MassMEDIC
SALEM, N.H., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston based MassMEDIC recently appointed Roush Life Sciences President Tom Taylor to chair the trade organization's Board of Directors. Taylor is an industry veteran with extensive experience in developing and marketing disposable medical, diagnosti...YAI/NIPD Board of Trustees Elects Eliot Green Chair and Sheldon Kwiat Vice Chair
NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities (YAI/NIPD) Board of Trustees has elected Eliot P. Green, a Partner at the law firm of Loeb & Loeb LLP, as Chair, and Sheldon Kwiat, President of the diamond jewelry firm bearing his family name, as V...Urban Caucus Chair Urges Caucus Members to 'Get the Job Done' for Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Chairman of the Congressional Urban Caucus, releases this statement as the three House Committees with jurisdiction over health policy prepare to introduce legislation on health care for all Americans: "The oppo...Project Zero Delay Accelerates Drug's Path to Clinical Trial
...w." The key to Zero Delay was performing most tasks in parallel instead of sequentially, said lead author Razelle Kurzrock, M.D., professor and chair of M. D. Anderson's Department of Investigational Therapeutics. In addition, tasks usually done after FDA clearance of an Investigational New Drug (IN...Video: FDA Approves INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) for the Acute and Maintenance Treatment of Schizophrenia
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...Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Following the press conference Roberto Bolli, Jewish Hospital Heart and Lung Institute Distinguished chair in Cardiology and Director of UofL's Institute for Molecular Cardiology, stated, "Another clinical trial is being conducted at another facility. The ...World's First Cardiac Adult Stem Cell Patient Receives Infusion
...nvasive and Interventional Cardiology at Jewish Hospital. Study leader Roberto Bolli, Jewish Hospital Heart and Lung Institute Distinguished chair in Cardiology and Director of UofL's Institute for Molecular Cardiology said, "We continue to enroll patients in this first-of-its-kind clinical trial...Awardees for the 2009 Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research Announced
... University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "We were very impressed with the high caliber of science in the applications received," said Dr. Walker, chair of the Committee. The GPC, established by DANONE and Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. is committed to raising awareness of probiotics and their health...Burton Emotion Powerback Chair & Stand
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Yale University announced today the appointment of James E. Rothman, one of the world's leading cell biologists, as chair of Yale School of Medicine's Department of Cell Biology. Additionally, Rothman will launch the Center for High-Throughput Cell Biology at Yale's West Campus, formerly the site...Dental chair a possible source of neurotoxic mercury waste
Mercury is a large component of dental fillings, but it is not believed to pose immediate health risks in that form. When exposed to sulfate-reducing bacteria, however, mercury undergoes a chemical change and becomes methylated, making it a potent, ingestible neurotoxin. While the major source ...Pitt researchers find promising candidate protein for cancer prevention vaccines
...llenge in which they were exposed to a cancer cell line that overproduced it, explained senior author Olivera Finn, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Immunology at the Pitt School of Medicine. The results are reported this week in the online version of the Proceedings of the Na...Agricultural research key to food security
... Boosting agricultural research in the developing world is the key to ensuring food security for the world's poorest, says Adel el-Beltagy, chair of the Global Form on Agricultural Research (GFAR), writing in the latest issue of the TWAS Newsletter, published last week. With nearly a billion ...National assessment done on potential invasive snail and slug pests in US
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BOULDER, Colo., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- N30 Pharma (N30) today announced that Joseph Loscalzo, M.D., PhD., has joined the Board of Directors of the Company. Dr. Loscalzo currently serves as Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Harvard , Physician-in-Chief at Brigham an...Sangamo BioSciences Appoints Paul Cleveland to Its Board of Directors and Chair of Audit Committee
RICHMOND, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO ), a leader in the research and development of novel zinc finger DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs) for therapeutic gene regulation and modification, announced today the appointment of Paul B. Cleveland, executi...Zosano Pharma, Inc. Announces Appointment of Gail Schulze as Chair and CEO
New Senior Management Appointments Strengthen Executive Team FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Zosano Pharma, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company developing a novel transdermal delivery technology, today announced that Gail Schulze has joined the company as chair and CEO...Axendia's President to Chair 3rd Annual MES for Life Sciences Congress
YARDLEY, Pa. and WOBURN, Mass., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Axendia Inc., a trusted advisor to Life-Science Executives on Business, Technology and Regulatory strategies, and CBI Research Inc., a provider of live and electronic conferences for senior-level executives in the pharmaceutical and biotec...