Dignitaries Come Together to Honor Participants in the Team Sarcoma Initiative
Ambassadors from Lithuania, Mexico, and New Zealand gathered with physicians and government representatives on July 24 in Washington, DC, to honor people dealing with sarcoma, a rare and dangerous cancer. The reception was a part of the global Team Sarcoma Initiative (TSI), a growing movement th...Atlanta Sports Medicine Doctor Spero Karas Wins 'Atlanta's Top Doctors' Honor Again
Atlanta Magazine has named Dr. Spero G. Karas among the top Orthopedic Surgeons in the greater Atlanta metro area for the second consecutive time. Dr. Karas was recognized by his peers and key medical leaders for being a 'highly skilled, exceptional,' and 'most-trusted' sports medicine specialis...Texas Health Dallas Receives Double Honor From American Heart Association
DALLAS, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas has been recognized by the American Heart Association for providing quality, evidence-based care for coronary artery disease and heart failure. "This is another example of the dedication and com...Quest Diagnostics Earns Platinum Honor As 'Best Employer For Healthy Lifestyles'
National Business Group on Health Recognizes HealthyQuest Program for Fifth Consecutive Year MADISON, N.J., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX ), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, announced today that the N...Highmark Caring Place To Honor Midstate Volunteers
More Than 6,500 Hours Dedicated to Help Grieving Children and Families CAMP HILL, Pa. June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Highmark Caring Place will recognize 185 volunteers on Monday, June 15 at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center. These individuals have collectively volunteered more than 6,5...Top Washington Health Officials to Honor Framingham Heart Study Participants
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's top health officials will honor residents of Framingham, Mass., Nov. 29, when they visit the Boston-area community to pay tribute to the thousands of individuals who have participated in the landmark Framingham Heart Study. HHS Secre...IBM and EU Partners Create a Better Way to Fight AIDS Virus
...not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. In its 21st year, Computerworld Honors is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to benefit society. Each year, the program's Chairmen's Committee, a group of 100 C...Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research
...of ongoing initiatives and progress in the fight against cancer. The scope of donation opportunities on the SU2C website ranges from naming a star in honor of a loved one to web team challenges that encourage collaborative fundraising efforts by groups of various sizes all over the country. A novel Facebo...Investigational Genetic Test May Help Address Common Problems in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
...d screen donated human blood. Gen-Probe has more than 25 years of NAT expertise, and received the 2004 National Medal of Technology, America's highest honor for technological innovation, for developing NAT assays for blood screening. Gen-Probe is headquartered in San Diego and employs approximately 1,200 p...Gen-Probe and DiagnoCure Amend Collaboration Agreement Surrounding PCA3-Based Prostate Cancer Tests
... screen donated human blood. Gen-Probe has more than 25 years of NAT expertise, and received the 2004 National Medal of Technology, America's highest honor for technological innovation, for developing NAT assays for blood screening. Gen-Probe is headquartered in San Diego and employs approximately 1,200 ...Progress Against Malaria and Other Infectious Diseases Among Highlights at Annual Vaccine Conference
...or immunization and trying to integrate vaccines with other critical health needs. Merieux Award to Dr. Paul A. Offit The conference will honor Paul A. Offit, MD, chief of the division of infectious disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as this year's recipient of the Charles Merieux...University of California Los Angeles Selects Velos eResearch
...cancer center programs nationwide, only 41 receive the gold-star comprehensive status. UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) receives this honor for maintaining the highest standards of excellence in patient care, education, basic science, clinical research and cancer prevention. JCCC has ...Applying Clinical Findings to the Practice of Medicine
... Delta Research Fellowship in Orthopaedics, the first award ever created to honor achievements in the field of orthopaedic research. The first annual award,...ning. Skeletal Deformity The third Kappa Delta Award, named in honor of Elizabeth Winston Lanier, went to Michael J. Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D. and ...Shaw to receive prestigious honor for plant pathology research
The 2009 Alexopoulos Prize will be given to Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas A&M University assistant professor of plant pathology and microbiology July 29 in Snowbird, Utah. The honor based on quality, originality and quantity of published work is also known as the Outstanding Early-Career Mycologist ...UC Riverside geneticist receives highest honor from Botanical Society of America
RIVERSIDE, Calif. Norman Ellstrand , a professor of genetics in UC Riverside's Department of Botany and Plant Sciences , has been elected as one of this year's four Botanical Society of America (BSA) Merit Award recipients. The BSA Merit Award is the society's highest honor, granted for ...LSUHSC student awarded top national honor for diabetes research
New Orleans, LA Sharell Bindom, a student in the MD/PhD program at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will be awarded the Mead Johnson Research Award in Endocrinology and Metabolism by the American Physiological Society at the 2009 Experimental Biology Meeting April 18-22 in New Orleans. Thi...International honor for University of East Anglia ocean researcher
An environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia (UEA) has won a prestigious international prize for her outstanding contribution to oceanography. Prof Karen Heywood will be awarded the Georg Wst Prize at a meeting of the European Geophysical Union assembly in Vienna on Wednesday ...Dinner, lecture series to honor legacy of distinguished UH professor
HOUSTON, Jan. 29, 2009 At every university, there are faculty members who inspire their peers and make permanent marks on their students. Few, however, manage to maintain superior research, reputations and relationships with the longevity and consistency of the University of Houston's professor D...UC Riverside rice geneticist receives high honor from US Department of Agriculture
RIVERSIDE, Calif. For their landmark research leading to the development of flood-tolerant rice that can benefit farmers in flood-prone areas worldwide, Julia Bailey-Serres of UC Riverside, Pamela Ronald of UC Davis and David Mackill of the International Rice Research Institute in the Phili...USGS Coalition to honor Reps. Dicks, Regula with Leadership Award
Representatives Norman Dicks (D-WA) and Ralph Regula (R-OH) will be presented with the first USGS Coalition Leadership Award at a Congressional Reception on Monday evening, September 15, 2008. They will be honored for their enduring support for the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Represent...UC Riverside bioengineer receives high honor from chemical engineers
RIVERSIDE, Calif. As a boy growing up in Brooklyn, NY, UC Riverside's Jerome Schultz would often sneak into his father's office at home to peer into a microscope to examine slides of tissues his father, a physician, had on hand. Over the years, that early interest in science evolved into an ...UC-San Diego Engineering Honor Society wins most outstanding chapter award
Flip through the 133 page record of the 2006-2007 activities of UC San Diegos engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi, and youll see why they recently took home the nations most outstanding chapter award. Youll also learn about a pie toss fundraiser. Youll find the detailed lesson plans that hon...Council to honor NJIT SmartPin
A liquid dispensing system useful for identifying medical woes ranging from cancer to bird flu will garner an award for two NJ inventors this week. The newly-patented device will offer small and medium-sized researchers a way to test fluids cheaply, efficiently and precisely. It will also allow th...UCR physicist receives highest honor US government gives young scientists or engineers
RIVERSIDE, Calif. UC Riverside's Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau has received a national honor that few outstanding researchers who are beginning their independent research careers are given. Lau, an associate professor of physics , is one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards fo...American Geographical Society awards honor Henson, Smith on April 15 at UD
The American Geographical Society's awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 15, at the University of Delaware will honor past and present polar explorers - of this planet and of Mars. Also recognized will be the researchers who oversaw the gargantuan task of relocating the society's library, descri...Adecco Receives Honor From Alcon Laboratories
MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Adecco, the world leader in workforce and recruitment solutions announced today that it was honored by Alcon Inc., the world's leading eye care company with its prestigious 2008 Supplier of Excellence Award. In the 32 years that Alcon has been recognizing to...Trinity Biotech Management Refuses to Honor Call for a Special Meeting of Shareholders
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In refusing to a request for a special shareholders meeting to consider the removal and replacement of its current directors, management of Trinity Biotech plc (Nasdaq: TRIB ), an Ireland-based developer and manufacturer of diagnostic products whose Am...NYU Medical Center Changes Name to Honor Chairman of Board & Wife
Elaine & Kenneth Langone contribute unrestricted $200 Million Gift NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NYU Medical Center ( http://www.med.nyu.edu/ ) today announced it will be renamed the NYU Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center, in honor of the chairman of its board of trustees ...CHS Receives Prestigious Honor from Department of Defense
One of Only 15 Companies Recognized Nationally SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CHS, an inVentiv Health company (Nasdaq: VTIV ), was recently honored by the U.S. Department of Defense as a recipient of the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Aw...KAPE to Honor High-Performing Pennsylvania Organizations
Keystone Alliance for Performance Excellence Promotes Competitiveness with 2nd Annual Award Program HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Pennsylvania organizations will be honored for high performance, quality, and results by the Keystone Alliance for Performance...Tech Digest: President to honor WARF; plus, Governor's tech-transfer award for entrepreneurs
Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation , the patenting and licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be among the recipients of the 2003 National Medal of Technology on March 15 at a White House ceremony. The annual award is conferred by the president and reco...