Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, President and CEO Emeritus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Richard and Susan Smith Distinguished Professor at Harvard Medical School, has received the 2020 ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity. The Award honors…
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Dana-Farber CEO Emeritus receives ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, President and CEO Emeritus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Richard and Susan Smith Distinguished Professor at Harvard Medical School, has received the 2020 ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity. The Award honors…
SFVAHCS announces 2020 Grunfeld Scholars
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This new initiative invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of future leaders in medical…
SFVAHCS announces 2020 Grunfeld Scholars
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This new initiative invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of future leaders in medical…
Bulgaria’s National Cardiac Society pioneers ARPHA’s top-to-bottom bilingual publishing
The first 2020 issue of the society’s bilingual journal is already online on a brand new and user-friendly website
Bulgaria’s National Cardiac Society pioneers ARPHA’s top-to-bottom bilingual publishing
The first 2020 issue of the society’s bilingual journal is already online on a brand new and user-friendly website
Work Habits of Highly Effective Teams: Insight for Businesses Operating or Reopening Amid Coronavirus
Maryland Smith workplace expert Cynthia Kay Stevens gives advice that organizations can use to better support their teams as they take on complex problems including those posed by operating or reopening amid restrictions imposed by COVID-19.
With $16.5 million in NIH funding, MUSC opens two new digestive disease research centers
The recent openings of two centers have put the Medical University of South Carolina on the map as a leading institution for digestive and liver disease research.
Convenient spit test helps women assess cancer risk from the comfort of their own homes
First-of-its-kind clinical trial validates remote genetic counseling
Convenient spit test helps women assess cancer risk from the comfort of their own homes
First-of-its-kind clinical trial validates remote genetic counseling
The AGA Research Foundation provides over $2 million in funding to promising researchers
The AGA Research Foundation funded 17 awards in the 2020 awards cycle
The AGA Research Foundation provides over $2 million in funding to promising researchers
The AGA Research Foundation funded 17 awards in the 2020 awards cycle
Stand up to Cancer hails FDA approval of olaparib for advanced prostate cancer
Ruling is the 8th FDA approval supported by SU2C research
Stand up to Cancer hails FDA approval of olaparib for advanced prostate cancer
Ruling is the 8th FDA approval supported by SU2C research
Pensoft partners with ReviewerCredit to certify and reward peer review
Following recent API integration with ReviewerCredits , Pensoft – the scholarly publisher and technology provider – has launched a pilot phase with one of its peer-reviewed, open-access journal: Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ). Reviewers, who create an account on ReviewerCredits, will…
Stevens leads first NSF Center devoted to financial technology and science
As finance continues its rapid transformation into the digital era, Stevens is designated a leader in guiding the field into a high-tech, big data world
SU2C hails FDA approval Of Encorafenib + Cetuximab for BRAF V600e-Mutant Metastatic CRC
Stand Up To Cancer-Dutch Cancer Society research team focused on DNA-guided personalized cancer treatment contributed to approval
C-Path receives letter of support from EMA on type 1 diabetes biomarker initiative
TUCSON, Ariz., April 28, 2020 –The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced that its Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Consortium has received a letter of support from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to facilitate the development and validation of the proposed…
SU2C-funded research to be presented during the AACR Virtual Meeting — April 27-28, 2020
Research involves immunotherapy, cancer interception, lung and pediatric cancers
ISSCR 2020 Virtual Meeting registration open
Exceptional science; new digital experience; event is June 23-27, 2020
Nottingham researcher awarded £1.2 million fellowship for work into prison regulation and safety
Dr Philippa Tomczak has been awarded a £1.2 million grant through the prestigious UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship programme to further her work into prison regulation for safer prisons and societies. Over an initial four years, the…
‘Bursty’ email communication helps groups convert resources into results
Many organizations arrange employees into groups, and research has recognized the importance of groups having access to resources (e.g., labor, knowledge, raw materials, technology, financial capital), as well as how they use those resources to ensure optimal performance. These studies…
USask VIDO-InterVac awarded $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research
The University of Saskatchewan’s VIDO-InterVac (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre) has been awarded $23 million to fast-track efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today. “This major federal investment will accelerate VIDO-InterVac’s efforts to…
How robust is e-government in American state election administration?
New Rochelle, NY, April 13, 2020–A new study examined how well American states are using Internet-based platforms to disseminate electoral information and communicate with voters. The study, which focused on website information provided on electoral administrators’ websites, use of social…
Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt named SIOP Fellow
Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Shoenfelt was granted Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of industrial and organizational…
Janine Waclawski named SIOP Fellow
Janine Waclawski, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Waclawski was granted Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of industrial and organizational psychology…
Alan L. Colquitt named SIOP Fellow
Alan L. Colquitt, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Colquitt was granted Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of industrial and organizational…
Mariangela Battista named SIOP fellow
Mariangela Battista, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Battista was granted SIOP Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of industrial and organizational…
Juliet R. Aiken receives SIOP Distinguished Award
Juliet R. Aiken, PhD has been recognized with the Distinguished Early Career Contributions-Practice Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The annual award is given to a SIOP member who has made significant contributions to the practice…
S. Morton McPhail recognized for service to SIOP
S. Morton McPhail, PhD has been honored with the Distinguished Service Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The award recognizes those members who have made significant contributions by generously sharing their time and talents. The…
SIOP recognizes Janet L. Kottke for Distinguished Teaching Career
Janet L. Kottke, PhD has been honored with the Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Mentor, inspiring, dedicated…these are just a few of the words used by students to describe Dr. Janet L.…
The Pancreatic Cancer Collective extends four research teams with $16M for new therapies
PHILADELPHIA — The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, the strategic partnership of Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), has awarded additional funding of up to $16 million to four teams of top researchers as part of its “New Therapies Challenge…
The Pancreatic Cancer Collective extends four research teams with $16M for new therapies
PHILADELPHIA — The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, the strategic partnership of Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), has awarded additional funding of up to $16 million to four teams of top researchers as part of its “New Therapies Challenge…
Jisc, UK institutions and Wiley agree ground-breaking deal
Hoboken, N.J–March 2, 2020– Jisc, the UK’s research and education not-for-profit that negotiates licences and digital content agreements on behalf of UK universities, and Wiley, a global leader in research and education, have struck a four year “read and publish”…
Jisc, UK institutions and Wiley agree ground-breaking deal
Hoboken, N.J–March 2, 2020– Jisc, the UK’s research and education not-for-profit that negotiates licences and digital content agreements on behalf of UK universities, and Wiley, a global leader in research and education, have struck a four year “read and publish”…
AIBS recognizes science policy leadership
Michigan State University and Mississippi State University graduate students receive 2020 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Awards
Communicating science can benefit from scientists ‘being human’
MU researchers determine a scientist’s ‘perceived authenticity’ can inform trust and credibility with audience
Communicating science can benefit from scientists ‘being human’
MU researchers determine a scientist’s ‘perceived authenticity’ can inform trust and credibility with audience
Pilot program aims to improve reproducibility, utility, and ethics of biomedical research
Researchers conduct ‘large scale behavior change intervention’ with new tools and monetary incentives
Pilot program aims to improve reproducibility, utility, and ethics of biomedical research
Researchers conduct ‘large scale behavior change intervention’ with new tools and monetary incentives
Artificial evolution of an industry
A research team has taken a deep dive into the newly emerging domain of “forward-looking” business strategies that show firms have far more ability to actively influence the future of their markets than once thought. One company engineered the “artificial evolution” of an industry over more than 50 years that benefited both the firm and the industry.
Stand Up To Cancer Laura Ziskin Prize awarded to Drs. Leisha A. Emens and Xiang Zhang
LOS ANGELES – January 28, 2020– Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded the 2020 Laura Ziskin Prize in Translational Research to two highly respected clinical investigators who will come together in a novel collaboration between leaders in breast cancer…
Stand Up To Cancer Laura Ziskin Prize awarded to Drs. Leisha A. Emens and Xiang Zhang
LOS ANGELES – January 28, 2020– Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded the 2020 Laura Ziskin Prize in Translational Research to two highly respected clinical investigators who will come together in a novel collaboration between leaders in breast cancer…
Springer Nature and OpenAIRE collaborate to further Open Science
Springer Nature and OpenAIRE have signed an agreement to build an Open Science-driven scholarly communication record that brings research and data closer together
Stand Up To Cancer announces gastric cancer interception research team
International team, focused on for early detection of world’s 3rd leading cause of cancer death, supported by the Cless Family Foundation and Sara & Jeff Schottenstein Family Charitable Fund
Springer Nature and OpenAIRE collaborate to further Open Science
Springer Nature and OpenAIRE have signed an agreement to build an Open Science-driven scholarly communication record that brings research and data closer together
Stand Up To Cancer announces gastric cancer interception research team
International team, focused on for early detection of world’s 3rd leading cause of cancer death, supported by the Cless Family Foundation and Sara & Jeff Schottenstein Family Charitable Fund
Study: US presidents play surprising role in driving corporate social responsibility
A new study by San Francisco State University Assistant Professor of Management Nara Jeong suggests that CEOs look to the White House for leadership on social responsibility — but not the way you might expect.
Knowledge-sharing: a how-to guide
Psychologists from the University of Göttingen reveal the secrets of successful interdisciplinary collaboration
Knowledge-sharing: a how-to guide
Psychologists from the University of Göttingen reveal the secrets of successful interdisciplinary collaboration