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Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
UC Riverside scientist elected fellow of Entomological Society of America For his outstanding contributions to entomology, Jocelyn Millar, a professor of entomology at UC Riverside, has been elected a fellow of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). This year, only 10 scientists were elected to this honor. They will be recognized in November 2013, at the ESA annual meeting. Millar's research primarily focuses on how insects use odors and tastes for communication. He also works on the control of invasive pests with natural enemies. 
Entomological Society of America
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
55th ASH Annual Meeting and ExpositionKatherine A. High, M.D., to present 2013 American Society of Hematology E. Donnall Thomas Lecture The American Society of Hematology will honor Katherine A. High, M.D., of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with the 2013 E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize for her unparalleled work to identify the molecular basis of hemophilia and to develop novel genetic therapies to treat the disorder. Contact: Kaitlin Bressler
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
55th ASH Annual Meeting and ExpositionNancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D., and Elaine Jaffe, M.D., honored with 2013 Henry M. Stratton Medal The American Society of Hematology today announced that it will recognize Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D., dean of Duke University School of Medicine, and Elaine Jaffe, M.D., of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, with the 2013 Henry M. Stratton Medal for their outstanding accomplishments in the fields of iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis and lymphoma, respectively. Contact: Kaitlin Bressler
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
55th ASH Annual Meeting and ExpositionKenneth Kaushansky, M.D., and David J. Kuter, M.D., D.Phil., to present 2013 Ernest Beutler Lecture The American Society of Hematology will honor Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, of Stony Brook University and David J. Kuter, MD, DPhil, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center with the 2013 Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize for their significant advances in the discovery of thrombopoietin, the platelet growth factor that regulates platelet production. Contact: Kaitlin Bressler
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
55th ASH Annual Meeting and ExpositionThe American Society of Hematology honors Andrew S. Weyrich, Ph.D., with 2013 William Dameshek Prize The American Society of Hematology will present the 2013 William Dameshek Prize to Andrew S. Weyrich, Ph.D., of The University of Utah for his seminal research on the cellular and molecular causes of blood clots. Contact: Kaitlin Bressler
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
Professor Sir David Weatherall, M.D., recieves 2013 Wallace H. Coulter Award The American Society of Hematology will present the Society's highest honor, the 2013 Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, to Professor Sir David Weatherall, MD, of the University of Oxford for his more than 50-year career in hematology combining seminal discoveries, visionary translational research leadership, and a passion for global health initiatives that have together helped improve clinical care for thousands throughout the developing world. Contact: Kaitlin Bressler
Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
50th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior SocietyGene Robinson receives Animal Behavior Society award Gene Robinson, Swanlund Chair of entomology and neuroscience and director of the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois, is the recipient of the Animal Behavior Society's 2013 Distinguished Animal Behaviorist award. Contact: Chelsey B. Coombs
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
Prominent Cedars-Sinai medical physicist receives highest honor from distinguished association Benedick Fraass, Ph.D., FAAPM, FASTRO, FACR, vice chair for Research and professor and director of Medical Physics at Cedars-Sinai, has received the highest honor from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine -- the William D. Coolidge Award -- for his distinguished career achievements in medical physics, including his pioneering work in radiation oncology. Contact: Cara Lasala
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
American Psychological Association's 121st Annual ConventionSAGE announces winners of the SAGE/STP Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award SAGE and the Society for Teaching of Psychology are pleased to announce that Dr. Shannon R. Audley-Piotrowski, Professor of Education and Child Development at Smith College and Carly Smith, Clinical Doctoral Student at the University of Oregon, are the winners of the 2013 Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award. Given out annually, this award is designed to defray costs for one early-career faculty member and one graduate student attending the STP program at the American Psychological Association Convention. Contact: Camille Gamboa
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
The Gerontological Society of America's 66th Annual Scientific MeetingWilson earns GSA's 2013 Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging The Gerontological Society of America -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Nancy L. Wilson, M.A., L.M.S.W., of Baylor College of Medicine as the 2013 recipient of the Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging. Contact: Todd Kluss
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
The Gerontological Society of America's 66th Annual Scientific MeetingBartke earns GSA's 2013 Robert W. Kleemeier Award The Gerontological Society of America -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Andrzej Bartke, Ph.D., of Southern Illinois University as the 2013 recipient of the Robert W. Kleemeier Award. Contact: Todd Kluss
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
The Gerontological Society of America's 66th Annual Scientific MeetingAllman earns GSA's 2013 Donald P. Kent Award The Gerontological Society of America -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Richard M. Allman, M.D., of the Birmingham VA Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham as the 2013 recipient of the Donald P. Kent Award. Contact: Todd Kluss
Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
ESA's 61st Annual MeetingEntomological Society of America announces 2013 fellows The Entomological Society of America has elected ten new Fellows of the Society for 2013. The election as a Fellow acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology in research, teaching, extension, or administration. Contact: Richard Levine
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
American Geophysical Union names NJIT Distinguished Professor a Fellow The American Geophysical Union has named NJIT Distinguished Professor Philip R. Goode, of Westfield, a 2013 Fellow for his seminal contributions to solar physics and to the development of a revolutionary ground-based solar telescope facility. Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Dr. John Eng to receive Golden Goose Award The creators of the Golden Goose Award announced today that the next award will go to Dr. John Eng, a medical researcher and practicing physician whose study of the extremely poisonous venom produced by the Gila monster led to a drug that protects millions of diabetics from such complications as blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage.
Golden Goose Award Founders
Contact: Barry Toiv
Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum ControlU of T awards quantum mechanics prize to pioneering physicists The University of Toronto's Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control has announced Michel Devoret and Robert Schoelkopf, both of Yale University, as winners of the prestigious John Stewart Bell Prize for their enormous contributions to the field of quantum mechanics. Contact: Terry Lavender
Public Release: 29-Jul-2013
UK researcher earns 2013 Discovery Award The Society for Free Radical Biology & Medicine recently named the University of Kentucky's Dr. Allan Butterfield as the recipient of its 2013 Discovery Award. Contact: Allison Perry
Public Release: 29-Jul-2013
Professor Vanessa Hayes awarded for exceptional Africa-related work Professor Vanessa Hayes, from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, received a Celebration of African Australians Inc Award at Australia's Parliament House on Saturday. The awards recognized "exceptional achievements and remarkable contributions to Australia, Africa and the world through education, science, research, philanthropy, leadership and community engagement by African Australians." Contact: Alison Heather
Public Release: 26-Jul-2013
Alternative-energy team wins US Department of Energy poster competition using only small words Using only cartoons, drawings, photos, and the 1,000 most-commonly-used words in the English language, an alternative-energy team has taken first prize in a US DOE poster contest. The Penn State team's poster, titled "Powering Your Car with Sunlight," was selected as the overall winner out of 31 submissions. The poster explains how energy from the Sun is captured by plants and stored in plant cell walls as energy that could be used to power cars.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
Public Release: 26-Jul-2013
Soc of Vert Paleontology members awarded by Mongolia for role in repatriation of stolen fossils Three paleontologists, all members of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, were recently awarded a Polar Star for their work to help return smuggled fossils to Mongolia. This award is among the highest honors of the Mongolian government. Contact: Cody Mooneyhan
Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
CMU's Kathryn Roeder to receive Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Statistical Sciences award Carnegie Mellon University's Kathryn Roeder has been chosen to receive the Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. Roeder has played a pivotal role in developing the foundations of DNA forensic inference. Her current research focuses on statistical genomics and the genetic base of complex disease with an emphasis on autism. Contact: Shilo Rea
Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
Spain honors Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., of The Mount Sinai Medical Center World-renowned cardiologist Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2013 Camino Real Award by the Research Institute of North American Studies "Benjamin Franklin" of the University of Alcalá in Spain. The award recognizes Dr. Fuster as a prestigious Spaniard whose lifelong professional work has contributed to the positive image and promotion of Spain in North America. Contact: Lauren Woods
Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
Medical illustrator wins Elsevier's Netter art contest Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest. Paul J. Kim, a professional medical illustrator based in Montclair, N.J., was selected by a distinguished panel of judges who chose 10 finalists, with Mr. Kim as the grand prize winner. Contact: Christopher Capot
Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
High-school course on smoking behavior research wins Science magazine prize By engaging students in the real practice of science, Munn and her colleagues at the University of Washington have been selected to win the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction. Their prize-winning course module, Exploring Databases, allows students to compare genetic and environmental influences determining why people smoke. Contact: Natasha Pinol
Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., receives Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship Award The American Association for Clinical Chemistry will present C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., of Newton, MA, with the Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship Award at its 2013 Annual Meeting and Clinical Exposition in Houston, Texas on July 28. Contact: Jeffrey Bright
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