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Public Release: 29-Mar-2013
Ronald DePinho, M.D., selected for prestigious Agilent Technologies Thought Leader Award
Pancreatic cancer is one the deadliest and hardest to treat cancers. In recognition of his leadership of an innovative translational research program targeted at pancreatic cancer, Ronald DePinho, M.D., president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was selected for the prestigious Agilent Thought Leader Award.

Contact: Hilary Graham
hngraham@mdanderson.org
713-794-4383
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Public Release: 29-Mar-2013
MARC travel awards announced for 2013 GSA Drosophila Research Conference
FASEB Maximizing Access to Research Careers Program has announced the travel award recipients for the Genetics Society of America Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, DC from Apr. 3-7, 2013.

Contact: Gail Pinder
gpinder@faseb.org
301-634-7021
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Public Release: 29-Mar-2013
MARC travel awards announced for EB 2013
FASEB Maximizing Access to Research Careers Program has announced the travel award recipients for the Experimental Biology 2013 (EB 2013) meeting in Boston, MA from Apr. 20-24, 2013.

Contact: Gail Pinder
gpinder@faseb.org
301-634-7021
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Public Release: 29-Mar-2013
2013 Wiley Prize to be awarded at Apr. 5 event
Deborah E. Wiley, Chair of The Wiley Foundation, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will present the 2013 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences to Dr. Michael Young, Rockefeller University, Dr. Jeffrey Hall, Brandeis University (Emeritus), and Dr. Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University on Friday, Apr. 5.

Contact: Peter Peretzman
sciencenewsroom@wiley.com
201-748-6098
Wiley

Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
Rice's Laura Segatori wins NSF CAREER Award
Some human cells forget to empty their trash bins, and when the garbage piles up, it can lead to Parkinson's disease and other genetic and age-related disorders. Scientists don't yet understand why this happens, and Rice University engineering researcher Laura Segatori is hoping to change that, thanks to a prestigious five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Jade Boyd
jadeboyd@rice.edu
713-348-6778
Rice University

Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
Urban Affairs Association Conference
SAGE and the Urban Affairs Association announce the winner of the UAA-SAGE Activist Scholar Award
SAGE and the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) are pleased to announce that Dr. Kitty Kelly Epstein is the 2013 winner of the UAA-SAGE Marilyn Gittell Activist Scholar Lecture Series and Award. Dr. Epstein will be honored at the 2013 UAA Annual Conference held in San Francisco, CA April 3-6, 2013.

Contact: Camille Gamboa
camille.gamboa@sagepub.com
805-410-7441
SAGE Publications

Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
Walt Reid to receive 2013 NatureServe Conservation Award
In recognition for his extraordinary and ongoing contributions to protecting and understanding the world's ecosystems, NatureServe will present Dr. Walt Reid with the 2013 NatureServe Conservation Award at its annual Biodiversity Without Boundaries conference next month

Contact: Kyle Copas
kyle_copas@natureserve.org
703-908-1895
NatureServe

Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
ACMG 2013 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
2013 ACMG Foundation/Signature Genomic, PerkinElmer Inc., Travel Award Winner announced
Caleb P. Bupp MD was honored as the 2013 recipient of the ACMG Foundation/Signature Genomics from PerkinElmer, Inc. Travel Award at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics 2013 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Bupp was selected to receive the award for his platform presentation, "Twenty years of neural tube defect surveillance and prevention in South Carolina."
ACMG Foundation

Contact: Kathy Ridgely Beal
kbeal@acmg.net
301-238-4582
American College of Medical Genetics

Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting 2013
2013-14 Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Training Award in Clinical Biochemical Genetics announced
Lindsay C. Burrage, M.D., Ph.D., of Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital and Shane C. Quinonez, M.D., of the University of Michigan were honored as the 2013-2014 recipients of the Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Medical Genetics Training Award in Clinical Biochemical Genetics at the ACMG 2013 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.
ACMG Foundation

Contact: Kathy Beal
kbeal@acmg.net
301-238-4582
American College of Medical Genetics

Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
Science magazine prize goes to undergrad course that incorporates faculty research
A Stanford biology class that involves undergraduates in their instructors' research and has been shown to engage students much more effectively than standard lab classes has been awarded the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction.

Contact: Natasha Pinol
npinol@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Public Release: 27-Mar-2013
5 from MD Anderson among first inaugurated to AACR Academy
Fidler, Hong, Kripke, Mendelsohn and Strong earn cancer research group's new honor.

Contact: Scott Merville
smerville@mdanderson.org
713-792-0661
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Public Release: 27-Mar-2013
University of Maryland breast cancer research pioneer Dr. Angela Brodie named AACR Academy Fellow
Angela H. Brodie, Ph.D., a University of Maryland scientist whose research paved the way for a new class of drugs widely used to treat breast cancer patients around the world, has been selected by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) as a fellow of the newly created AACR Academy. Dr. Brodie is a professor of pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a scientist at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.

Contact: Karen Warmkessel
kwarmkessel@umm.edu
41-032-889-194-101-532
University of Maryland Medical Center

Public Release: 27-Mar-2013
Joint air toxics research project among tribes, agencies recognized for partnership
The Joint Air Toxics Assessment Project was awarded a 2013 National Environmental Excellence Award. by the National Association of Environmental Professionals for partnerships. "This was the first major research project that all the regulatory jurisdictions in the airshed participated in fully and collaboratively to assess the health consequences of 200 hazardous air pollutants," said Patricia Mariella, director of the American Indian Policy Institute at ASU. "Air pollution doesn't recognize political boundaries."

Contact: Julie Newberg
julie.newberg@asu.edu
480-727-3116
Arizona State University

Public Release: 27-Mar-2013
National Science Board announces recipient of 2013 Public Service Award
The National Science Board has announced that accomplished educator Jo Anne Vasquez is the recipient of its 2013 Public Service Award for an individual.

Contact: Cheryl Dybas
cdybas@nsf.gov
703-292-7734
National Science Foundation

Public Release: 27-Mar-2013
Graduate student wins award for designing safer schools
Cody J. Wortham, a graduate of Sam Houston State University's Security Studies Department, won an international award from the American Society for Industrial Security Foundation for his research on improving security at schools through low-cost, low-tech architectural design.
American Society for Industrial Security Foundation

Contact: Beth Kuhles
kuhles@shsu.edu
936-294-4425
Sam Houston State University

Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
Gilman elected inaugural Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research
Nobel Laureate Dr. Alfred Gilman, Regental Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been elected one of the inaugural Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research.
American Association for Cancer Research

Contact: Russell Rian
russell.rian@utsouthwestern.edu
214-648-3404
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
Physicist Neal Lane receives 2013 Vannevar Bush Award
The National Science Board announced today that physicist Neal Lane, a former Presidential Science Adviser and former National Science Foundation director, is the 2013 recipient of its Vannevar Bush Award.

Contact: Dana Topousis
dtopousi@nsf.gov
703-292-7750
National Science Foundation

Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
Carnegie Mellon's Kevin Zollman earns NSF award to investigate economics of science
Carnegie Mellon University's Kevin Zollman has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation for his project "Incentives, Diversity and Scientific Problem Choice."
National Science Foundation

Contact: Shilo Rea
shilo@cmu.edu
412-268-6094
Carnegie Mellon University

Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
American Society of Civil Engineers honors scholar of water issues
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) awarded Mohammad Karamouz, the director of the environmental engineering program at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, its 2013 Service to the Profession Award. The prize acknowledges his work with ASCE's Environmental and Water Resources Institute, his innovative research, textbooks, editorial contributions to the ASCE journal and leadership.

Contact: Kathleen Hamilton
hamilton@poly.edu
718-260-3792
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
MU program helps health care workers move past tragedy
Health care workers can be affected deeply due to the emotional bonding that can occur between patients and their caregivers. Now, studies have shown that a new program that provides support and training at the University of Missouri Health Care System is helping health care workers get back on their feet and heal both mentally and physically.

Contact: Christian Basi
BasiC@missouri.edu
573-882-4430
University of Missouri-Columbia

Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
AACR Annual Meeting 2013
Ludwig cancer researchers honored among first class of fellows in AACR Academy
Three Ludwig scientists were named as Fellows in the inaugural class of the AACR Academy, the most prestigious honor bestowed by the American Association for Cancer Research. The AACR Academy was created to recognize and honor distinguished scientists whose major scientific contributions have propelled significant innovation and progress against cancer.

Contact: Rachel Steinhardt
rsteinhardt@licr.org
212-450-1582
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
Queen's 'super solvents' voted 'Most Important British Innovation of the 21st Century'
Research by scientists from Queen's University Belfast on ionic liquid chemistry has been named the "Most Important British Innovation of the 21st Century."

Contact: Claire O'Callaghan
c.ocallaghan@qub.ac.uk
Queen's University Belfast

Public Release: 25-Mar-2013
Registered Nurses Association gives awards to 2 St. Michael's nursing leaders
The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario has recognized two St. Michael's nursing leaders for outstanding leadership.

Contact: Leslie Shepherd
shepherdl@smh.ca
416-864-6094
St. Michael's Hospital

Public Release: 25-Mar-2013
Gladstone investigator Shinya Yamanaka to receive 'Commitment to a Cure' award
Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D., a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes, next month will receive the Essey Award for his "Commitment to a Cure" from The ALS Association Golden West Chapter. This annual award represents the exceptional determination, spirit and dedication to the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Contact: Anne Holden
anne.holden@gladstone.ucsf.edu
415-734-2534
Gladstone Institutes

Public Release: 25-Mar-2013
National Association of Community Health Centers Annual Meeting
Geiger Gibson Program recognizes 8 emerging leaders at annual symposium
The Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy at the George Washington University announces the selection of 8 emerging leaders in the field of health and community health care.
RCHN Community Health Foundation

Contact: Brittany McAllister
bdm@gwu.edu
202-994-4307
George Washington University

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