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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

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