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24-Sep-2021

Child Mind Institute hosts 2021 virtual On the Shoulders of Giants Scientific Symposium and announces rising scientist scholarships

The Child Mind Institute
Meeting Announcement

The Child Mind Institute will virtually host its annual On the Shoulders of Giants Scientific Symposium celebrating scientific achievements in child and adolescent psychiatry, psychology, and developmental neuroscience on Tuesday, October 5th from 5 – 8p.m. EST. The symposium will also include a powerful roundtable discussion and will honor a number of high school students from across the U.S. during the 10th Annual Rising Scientist Awards. Register today!

24-Sep-2021

3D nano-inks push industry boundaries

Michigan Technological University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new, 3D-printable polymer nanocomposite ink developed by Michigan Tech engineers has incredible properties like conducting electricity and high tensile strength — and many applications in aerospace, medicine and electronics.

Journal: Additive Manufacturing
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24-Sep-2021

Unusual visual examination of objects may indicate later autism diagnosis in infants

University of California - Davis Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A UC Davis Health study suggests that unusual visual inspection of objects may precede the development of the social symptoms that are characteristic of autism syndrome disorder.

Journal: Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

24-Sep-2021

Shrinking waveforms on electrocardiograms predict worsening health and death of hospitalized COVID-19 and influenza patients

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Spotting changes in the heart’s electrical activity may prompt more-aggressive treatment and monitoring

Journal: The American Journal of Cardiology

24-Sep-2021

Leaders on the frontlines gather for ACEP21: Emergency Medicine’s premier annual event, Oct. 25-28

American College of Emergency Physicians
Meeting Announcement

Media: Register today to virtually attend ACEP21, the world's largest emergency medicine conference.

24-Sep-2021

New in Ethics & Human Research, September-October 2021 Issue

The Hastings Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pregnant people are often excluded from research without clear justification, even when there is little harm to the fetus in minimal‐risk research. In this issue of Ethics & Human Research, ob/gyn Amina White and colleagues survey current and former institutional review board personnel to find out their interpretations of “minimal risk” to identify factors that might influence IRB decisions to approve research with those who are pregnant. Also in this issue, an ethics review in the Covid‐19 era; designs for an observational toxicology study involving intoxicated patients; and an essay on making metrics meaningful in human research protection programs.

24-Sep-2021

The Lundquist Institute receives prestigious CIRM Scholar Research Training Award

The Lundquist Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

The Lundquist Institute (TLI) announced that it has received a generous $5 million, 5-year grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) that will allow its PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows to pursue careers in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. This award will also support the creation of a stem-cell focused program that will enable the Institute to recruit and train researchers in stem cell research while emphasizing its translational significance, underlying ethical considerations and keep the community updated on the technological advances in the field. The grant will also make it possible to retain stem cell researchers by providing access to the new and emerging companies based on The Lundquist campus.

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