Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2012 |
''OMRF researcher selected as Pew Scholar'' "Today the Pew Charitable Trusts named Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Lorin Olson, Ph.D., one of 22 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences for 2012." Source: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 15, 2012 |
''ENG’s Xue Han Named Pew Scholar'' "A notoriously shrinking nationwide research funding market is making it increasingly difficult to secure grants for innovative research. But for the third time in two years, the efforts of a College of Engineering assistant professor of biomedical engineering to make better tools to study the brain have been rewarded." Source: BU Today |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
''Infection cases stir debate on antiobiotic use'' "Food safety activists and some medical professionals argue that overuse of antibiotics in people and food animals is causing drug resistance, and they want regulations to curb their use. Anytime antibiotics are used, whether in humans or animals, resistance can build, said Dr. Gail Hansen, a veterinary public health officer with the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming in Washington, D.C." Source: Detroit News |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
"Since the 1950s, most American food animals have been routinely dosed with antibiotics, through their feed and water, in order to hasten their maturation and prevent disease from spreading in the close quarters of factory farms. According to the FDA, 80 percent of all antibiotics sold in this country are administered to livestock, most of them healthy." Source: The New Yorker |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
''Vanessa Ruta named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences'' "Vanessa Ruta, head of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University, has been chosen as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts." Source: Rockefeller University Newswire |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
"Frances Yap, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at SLU, won the distinction given to promising young scientists, and with it a grant of $240,000 over four years to pursue her research without restriction." Source: St. Louis Business Journal |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
''MU researcher selected as PEW Scholar; Will receive $240,000 to support research'' "While this research is at the molecular level, Cornish has drawn the attention of his peers at a much higher level, as he has been recognized as a 2012 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences. This award recognizes him as one of the 22 most promising, young investigators in the field."
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Biomedical Research |
| Jun 5, 2012 |
Pew's Allan Coukell Discusses FDA Reform Act of 2012 Allan Coukell, deputy director of the Medical Safety Project of the Pew Health Group, talked about drug safety on C-SPAN. Source: C-SPAN |
Medical Safety |
| May 31, 2012 |
"Americans take antibiotics carelessly, prophylactically, almost recreationally, and our overuse is creating superbugs that no drug will be able to kill. Another major contributing factor in this crisis is the overuse of antibiotics in the farming industry." Source: Redbook.com |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| May 24, 2012 |
''Senate bill aims to increase drug import safety'' "U.S. regulators would inspect more drug manufacturing facilities in China, India and other foreign countries as part of legislation approved Thursday that aims to step up oversight of the nation's imported pharmaceutical supply." Source: Associated Press |
Drug Safety |
