Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| 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 |
| Jan 16, 2006 |
''Much Ado Over 'Lethal Genes''' The pink bollworm is only a half-inch long, but ever since it started wriggling its way through cotton fields in 1917, it has grown into one of agriculture's most detested pests. The slimy, pink-striped blob causes more than $32 million in losses every year. So far nothing has been able to eradicate it — not insecticides, not sterilization techniques, not even biotech-enhanced cotton engineered to resist it. The lowly fruit fly may provide a magic bullet. Scientists at the University of California in Riverside and the U.S. Agriculture Dept. have figured out how to breed bollworms that can't procreate. They do it by inserting into the pests a single piece of the fly's DNA — known as a "lethal gene" — that can be programmed to interfere with the development of the larvae, killing the next generation. Source: BusinessWeek |
Food Safety |
| Aug 16, 2011 |
''Nanoscale Encryption: The Solution to Counterfeit Drugs?'' "Counterfeit and stolen drugs endanger patients, undermine public health and cost billions. Are encrypted pills the answer?" Source: Popular Mechanics |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Feb 11, 2008 |
Nanotechnology's Future Depends On Who The Public Trusts'' When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology’s potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. The same will hold true for nanotechnology, a key study has found. Source: Science Daily |
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| Apr 16, 2013 |
''Nashville Voices Take Concerns About Antibiotic Resistance to Washington'' Dr. Cecilia Di Pentima is in Washington, D.C., for “Supermoms against Superbugs” to push for laws to curtail the use of antibiotics in livestock farming — one of many fronts in the battle to preserve the effectiveness of the medicines. Family physicians in the South, including Tennessee, have also been identified as inadvertent purveyors of drug-resistant bacteria by prescribing too many antibiotics. Source: The Tennesseean |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''National Nutrition Standards Will Benefit Student Health, School Budgets: Study'' "The report, by the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project and the Health Impact Project, found that improved nutritional standards for snack foods and beverages would reduce consumption of these products during the school day." Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Mar 26, 2013 |
''Need to Know: Medical Devices'' The PBS program "Need to Know" devoted a portion of their March 22 program to discuss medical devices. Joining host Jeff Greenfield on the program was Pew's Dr. Josh Rising, project director of the medical devices initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts. Source: |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jul 7, 2011 |
New Collaboration Supports Growth in the Field of Health Impact Assessment WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Health Impact Project and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) announced a collaboration and a call for proposals to increase the number of health impact assessment (HIA) training opportunities offered in the United States. Source: Health Impact Project |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jul 29, 2011 |
''New drug regulator asks Congress for more power'' "Drug companies should take more responsibility for the safety of ingredients sourced overseas, and Congress should make them if they do not, according to the new U.S. drug regulator for import safety." Source: Reuters |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
'''New Era' in Food-Safety Rules to be Dished Out'' "After two years of delay, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday, Jan. 4 that rules putting the United States at the forefront of food safety worldwide are finally moving forward." Source: USA TODAY |
Food Safety |
| Oct 2, 2012 |
New Federal Guidelines Impact School Cafeterias "In school cafeterias across the country, students are seeing big changes on their lunch trays. Responding to the growing childhood obesity epidemic, the USDA approved new rules for the federal school lunch program, the first such changes to student lunches in more than a decade." Source: National Public Radio |
School Food |
| Dec 22, 2011 |
''New law will boost food safety controls'' "Consumer groups are hoping a new federal law will help shield the food chain from contaminants like the recent E. coli outbreak that sickened 60 people, including 23 in St. Louis County, and prompted a lawsuit." Source: St. Louis Beacon |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 12, 2011 |
''New poll shows almost two-thirds of voters want better food in schools and are willing to pay up'' “Polls show that almost two thirds of American voters say the government should increase nutrition requirements for school lunches. And they’re willing to pay for it." Source: Medill Reports |
School Food |
| Mar 25, 2009 |
''New program encourages low-income L.A. residents to open bank accounts'' "Nearly 300,000 Los Angeles households do not have a bank account, more than in any other U.S. city, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa acknowledged at a news briefing Tuesday." Source: Los Angeles Times |
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| Jul 6, 2013 |
''New regulations promote healthier snack foods in schools'' Jessica Donze Black speaks with Online Athens about the USDA's decision to set nutrition standards on school snack foods and beverages. Source: Online Athens |
School Food |
