Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Mar 20, 2013 |
1991 Pew Scholar Wins Prestigious Gairdner Award One of the six recipients of the 2013 Canada Gairdner International Awards is Stephen Elledge, a 1991 Pew Scholar and Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. With the $100,000 prize, Dr. Elledge will study the DNA damage response—a signaling pathway that allows cells to repair themselves when DNA is impaired.Source: Harvard Medical School |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 27, 2012 |
1993 Pew Scholar Profiled by Boston Globe The Boston Globe featured a story on 1993 Pew Biomedical Scholar Rudy Tanzi, a “rock star of science.” The story profiled Dr. Tanzi, who is best known for discovering genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, and explained how his diverse interests—including rock music—are all bolstered by the same willingness to risk failure and explore fresh ideas. Source: The Boston Globe |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 15, 2013 |
''While some students look down on food served in school cafeterias, Zoe Deakyne, a sixth-grader at Long Beach Island Elementary School, enjoys getting her lunch there.'' Source: Asbury Park Press |
School Food |
| Feb 25, 2013 |
2001 Latin American Fellow Wins Collaborative Activity Award Sidarta Ribeiro, a 2001 Pew Latin American Fellow, with the Brazilian Society for Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC), wins a Collaborative Activity Award: Understanding Human Cognition from the James S. McDonnell Foundation. Source: |
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| Feb 25, 2013 |
2007 Pew Scholar Wins The Vilcek Prize Dr. Michael "Micha" Rape, a 2007 Pew Scholar, has been named winner of The Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for his work on ubiquitination, a process which "tags" damaged or bad proteins for destruction, as it relates to many diseases, including cancer or neurodegeneration. Source: vilcek.org |
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| Jan 17, 2013 |
2008 Pew Biomedical Scholar Finds New Method for Flu Prevention NPR features 2008 Pew Biomedical Scholar, Ben tenOever, who has discovered a possible new way of preventing the flu vaccine. Source: NPR |
Biomedical Research |
| Apr 14, 2013 |
2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan Helps Identify Mutations Linked to Brain Tumors 2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan was part of a research team at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital which recently found mutations responsible for more than half of a subtype of childhood brain tumors. Their paper in Nature Genetics pinpointed alterations in two genes that increased the risk of low-grade gliomas—the most common childhood tumors of the brain and spinal cord—and identified an existing drug as a possible treatment. Source: Herald Online |
Biomedical Research |
| Jan 20, 2013 |
2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan Identifies Possible Treatment of Childhood Leukemia 2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan discovers a possible treatment to childhood Leukemia while leading a study at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Research Field |
| Nov 28, 2012 |
2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Discovers Nerve Regeneration Gene Find out how Pew Biomedical Scholar Melissa Rolls led a team of researchers to an important discovery about nerve regeneration. Source: Penn State |
Biomedical Research |
| Jan 30, 2013 |
2009 Pew Scholar Discovers Potential Key to Pain Prevention 2009 Pew Scholar Diana Bautista, an assistant professor of molecular and cell biology at University of California, Berkeley, was featured in the Daily Mail for her findings on the star-nosed mole. Her study of the animal’s nose, which is extremely sensitive, pinpointed genes linked to touch, identifying new treatment targets for chronic pain. Source: Daily Mail |
Neuroscience |
