Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Jun 13, 2013 |
2012 Pew Scholar Receives Grant to Study Cataracts in Infants Salil Lachke, a 2012 Pew scholar and assistant professor in University of Delaware’s Department of Biological Sciences, has received a $60,000 grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation. As one of 19 researchers across the country to receive this award, he aims to identify biological pathways leading to genetic cataracts.Source: UDaily |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 11, 2013 |
2012 Scholar Profiled in National Geographic Dinu Florin Albeanu, a 2012 Pew Scholar, was profiled in National Geographic’s “Only Human” series, which highlighted his success as a Romanian scientist. Having lived in Bucharest for most of his life, Dr. Albeanu recognizes the challenges facing Romania’s scientific enterprise. Since relocating to the United States, the assistant professor of neurology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has co-founded a summer program for aspiring neurologists in Romania. Source: National Geographic |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 10, 2009 |
''3 Years After E. Coli Outbreak, Is Spinach Safer?'' ''Three years after an E. coli outbreak, thought to be linked to spinach, took three lives and left 205 people sick, ABC's "Good Morning America" discovered that while the industry instituted new safety standards to prevent bacterial contamination, there are no requirements to test salad products before they get to market.'' Source: ABC's Good Morning America |
Food Hazards |
| Jan 2, 2013 |
A Mother's Plea for Swifter Implementation of Food Safety Regulations An opinion editorial written by Kathleen Chrismer about the need for swift approval and implementation of new food safety regulations. Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal |
Food Safety |
| Dec 12, 2011 |
''A Real Choice for Parents on Their Kids’ Health'' “At a time when 21 million students across the U.S. are receiving free or low-cost school lunches, Congress has voted to block new guidelines that would have limited the use of potatoes and sodium in the National School Lunch Program.” Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Feb 13, 2012 |
''A Squeeze on Customers Ahead of New Rules'' "Banks are struggling to make money in the credit card business these days, and consumers are paying the price. Interest rates are going up, credit lines are being cut and a variety of new fees are being imposed on even the best cardholders." Source: The New York Times |
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| Oct 21, 2011 |
Aaron Wernham to Lead HIA Training, Sessions at Upcoming American Public Health Association Meeting Health Impact Project director Aaron Wernham will lead a training and two sessions at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Read more about HIA at this year’s APHA meeting. Source: Health Impact Project |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Sep 1, 2011 |
The National Research Council will release the report “Improving Health in the United States The Role of Health Impact Assessment.” The report assesses the potential value of conducting health impact assessments of proposed policies, programs, and projects in topics such as transportation, land use, housing, agriculture. Source: Health Impact Project |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Apr 30, 2009 |
''About That New, 'Friendly' Consumer Contract'' "Out of the ashes of the financial crisis small flowers are beginning to bloom. One is an initiative in Washington—and among some companies—to curb ambiguous and sometimes abusive consumer contracts, especially in the credit-card industry. But before anyone celebrates the budding reforms, it's worth looking at how an earlier campaign to clean up customer agreements led right back to confusion and frustration." Source: Bloomberg Businessweek |
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| Aug 18, 2009 |
''Activists Focus on Conflicts of Interest Among Doctors With Ties to Industry'' "94 percent of physicians have 'a relationship' with the pharmaceutical, medical device or other related industries, according to a national survey of physicians published two years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine." Source: The Washington Post |
Conflicts of Interest |
