Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2013 |
2012 Pew Scholar Earns ARI Young Investigator Grant Salil Lachke, a 2012 Pew scholar and assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Delaware, has been selected by the Alcon Research Institute as a 2013 Young Investigator. As one of just eight researchers worldwide to receive the $50,000 grant, Dr. Lachke will continue his work on an online tool he created to discover genes related to glaucoma and other eye diseases. Source: UDaily |
Biomedical Research |
| Apr 2, 2013 |
''School Lunches: The New Battlefront in the War Against Obesity'' ''With one in three American children considered overweight or obese — and the trend dangerously upward — the federal government has launched a new campaign this school year to strengthen nutritional requirements for school lunches." Source: The Miami Herald |
School Food |
| Apr 2, 2013 |
''Health Impact Assessments Take on Broader Role in Cities and States'' Aaron Wernham, director of the Health Impact Project discusses the benefits of health impact assessments in this edition of Governing. Source: Governing |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Apr 2, 2013 |
2011 Pew Scholar awarded $1.13 million from NIH Jeff Gore, a 2011 Pew Scholar and assistant professor of physics at MIT, has been awarded a four-year, $1,131,603 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences – one of the 27 National Institutes of Health – to pursue research into cooperation and cheating in the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Source: MIT News |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 28, 2013 |
2009 Pew Scholar Shows Cells Can Naturally “Reprogram” Themselves Ben Stanger, a 2009 Pew scholar and assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, has demonstrated that cells can change their identities under normal conditions in the body. In a study published in Genes and Development, Dr. Stanger pinpointed the gene that allows the main type of liver cells in mammals to convert into the cells lining bile ducts. Source: Health Canal |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 28, 2013 |
''Citizens Push For FDA To Prevent Food Poisoning Outbreaks'' "Six years ago, Bend resident Chrissy Christoferson's ten-month-old son suffered a ten-day struggle with what first appeared to be a touch of the flu." Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting |
Food Safety |
| Mar 28, 2013 |
''FDA Gathers Guidance On New Food Safety Law'' "Portlander Joe Day tearfully recalled the year his family spent Thanksgiving in a hospital cafeteria, as his sister, suffering from e coli, fought for her life several floors above." Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting |
Food Safety |
| Mar 27, 2013 |
''FDA meeting on food safety in Portland draws consumers, farmers, regulators'' ''Several hundred farmers, regulators and consumers from Alaska to North Dakota to California gathered in Portland on Wednesday to listen to federal plans to overhaul the food safety system." Source: The Oregonian |
Food Safety |
| 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 |
| Mar 26, 2013 |
Greenville Conducts Health Impact Assessment The city of Greenville, South Carolina recently completed a yearlong health impact assessment with support from Pew's Health Impact Project. Source: GSA Business |
Health Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
| Mar 19, 2013 |
''Idaho School Lunches to Include Chef-designed Selections'' "Kids in Idaho schools may soon be dining on chef-designed school lunches. New menu items, such as fish tacos, mozzarella-crusted Pollock and Mandarin chicken rice bowl may become selections on your child’s school lunch menu in the near future, according to Melissa McGrath, spokesperson for the Idaho State Department of Education." Source: Teton Valley News |
School Food |
| Mar 19, 2013 |
''Brominated Vegetable Oil in Gatorade?'' From oil in Gatorade to the amount of caffeine and other stimulants in energy drinks and the so-called "pink slime" found in beef, previously unnoticed ingredients are coming under scrutiny as health-conscious consumers demand more information about what they eat and drink, and sometimes go public via social networking and the Internet. Source: The Associated Press |
Food Additives |
| Mar 17, 2013 |
2011 Pew Scholar is One of ''America's Best and Brightest Minds'' In celebration of what would have been Albert Einstein’s 134th birthday, FoxNews.com ran an article highlighting young researchers, including 2011 Pew scholar Ann Morris. Thanks to her creative research on vision in zebrafish, Dr. Morris was mentioned among scientists who are “poised to change the way we live today, and will continue to influence our culture in the coming decades. Source: Fox News |
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 |
