Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Jan 29, 2013 |
Pew Scholar Featured in San Francisco Chronicle Leor Weinberger, named a Pew biomedical scholar in 2008, discussed his virology research—programing viruses to attack themselves—in the San Francisco Chronicle. Source: San Francisco Chronicle |
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 |
| Jan 31, 2013 |
Pew Scholar Awarded Novel Research Grant from The Lupus Research Institute Deborah Lenschow, named a Pew biomedical scholar in 2008, has been awarded a three-year grant from the Lupus Research Institute. Out of nearly 100 applications submitted, the Washington University in St. Louis professor’s proposal to study interferon kappa was one of 12 chosen by the leading private research institution. Source: Lupus Research Institute |
Biomedical Research |
| Feb 4, 2013 |
''Let The Sunshine In: CMS Releases Transparency Rule'' "After 15 months of delay, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finally released the long-awaited Sunshine Act rule, which establishes procedures for gathering and publishing data containing financial ties between physicians, teaching hospitals and drug and device makers, as well as group purchasing organizations." Source: Pharmalot |
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| Feb 6, 2013 |
2011 Pew Scholar Uncovers Clues to Cancer and the Aging Process 2011 Pew Scholar Eros Lazzarni Denchi, an assistant professor at Scripps Research Institute, has uncovered the details of a protein that help keep chromosomes from sticking together. In a paper published online ahead of print in Nature, Dr. Denchi described how the protein TRF2 actively and passively suppresses DNA repair machinery that would fuse chromosomes together. This work has significant implications for our understanding of cancer and the aging process. Source: Scripps Research Institute |
Biomedical Research |
| Feb 14, 2013 |
2011 Pew Scholar Identifies Treatment Target for MRSA Anthony Richardson, a member of the 2011 class of Pew biomedical scholars, has pinpointed the gene that makes one strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria more infectious than others. In a study in Cell Host & Microbe, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assistant professor proved that a single gene made one strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) impervious to a skin compound that kills off other strains. Manipulating that gene could provide a potential treatment target for all strains of MRSA. Source: UNC Health Care |
Biomedical Research |
| Feb 19, 2013 |
''USDA Wants Healthy Fare in School Vending Machines'' "The USDA proposal, authorized by the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, will require changes everywhere, said Jessica Donze Black, the director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project at the Pew Charitable Trusts, in Washington." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Feb 20, 2013 |
Pew Scholar Reveals Role of ''Braveheart'' Molecule Laurie Boyer, named a Pew biomedical scholar in 2008, has helped uncover the functions of ribonucleic acids (RNAs) that don’t code for proteins. In a paper published in Cell, her MIT laboratory demonstrated how a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) they dubbed “Braveheart” stimulated the transformation of stem cells into heart cells. Source: MIT News |
Biomedical Research |
| Feb 21, 2013 |
2009 Pew Scholar Identifies “Molecular Master Switch” for Pancreatic Cancer Ben Stanger, named a Pew biomedical Scholar in 2009, co-authored a paper in Genes and Development describing a master regulator protein, which may explain the development of aberrant cell growth in the pancreas spurred by inflammation. Source: EurekAlert |
Biomedical Research |
| Feb 21, 2013 |
''Children in U.S. Are Eating Fewer Calories, Study Finds'' "American children consumed fewer calories in 2010 than they did a decade before, a new federal analysis shows. Health experts said the findings offered an encouraging sign that the epidemic of obesity might be easing, but cautioned that the magnitude of the decline was too small to move the needle much." Source: The New York Times |
School Food |
| 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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| 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 27, 2013 |
''The Loophole That Keeps Precarious Medical Devices in Use'' The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last month that it will classify metal-on-metal hip implants as high-risk devices. That comes after the artificial joints were found to have failed at high rates, causing disability and meaning additional surgery for thousands of people. But hundreds of other potentially high-risk medical devices remain in use without what many consider to be adequate testing Source: The Atlantic |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Feb 28, 2013 |
Jeff Gore, 2011 Pew Scholar and assistant professor of physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has won the Paul Allen Distinguished Investigators Award to Unlock Fundamental Questions in Biology. The award, announced today by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, provides $7.5 million in exploratory grant funding to a carefully selected group of scientists who will embark on five new pioneering research projects that aim to unlock fundamental questions in biology. Dr. Gore will use single-celled yeast to explore how ideas from game theory can provide insight into cellular decision making. Source: The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 5, 2013 |
''Construction That Focuses on Health of Residents'' The New York Times interviews Aaron Wernham, project director for the Health Impact Project, about the growing field of health impact assessments. Source: The New York Times |
Health Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
