Press Releases
Press Releases
| Date | Press Releases | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2008 |
Shelley Hearne, managing director, Health & Human Services Policy at The Pew Charitable Trusts, today issued the following statement in response to the decision by South Korea’s Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to ban the use of seven types of antibiotics in animal feed (the seven antibiotics that South Korea banned from animal feed are: Penicillin, Neomycin, Chlortetracycline, Colistin, Oxytetracycline, Lincomycin, Bacitracin zinc). |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 16, 2008 |
Statement from Karen Steuer, Pew Environment Group, on Antibiotic Use Reporting Requirements Karen Steuer, director of government operations for the Pew Environment Group, today issued the following statement in response to the House Energy & Commerce Committee mark up of the Animal Drug User Fee Act. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 16, 2008 |
Robert P. Martin, executive director of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, today reiterated the Commission’s call for a phase out and ban on antimicrobials for non-therapeutic use in food animals. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 3, 2003 |
New Ad Campaign Asks D.C. Commuters ''Who's Hogging Our Antibiotics?'' Who's hogging our antibiotics? That's the question a new advertising campaign is posing to area commuters and people visiting Capitol Hill. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 13, 2013 |
Diez científicos latinoamericanos fueron hoy nombrados Becarios Pew en Ciencias Biomédicas por las Fundaciones Benéficas Pew. Esta beca proporciona apoyo para financiar las investigaciones de los becarios, permitiéndoles estudiar con destacados científicos de Estados Unidos e invirtiendo capital inicial para ayudarles a establecer sus propios laboratorios al regresar a sus países de origen. La beca Pew otorga un financiamiento flexible a los investigadores posdoctorales que investigan algunos de los problemas de salud más preocupantes del mundo, como la diabetes, la esquizofrenia y el cáncer. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 13, 2013 |
Twenty-two of the nation’s most enterprising researchers were named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts for 2013. The scholarships provide flexible funding to early-career scientists researching the basis of perplexing health problems such as diabetes, autism, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer. Learn more about the scientists and their research. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 13, 2013 |
On the Scientific Frontier: Pew Funds 10 Latin American Scientists Conducting Innovative Research Ten scientists were named Pew Latin American fellows in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts for 2013. The fellowship provides support to advance grantees’ research, enables them to study with prominent U.S. scientists, and invests seed capital to help them establish laboratories in their home countries. Learn more about the scientists and their work. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 13, 2013 |
Nas fronteiras da Ciência: 10 Pew Fellows são selecionados para pesquisar doenças Dez cientistas foram hoje nomeados Pew Latin American Fellows nas Ciências Biomédicas, pelo Pew Charitable Trusts. Este prêmio oferece suporte para que jovens cientistas avancem em suas pesquisas, permitindo-lhes colaborar com renomados cientistas nos Estados Unidos, além de investir capital para ajudá-los a estabelecer novos laboratórios em seus países de origem. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
22 of America's Most Promising Scientists Selected as Pew Biomedical Scholars Twenty-two of the nation’s most innovative young researchers were named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts today. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
Top Young Latin American Scientists Named Pew Biomedical Fellows Ten young researchers were named Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jul 14, 2011 |
Top Latin American Scientists Named 2011 Pew Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences The Pew Charitable Trusts named 10 outstanding early-career scientists to be Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 14, 2011 |
Twenty-two of America’s most promising scientists have been named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 17, 2010 |
The Pew Charitable Trusts today named 21 talented scientists as Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 17, 2010 |
Promising Latin American Biomedical Scientists Named 2010 Pew Fellows The Pew Charitable Trusts today named 10 gifted biomedical researchers as 2010 Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Oct 7, 2009 |
Four Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences have received grants totaling $7 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved health. |
Biomedical Research |
| Oct 6, 2009 |
Rebecca W. Rimel, President and CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts, issued the following statement today, congratulating Pew Biomedical Scholar Carol W. Greider, Ph.D., on receiving the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 16, 2009 |
The Pew Charitable Trusts today named 17 early-career scientists as Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Apr 12, 2009 |
UCSF Team Closer to Creating Safe Embryonic-Like Stem Cells A team of UCSF researchers has for the first time used tiny molecules called microRNAs to help turn adult mouse cells back to their embryonic state. These reprogrammed cells are pluripotent, meaning that, like embryonic stem cells, they have the capacity to become any cell type in the body. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 12, 2008 |
Ten Latin American Scientists Named 2008 Pew Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences The Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) announced today that 10 promising biomedical scientists have been named 2008 Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 12, 2008 |
The Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) announced today that 20 exceptional researchers have been selected as 2008 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Sep 24, 2007 |
Two Pew Scholars Receive New Innovator Award From NIH Drs. Ekaterina Heldwein and Michael Rape, 2007 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences, each will receive $1.5 million over a five-year period to further their innovative biomedical research as part of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) New Innovator Award Program. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 19, 2007 |
Ten Scientists Named 2007 Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences The Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) announced today that ten promising biomedical scientists have been named 2007 Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Oct 5, 2006 |
"The Pew Charitable Trusts extends our warmest congratulations to Craig C. Mello, Ph.D., on his achievement in winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Dr. Mello was selected in 1995 as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, receiving support over four years for his research on RNA interference - an investigation that ultimately led to his award-winning discovery..." |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 20, 2006 |
Seven Latin American Scientists Awarded Opportunity to Pursue Cutting-Edge Biomedical Research Seven highly talented early-career Latin American scientists were named today as 2006 Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 20, 2006 |
Fifteen of the nation’s most promising early- to mid-career biomedical researchers were named today as 2006 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). |
Biomedical Research |
