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Biomedical Scholars Share their Stories
2012 Pew Biomedical Scholar Kathryn E. Wellen, Ph.D and 1994 Pew Biomedical Scholar Gary H. Gibbons, M.D. discuss the impact that being a Pew Biomedical Scholar has had on their lives and careers.
Science That Takes Risks: Biomedical Researchers Receive Pew Awards
The 2013 classes of Pew scholars and Latin American fellows are researching the basis of perplexing health problems—including diabetes, autism, Parkinson's disease, and cancer.
School Meals Get Healthier: Students and Experts React
Nutrition standards for school meals were last updated in January 2012—the first update since 1995. As a result, students are seeing more fruits, vegetables and whole grains on the menu, as well as less saturated fat and sodium.
Listeria Victim's Son: ''Food Safety Should be Paramount in this Country''
After losing his father, a World War II veteran who died from complications from Listeria, Paul F. Schwarz is now a tireless advocate for food safety. Here’s his story about his dad and the foodborne illness that took his life.
Expert Profile: Kathleen Stratton
Kathleen Stratton, Project Director, Innovate FDA
Expert Profile: Gabrielle Cosel
Gabrielle Cosel, Project Manager, Drug Supply Safety
Expert Profile: Josh Rising
Josh Rising, Project Director, Medical Device Initiative
Biomedical Scholars Share their Stories
2012 Pew Biomedical Scholar Kathryn E. Wellen, Ph.D and 1994 Pew Biomedical Scholar Gary H. Gibbons, M.D. discuss the impact that being a Pew Biomedical Scholar has had on their lives and careers.
Recent Outbreak Stresses Need for New Antibiotics
On August 22, researchers at the National Institute of Health released a scientific paper detailing the use of advanced genetic technology to trace a deadly infection, untreatable by nearly every antibiotic, that spread through the NIH’s Clinical Center last year.
Foodborne Illness Victims Urge Obama To Release Draft Food Safety Rules
Foodborne illness victim Haylee Bernstein and her mother, Rita, speak out about the importance of implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.
A Supermom Goes to Washington
Everly Macario lost her son Simon to a drug-resistant infection when he was only one-and-a-half years old. Since then, she’s been a strong voice in the fight to conserve antibiotics.
Chefs Highlight Need to End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Celebrity chefs and restauranteurs Suzanne Goin and Mary Sue Milliken, who serve only antibiotic-free meat in their establishments, came to Washington, D.C., on May 15 to address the overuse of antibiotics in food animal production.
Committed to Farming, Committed to Health
Illinois farmers Allan Sexton, a retired veterinarian, and his wife Jeanne explain why they choose to raise their livestock without misusing antibiotics.
Collaboration Examines Impact of Updated USDA Standards
Pew and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation collaborate to examine impact of updated USDA standards for snack and a la carte foods and beverages sold in schools.
Make Our Food Safe: Kyle Allgood Story
In 2006, two-year-old Kyle Allgood became sick and passed away after eating contaminated spinach. This is his family's story.
Supermoms Take on Washington to Protect Life-Saving Antibiotics
A special thank you message from the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming
A Mother Fights Against Antibiotic Resistance
Chicago-based mother Everly Macario describes her drive to curb overuse of antibiotics after losing her son to an antibiotic-resistant infection.
Snack Foods and Beverages in Schools
Eighty percent of American voters favor national nutrition standards that would limit calories, fat, and sodium in snack and à la carte foods sold in U.S. schools.
Expert Profile: Maricel Maffini
Maricel Maffini, Senior Officer, Food Additives Project
Expert Profile: Gail Hansen
Expert Profile: Laura Rogers
Laura Rogers, Project Director, Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming
