News
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 17, 2017 | News
Dr. Thomas Insel, a distinguished neuroscientist, psychiatrist and leader of the mental health team at the life sciences research organization Verily, will receive this year’s Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Psychiatry from the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr....
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 6, 2017 | News
Last week, the Gairdner Foundation announced Dr. David Julius as its 2017 recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award, one of the most prestigious awards in biomedicine. The Canada Gairdner International Award recognizes outstanding biomedical scientists who...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 3, 2017 | News
[message_box title=”” color=”orange”]The National Academy of Medicine is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Gustav O. Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care and the Rhoda Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health....
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 3, 2017 | News
Last week, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced that their director for the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH, has been honored by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for outstanding achievement in clinical cancer...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 3, 2017 | News
Browse all health-related publications released by the National Academies in March 2017 below. To receive updates from the NAM, please subscribe to our mailing list. Reports document the evidence-based consensus of an authoring committee of experts. Proceedings...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 2, 2017 | News
The President’s Joint Address to Congress focused on topics including immigration, health care, and infrastructure. In keeping with their seven-year tradition of providing resources on the topics in Presidents’ State of the Union addresses, the National Academies...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 1, 2017 | News
Browse all health-related publications released by the National Academies in February 2017 below. To receive updates from the NAM, please subscribe to our mailing list. Reports document the evidence-based consensus of an authoring committee of experts. Proceedings...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 24, 2017 | News
NAM member Jeffrey Ravetch has received the 2017 Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine for his research related to the functioning of the immune system. Dr. Ravetch has spent his career studying how the immune system protects against invaders and how a dysfunctional immune...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 14, 2017 | News
Clinical trials for genome editing of the human germline – adding, removing, or replacing DNA base pairs in gametes or early embryos – could be permitted in the future, but only for serious conditions under stringent oversight, says a new report from the National...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 10, 2017 | News
This year’s Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Covergence Research was awarded to NAM member Frances H. Arnold for her pioneering work on enzymes. Dr. Arnold, currently Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and...
Page 24 of 30« First«...10...2223242526...30...»Last »
