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Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a new online portal through which scientific societies may recommend scientists to serve as NIH reviewers. This tool was developed in response to requests from professional societies for a way to recommend potential reviewers and is part of CSR's ongoing efforts to refresh and expand the pool of well-qualified reviewers in every area of science. Learn more at: https://www.csr.nih.gov/reviewmatters/2020/05/07/broadening-the-reviewer-pool-a-new-tool-for-societies-to-recommend-reviewers/ The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is organizing a virtual workshop titled "Integrating the Science of Aging and Environmental Health Research" to be held on June 9-10, 2020. The workshop, which is part of the Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions project, will explore emerging research at the intersection between aging, longevity, environmental exposures, and human health. Workshop speakers will detail emerging research findings through two lenses: how environmental exposures influence or mediate aging and how aging influences environmentally-mediated health outcomes. For more information and to register, visit: http://nas-sites.org/emergingscience/integrating-the-science-of-aging-into-environmental-health-research/ Dr. Ottoline Leyser, a plant biologist, will serve as the next Director of the United Kingdom's (UK) research funding agency, UK Research...
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