Ohio's Sumit Sharma receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to study metallic nanoparticle
(Ohio University) Sumit Sharma, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in Ohio University's Russ College of Engineering and Technology, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) five-year, $511,902 grant to study the adsorption behavior of surfactant, or soap-like, molecules on metallic nanoparticles. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 19, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Mapping the Midwest's soil topography
(Iowa State University) An Iowa State University agronomist is developing new computer models of soil erosion and topography changes, requiring both innovative big-data technology as well as painstaking validation of soil measurements in the real world. The National Science Foundation recently awarded Bradley Miller an early career development grant to support the research. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 18, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Higher education staff reject 1.5% pay offer
UNISON’s higher education service group executive have met and rejected the final pay offer made by HE national employers UCEA.
Earlier this year, UNISON joined other education unions to submit a claim for a £2,500 increase, and a minimum wage of £10 per hour, or £10.85 for people in London.
The final pay offer made by UCEA is a 1.5% increase for the majority of HE staff. HE staff on lower pay points have been offered higher percentage increases on a sliding scale, between 1.54% and 3.6%.
The pay offer would mean that the lowest pay point would be equivalent to the current foundation living wage rate of £9.50, and on...
Source: UNISON Health care news - May 17, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article higher education higher education pay Source Type: news
Nearly $500 million a year in Medicare costs goes to 7 services with no net health benefits
FINDINGSA UCLA-led study shows that physicians frequently order preventive medical services for adult Medicare beneficiaries that are considered unnecessary and of “low value” by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — at a cost of $478 million per year.The researchers analyzed national survey data over a 10-year period, looking specifically at seven preventive services given a “D” rating by the task force, and discovered that these services were ordered more than 31 million times annually.BACKGROUNDThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel appointed by the Department of Health and Human Ser...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 29, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Health Equity Scholars for Action
The goal of this program is to support the career development and academic advancement of historically underrepresented researchers conducting health equity research. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 21, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news
Siddiqi Wins ANPA Sidney R. Baer Career Development Award
Shan Siddiqi, MD, of Department of Psychiatry, received the Sidney R. Baer Career Development Award from the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) for his outstanding accomplishments. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 16, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Dannielle Engle awarded prestigious pancreatic cancer research grant
(Salk Institute) Salk Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle was selected as the first recipient of the Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late Supreme Court Justice and women's rights pioneer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 14, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
PNR Weekly Digest: April 6, 2021
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In the Dragonfly:
Understanding End-of-Life Matters
Whether your focus of concern is on a family member or yourself, this April the NNLM Reading Club suggests three books that may help with your understanding of end-of-life matters and those conversations you probably have been putting off…read the post to see the book selections
Professional Development:
NNLM CE Opportunities:
NNLM offers training on a variety of topics related to health information. A complete listing of NNLM educational opportunities is available. Please note you need to create an NNLM accou...
Source: Dragonfly - April 6, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: PNR Weekly Digest Source Type: news
PNR Weekly Digest: April 6, 2021
Items regarding COVID-19 information are indicated with an *
In the Dragonfly:
Understanding End-of-Life Matters
Whether your focus of concern is on a family member or yourself, this April the NNLM Reading Club suggests three books that may help with your understanding of end-of-life matters and those conversations you probably have been putting off…read the post to see the book selections
Professional Development:
NNLM CE Opportunities:
NNLM offers training on a variety of topics related to health information. A complete listing of NNLM educational opportunities is available. Please note you need to create an NNLM accou...
Source: Dragonfly - April 6, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: PNR Weekly Digest Source Type: news
Xin Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award
(University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Assistant Professor Xin Zhang a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award to lead a five-year research program to help understand how to align the interest and action of various stakeholders in the agro-food system with nitrogen pollution reduction in the watershed. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 2, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Experiences of a health system's employees during COVID-19
(JAMA Network) This survey study examined the career development, productivity, childcare needs and likelihood of leaving the workforce among employees at an academic medical center during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Professor Christopher Musco receives NSF award for promising young researchers
(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) Christopher Musco, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received a 2021 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, more widely known as a CAREER Award, which supports early-stage faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Are lakes emitting more carbon dioxide in a warming world?
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) As the planet heats up, are lakes releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? With a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant, researcher Kevin Rose will examine large-scale patterns in concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and dissolved oxygen to answer the question. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 16, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
NSF grant to fund research into police networks, officer abuse
(Georgia State University) The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgia State University criminologist Marie Ouellet an Early Career Development Program grant to examine the social relationships among officers and how these relationships and officers' positions within these networks shape the adoption and spread of abuses. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Wearable sensor monitors health, administers drugs using saliva and tears
(Penn State) A new kind of wearable health device would deliver real-time medical data to those with eye or mouth diseases, according to Huanyu 'Larry' Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM). (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 1, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
