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Arthritis National Research Foundation Grants ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Grant Deadline is January 15, 2010Grants are awarded on an annual basis. The Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) is dedicated to funding highly qualified investigators associated with major research institutes, universities and hospitals throughout the country who are seeking to discover new knowledge for the prevention, treatment and cure of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.ANRF's Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board are committed to providing uninterrupted research in the search for new therapies and a cure. The results will mean improved treatment for the 66 million Americans who suffer from...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 20, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Arthritis National Research Foundation Source Type: funding

A health economic analysis of the use of rhBMP-2 in Gustilo–Anderson grade III open tibial fractures for the UK, Germany, and FranceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the cost savings from a societal perspective for recombinant human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (rhBMP-2) in grade III A and B open tibial fractures treated with a locked intramedullary nail and soft-tissue management in the UK, Germany, and France. Health care system costs (direct health care costs) and costs for productivity losses (indirect health care costs) were calculated using the raw data from the Bone Morphogenetic Protein Evaluation Group in Surgery for Tibial Trauma “BESTT study”. Return-to-work time for estimation of productivity losses was assumed to cor...
Source: Injury - November 19, 2009 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Volker Alt, Simon T. Donell, Amit Chhabra, Anthony Bentley, Alexander Eicher, Reinhard Schnettler Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Don’t apologise for executive pay – but you must explain itEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Managers’ pay is now under continual scrutiny. This week’s contribution comes from consultancy Hay Group, which has given HSJ an analysis of salary data which it says shows there is no link between pay rises and performance for foundation trust chief executives. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 19, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info

Mesothelioma Law: Asbestos-Related Lawsuit Filed Against 38 CompaniesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A recently filed lawsuit by Cleveland J. Savoy is claiming 38 different companies are responsible for his development of an asbestos-related disease. This is the second suit he has filed. In a previous suit issued against the companies, Savoy claimed a different asbestos-related injury in contrast to his most recent complaint. Savoy believes he was exposed to asbestos-containing products while working as a carpenter. He also stated in the lawsuit that the companies negligently continued to manufacture asbestos-containing products where he worked even after knowing the hazards associated with asbestos. Exposure to asbestos ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - November 18, 2009 Category: Environmental Health Authors: jwhitmer Tags: Asbestos Exposure Asbestos Litigation Mesothelioma Malignant Mesothelioma Source Type: news

Pre-eclampsia linked to thyroidEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion This well-conducted research used two separate studies to examine whether pre-eclampsia during pregnancy affects thyroid function. Although both studies found a clear link between pre-eclampsia and blood tests that indicated an underactive thyroid, many questions remain unanswered. Principally, it is unclear whether blood test results that indicated an underactive thyroid were associated with any signs or symptoms of disease. While women had altered levels of one of the thyroid hormones tested, few women were found to have abnormal levels of both. Abnormal levels of just one hormone does not necessarily sugge...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Source Type: news

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Combined Pilot Research GrantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2009 Combined Pilot Research Grant Program Eligibility Applicants must be a MD, DO, PhD or in training. Applicants must be an ASPS or ASRM member or candidate member. If you are currently in your training, you may still apply to the program with sponsorship from an ASPS or ASRM member or candidate member. Applicants may submit more than one grant application if the projects are scientifically different. Only one project will be funded per applicant. Amount: Up to $10,000 United States Dollars for a one-year project to support the preliminary or pilot phase of scientific research projec...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 18, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Source Type: funding

American Association for Cancer Research Judah Folkman Fellowship for Anti-Angiogenesis ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Two-year grant of $90,000. One Fellowship will be awarded this cycle. Application Deadline: December 7, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Time The AACR Judah Folkman Fellowship for Anti‐Angiogenesis Research is open to Postdoctoral and ClinicalResearch Fellows with a medical degree or a combined M.D./Ph.D. working at an academic, medical, orresearch institution who will be in the first 5 years of their postdoctoral training at the start of the grantterm. Proposed research projects are restricted to basic, clinical, translational or epidemiologicalprojects that substantially advance the field of anti‐angiogenesis research ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 17, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Association for Cancer Research Source Type: funding

American Association for Cancer Research Clinical and Translational Cancer Research FellowshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
* AACR-Astellas USA Foundation Fellowship in Clinical/Translational Cancer Research: One-year grant of $30,000. One fellowship will be awarded this cycle.Application Deadline: December 7, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Time. The AACR Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Fellowships are open to Postdoctoral and ClinicalResearch Fellows working at an academic, medical, or research institution who will be in the first 5 yearsof their postdoctoral training at the start of the grant term. Proposed research projects may be in anyarea of clinical and/or translational cancer research. The Fellowships provide a 1‐year gra...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 17, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Association for Cancer Research Source Type: funding

American Association for Cancer Research Basic Cancer Research FellowshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Joint application for the following Fellowships: * AACR Anna D. Barker Fellowship in Basic Cancer Research: One-year grant of $40,000. One Fellowship will be awarded this cycle. * AACR-Astellas USA Foundation Fellowships in Basic Cancer Research: One-year grant of $30,000. Two Fellowships will be awarded this cycle.Application Deadline: December 7, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Time. The AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships are open to Postdoctoral and Clinical Research Fellowsworking at an academic, medical, or research institution who will be in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of theirpostdoctoral training at the start o...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 17, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Association for Cancer Research Source Type: funding

American Association for Cancer Research/ASCO Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Translational Cancer Research AwardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One-year grant of $50,000. One grant will be awarded this cycle. The Award is open to physicians (M.D., D.O., or international equivalent) or physicians holding a combined M.D./Ph.D.Application Deadline: December 21, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Time The AACR‐The ASCO Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Translational Cancer Research Awardprovides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinicaloncology. The purpose of this award is to fund physician‐scientists during the transition from afellowship program to a faculty appointment. The Award is open to physicians (M.D., D.O.,...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 17, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Association for Cancer Research/ASCO Cancer Foundation Source Type: funding

American Association for Cancer Research/AstraZeneca Fellowship for Translational Lung Cancer ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Two-year grant of $90,000. One Fellowship will be awarded this cycle. Application Deadline: December 7, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Time The AACR‐AstraZeneca Fellowship for Translational Lung Cancer Research is open to Postdoctoral andClinical Research Fellows working at an academic, medical, or research institution who will be in the first5 years of their postdoctoral training at the start of the grant term. Proposed research projects mustrelate directly to translational lung cancer research. The Fellowship provides a 2‐year grant of $90,000 ($45,000 per year) to support the salary and benefitsof the Fellow while ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 17, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Association for Cancer Research/AstraZeneca Source Type: funding

Better Than Buffett?: A Report on the Success of the American Head and Neck Society Research Grant Program [Original Article]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It has been well established that a crisis exists in the biomedical research enterprise of clinical surgery departments: the extinction of the surgeon-scientist. A number of factors, including dwindling research funding, decreasing reimbursement from insurance providers, shrinking salaries for researchers, waning interest in academia among graduating residents, and financial pressures on departments for greater clinical productivity, have contributed to this phenomenon in recent years.1 More importantly, the growing number of basic scientists who are competing with clinicians for investigator-initiated funding from the Nat...
Source: Archives of Otolaryngology - November 16, 2009 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Kupferman, M. E., Moskovic, D. J., Weber, R. S., Boyle, J. Tags: Otolaryngology/ Head & Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology/ Head & Neck Surgery, Other, Statistics and Research Methods Original Article Source Type: journals

How Much Should One Spend on An Engagement Ring?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A common norm regarding how much a man should spend on an engagement ring is three months of his annual salary. One reason for placing such a heavy financial burden on this particular courtship ritual is that it serves as an honest signal of a man's commitment to his prospective wife. In other words, pretenders need not apply.Clearly though, in the same way that people do not always leave 15% of their bill as a tip (even though this is the norm) but rather adjust it up or down as a function of other factors (e.g., service quality), one would expect that the price paid for an engagement ring might too be linked to several e...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gad Saad, Ph.D. Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Gender Relationships Sex annual salary average incomes bria bridewealth cost of ring courtship ritual descriptive statistics engagement rings exact issue extraneous variables g service lee cronk marr Source Type: consumer

Society for Pediatric Urology Research GrantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
1. The application must come from a Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU)member or be sponsored by an SPU member.2. Deadline for submission is March 1, 2010. Applications received after thisdate will not be considered. Deadline and Review ProcessApplications and all supporting documents for Research Grants must be receivedno later than March 1, 2010. Applications received after this date will not beconsidered. Applications will be reviewed by the SPU Research GrantCommittee. Successful applicants will be announced at the 2010 World Congress of PediatricUrology, which will be held May 28-20, 2010 in San Francisco, California...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 15, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Society for Pediatric Urology Source Type: funding

Society of Surgical Oncology 2010 Clinical Investigator AwardsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Purpose• To promote patient-oriented research conducted by surgical oncologists in clinical and translational science. Eligibility• Applicants must be surgical oncologists within 10 years of completion of training and be full SSO members.• Applicants must commit to at least 25% effort for this award.Terms of the Award• The award will be funded for two years at $100,000 ($50,000 per year) beginning April 1, 2010. • The award is given to the sponsoring institution and may be used for partial support of applicant’s salary, research fellows or staff support, tuition, travel (no more than $2,00...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 15, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Society of Surgical Oncology Source Type: funding

Medical Dermatology Society 2010/2011 Mentorship ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Why a Mentorship Program?The Board of Directors of the MDS instituted a MDS Mentorship Program to foster interest in careers in medical dermatology, especially in the care of patients with serious dermatologic disease. Participants spend one month at an institution under the direction of a senior MDS member.Applications are due by December 1, 2009The Medical Dermatology Society (MDS) invites residents, post-dermatology residency fellows and junior faculty to apply for the 2010/2011 MDS Mentorship Program. Awardees will receive up to $3,000 for direct expenses to spend one month being mentored by a senior MDS member.• ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 15, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Medical Dermatology Society Source Type: funding

Economic evaluation of a randomized clinical trial of hospital versus telephone follow-up after treatment for breast cancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This was an economic evaluation of hospital versus telephone follow-up by specialist nurses after treatment for breast cancer.A cost minimization analysis was carried out from a National Health Service (NHS) perspective using data from a trial in which 374 women were randomized to telephone or hospital follow-up. Primary analysis compared NHS resource use for routine follow-up over a mean of 24 months. Secondary analyses included patient and carer travel and productivity costs, and NHS and personal social services costs of care in patients with recurrent breast cancer.Patients who had telephone follow-up had approximately ...
Source: British Journal of Surgery - November 13, 2009 Category: Surgery Authors: K. Beaver, W. Hollingworth, R. McDonald, G. Dunn, D. Tysver-Robinson, L. Thomson, A. C. Hindley, S. S. Susnerwala, K. Luker Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

UMB and UMCP Continue Joint Competitive NIH Seed Grant Program to Foster Collaborations Between InvestigatorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore are continuing a joint competitive NIH Seed Grant Program in 2009. The intent of this initiative is to foster teams of investigators crossing disciplinary boundaries and campuses, establish specific research foci, generate preliminary data, and submit research proposals to the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, or other federal funding agencies. The program is also intended to foster collaborations between junior and senior investigators and provide mentorship for new investigators in the art of grant writing ...
Source: University of Maryland School of Medicine News Headlines - November 13, 2009 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Economic evaluation of a randomized clinical trial of hospital versus telephone follow-up after treatment for breast cancer.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION:: Telephone follow-up for breast cancer may reduce the burden on busy hospital clinics but will not necessarily lead to cost or salary savings. Copyright (c) 2009 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. PMID: 19918858 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The British Journal of Surgery)
Source: The British Journal of Surgery - November 13, 2009 Category: Surgery Authors: Beaver K, Hollingworth W, McDonald R, Dunn G, Tysver-Robinson D, Thomson L, Hindley AC, Susnerwala SS, Luker K Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: journals

Nursing factboxes: responsibilities and salaries of the NHS gradesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nurses do not currently need degrees but must take extra training to climb the NHS ladder. Here is a guide to the major nursing levels starting with the most senior. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: nursing degree diploma Source Type: news

Assessment of human resources management practices in Lebanese hospitalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: To enable hospitals to deliver good quality, safe healthcare, improving HR management is critical. There is a need for a cadre of competent HR managers who can fully assume these responsibilities and who can continuously improve the status of employees at their organizations. The upcoming accreditation survey of Lebanese hospitals (2010-2011) presents an opportunity to strengthen HR management and enhance competencies of existing HR managers. Recognizing HR challenges and the importance of effective HR strategies should become a priority to policy makers and top managers alike. Study findings may extend to oth...
Source: BioMed Central - November 12, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Fadi El-JardaliVictoria TchaghchagianDiana Jamal Source Type: journals

Surface water mitigates the anti-metamorphic effects of perchlorate in New Mexico spadefoot toads (Speamultiplicata) and African clawed frogs (Xenopuslaevis).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Spea multiplicata (New Mexico spadefoot toad) larvae were exposed to 60, 110, and 1000mugL(-1) perchlorate dissolved in natural surface water to determine risks associated with perchlorate exposure in desert-adapted anurans. Hind- and forelimb development and tail resorption were measured to identify effects of perchlorate exposure. No perchlorate-related effects on snout-vent length, hindlimb length, and proportion metamorphosed were observed in the highest treatment group (positive control; 1000mugL(-1)) suggesting that either S.multiplicata are not sensitive to the effects of perchlorate at the concentrations tested...
Source: Chemosphere - November 12, 2009 Category: Chemistry Authors: Brausch JM, wages M, Shannahan RD, Perry G, Anderson TA, Maul JD, Mulhearn B, Smith PN Tags: Chemosphere Source Type: journals

Kelly Scientific Resources: Third Annual Salary Survey Reveals High Employee Morale in the WestEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TROY, MI (MARKET WIRE) According to findings from Lab Manager Magazine's third annual salary survey, employee morale has generally remained high in the West despite the state of the current economy. This is the first year that Kelly Scientific Resources, a specialty service of Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB), has sponsored the survey with Lab Manager Magazine. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech KELYA KELYB Source Type: news

Kelly Scientific Resources: Third Annual Salary Survey Reveals High Employee Morale in the SoutheastEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TROY, MI (MARKET WIRE) According to findings from Lab Manager Magazine's third annual salary survey, employee morale has generally remained high in the Southeast despite the state of the current economy. This is the first year that Kelly Scientific Resources, a specialty service of Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB), has sponsored the survey with Lab Manager Magazine. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech KELYA KELYB Source Type: news

Kelly Scientific Resources: Third Annual Salary Survey Reveals High Employee Morale in the MidwestEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TROY, MI (MARKET WIRE) According to findings from Lab Manager Magazine's third annual salary survey, employee morale has generally remained high in the Midwest despite the state of the current economy. This is the first year that Kelly Scientific Resources, a specialty service of Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB), has sponsored the survey with Lab Manager Magazine. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech KELYA KELYB Source Type: news

Report highlights gender gap in doctors' salariesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The NHS pays thousands of pounds more to male doctors than their female counterparts, a report by the British Medical Association claims. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 10, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info

Dean Foods pulls bait-and-switch on "organic" Silk soymilkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(NaturalNews) Until early 2009, Silk brand soy milk was made using organic soybeans. But earlier this year, Dean Foods (owner of the Silk brand) quietly switched to conventional soybeans, which are often grown with pesticides. But they kept the same UPC barcodes on their products, and they kept the product label virtually the same, only replacing the word "organic" with "natural" in a way that was barely noticeable. They also kept the price the same, charging consumers "organic" prices for a product that was now suddenly made with conventionally-grown soybeans.Many retailers and consumers never noticed the bait-and-switch ...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Gender-based pay gaps among US facultyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Wiley-Blackwell) Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less than men. Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent less than men regardless of education, choice of industry, or professional standing. Even some of the most highly educated and qualified women are subject to salary discrimination. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 10, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Application Deadline: Jan. 22, 2010 (11:59 p.m. CT) Award Activation: July 1, 2010The method for applying for funding is Web-based, via our electronic system, Grants@Heart. With this new system, the applicant fills out the online application using Internet Explorer or Safari browsers.Important: * Begin your application early to allow all parties time to complete the process. * The applicant must submit the completed application to the grants officer selected in the application. It is the applicant's responsibility to contact the grants officer and/or monitor the status of his/her own application. *The grants officer i...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 10, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Heart Association Source Type: funding

American Heart Association National Fellow to Faculty Transition Award ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Application Deadline: Jan. 22, 2010 (11:59 p.m. CT) Award Activation: July 1, 2010The method for applying for funding is Web-based, via our electronic system, Grants@Heart. With this new system, the applicant fills out the online application using Internet Explorer or Safari browsers. Important: * Begin your application early to allow all parties time to complete the process. * The applicant must submit the completed application to the grants officer selected in the application. It is the applicant's responsibility to contact the grants officer and/or monitor the status of his/her own application. * The grants office...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 10, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Heart Association Source Type: funding

American Heart Association National Innovative Research Grant ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Application Deadline: Jan. 12, 2010 (11:59 p.m. CT) Award Activation: July 1, 2010The method for applying for funding is Web-based, via our electronic system, Grants@Heart. With this new system, the applicant fills out the online application using Internet Explorer or Safari browsers. Important: * Begin your application early to allow all parties time to complete the process. * The applicant must submit the completed application to the grants officer selected in the application. It is the applicant's responsibility to contact the grants officer and/or monitor the status of his/her own application. * The grants office...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 10, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Heart Association Source Type: funding

American Brain Tumor Association Basic Research Fellowships:Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
American Brain Tumor Association Basic Research Fellowships These two-year training awards support the salaries of young researchers entering the field of brain tumor research. This is often the first award of these researchers’ careers, and is coveted on an investigator’s curriculum vitae. The experience provides an opportunity in which young, bright, motivated investigators learn from motivating mentors. Basic research fellowships are $80,000 payable over two-years ($35,000 salary support and $5,000 discretionary funds per year). Criteria for selection include the quality of the individual applicant, includi...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 10, 2009 Category: Research Authors: American Brain Tumor Association Source Type: funding

Genetic 'breakthroughs' are often nothing of the sortEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Don't believe everything you read about genes and disease in prestigious journals like Science and Nature, say Marcus R Munafò and Jonathan Flint. A lot of it is simply wrongDuring the second world war, the physicist Enrico Fermi asked General Leslie Groves of the US Army how many generals might be called "great" and why. Groves replied that any general who won five major battles in a row might be called great, and that about three in every hundred would qualify. Fermi countered that if opposing forces are roughly equal, the odds are one in two that a general will win one battle, one in four that he will win two battles i...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Science Tags: Genetics Science Controversies in science Medical research Life and style Health & wellbeing Depression in adults Society guardian.co.uk Comment Source Type: news

Gene 'breakthroughs' not what they seemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Don't believe everything you read about genes and disease in prestigious journals like Science and Nature, say Marcus Munafò and Jonathan Flint. A lot of it is simply wrongDuring the second world war, the physicist Enrico Fermi asked General Leslie Groves of the US Army how many generals might be called "great" and why. Groves replied that any general who won five major battles in a row might be called great, and that about three in every hundred would qualify. Fermi countered that if opposing forces are roughly equal, the odds are one in two that a general will win one battle, one in four that he will win two battles in ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Science Tags: Genetics Science Controversies in science Medical research Life and style Health & wellbeing Depression in adults Society guardian.co.uk Comment Source Type: news

United Negro College Fund/Merck Postdoctoral Science Research FellowshipEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The United Negro College Fund and the Merck Research Laboratories announce the availability of theUNCF•Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships. These fellowships are a component of the UNCF•Merck Science Initiative, the goal of which is to support the training and development of world-class African American biomedical research scientists. At least 10 UNCF•Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships will be awarded per year. The competition is open to all applicants who meet the eligibility criteria. Award recipients are selected based on the applicants’ abilities and accomplishments. PURPO...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 9, 2009 Category: Research Authors: United Negro College Fund/Merck Source Type: funding

United Negro College Fund/Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation FellowshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The United Negro College Fund and the Merck Institute for Science Education announce the availability of theUNCF•Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships. These fellowships are a component of the UNCF•Merck Science Initiative, the goal of which is to support the training and development of world-class African American biomedical scientists. At least 12 UNCF•Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship awards will be made per year. The competition is open to all applicants who meet the eligibility criteria. Award recipients are selected based on the applicants’abilities and a...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 9, 2009 Category: Research Authors: United Negro College Fund/Merck Source Type: funding

United Negro College Fund/Merck Undergraduate Science Research ScholarshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The United Negro College Fund and the Merck Institute for Science Education announce the availability of the UNCF •Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards. These awards are a component of the UNCF•Merck Science Initiative, the goal of which is to support the training and development of world-class African American biomedical research scientists. At least 15 UNCF•Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards will be made per year. The competition is open to all students who meet the eligibility criteria. Award recipients will be selected based on the applicants’ abilitie...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 9, 2009 Category: Research Authors: United Negro College Fund/Merck Source Type: funding

Cooley's Anemia Foundation 2010-2011 Research FellowshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Cooley's Anemia Foundation invites national and international applications for 2010-2011 Research Fellowships. Postdoctoral and junior faculty members investigating clinical or basic research related to thalassemia are eligible. Applications studying iron overload, iron chelation, methods of non-invasive iron measurement, quality of life, hepatitis C, osteoporosis, fertility, bone marrow transplantation and gene therapy are encouraged. Postdoctoral fellows should hold MD, PhD or equivalent degrees and require sponsorship by a faculty mentor. Junior faculty applicants should not have held the rank of Assistant Professo...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 8, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Cooley's Anemia Foundation Source Type: funding

Surgical Infection Society Junior Faculty Fellowship AwardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For Junior FacultyFaculty members in the rank of Assistant Professor or Instructor for no more than three years in a surgical discipline are eligible to apply for the SIS Junior Faculty Fellowship Award. The amount of this award is $50,000/year.The total amount of other extramural grants-in-aid supporting the Junior Faculty awardee’s research cannot exceed $30,000 (US). There are no specific restrictions on the amount of intramural (departmental/institutional) support. If there are any questions regarding these restrictions, the applicant or their sponsor should call or email Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, Chair of the S...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 8, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Surgical Infection Society Source Type: funding

Surgical Infection Society/Wyeth Evaluative Research Fellowship AwardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The SIS/Wyeth Evaluative Research Fellowship Award only supports projects dealing with the broad area of evaluative research in surgical infection. Residents or fellows who have completed at least two years of post-graduate training in a surgical discipline are eligible to apply for the SIS/Wyeth Evaluative Research Fellowship Award. (Please note that this fellowship will only be awarded as funds are available.)Research proposals should pertain to the broad area of evaluative research in surgical infection. Typical topics might include: 1. Clinical epidemiology (factors affecting the incidence of surgical infections, mor...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 8, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Surgical Infection Society/Wyeth Source Type: funding

Surgical Infection Society Resident Fellowship AwardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For Residents or FellowsResidents or fellows who have completed at least two years of post-graduate training in a surgical discipline are eligible to apply for the SIS Resident Fellowship Award. The purpose of this award is to provide the opportunity for a resident or fellow to spend one year in full-time research in the laboratory of a member of the Surgical Infection Society. The amount of this award is $50,000/year.For All Fellowship Award ApplicantsDecisions concerning the award will be announced at the annual meeting of the Surgical Infection Society in Las Vegas, Nevada (April 17-20, 2010). The SIS Fellowship Commit...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 8, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Surgical Infection Society Source Type: funding

Differences and commonalities of national field epidemiology training programmes in Europe.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From 1994 to 2009, national field epidemiology training programmes (FETP) have been installed in Spain, Germany, Italy, France and Norway. During their two year duration, different components of the FETP are devised as follows: 63-79 weeks are spent on projects in hosting institutes, 2-26 weeks in outside projects, 9-30 weeks in courses and modules, and 1-2 weeks in scientific conferences. A considerable proportion of the Spanish FETP has is provided conventional class room training . The content of the modules is very similar for all programmes. Except from the Italian programme, all focus on infectious disease epidem...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Krause G, Aavitsland P, Alpers K, Barrasa A, Bremer V, Helynck B, Perra A Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals

Contribution of EPIET to public health workforce in the EU, 1995-2008.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We analyse activities and outputs of fellows of the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) between 1995 and 2008 and describe the employment history of graduates after the training to demonstrate the contribution of this programme and of national EPIET-associated programmes to the public health workforce in the European Union and Norway. Up to 2008, some 161 fellows entered the training: 121 in EPIET and 40 in EPIET-associated programmes. Of these 149 were awarded a diploma. Fellows engaged in projects in all areas of surveillance, in outbreaks and field investigations and produced 340 public...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Bosman A, Schimmer B, Coulombier D Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals

'I Have to Keep My Job': Walmart Employees Forced to Decide Between Their Salaries and Swine Flu?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Could Walmart's policy contribute to H1N1's spread? (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Caring labour, intersectionality and worker satisfaction: an analysis of the National Nursing Assistant Study (NNAS)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Caring labour in long-term care settings is increasingly important as the US population ages. Ethnographic research on nursing assistants (NAs) portrays nursing home care as routine and fast paced in facilities that emphasise life maintenance more than care. Recent interview-based and small quantitative studies describe a mix of positive and negative aspects of NA work, including the rewards of caring, despite shortcomings in working conditions and pay. The current study continues this research but, for the first time, using national data. The 2004 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Nursing Assistant Stu...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 5, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Carter C. Rakovski, Kim Price-Glynn Source Type: journals

New Theory On Fairness In Economics Targets CEO PayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed to determine fair CEO compensation. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 4, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news

Mesothelioma Compensation: $20 Million Settlement Awarded to Maryland ResidentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A Baltimore city jury has recently awarded more than $20 million to a woman who contracted mesothelioma cancer after being exposed to asbestos during the late 1960s. Jocelyn Farrar, a 57-year-old nursing professor at the University of Maryland, believes she developed malignant mesothelioma after experiencing secondary asbestos exposure from washing her grandfather’s work clothes as a teenager. John Hentgen, Farrar’s grandfather, worked with asbestos-containing insulation on a regular basis and likely carried home asbestos on his clothes. While doing laundry, Farrar inhaled asbestos fibers which later became lodged in t...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - November 4, 2009 Category: Environmental Health Authors: jwhitmer Tags: Asbestos Exposure Asbestos Litigation Maryland Mesothelioma Malignant Mesothelioma Mesothelioma Compensation Source Type: news

Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of LiverpoolEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Via www.jobs.ac.uk. The Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool are seeking a Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology (salary: 30,685 - 53,132 pa). This post provides an opportunity for a candidate pursuing a career in diabetes and endocrinology with research experience to join a research-active group whilst continuing clinical training at Specialist Registrar level. Clinical and molecular research can be accommodated in the Clinical Sciences Centre. Applicants should hold MRCP (or equivalent) and be fully registered with the General Medical Council. The post, based at...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 4, 2009 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: organizations

Tracking the gender pay gap: a case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides a short introduction to standard considerations in the formal study of wages and illustrates the use of multiple regression and resampling simulation approaches in a case study of faculty salaries at one university. Multiple regression is especially beneficial where it provides information on strength of association, specific dollar estimates, and the option to identify outliers by gender. Resampling simulation allows for analysis at the department level and is beneficial where distributions depart substantially from normal, particularly where there are unequal error variances. Results indicate that b...
Source: Psychology of Women Quarterly: - November 4, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cheryl B. Travis, Louis J. Gross, Bruce A. Johnson Tags: GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND STEREOTYPING Source Type: journals

Salaries add up for nonprofit CEOsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Western New York’s nonprofit sector employs more than 171 leaders with salaries over $100,000, including 10 individuals who earned more than $250,000 apiece during the period. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 3, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals