Sentences with phrase «evaluation research division»

In response to the Great East Japan earthquake and the devastating tsunamis that followed, Tohoku University established the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) in April 2012, and Suppasri became an associate professor at the Hazard and Risk Evaluation Research Division.

Not exact matches

Over her time at FDA, Woodcock has moved up, first by running the review group for biologics, then becoming the deputy director of biologics, then head of the Office of Therapeutics, and finally being appointed head of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), a division of FDA committed to ensuring that «all prescription and over-the-counter drugs are safe and effective.»

I also built an analytics division, a group of very talented science Ph.D. s with whom I worked to carry out evaluations of research programs including the NIH Loan Repayment Programs, the K program, and most recently the relationship between race, ethnicity, and the NIH awards process.

To address these concerns, the US Food and Drug Administration's Division of Antiviral Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has published a paper that highlights the agency's scientific approaches and regulatory processes that support the development and approval of promising drugs to treat hepatitis C.

«FDA's approach to evaluation of recent hepatitis C drugs underscores the Agency's flexibility in considering innovative or alternative trial designs for drugs that have demonstrated highly promising outcomes in early phase development,» said Dr. Poonam Mishra, deputy director for Safety, Division of Antiviral Products / Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and lead author of the Hepatolevaluation of recent hepatitis C drugs underscores the Agency's flexibility in considering innovative or alternative trial designs for drugs that have demonstrated highly promising outcomes in early phase development,» said Dr. Poonam Mishra, deputy director for Safety, Division of Antiviral Products / Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and lead author of the HepatolEvaluation and Research and lead author of the Hepatology paper.

In addition to Dr. Corley, co-authors of the study were Christopher D. Jensen, PhD, Amy R. Marks, MPH, Wei K. Zhao, MPH, Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, Jolanda de Boer, MB, Bruce H. Fireman, PhD, Theodore R. Levin, MD, and Charles P. Quesenberry, PhD, all of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research; Joanne E. Schottinger, MD, Virginia P. Quinn, PhD, and Nirupa R. Ghai, PhD, all of Kaiser Permanente Southern California Research & Evaluation; Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and Ann G. Zauber, Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center.

Based on our findings, the occurrence of cancer is much higher in adults over 75 years of age compared with the proportion of patients in this age group who enroll in clinical trials,» said lead study author Bindu Kanapuru, MD, medical officer in the Division of Hematology Products, Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, who presented the results at the 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held December 9 — 12 in Atlanta.

National Research Council, «A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools: From Impressions to Evidence,» a report prepared by the Committee on the Evaluation of the D.C. Public Schools, co-chaired by Christopher Edley, UC Berkeley Law School dean, and Robert Hauser, executive director of the NRC's Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

She is Vice President of Division A of the American Educational Research Association and president of the Metropolitan Council of Educational Administration Programs (NYC), and has served on several state taskforces on leadership preparation, principal licensure assessments and principal evaluation.

Approved report of the Division of Research, Planning and Evaluation to the Dallas Public Schools (August)

«We are really trying to provide that information in... a more graphical way or just a way that our parents and families want that information to be provided,» said Katherine Beck, senior manager of accountability for DPS's Accountability Research and Evaluation division.

Her past professional experiences include being a dropout prevention mathematics teacher, assistant to the chief of accountability for Baltimore City Public Schools (2001 - 2004), director of accountability for Montgomery County Public Schools (2004 - 2007), and has served as the vice-president of the American Education Research Association Division H, Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools, as well as held leadership roles in the Directors of Research and Evaluation and National Association of Test Directors.

This annual award from Division H (Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools) recognizes an outstanding dissertation in applied research, evaluation, assessment, or accountability within a school / school district Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools) recognizes an outstanding dissertation in applied research, evaluation, assessment, or accountability within a school / school districEvaluation, and Assessment in Schools) recognizes an outstanding dissertation in applied research, evaluation, assessment, or accountability within a school / school district research, evaluation, assessment, or accountability within a school / school districevaluation, assessment, or accountability within a school / school district setting.

Heckman directs the Economic Research Center, the Center for the Economics of Human Development at the University of Chicago in the Division of Social Sciences, and the Center for Social Program Evaluation at the Harris School for Public Policy.

Roy Johnson, M.S., directs the IDRA Division of Evaluation Research.

In these first weeks, I have engaged with the Arts Commission in action, meeting with staff at every level of the agency and diving into core programs in every division — Civic Art, Arts Education, Grants & Professional Development and Research & Evaluation.

She was a member of the Federal Advisory Panel on Head Start Research and Evaluation, Division of Early Childhood's Commission on Recommended Practices, and served as the Editor of Topics in Early Childhood Special Education.

The Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) is working with the department's Prevention and Early Intervention division to conduct an exploratory descriptive evaluation, Describing Home Visiting Value Evaluation (DHVVE), to identify the ways in which home visiting programs provide value to participating families and how these benefits vary across family and prograevaluation, Describing Home Visiting Value Evaluation (DHVVE), to identify the ways in which home visiting programs provide value to participating families and how these benefits vary across family and prograEvaluation (DHVVE), to identify the ways in which home visiting programs provide value to participating families and how these benefits vary across family and program factors.

Presenters: Presenters include Jennifer Marcelli, the Center's Program Area Manager for the Foster Care and Permanency focus area; Taffy Compain, National Foster Care Specialist at the Children's Bureau; Chrissy Triplett, the Project Manager with the Catawba County Child Wellbeing Project, Inc.; Heather Ball, the Evaluation Coordinator for the Child Wellbeing Project, Inc.; Phillip H. Redmond, Jr., Associate Director of the Child Care Division at the Duke Endowment; Karin Malm, a child welfare research and evaluation specialist; and a birth parent with firsthand experience with the child welfaEvaluation Coordinator for the Child Wellbeing Project, Inc.; Phillip H. Redmond, Jr., Associate Director of the Child Care Division at the Duke Endowment; Karin Malm, a child welfare research and evaluation specialist; and a birth parent with firsthand experience with the child welfaevaluation specialist; and a birth parent with firsthand experience with the child welfare system.

Family Strengthening Research (PDF - 1,598 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)(2014) Provides Federal and State policymakers, program administrators, and researchers with summaries of OPRE's Division of Family Strengthening's major research investments in fiscal year 2013 and overviews of past projects that include strengthening relationships within families, supporting fatherhood, nurturing children through their families, reducing teen pregnancy, and supporting youth in their transition to adResearch (PDF - 1,598 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)(2014) Provides Federal and State policymakers, program administrators, and researchers with summaries of OPRE's Division of Family Strengthening's major research investments in fiscal year 2013 and overviews of past projects that include strengthening relationships within families, supporting fatherhood, nurturing children through their families, reducing teen pregnancy, and supporting youth in their transition to adResearch, and Evaluation (OPRE)(2014) Provides Federal and State policymakers, program administrators, and researchers with summaries of OPRE's Division of Family Strengthening's major research investments in fiscal year 2013 and overviews of past projects that include strengthening relationships within families, supporting fatherhood, nurturing children through their families, reducing teen pregnancy, and supporting youth in their transition to adresearch investments in fiscal year 2013 and overviews of past projects that include strengthening relationships within families, supporting fatherhood, nurturing children through their families, reducing teen pregnancy, and supporting youth in their transition to adulthood.

Aleta L. Meyer, Ph.D., is a Senior Social Science Research Analyst and Team Lead for Community - Engaged and American Indian / Alaska Native Research in the Division of Family Strengthening, in the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

Prior to joining Child Trends, Lauren worked for the federal Administration for Children and Families in the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation for ten years, with the last four of those as the director of the Division of Family Strengthening.

Dr. Innocenti is Director of the Research and Evaluation Division at the Center for Persons with Disabilities and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University.

Lauren Supplee, Director, Division of Family Strengthening, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

This study was supported in part by a research and evaluation contract (05 - 017) awarded to the first author from the State of Hawaii Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division.

This study was supported in part from a research and evaluation contract awarded to the third author by the State of Hawaii Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division.