Sentences with phrase «focused research assistants»

Their exact duties depend upon what subject they are specializing in; science - minded research assistants may spend the bulk of their time in the laboratory, while humanities focused research assistants may spend most of their time in libraries, writing.

Goal - focused Research Assistant applying progressive knowledge of biochemistry and nanotechnology to contribute to groundbreaking scientific research.

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«It's also part of a civic duty,» said Joo Yu - min, an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy whose research focuses on mega-events in Asian cities.

«It is a very risky pricing approach, and it definitely doesn't work for everyone,» says Ayelet Gneezy, an assistant professor of marketing with University of California, San Diego, whose research focuses on the «pay what you want» structure.

Dr. Piwowar was an assistant professor of finance at Iowa State University where he focused his research on market microstructure and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in corporate finance and investments.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

An assistant professor in the U of M's College of Education and Human Development (Department of Kinesiology), Daheia has put that research into practice in family - focused interventions, including an...

Living in Washington, DC my work focused on government relations and public policy analysis, first as a research assistant at a public policy think tank and later as a vice president in a government relations public relations agency.

These days, the research she conducts as an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at San Francisco State University (SFSU) focuses less on advancing science and more on helping students advance — especially those from underrepresented groups.

Now an assistant professor in the Division of Math, Science, and Technology at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Muñoz is working to adapt his research to the constraints of a teaching - focused institution.

Mortelliti, who holds degrees from the La Sapienza (University of Rome), is an Assistant Professor in Wildlife Habitat Conservation at the University of Maine, where his lab's research is focused on the impact of land - use change on vertebrate species (mammals and birds).

Now, in newly published research, Mark Noble, visiting assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at Lehigh, focuses on the link between cocoa exports and deforestation in developing nations.

He followed the prescribed path for an academic scientist: narrowing his focus first in graduate school, then identifying original avenues of research to pursue in his postdoctoral fellowship, and finally landing a tenure - track assistant professorship.

That's the research focus of Florida State University Assistant Professor of Psychology Michael Kofler, who is developing new, non-medication treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Co-authors of the commentary article are: Meriah Schoen, a research assistant at Emory's Center for the Study of Human Health and a graduate student focused on nutrition at Georgia State University; and Amanda Mummert, who recently received a PhD in Anthropology from Emory.

«These empirical challenges have meant that existing research has largely focused on documenting and observing the intergenerational correlations in various types of welfare use,» said Magne Mogstad, assistant professor of economics.

And right now, the NIH is training twice as many scientists as research assistants — training that the CNNBBS considers to be quite narrowly focused — as it is NSRAs, which champion cross-disciplinary opportunities.

«Other studies have looked at racial disparities in treatment and still others have focused on racial differences in survival rates of cancer patients, but our research attempted to go further by demonstrating the impact of race - based inequalities in cancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.

Garet Lahvis was a 4th - year assistant professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, when his department chair told him that his studies of social motivation and communication in mice — research with implications for autism and drug addiction — had moved too far from the department's focus on clinical plastic surgery and that the department would have to let him go.

«Most research has focused solely on nutritional intake or physical activity during recess,» said Naiman Khan, PhD, assistant professor and leader of the research team.

To peel away at the intricate layers that govern the development of neurons, a research team led by Chaolin Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor in Systems Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Hynek Wichterle, PhD, Associate Professor in Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience, and Neurology, at the Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University Medical Center, focuses on a level of molecular regulation called alternative splicing.

«I see that frantic search for money in other junior professors, and it makes me appreciative that I can focus on my research program,» says Manns, now in his first year as an assistant professor studying neuroscience and animal behavior at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

«The research group focused on three or four different catalytic reactions used in high production volume chemicals, including this one for producing a precursor to nylon, which as an industry has enormous applications,» said Slowing, who is also an adjunct assistant professor of chemistry at Iowa State University.

The project advisor is Zhiyun Qian, an assistant professor of computer science at UCR, whose research focuses on identifying security vulnerabilities to help software companies improve their systems.

«Our experiments with fipronil and bifenthrin sprays indicate that the overall kill of these insecticides on Argentine ant colonies is substantially improved — by 57 to 142 percent — by incorporating (Z)-9-hexadecenal in the sprays,» said Dong - Hwan Choe, an assistant professor of entomology and the research project leader, whose lab focuses on urban entomology, insect behavior and chemical ecology.

«Most research has focused on single environmental factors like air pollution or toxins in water,» said Jyotsna Jagai, research assistant professor of environmental and occupational health in the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and lead author of the study.

Harrington, an assistant professor of public affairs, said NCLB has been in effect for more than 10 years, and prior research on the program mostly has focused on student achievement.

Jonathon Beckmeyer, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Health Science at the IU School of Public Health - Bloomington and author of the study, said his research generally focuses on the onset of teen alcohol use and how their social relationships shape those experiences.

Since most of the research work still focuses on early basic science work and studies in animals, the funding has mainly created jobs tied to laboratory construction and positions for new scientists, assistants and lab technicians, the study said.

Previous to this role I worked as an advanced research assistant in the Kwiatkowski group, which was split between being focused on sample processing, management of the lab and delivery of the results to collaborators.

Before joining RPCI, Dr. Koya was previously an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UCLA, with research focus in cancer gene therapy and immunology.

It's also the research focus of a laboratory led by Jorge Palop, PhD, assistant investigator at the Gladstone Institutes.

As an assistant professor of decisions, operations and technology management, my research focuses on medical decision - making under uncertainty.

Dr. Adachi - Mejia, Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, and member of Norris Cotton Cancer Center's Cancer Control Research Program, focuses her research on cancer risk prevention, such as physical activity and tobaResearch Program, focuses her research on cancer risk prevention, such as physical activity and tobaresearch on cancer risk prevention, such as physical activity and tobacco use.

The findings add to growing evidence that calorie restriction can benefit health and longevity, but this shouldn't prompt already skinny seniors to start dieting, says Carol Greenwood, PhD, a senior scientist and assistant director of the Kunin - Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit at Baycrest, a Toronto academic medical center focused on aging.

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To find out just how effective Tinder and other online dating sites / apps really are, ENTITY talked to a variety of relationship experts, ranging from Wendy Newman, a dating, relationship and sex advisor and author of the book «121 First Dates: How to Succeed at Online Dating,» to Dr. Erin Sumner, a Trinity University assistant professor of human communications with a research focus of online dating.

Working as a research assistant at the Ed School's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, directed by Professor Susan Moore Johnson, Donaldson focused her dissertation on TFA teacher retention rates.

As Assistant Professor Jennifer Thomson, whose research focuses on reading difficulties, says, «speech is a continuous stream.

While in Seattle, she also directed a parent leadership and training initiative for under - represented parents, participated as a Brainerd Fellow at Social Venture Partners Seattle, and worked as a Research Assistant focused on diversity recruitment and retention and school / community partnerships at the University of Washington's Teacher Education Program.

An assistant professor of education and community leadership at the Texas State University College of Education, Dr. Rivera's research focuses on the politics of education policy, privatization, school finance and school leadership for school improvement.

Dr. Searby has published over 20 articles in her areas of research, which focus on mentoring from the protege's perspective, specifically on the development of a mentoring mindset in protégés, and on assistant principals and their mentoring needs as instructional leaders.

Dominique Baker (@bakerdphd) is a second - year assistant professor of education policy at Southern Methodist University, where her research focuses on student financial aid and equity in higher education.

Siddhartha also has served as an associate at the Calvert Foundation, focusing on community - based investments, and as a research assistant at the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C..

From 2001 - 2010 he was an Assistant Professor of Oncology at Cornell, where his research efforts were focused on clinical and translational projects involving cancer control and pharmacological validation of new agents.

«Sometime the symptoms are similar to normal things cats do: coughing, wheezing, difficulty breathing and vomiting,» said Dr. Tekla Lee - Fowler, an assistant professor of small animal internal medicine at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, whose research focus is feline asthma.

In her day job, Zelano is an assistant professor at Northwestern University with a focus in neuroscience research.

As assistant curator, Padgett will contribute to exhibition planning, publications, research, and growth of the collection, with a particular focus on American art from the 1900s through 1960s.

And art, of course, is exactly the focus of the Boston show, painstakingly researched by Helen Molesworth, the Institute of Contemporary Art's former chief curator, and Ruth Erickson, an assistant curator there.

He continues to be a faculty member as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Head of the Glass area, while also focusing on his own creative practices and research.