Sentences with phrase «for public health science»

The whole business about linearity / non-linearity, and biological effects below the NOAEL levels, is really fascinating and important for public health science, and the uncertainties re-inforce Paul's point about how careful we should be about the accuracy of the «hard» risk science.

Not exact matches

In a year that saw a terrible Ebola pandemic in Africa and the resurgence of Legionnaire's disease in New York, it's small wonder that life sciences and health - care companies are also leading the way for initial public offerings.

«Our findings suggest that frequent e-cigarette use may play an important role in cessation or relapse prevention for some smokers,» Daniel Giovenco, an assistant professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the lead study author, said in a statement.

(i) Unable to restore the power in a few states for more than 10 + days, since a tornado passed by it (ii) Unable to restore power for 7 + days in a snowy North Eastern state, since a hurricane passed by it (iii) Having no quality in science, math and technology; depending on «imports» to uplift them (or depending on Jesus to save them)(iv) Horrible crime in downtown, ghettos of any major city (v) Unemployment of 23 % (vi) Having a president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old (vii) Having a presidential candidate which believes in subjugating women (viii) Having more than 50 % of its 2012 graduates un / under - employed (ix) No public transport, resulting in hell on earth even for a small rise in crude - oil prices (x) A crappy health care system (xi) A debt of 14Trillion, which corresponds to 50K per US resident.

The American Public Health Association, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have given their support to the bill.

The Washington, DC - based Center for Science in the Public Interest is asking consumers «not to believe» a new video posted online by 5 - hour Energy, which has come under fire recently after reports of health issues possibly linked to the product.

The commission was convened by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit, health advocacy group based in Washington.

The action guide includes best practices for promoting healthy eating and physical activity for children from infancy through school age, based on current science, public health research, and national recommendations and standards.

As the Minister responsible for the National Institute for Health Research, as well as the whizzy high science of tomorrow's technologies, I can say that we also have at the heart of the NHS a commitment to ensure, through the institute, that we are constantly using the power of our health system to drive public health and to promote best praHealth Research, as well as the whizzy high science of tomorrow's technologies, I can say that we also have at the heart of the NHS a commitment to ensure, through the institute, that we are constantly using the power of our health system to drive public health and to promote best prahealth system to drive public health and to promote best prahealth and to promote best practice.

The partner agencies on this project — Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Health, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Washington State University School of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national sources.

I am available for public speaking in many forums: universities, childbirth and midwifery conferences, conferences on alternative health care, on gender issues, on myth and ritual, and on science and technology.

As part of our public health awareness commitment, the Fed is Best Foundation has developed and compiled extensive resources for parents and health professionals to promote safe breastfeeding and safe infant feeding policies based on evidence, including, the science of infant feeding, the caloric and fluid requirements of newborns and the caloric yield of exclusive breastfeeding.

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Prior to that, Polly provided comprehensive research and grants administration for a portfolio of externally funded projects, including a $ 3 million Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Risk Science and Public Health at The George Washington University.

«It's substantively not the most critical health issue, yet it was framed in such a way that the public outcry actually changed food policy in a matter of weeks,» said Sarah Klein, a lawyer at the Center for Science in the Public Intpublic outcry actually changed food policy in a matter of weeks,» said Sarah Klein, a lawyer at the Center for Science in the Public IntPublic Interest.

Oct 20 - 21, 2011: Annual Canadian National Breastfeeding Seminar for Health Professionals: Toronto ONT, sponsored by INFACT Canada, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, and Toronto Public Health.

Thirteenth Annual Canadian National Breastfeeding Seminar for Health Professionals: Pathways to Exclusive Breastfeeding; Toronto ONT, June 5 - 7, 2000, sponsored by INFACT Canada, Humber College, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, and Toronto Public Health.

Fourteenth Annual Canadian National Breastfeeding Seminar for Health Professionals: Pathways to Exclusive Breastfeeding; Toronto ONT, June 2 - 5, 2005, sponsored by INFACT Canada, Humber College, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, and Toronto Public Health.

Tenth Annual Canadian National Breastfeeding Seminar for Health Professionals: Protecting the Right to Breastfeed; Toronto ONT, June 1 - 2, 2000, sponsored by INFACT Canada, Humber College, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, and Toronto Public Health.

They rely heavily on the manipulation of public opinion, appearing respectable; using front groups, funding science and infiltrating food safety systems — all with the purpose of weakening legislation — legislation that is essential for stopping marketing practices that violate children's rights to health and improves product quality and safety.

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

«It's a shame that Congress seems more interested in protecting industry than protecting children's health... this legislation may go down in nutritional history as a bigger blunder than when the Reagan Administration tried (and failed) to credit ketchup as a vegetable in the school lunch program,» — Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest in a press release

We thank Debbie Lawlor (Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK), Maarike Harro (Dept Public Health, University of Talin, Estonia), Karsten Froberg (Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark), Caroline Fall and Clive Osmond (MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, UK), and Anita Ravelli (Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands) for kindly providing unpublished data for inclusion in the review.

There are eight national public universities in Ghana — the University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast, University of Education, University for Development Studies, University of Mines and Technology, University of Professional Studies, Accra, University of Energy and Natural Resources, and University of Health and Allied Sciences.

BMA's head of science and ethics Dr Vivienne Nathanson said the fluoridation of water was an «effective public health strategy» for reducing tooth decay.

Globally, the tide has turned, and ever more prominent statesmen and women are calling for an end to the failed war on drugs and its replacement with models of legal regulation based on science, public health and human rights principles.

Science and Technology — Subject: Clinical trials Witness (es): Professor Karol Sikora, Medical Director of Cancer Partners UK and Dean, University of Buckingham Medical School and Simon Denegri, NIHR National Director for Public Participation and Engagement in Research and Chair, INVOLVE; Tracey Brown, Managing Director, Sense About Science and Dr Helen Jamison, Deputy Director, Science Media Centre; Sir Kent Woods, Chief Executive,, Dr Janet Wisely, Chief Executive, Health Research Authority, Bill Davidson, Acting Deputy Director and Head of Research Standards and Support, Department of Health and Peter Knight, Deputy Director, Head of Research Information and Intelligence, Department of Health Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Today, the British Academy, the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences, has published a report that seeks to facilitate the contribution of social science and to start a process of better connecting it with public health.

A year before Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his $ 650 million push to grow the life sciences and biotech sectors in the Empire State, SUNY Polytechnic Institute planned a $ 500 million public health complex on its Albany campus that would have housed key labs for the state Department of Health along with IBM and Albany Medical Chealth complex on its Albany campus that would have housed key labs for the state Department of Health along with IBM and Albany Medical CHealth along with IBM and Albany Medical Center.

Details of the complex, called the SUNY Poly Institute for Public Health Technology, provide a view into previous efforts by the Cuomo administration to explore putting a life sciences and biotech hub in the Capital Region anchored at SUNY Poly.

They also met with Senators, Assemblymembers, and legislative staff earlier in the day to ask for their support in the coming legislative session to keep Downstate as well as the SUNY Health Science Centers in Long Island and Syracuse public.

«This was a timely symposium for Cuban and U.S. scientists to exchange and share experiences on public health challenges facing both countries, the world and the region of the Americas in particular,» said Marga Gual Soler, senior project director at the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy.

Judging the entries were Bob Goldman of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert Krulwich, science correspondent for National Public Radio, Dave Mosher, science and technology correspondent for Business Insider, and Clare Waterman, of the Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Morphodynamics at the National Institute of Health.

Further, in service to its mission to protect public health from the effects of pollution and to support the continued development of strong science as a basis for effective decision making, the US EPA is co-sponsoring the meeting.

«Traditional medicine doesn't consider mechanistic drug response,» said Rongling Wu, director of the Center for Statistical Genetics and professor of public health sciences within the division of biostatistics and bioinformatics at the Penn State College of Medicine.

Both eventually led, Reilly said, to the establishment of the center's Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities program, which provides teaching resources to encourage faculty to frame courses around civic challenges such as public health disparities, inequality and environmental issues.

«Prevention of type 2 diabetes is a critical public health issue for Canadians,» says Dr. Jan Hux, chief science officer, Diabetes Canada.

He is dean of the science faculty at Monash University in Australia and lead scientist for research on developing bacteria - infected mosquitoes as a public health tool.

After an earlier stint as a senior writer at Science, where she was widely known for her coverage of the Human Genome Project, Leslie returned as a deputy news editor in 2000, specializing in public health, infectious diseases, stem cells, and ecology.

When it comes to major environmental problems such as global warming, he believes that our ability to cope depends on a broad - based educational push for earth sciences, of the kind we already have for biology and public health.

The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has defined DURC as «life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, materiel, or national security».

Barriers to access to the benefits of science, particularly in the health sector, result from a shift in the balance of public sector funding for research and private sector funding for development, Wyndham noted.

The preferred disciplines for this program include environmental sciences, agricultural sciences, and public health, as well as technology, communications, and business administration.

And for those with a Master's degree in a laboratory science, Koo says, «State and local public health labs need staff for diagnostics.»

AAAS CEO Rush Holt, executive publisher of the Science family of journals said: «Sometimes politicians think science issues are limited to simply things like the budget for NASA or NIH, and they fail to realize that a president's attitude toward and decisions about science and research affect the public wellbeing, from the growth of our economy, to education, to public Science family of journals said: «Sometimes politicians think science issues are limited to simply things like the budget for NASA or NIH, and they fail to realize that a president's attitude toward and decisions about science and research affect the public wellbeing, from the growth of our economy, to education, to public science issues are limited to simply things like the budget for NASA or NIH, and they fail to realize that a president's attitude toward and decisions about science and research affect the public wellbeing, from the growth of our economy, to education, to public science and research affect the public wellbeing, from the growth of our economy, to education, to public health.

«It's unacceptable that those who work for the good of science and public health are called murderers by someone who publicly incites violence against them,» says Dario Padovan, a biologist and president of Pro-Test Italia, quoted in the article.

Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, new opportunities for research cooperation have opened up quickly in such fields as biomedical sciences, public health, and agriculture as well as science related to ocean conservation and other environmental research.

«Cigarette smokers are at far greater risk than the general public for developing lung cancer, and helping smokers quit should be our top cancer prevention priority in these people,» said Jian - Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UPCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Science and an epidemiologist with Pitt's Graduate School of Public Hpublic for developing lung cancer, and helping smokers quit should be our top cancer prevention priority in these people,» said Jian - Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UPCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Science and an epidemiologist with Pitt's Graduate School of Public HPublic Health.

«The scope of the epidemic and the fact that cases were imported into the United States and Europe reinforces the importance of these viruses as pathogens and public health threats, and drives home for us the idea that we need to be looking really seriously at ways we can translate our basic science into potential therapeutics.