Sentences with phrase «human health challenges»

Human health challenges as a result of global warming range from injuries after more intense storms to toxic algal blooms

Beyond that, Brand said she intends to «focus on finding the best women - led companies with innovative solutions to environmental and human health challenges — and deploy millions of dollars in capital to grow and scale these solutions out into the markets.»

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As a result, many people believe Carson is a flat - out mass murderer - not a hero who beautifully blended care for human health and nonhuman nature in one of the most important and challenging books of the 20th century.

Charles spent years learning from experts in food and nutrition about natural solutions to his personal health challenges and got involved in the hemp industry looking for the ultimate vegan protein source for humans — he found it... and much more... in the mighty hemp seed.

This new program recognizes and supports young Canadians who work in the international arena on the most pressing challenges of this century including political unrest, climate change, human rights and global health pandemics.

That this provision has now been challenged by a health board is deeply troubling and symptomatic of an aggressive pro-abortion regime; it is also a sign of a weakening in regard for human conscience as the safeguard of human dignity.

The lawsuit is the most recent challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate that employers provide insurance coverage of contraceptives, including emergency contraceptives such as Plan B and ella, at no cost to employees.

After closed - door conversations with the White House going back to November, the cardinal - in - waiting challenged the White House over an insurance mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that forced religious institutions, except for houses of worship, to provide insurance plans that included coverage for contraceptives.

While HIV / AIDS has been pushed into the shadows of North American experience, the larger challenges to sexual health unite young people in Africa and the West, which is not surprising given that sex and intimacy are common human realities.

«The way conventional meat is produced today creates challenges for the environment, animal welfare and human health.

«Science behind health» feeds Gnosis» challenge to develop clinically proven bioactive compounds and nutrients involved in one carbon metabolism - the key network of cellular reactions essential to sustain human life for whole body health condition.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation first supported the Golden Rice project through the Grand Challenges in Human Health initiative.

HUMAN Healthy Vending would like to congratulate the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the YMCA of Chicago, Vanguard Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Chicago for their commitment to participate in the challenge.

The Dr Hadwen Trust was «appalled to learn that despite the growing consensus in the scientific community that challenges the validity of animal use for human health, animal use has reached its highest level for 24 years.»

The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

Lisa Murphy, daughter of former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R - N.Y.), will head a newly created Nassau Human Services department, which combines the departments of Mental Health and Senior Citizens Affairs with the Office for the Physically Challenged and the county Youth Board.

The skills of physicians, medical and forensic scientists, and other health workers are uniquely valuable in human rights investigations and documentation, producing evidence of abuse more credible and less vulnerable to challenge than traditional methods of case reporting.

Beyond the excitement of working in a multidisciplinary and challenging field, biomaterials science offers the sense that your work is likely to directly benefit human health.

It's an exciting and unique discovery that has great global commercial potential to resolve some of the most challenging human health and food concerns facing us today.»

Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services is holding the «Bridging the Word Gap Challenge» that will award $ 300,000 in prizes for innovative solutions that promote language development skills among children from low - income families, Doggett said.

What I especially like about working for UKHTB is that it offers a new challenge and is pioneering in an area that has the potential to benefit human health through the enhanced development of new drugs and diagnostic tools.

Such activities offer academic scientists great opportunities to apply their expertise to real - world challenges, impacting human health more directly, learning how business works, and even improving their financial situations.

Rensselaer serves as a crossroads for collaboration — working with partners across disciplines, sectors, and geographic regions, to address global challenges — and addresses some of the world's most pressing technological challenges, from energy security and sustainable development to biotechnology and human health.

However, a rise in wildfires still will mean significant societal challenges, such as higher pollution levels, which can affect human health and aggravate respiratory conditions.

A holistic understanding of the role of Earth's microbial community and its genome — its microbiome — in the biosphere and in human health is key to meeting many of the challenges that face humanity in the twenty - first century, from energy to infection to agriculture.

Bergman et al author a report published by WHO and UNEP which purported to challenge the 2002 WHO - UNEP State of the Science report on EDCs, claiming numerous human health effects attributed to EDC exposure.

Together, we will rise to future challenges within molecular life science in order to improve human health.

The US National Institutes of Health was asked to fund so - called «human challenge trials», which would involve healthy volunteers being Read more about Ethical dilemma of studying Zika in humans - Scimex

The study is part of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, a UCLA research initiative that aims to transition Los Angeles County through cutting - edge research, technologies, policies, and strategies to 100 percent renewable energy and 100 percent locally sourced water, while enhancing ecosystem and human health, by 2050.

ISB serves as the ultimate environment where scientific collaboration stretches across disciplines and across academic and industrial organizations, where our researchers have the intellectual freedom to challenge the status quo, and where grand visions for breakthroughs in human health inspire a collective drive to achieve the seemingly impossible.

«Our greatest challenge impacting human health and our eco-systems stems from the ongoing emergence of new viral strains and mutants as a consequence of globalisation, migration and travel.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) addresses the world's most urgent scientific challenges by advancing sustainable energy, protecting human health, creating new materials, and revealing the origin and fate of the universe.

«However, these are just some of the challenges we will face as we use genomics to advance human health.»

These are the kind of models that can give us an expanded idea of human existence and offer us clues for how to address the mental and physical health challenges we face.

We write about the things we are passionate about — natural solutions to health challenges, political issues that directly affect human health and the environment, green living, conscious consumerism, food and nutrition, the mind - body connection, personal development and awakened spirituality.

I practice primary care family medicine, and I also have special areas of interest in the immune system (linked to autoimmune diseases, skin conditions, chronic infections, and the human microbiome), and in helping first responders optimize their health to prevent conditions and challenges common to their jobs.

Our present - day society offers more food choices, more medical support, and more nutrition resources than ever before, yet our human race is inflicted with more health and weight challenges than ever.

Her motto is to always keep it fun, challenging and creative.Judith believes that health is the greatest wealth that we have as human beings and if cultivated and respected, it can last forever.

18 - 21 — Education counseling: «Facing New Frontiers Prospects for Challenge and Change in Group Work,» conference sponsored by the Association for Specialists in Group Work, for school counselors, members of community health centers, human service agencies, and similar organizations, to be held in Athens, Ga..

The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin will each receive a supplemental award from the 2013 Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant fund to improve quality and expand access to early learning programs throughout their states.

Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Nine states — California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington — will receive grants from the $ 500 million Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge, a competitive grant program jointly administered by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services.

It's a challenging issue that we are steadily overcoming thanks to our teachers, students, support staff, coaches, parents, families, local law enforcement, community leaders and agencies, including Kern County Mental Health Services and Kern County Human Services.

Thirty - five states and the District of Columbia have applied for the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge, a $ 500 million competitive grant program jointly run by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services to improve early learning and development.

To raise awareness and challenge the philanthropic community to better resource movements to support healthy living and learning for Native children and youth, the Schott Foundation and Nike's N7 Fund, in partnership with Native Americans in Philanthropy, convened a group of Native education, health care, and human services experts along with several foundations in Washington, DC, in late June.

«The individual and collective progress of the 20 Early Learning Challenge States is changing the early childhood landscape for the better,» Linda Smith, deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development at the Administration for Children and Families, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement.

Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine advances animal and human health by generating new knowledge through high - impact research, delivering the most advanced veterinary clinical care, and providing diverse academic opportunities to train the next generation of leaders, lifesavers, and world changers that will meet the challenges of Michigan, the nation, and the world.

Companion animals and human health: Benefits, challenges, and the road ahead.

We share the joys of the human - animal bond through the years, and offer expert care, love and support in times of pet health challenges.

Cats are special and unusual creatures, but they definitely share one thing in common with dogs and many other mammals (including humans): their vulnerability to dental problems and oral health challenges.

Siddhartha «Sid» Thakur has been named NC State College of Veterinary Medicine's director of global health, a key leadership position reflective of the CVM's commitment to solving some of the world's greatest health challenges facing animals, humans and the environment.