Sentences with phrase «led a research effort»

The probes targeted to breast cancer have shown great promise so far in breast cancer clinical trials, and Mankoff and his Penn Medicine colleagues have helped lead this research effort.

Pigs and humans have similar colonic stem cell populations and microbiomes, according to Jairam K.P. Vanamala, who led a research effort to better understand those similarities.

The new CU Boulder e-skin has sensors embedded to measure pressure, temperature, humidity and air flow, said Assistant Professor Jianliang Xiao, who is leading the research effort with CU Boulder chemistry and biochemistry Associate Professor Wei Zhang.

Clark leads research efforts focused on the chemistry and chemical engineering of processing nuclear materials — including DOE's Energy Frontier Research Center on Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM).

«Kepler's original mission observed a small patch of sky as it was designed to conduct a demographic survey of the different types of planets,» said Ian Crossfield, a Sagan Fellow at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, who led the research effort.

The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, ME is seeking an exceptionally talented and highly motivated Computational Scientist to lead research efforts to use machine vision for mouse phenotyping.

As part of the initial three - year program strategy for NCPI, FWI has worked with FMCSV and HCDC to develop a research plan with two overarching goals: (1) to build the best possible approach to communicating the science of child development in a Brazilian context, and (2) to create local capacity to lead this research effort over the long term in Brazil.

Ari is a portfolio manager for AQR's commodities and managed futures strategies, leading research efforts in both areas.

Fred Ghatala, who as partner with Vancouver - based consultancy Waterfall Group is leading the research effort, said it comes down to lower costs in an industry where fuel purchasing and delivery represents a substantial part of an airline's operational budget.

Gretchen Goldman, research director at the Center for Science and Democracy, leads research efforts on the role of science in public policy.

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Viome recently hired Guruduth Banavar, the former head of cognitive computing at IBM Research who spent years working on Watson, to lead its A.I. efforts.

Lazaridis and Fregin collaborated to found the company formerly known as Research In Motion in 1984, which became Canada's leading high technology company through its pioneering efforts in smartphones.

Winners also enjoy: National recognition as one of Canada's foremost Dealmakers Heightened market interest thanks to extensive media exposure in The Globe and Mail, Lexpert and Thomson Reuters publications Media coverage stemming from Deloitte's national media relations efforts The opportunity to engage in the high - level industry networking that fuels M&A transactions - Recognition at the gala awards ceremony, which is attended by leading investors, advisors and financiers - Year - round networking and educational opportunities, including access to valuable research, insights and best practices

Whether testifying before Congress or assisting policymakers with research, Coin Center leads advocacy efforts in Washington to help regulators understand what's at stake when trying to create policies that will govern the future of online freedoms.

China is leading an effort to water down the World Bank's most popular research report in a test of the development institution's new president, Jim Yong Kim.

Efficiency and Speed: Research into the time and effort it takes to connect with qualified leads supports the need for the prospecting / sales development process to be fast and efficient; simply put, the more quality calls, the higher the likelihood of success.

As Head of U.S. Economics, Neil Dutta leads RenMac's economic research efforts, analyzing global trends and cross market investment themes.

Before starting the firm with Chris Burniske and Brad Burnham in 2017, he led Union Square Ventures crypto research and investment efforts.

• Lead architect for social media and SEO for Comcast's Fancast project • Oversaw social and search optimization improvements to upscale online auction site • Assisted in first implementation of Omniture Analytics at Comcast.com • Analyzed user experience data for client e-commerce portals • Researched & assessed opportunities for growth in online efforts • Analyzed web traffic for opportunities for improving traffic and conversions on websites

Jonathan has led numerous research efforts on global economic trends, including growth and productivity, urbanization, affordable housing, energy and sustainability, e-commerce, and the economic impact of the Internet, as well as on productivity growth and economic development in China and Asia.

«The current US tech - oriented actions against China will lead China to double down its efforts to become technologically independent and develop homegrown technology,» he wrote in a research note last week.

That research led to improved gearbox designs, reducing the overall cost of wind energy and showing how collaborative industry efforts and federal support for R&D can resolve performance challenges.

He leads the Organic Valley sustainability department's efforts in natural resource conservation, renewable energy production, environmental research and employee engagement.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A defResearch Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A defresearch institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A deficiency.

Improved commercialisation and increased effort in food processing developments will help Australia profit from the nation's world leading research in agricultural systems.

Co-founded and jointly led by Stanford University and The Culinary Institute of America, the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative is a working group of leading scholars, foodservice business leaders, and executive chefs from invited colleges and universities who are accelerating efforts to move Americans toward healthier, more sustainable, plant - forward diets.

Unlike other major corporations, the NHL invests little in research and development, an effort that Neilson would be uniquely qualified to lead.

This process requires a lot of research and solid understanding of what your baby can and can't have at different parts of his or her infancy, but if you're willing to put forth the effort, you can provide your child with a lot of nutrition through baby - led weaning.

It's notable to me that even the Food Research and Action Center (one of the nation's leading anti-hunger nonprofits), strongly opposes the recent efforts by Iowa Congressman Steve King to repeal the calorie caps.

March of Dimes has a lot of information on the causes and possible prevention of premature birth, a leading cause of infant death, and it is involved in numerous advocacy efforts to drive research into ways to prevent birth defects and infant death.

The conference will unite industry experts, leading scientists, neurologists and international business leaders with current and former professional athletes in effort to create consensus on the path forward for scientific research and commercial development.

Efforts are being made to monitor the water quality of the Fonteyn Kill, led by Vassar College's Environmental Research Institute and the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Dutchess County Environment Program.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

For many years, a friendly division of work within the Alzheimer's Association called for the New York City office to deliver programs and the national office in Chicago to lead advocacy efforts and promote funding for major research.

A report prepared by Dr. Kent Gardner, Principal and Chief Economist for the Rochester - based Center for Governmental Research, showed that a collaborative effort is needed to help reduce the amount of lead in homes in Erie County.

That effort led to collaboration between The Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to develop a six - week cooking program research protocol aimed at improving food security — or the ability to afford adequate food — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recipes.

Wagstaff, a chemist with a Ph.D. in STEM education research and an affinity for increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM, led an agency - wide effort to broaden NIJ's pool of peer reviewers, STEM graduate fellows, and R&D grant applicants.

The study was funded and led by the EPA's Office of Research and Development and Region 10, through a Regional Applied Research Effort grant.

Their research efforts will lead to the development of better materials and more efficient devices, such as sensors, light bulbs and solar panels.

He led a new research effort that took a deep look at the ecology and genetics of chickpea plants.

To that end, James Clovis, president of the Industrial Research Institute, an organization representing 231 leading companies that together carry out approximately 70 % of the industrial research effort in the United States, said that the country lacked a strategic plan to address the critical issues facing its S&E woResearch Institute, an organization representing 231 leading companies that together carry out approximately 70 % of the industrial research effort in the United States, said that the country lacked a strategic plan to address the critical issues facing its S&E woresearch effort in the United States, said that the country lacked a strategic plan to address the critical issues facing its S&E workforce.

Jim Woodgett of the Lunenfeld - Tanenbaum Research Institute at Toronto, Canada's Mount Sinai Hospital has been leading an effort to change how Canada's leading biomedical research funder does bResearch Institute at Toronto, Canada's Mount Sinai Hospital has been leading an effort to change how Canada's leading biomedical research funder does bresearch funder does business.

With obesity rates climbing during the past 20 years within the United States and colon cancer being the second - leading killer of men and women in the nation, these facts compelled Fenton and her team to conduct research which could identify the specific biomarkers of obesity and early - stage colon cancer and help in prevention efforts.

MEXT has launched the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities, choosing 22 universities to lead the country's efforts in advancing science and technology.

Led by Indonesian scientists and involving researchers from Griffith University's Research Centre of Human Evolution (RCHE) the team found problems with prior dating efforts at the cave site, Liang Bua.

Maria Elena Bottazzi leads the research, education and administration efforts of the school, is a Professor of Pediatric Tropical Medicine and the Deputy Director for the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development.

Institute research efforts include the search for new ways of fighting disease and hunger, examining leading questions in mathematics and computer science, probing the physics of matter and the universe, creating novel materials and developing new strategies for protecting the environment.

«While significant effort is being put into developing treatments to slow or block the progression of Alzheimer's dementia, little work has been done to get the medical system ready for such an advancement,» said Jodi Liu, lead author of the study and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Gusella led the effort that initially mapped the location of the HD gene to chromosome 4, and in 1993 the gene itself was isolated in the laboratory of MGH CHGR investigator Marcy MacDonald, PhD, in collaboration with Gusella and a consortium of research teams from around the world.

Emily's background is in ecology and environmental policy, and prior to joining AAAS, she led engagement and outreach efforts at the U.S. Global Change Research Program.