Sentences with phrase «nonprofit research organization»

Scientists at nonprofit research organizations in the U.S. who are within 10 years of their first independent faculty appointment (Assistant Professor or equivalent) are eligible.

Salt Lake City, Utah — Waterford Institute, a global nonprofit research organization focused on student - centered educational solutions, today announced that Waterford Early Learning ™ was named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Education CODiE Awards in three categories: Best PK - 12 Personalized Learning Solution, Best Reading / English / ELL Instructional Solution, and Best Instructional Solution in Other Curriculum Areas.

Nonprofit research organization providing insights on women in the work - place; the organization's Corporate Board Services includes a directory of CEO — recommended female candidates, available to member companies.

The Heartland Institute is a national nonprofit research organization founded in 1984.

Bob Johansen is a distinguished fellow at nonprofit research organization Institute for the Future.

The Foundation is a private, regional nonprofit research organization with a general membership and Board of Trustees representing a wide spectrum of the commercial fishing industry throughout the southeast U.S. Through the Foundation, the commercial seafood and fishing industry can collectively identify industry needs, and address those needs through appropriate research and other activities.

According to Child Trends — the leading nonprofit research organization in the United States focused on improving the lives and prospects of children, youth, and their families — science supports the idea that warmth and affection expressed by parents to their children results in life - long positive outcomes for those children.

Musk joined a group of tech titans in December in investing in the newly established nonprofit research organization OpenAI.

The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota - based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as «liberty - based», published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session.

- The Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P), a multidisciplinary consortium of leading universities, national laboratories, and nonprofit research organizations addressing cybersecurity challenges.

Although sea cucumber overexploitation doesn't get the same attention as shark finning, these invertebrates are the second most valuable seafood export in the Pacific after tuna, according to lead author Hampus Eriksson of the international nonprofit research organization WorldFish.

A report from a reputable nonprofit research organization questioning the academic gains boasted by Governor Bush could make a difference inside the voting booth.

In December, a New York - based nonprofit research organization called Public Agenda released a report about trustee engagement that concluded that most board members believe their role is to select and support a good institutional leader rather than directly question administrators or initiate reform.

A team of Duke University economists and nonprofit research organization Resources for the Future found that Pennsylvania homeowners who used local groundwater for drinking lost up to 24 % of their property value if they lived within 1.25 miles of a shale gas well.

The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, formerly the Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research, is the nation's leading nonprofit research organization dedicated to hepatitis B and liver cancer worldwide.

FWI is an independent nonprofit research organization that advances the nonprofit sector's communications capacity by identifying, translating and modeling relevant scholarly research for framing the public discourse about social problems.

Founded in 1984 in Chicago, the Heartland Institute is a libertarian «think tank» that bills itself as «a national nonprofit research organization dedicated to finding and...

In 2009, she received an honorary doctorate from Bates College for her work through the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a nonprofit research organization focused on analyzing gender representation in the media industry.

As a McKinsey report noted, women now fill 53 percent of entry - level positions in the biggest U.S. companies, but only 28 percent of vice president and senior managerial positions, according to according to Catalyst, a nonprofit research organization.

The Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., conducts impartial research and publishes reports on organized efforts to influence corporate behavior on social and environmental issues.

The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities is a nonprofit research organization focused on the impact of public policy on low and moderate - income Americans.

«The pattern of treatment offered to patients who saw a physician face - to - face versus those who spoke with a physician on the telephone was not substantially different,» said Lori Usher - Pines, the study's lead author and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«Regardless of where they serve, where they live or who they are, all members of the U.S. armed forces should receive high - quality mental health care,» said Kimberly A. Hepner, lead author of the study and a clinical psychologist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«These findings suggest limiting the visibility of tobacco displays in retail stores may reduce the number of young people who try cigarettes,» said William Shadel, associate director of RAND Population Health Program and senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«It's largely a supply - and - demand problem,» said Martin Libicki, lead author of the study and senior management scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«Our findings suggest that sleep issues are independently associated with alcohol and marijuana use for teens, not just a marker for other risk factors, such as depression,» said Wendy Troxel, the study's lead author and a behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«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.

Mourad Moursi, a fellow with the nonprofit research organization HarvestPlus, said biofortification of crops with nutrients has made strides in the past few years.

«These high levels of perceived stigma may discourage individuals facing a mental health challenge from getting needed support from friends and family, the workplace, school and mental health professionals,» said Eunice Wong, lead author of the report and a behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

These statewide interventions are being evaluated by RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

The studies offer a «very compelling» hypothesis of how the bedbug problem arose and how the bugs are spreading, says Rajeev Vaidyanathan, who studies bedbug control at SRI International, a nonprofit research organization in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The study marks a solid step toward clarifying exactly how major sources of air pollution contribute to premature death around the world, says Aaron Cohen, an epidemiologist at the Health Effects Institute, a nonprofit research organization in Boston, who wasn't involved in the study.

«We were surprised how long the influence of pro-smoking messages lasted,» said Steven Martino, a study co-author and a psychologist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«After more than a decade of war, the toll faced by the nation's caregivers who aid veterans and military members is large and can be expected to grow in the decades ahead,» said Terri Tanielian, the study's co-leader and a senior social research analyst at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«Our findings suggest that e-learning can provide an efficient and scalable approach to training large numbers of clinicians in new evidence - based treatments,» said Dr. Bradley D. Stein, the study's lead author, a practicing psychiatrist and a senior scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«Tailpipe emissions are the main source of greenhouse gases from cars that use fossil fuels,» explained Anthony Shaw, a transport program specialist at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, a nonprofit research organization.

«Our findings support the hypothesis that San Francisco's Community Justice Center reduces criminal recidivism,» said Beau Kilmer, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«Our findings are counter intuitive and suggest that some anti-smoking strategies may actually go too far,» said William Shadel, lead author of the study and a senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«The Affordable Care Act is unlikely to dramatically affect liability costs, but it may influence small and moderate changes in costs over the next several years,» said David Auerbach, the study's lead author and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«As prohibitions on marijuana ease and sales of marijuana become more visible, it's important to think about how we need to change the way we talk to young people about the risks posed by the drug,» said Elizabeth D'Amico, lead author of the study and a senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«The goal of this project is to help build consensus around a shared set of facts about gun policy by demonstrating where scientific evidence is accumulating,» said Andrew Morral, the project's leader and a behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«We know millions of previously uninsured people have been enrolled into insurance plans,» said Laurie Martin, lead author of the report and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«A recent study by RAND found that the majority of Americans» cost - burden for dementia is caused by long - term care,» said Regina A. Shih, the study's lead author and a senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Since its founding in 1988 as an independent, nonprofit research organization, the Institute has made numerous advances leading towards its goal: life without disease.

Since its founding in 1988 as an independent, nonprofit research organization, the Institute has made numerous advanced leading toward its goal: life without disease.

Laura Lindberg, PhD, a senior research associate at the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit research organization focused on sexual and reproductive health, says the study highlights the importance of understanding how marriage - promotion programs actually affect the various subgroups of people they aim to help, including low - income single moms.

The report wasn't all bad news for minorities, however: Caregivers of black and Hispanic hospice patients reported similar or better experiences than white caregivers within a given hospice, according to RAND, a nonprofit research organization.