Sentences with phrase «of public health researchers»

How does a team of public health researchers persuade a multinational corporate like Google to part with many of hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Harvard School of Public Health researchers estimate that trans fat had been causing about 50,000 premature heart attack deaths annually, making partially hydrogenated oil one of the most harmful ingredients in the food supply (see discussion of salt).

Two platforms have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use and UTHealth School of Public Health researchers, led by Zhi - Dong Jiang, M.D., Dr.P.H., were involved in the testing process for these platforms..

A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers found that injecting a vaccine - like compound into mice was effective in protecting them from malaria.

Texas A&M School of Public Health researchers have already shown that stand - capable workstations — those in which the worker could raise or lower the desk to stand or sit as they wished throughout the day — boost productivity in office workers, help students» cognitive functioning and improve kids» BMI.

A group of public health researchers announced at a workshop held here last week that the virus's DNA sequence shows conclusively that it is the West Nile virus — an identification that was under debate until recently.

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers found that men, blacks, and low - income populations had higher risk estimates from PM2.5 exposure compared with the national average, with blacks having mortality risks three times higher than the national average.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers are calling upon police in all states to improve their reporting of crashes involving vehicles and bicycles, according to a new study being published April 2, 2015.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say a new candidate vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) made with a weakened version of the virus shows great promise at fighting the disease, the leading cause of hospitalization for children under the age of one in the U.S.

The quality of the neighborhood where a child grows up has a significant impact on the number of problem behaviors they display during elementary and teenage years, a study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers suggests.

In a draft of the health impact assessment released in February 2011, the School of Public Health researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and cancer.

Not only did the Harvard School of Public Health researchers find that frightening increase; that was when drinking cold liquids.

UQ School of Public Health researcher Dr Mark Jones said women over 75 faced a 33 per cent higher chance of developing diabetes if they were taking statins.

Easier access to concealed firearms is associated with significantly higher rates of handgun - related homicide, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher.

Social media messaging, screening and interventions offer new tools to help colleges prevent and reduce excessive drinking, according to a report authored by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher, working with a group of experts.

Led by University of Maryland School of Public Health researcher Dr. Andrew Fenelon, the study analyzed data on adults ages 18 - 64 from the National Health Interview Survey that were linked to HUD data for the eight years from 2004 - 2012.

School of Public Health researcher Akilew Adane said this and other maternal health research added to the evidence that parents and clinicians should think of pre-pregnancy health across the entire reproductive stage of women's lives, «not just the year before starting a family.»

Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) in drinking water may increase the risk of stillbirth and placental abruption, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher.

Not exact matches

Despite decades of work by public - health researchers hoping to prove their case on a scientific basis, conclusive evidence is nowhere to be seen.

You could also think of your brain like a baseball game, according to Yuval Nir, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

«In the early days of insurance, [companies] looked at height as an indication of survival,» said David Batty, an epidemiology and public health researcher at the University College London, who was not involved in the study.

For a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed the eating habits of more than 200,000 health care workers over the course of more than 20 Health analyzed the eating habits of more than 200,000 health care workers over the course of more than 20 health care workers over the course of more than 20 years.

The lack of funding combined with the toxic environment that surrounds the debate over gun rights has made most public - health researchers wary of touching the topic.

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, found that eating red meat once a day gives you a 20 % greater chance of death by heart disease or cancer.

AFSA is a national alliance of farmers, food entrepreneurs, public health professionals, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, journalists, researchers and local food advocates who share the vision of a fair food future for all Australians.

This issue is so important to human health, and so ignored in the mainstream media, that I have previously assigned my top researchers to cover this topic, which includes science writer Dr. Martin Michener, PhD, and health reporter John P. Thomas, Master of Science in Public Health (M.Shealth, and so ignored in the mainstream media, that I have previously assigned my top researchers to cover this topic, which includes science writer Dr. Martin Michener, PhD, and health reporter John P. Thomas, Master of Science in Public Health (M.Shealth reporter John P. Thomas, Master of Science in Public Health (M.SHealth (M.S.P.H.)

The number of people who follow gluten - free diets is far larger than the number diagnosed with celiac disease, report researchers at Rutgers University, noting the public perception of the diet's health benefits may also be helping encourage its adoption.

One study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health compared the cardiovascular health of 4,000 participants with their intake ofHealth compared the cardiovascular health of 4,000 participants with their intake ofhealth of 4,000 participants with their intake of CLAs.

The library serves as a unique resource for residents, visitors, and researchers in the fields of fitness, nutrition, policy, and public health as well as an open resource that facilitates the professional development of current and future culinary artists.

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«I would rather see all those high schools go out and even if they shared an athletic trainer, I'd rather see that than see them all go out and spend money on sensors,» Dawn Comstock, a leading concussion researcher, professor at University of Colorado's School of Public Health, and member of MomsTEAM Institute's Board of Advisors, told SI.

«I have great respect for the researchers at Harborview and think this was a good study, and was great to see somebody providing data on youth younger than high school age,» said Dawn Comstock, an epidemiologist at the Colorado School of Public Health who has studied extensively sports injuries at the high school level.

In a new analysis done at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard, researchers found that kangaroo care resulted in the following positive results:

Just 12.2 percent of women ages 50 and older are satisfied with their body size, according to a study reported by researchers from UNC's Gillings School of Public Health that appeared in the Oct. 11, 2013 Journal of Women & Aging.

In addition to helping parents make the best and most appropriate decision for themselves, the information provided here should also be of use to educators, health professionals, public health officials, the media, sleep researchers, child protective services, coroners, forensic pathologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other social scientists, as well as researchers in a variety the developmental fields including human biology.

Because the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence requirements and the resulting information about effectiveness are public, researchers can use them to increase the rigor of their evaluations.

Looking at 15 Kids LiveWell participating chains, researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that the average restaurant kid's meal in 2015 still contained twice the calories recommended for small children and more than 60 percent of their recommended daily allotment of sodium.

Clearly, these research efforts will require the establishment and funding of strong multidisciplinary partnerships involving biological, medical, public - health and behavioural researchers.

The Hoosic River runs through the village, which has become the epicenter of a public health crisis after researchers discovered that the public water supply was tainted with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, which is used to make Teflon.

For the people of Hoosick Falls who are trying to make sense of what the high levels of PFOA in the bloodstream means, the fact sheet doesn't convey the weight of the health risks detailed in published studies, said Laurel Schaider, an environmental chemist and public health researcher at the Silent Springs Institute, which studies the links between environmental contamination and human health.

«Dr. Shah is a nationally recognized medical researcher and practitioner whose commitment to reshaping our public health system will serve the people of New York well,» Governor Cuomo said.

Researchers were surprised by some of the numbers, but public health officials and elected officials weren't entirely shocked with the results.

«As health professionals and researchers we write to highlight the valuable benefits of continued EU membership to the NHS, medical innovation and UK public health.

-- State University of New York researchers found more premature births in fluoridated than non-fluoridated upstate New York communities, according to a presentation made at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting on November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia.

Beatrix Ann Hamburg, a renowned psychiatrist and academic researcher whose pioneering work advanced understanding of mental health for children and adolescents and shaped public policies related to improving the health of minorities, died on April 15.

In the states» study, the drop was particularly steep for gay, lesbian and bisexual teens, health and social policy researcher Julia Raifman of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues health and social policy researcher Julia Raifman of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues Health and colleagues found.

The AGIES panel's «perception was flavored by its public - health perspective on scientific arguments», says Grant McFadden, a poxvirus researcher at the University of Florida in Gainesville and a member of the scientific review panel.

«There might not be a huge burden of disease from heat - related illness right now in your community,» says Jeremy Hess, an emergency medicine physician and public health researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle.

The rise of tuberculosis (TB) in Zimbabwe during the socio - economic crisis of 2008 - 9 has been linked to widespread food shortage, according to a new study led by Canadian researchers from the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health published in PLOS ONE.

More than 2 1/2 years after these laws went on the books, repeat concussions began to decline among high school athletes, researchers report online October 19 in the American Journal of Public Health.