Sentences with phrase «public health needs»

Having worked in both field research and control gave me a good understanding of public health needs within limited resource environments, something that made me a suitable candidate for the position.

Thus, there is a clear public health need for effective treatments to reduce serious antisocial behavior in this population.

Meeting participants collectively identified several key obstacles to sharing research data and findings in times of acute public health need.

Also, in areas of environmental protection and public health we need more scientific thinking.

When I saw that this is the place where you can marry technology to a huge public health need, there was no turning back.

In areas that have some of the most urgent public health needs, no one is keeping adequate statistics.

The Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) block grant (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013b) addresses public health needs through prevention and health promotion programs.

Yet, the available evidence indicates that faith - based health providers play an important part in meeting public health needs such as immunisation, antimalarial campaigns, preventing mother and child deaths, and HIV services, especially in fragile health systems.

Given the number of potential environmental problems in and around Gallagher Beach, Poloncarz said public health needs to be a priority in determining whether to open it for swimming.

«There is a critical public health need to translate these findings to humans and understand vaccine response in this growing segment of the population,» Schultz - Cherry said.

The NIH program staff develop new programs that address congressionally identified public health needs, needs determined by the Department of Health and Human Services or NIH, or needs determined by peer scientists.

More than 750 microbiologists have signed an open letter to NIH director Elias Zerhouni protesting the increasing emphasis on biodefense research at the expense of basic public health needs.

In this segment, Dr. House and Dr. Barrett talk about why the brain «fools us» into thinking our functional vision and movement is normal in the presence of neurological disease, and what this means for professional caregivers, families, and our medical culture and society, since patient self - reporting is now a major source of information about public health needs and treatment efficacy.

Thus, there is a strong public health need for effective treatment to reduce AOD abuse and justice involvement in EAs.

The authors conclude,» [a] s the quick and transparent dissemination of information is the bedrock of good science and public health practice, it is important that the current trends in data sharing carry over to all matters of acute public health need.

Our Institute has studied how to use «social big data» to address public health needs and we wanted to apply this work to address the needs of transgender communities and researchers.»

As VRC Director, Dr. Mascola provides scientific leadership to the basic, clinical, and translational research activities of the VRC; develops vaccine research programs to meet public health needs; allocates VRC resources; and develops policies for the execution of multi-disciplinary research.

United for Medical Research, a Washington, D.C. — based lobbying group, says «this meaningful increase for NIH makes real progress toward catching up from the past decade of underfunding and keeping up with scientific advancements and public health needs.»

The key to successful vaccination lies within a specialised chain of events, beginning with the identification of a public health need, and ending in an effective and affordable vaccine accessible by those most in need of it.

«The fight against Zika virus is not a 100 - m race, but rather a marathon in which science and public health need to work hand in hand for the benefit of our peoples.»

The VMLRP was an act passed by Congress in 2003 intended to assist areas without adequate veterinary care (mostly for food production and public health needs) by providing up to $ 75,000 in loan repayment for a three - year commitment by a veterinarian to practice in designated areas of veterinarian shortages.