Sentences with phrase «research staff about»

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Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization in Washington, has met with members of Congress and their staff about the bill to argue that while the policy goals make sense, the language as drafted isn't needed, said Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research.

But when asked about Fed staff research that challenged a key Republican premise that corporate tax cuts generate jobs, Powell kept his distance.

December 2009 (1967 kb PDF file): The Q&A in this issue features seven questions about political influence and the financial crisis (by Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, and Thierry Tressel); research summaries on «Credit Conditions and Recoveries from Financial Crises» (by Prakash Kannan) and «Inflation Targeting in Emerging Economies» (by Turgut Kýþýnbay); the contents of the latest issue of IMF Staff Papers; a listing of visiting scholars at the IMF during October — December 2009; and listings of recent IMF Working Papers and Staff Position Notes

In the time I have, I will discuss how our thinking on the interactions between monetary policy and financial stability has been evolving, tell you about some interesting recent research by our staff and touch on some questions that have yet to be resolved.

I emailed Josh McDowell about the quote in his book, and here is the response I received back from one of his research staff:

The lack of an embedded father - focused strategy was amply illustrated by the fact that although the research had been given the go - ahead by senior managers, reception staff often appeared to be unaware of the six month long study, and were suspicious about Mr Trew's presence in the clinic, despite an official letter confirming his identity and role.

Even when we didn't have specific information pre-prepackaged (press releases, policy analyses, details about how particular Congressional districts would be affected, video B - roll, etc.), we had staff on hand who were primed to do the research and put critical material together quickly, often in hours.

Who else on El Diario's staff does not belong delving into records and researching about New Yorkers?

And now, this individual is sending a crimes report to the Department of Justice on the actions of congressional staff — the same congressional staff who researched and drafted a report that details how CIA officers, including the acting general counsel himself, provided inaccurate information to the Department of Justice about the program.

As director of SU's sustainability education, May «works with professors and students from all disciplines, as well as with staff in energy management, food services, parking and transportation, buildings and grounds, and waste management to promote understanding and research about the university as a whole system of resources and best practices,» according to a university webpage.

«We are a campus - based entrepreneurship center to help support our students, our alumni, our faculty and to staff to encourage them to take their ideas, what they're researching, what they're passionate about — and turn it into a startup.»

Although postdocs are ostensibly trainees, soaking up knowledge about how to run their own research programs, they are in practice often employed as relatively low - cost laboratory staff.

The event was mounted to educate members of Congress and their staff about recent progress in robotics and to communicate the need for continued support for robotics research.

One goal of Post-Docs of Cambridge (PdOC) is to help postdocs and other contract research staff members think realistically about their careers, whether in academia or elsewhere, and to provide help and information about career options and training.

Because seed varieties change on an annual basis, farmers have become more dependent on both certified crop advisers and extension program staff to help guide their choices and inform them about the latest research, she said.

The alliance they belong to, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), has 15 of these research centers across the world, with a total staff of aboResearch (CGIAR), has 15 of these research centers across the world, with a total staff of aboresearch centers across the world, with a total staff of about 8000.

In the second letter, Frankie L. Trull, writing on behalf of the National Association for Biomedical Research, expressed concern about what she perceived as an overly sympathetic tone, noting that «[f] or years, many biomedical researchers, their staff, and their families have been egregiously targeted by PETA and understandably are demoralized.

Because of uncertainty about the future, research leaders say, UK institutions that rely on EU funding are already seeing their staff dropped or demoted from planned collaborative EU grant applications, and top talent could already be leaving Britain.

Among the CSFR / OSFR early professional ethics initiatives, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked the committee to review proposed regulations regarding issues of technical dissent with the agency, OSFR staff surveyed 241 professional societies asking them about the extent of their organization's professional ethics issues and efforts, and the CSFR, the President's Commission on Ethical Problems in Medicine and Research and the group Medicine in the Public Interest cosponsored a workshop on whistle blowing on fraud in biomedical rResearch and the group Medicine in the Public Interest cosponsored a workshop on whistle blowing on fraud in biomedical researchresearch.

Eliot works with Science's news staff in Europe and Asia; edits stories on medical research topics in Washington, D.C.; and writes about patents and other science policy issues.

Nash outlined the information the researchers will seek to gather over the next year: an additional synthesis of existing research; an analysis of the types of information and information sources vying for policymakers» attention; a survey of science communicators» current practices; and interviews with two dozen current and former members of Congress and congressional staff about «which communication practices work and which don't, as well as who policymakers trust to communicate scientific information.»

We are excited about the June 21st opening of HCI's newest facility, the Primary Children's and Families» Cancer Research Center, which will enable our faculty and staff to accelerate their groundbreaking research into cures forResearch Center, which will enable our faculty and staff to accelerate their groundbreaking research into cures forresearch into cures for cancer.

Instead, staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California are keeping their lips firmly sealed about the prestigious award they recently won for top - secret intelligence research.

Susan Koester joined the editorial staff at Neuron after her first postdoc and quickly learned that being senior editor was primarily about understanding what constitutes outstanding, cutting - edge research and making sure that that was the research published in the journal.

The Monsanto Research Center has a fulltime staff of about a dozen, but officials there stress that they do not work with GMOs.

The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) are large grants (from about $ 4 million to $ 23 million a year) for training programs, regulatory staff, and other support for bench - to - bedside research at academic medical centers.

Thousands of research staff in Catalonia get their salaries from Madrid, and the region, which is home to 16 % of Spain's population, receives about 24 % of Spanish subsidies for R&D and innovation.

Today people are recruited through the standard procedure (big competitions with a research strand), although readers should know that about 50 % of our staff is hired under temporary or interim contracts.

As a result, PhD students and postdocs — along with senior research staff — will have to spend some time thinking about their personal career development goals in the near future.

Jaramillo, a staff geologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama City, is leading a team of about 40 scientists who are taking advantage of this brief opportunity to study the rocks before they again surrender to plants or water.

At the Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Thermonuclear Research (Triniti), one of a clutch of former top - secret military establishments that make up the town of Troitsk about 40 kilometres south of Moscow, staff were not paid anything for two months last summer.

Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and staff editor Kate Wong talk about the contents of the August issue, including articles on some of the odd consequences of general relativity, life as a Neanderthal, and the latest research on celiac disease.

In an accompanying editorial, Ara S. Khachaturian, Ph.D., Executive Editor, and the editorial staff of Alzheimer's & Dementia, «commend the effort within the Research Framework to create a common language that may lead to new thinking for the generation of new testable hypotheses about the conceptual basis for Alzheimer's disease.

Helmholtz Zentrum München is a member of the Helmholtz Association, a community of 18 scientific - technical and medical - biological research centers with a total of about 37,000 staff members.

Specifically this Notice: 1) develops principles based on 20 years» experience of providing instruction in responsible conduct of research by the scientific research community; 2) is more specific about who should participate, how often instruction should occur, and the form that instruction should take; 3) addresses issues that have arisen as the practice of biomedical, behavioral and clinical science has evolved; and 4) provides guidance to applicants, peer reviewers and NIH staff in determining how well specific plans for instruction in responsible conduct of research compare with the best practices accumulated over the past two decades by the research training community.

With about 9000 employees, including nearly 6000 staff members in the science and education sector, and 24000 students, KIT is one of the biggest research and education institutions in Europe.

UCLA undergraduate and graduate students in neuroscience organized and staffed Brain Awareness Week, sponsored by UCLA's Brain Research Institute, to raise interest in research and get students thinking about careers in Research Institute, to raise interest in research and get students thinking about careers in research and get students thinking about careers in science.

Last year, I attended a presentation about merging foundation relations with research; it provided me with a new perspective on collaborating and establishing constant communications lines with our foundation relations staff, particularly while we engage the W.M. Keck Foundation.

For the past few years, Houze has filled a valued role as a collaborator with PNNL staff scientists, advancing the science of clouds and sharing his legacy of transformative research influencing how meteorologists and climatologists think about atmospheric convection.

Learn more about Dr. Aldred's lab and all the Genomic Medicine Institute research staff at our webpage http://www.lerner.ccf.org/gmi/people/.

Coordinated by the Office of Professional Staff Affairs and the Office of Diversity at Cleveland Clinic, the goal of this year's program was to disseminate knowledge about recent advances in basic science and clinical research, as well as innovations in the care of the surgical patient.

La Jolla Institute's research staff includes more than 150 Ph.D. s and M.D.s. To learn more about the Institute's work, visit www.liai.org.

About Inac (France) Inac, a joint fundamental research institute between CEA and University Grenoble Alpes with a staff of 500, is a major player in basic research.

About 600 faculty staff of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas A&M Veterinary Medical -LSB-...]

The ASCB Post staff brings you the latest news about science, advocacy, discovery, innovation, research and funding.

Our unit comprises of three research groups and our staff consists of about 35 experts.

One of eleven research institutes within the University of Hawai`i, it has a total staff of over 300, including about 55 faculty.

Dr. Sabrina Richards, a staff writer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has written about scientific research and the environment for The Scientist and OnEarth MResearch Center, has written about scientific research and the environment for The Scientist and OnEarth Mresearch and the environment for The Scientist and OnEarth Magazine.

«More research should be done, but there is a growing body of evidence which suggests that women previously diagnosed with breast cancer should speak with their doctor about possibly limiting their consumption of alcohol,» says the lead researcher on the study, Marilyn L. Kwan, PhD, a staff scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland.

Unlike many studies in which people report their own weight — a notoriously inaccurate approach — the research staff on this study personally weighed the study participants and interviewed them about their physical activity in person, Dr. Church points out.