Sentences with phrase «university research backgrounds»

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When I started working on this stuff the biggest challenge that I had was that I didn't come from a university setting or research background or a corporate setting.

Research carried out by University of Brighton has previously identified that in the UK fathers remain an «untapped resource» for breastfeeding support, and that fathers from diverse backgrounds and circumstances are interested and want to be involved more broadly in preparation for, and support of, breastfeeding (Sherriff and Hall, 2011).

Heather, who joined FRAC in January 2009, has a rich background in nutrition policy research, obesity prevention, and healthy eating strategies, including her prior work at the American Cancer Society, Mathematica Policy Research, and Tulane Uniresearch, obesity prevention, and healthy eating strategies, including her prior work at the American Cancer Society, Mathematica Policy Research, and Tulane UniResearch, and Tulane University.

A lecturer in psychology at University College, London, she has a background of research in child development.

The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Millsresearch trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian MillsResearch Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian MillsResearch by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

Statement from Breast Cancer Care on research from the University of Dundee that establishes a link between deprivation and the p53 gene to explain why women from poorer backgrounds are less likely to survive breast cancer.

Next, she spent a year researching tobacco use prevention and control at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where it occurred to her that she could use her mathematics background to help people.

The author group included individuals from a large spread of nationalities and scientific and institutional backgrounds, but consensus was easy to reach, says declaration co-author Charoula Tzanakou, a research fellow at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom who investigates gender balance in academia.

Scientists at research institutes and universities in Singapore are carrying out valuable and world - class research, but they might not be in a position to convey the potential of their discovery to a venture capitalist, unless the venture capitalist has a scientific background or at least access to someone on the team who does.

The three editors (Frances Brodsky, University of California, San Francisco), Mark Marsh (University College London), and Sandra Schmid (The Scripps Research Institute)-- who retain responsibility for making the scientific decisions — realized that the journal could not be successful without someone with the appropriate scientific background to handle the journal's daily operation.

As more and more departments begin to realise the value of enterprise for their subject areas, I believe there will be more demand for enterprise lecturers from a range of backgrounds, including Ph.D.'s, particularly if the Research Assessment Exercises (RAE, a U.K. government measurement of the quality of an institution's research) begins to recognise patents and spin - off companies as a valuable part of university productivity, rather than counting only researchResearch Assessment Exercises (RAE, a U.K. government measurement of the quality of an institution's research) begins to recognise patents and spin - off companies as a valuable part of university productivity, rather than counting only researchresearch) begins to recognise patents and spin - off companies as a valuable part of university productivity, rather than counting only researchresearch papers.

Against this promising background, the small university of sciences (Fachhochschule, or FH) in the lake's vicinity, FH Ravensburg - Weingarten, decided to adopt international cooperation in education and research as one of its special trademarks.

The research and development staff members at Ben & Jerry's usually come from culinary backgrounds, but Spors's formal education was scientific: He received a B.S. in food sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Burton Andersen, chief of infectious diseases at the University of Illinois, Chicago, agrees that further research into the nature of the Yanomami's lack of an immune response would bolster the scientists» evidence: «It's certainly possible they [the Yanomami] never evolved any special genetic background to protect themselves.»

«To answer more fundamental questions in diseases, I had to have more background in medical science and had to have more insight into how the human body works,» says Chen, who currently is a research fellow at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute — and has been admitted to the medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr Piers Dawes, from The University of Manchester's Audiology and Deafness research group, said: «This is the first study to describe the prevalence of difficulties understanding speech in background noise in a large sample of the population, anywhere in the world.

University research administrators came from many disciplines, via different administrative routes, and had a variety of backgrounds.

«Postdocs from all social backgrounds reported significant declines in interest in faculty careers at research - intensive universities and increased interest in nonresearch careers,» compared to their feelings early in grad school, write Kenneth Gibbs, Jr., of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland; John McGready of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland; and Kimberly Griffin of the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr Martin Stevens from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus said: «As far as we know, this is the first time that research has demonstrated through the eyes of a predator how individual animals from the same population can tune their camouflage to match different backgrounds.

In order to learn more about this stage of the universe, Prof. Stefan Antusch and his team from the Department of Physics at the University of Basel are conducting research into what is known as the stochastic background of gravitational waves.

This is essential for developing treatments that are truly effective,» is how Professor Emrah Düzel, site speaker of the DZNE in Magdeburg and director of the Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research at the University of Magdeburg, explains the background to the study.

Practicing what he preaches, McFadden collaborates with Ron Merrill at the University of Washington, Seattle, and he touts some of Australia's formal collaboration efforts like Australia's Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), which bring together partners with different backgrounds (e.g., commercial, research, university) to achieve a similar scientUniversity of Washington, Seattle, and he touts some of Australia's formal collaboration efforts like Australia's Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), which bring together partners with different backgrounds (e.g., commercial, research, university) to achieve a similar scientifResearch Centres (CRCs), which bring together partners with different backgrounds (e.g., commercial, research, university) to achieve a similar scientifresearch, university) to achieve a similar scientuniversity) to achieve a similar scientific goal.

The researchers are Dr Lucy Frith, who is Reader in Bioethics at the University of Liverpool; University of Huddersfield Professor Emeritus Eric Blyth, an authority on social work who has a long track record of research into infertility treatments; and University of Huddersfield senior lecturer Dr Steve Lui, who has a background working and researching in the field of embryology.

Transitional master's programs such as Wesleyan's, and the well - known program at San Francisco State University in California, give students from other backgrounds a chance to master the fundamental math, physics, and computer skills that astronomy or physics majors obtain in a research - intensive undergraduate program.

The University of Kansas research team delved further into this matter by asking 152 Midwestern 14 - to 19 - years - olds from a predominantly Latino, low - income background to complete a series of questionnaires.

«This project was a cohesive dynamic of three scientists from different research backgrounds coming together to investigate a fascinating observation,» says Hartwell, the paper's lead author and an oceanographer affiliated with the University of Akron and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

In new research on how pollinators find flowers when background odors are strong, University of Washington and University of Arizona researchers have found that both natural plant odors and human sources of pollution can conceal the scent of sought - after flowers.

Who is susceptible to ALTS — and why — is unclear, but according to new research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) at Temple University, genetic and ethnic background may be underlying factors.

«Increasing background ozone from rising Asian emissions leaves less room for local production of ozone before the federal standard is violated,» said lead author Meiyun Lin, a research scholar in the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University and a scientist at GFDL.

Dr. Simon Atkinson is a cell biologist with a basic research background in cytoskeletal proteins who is now Chair of Biology at the joint Indiana University - Purdue University graduate school in Indianapolis.

Alan Colman, research director, PPL: I had come from a background of nuclear transfer with John Gurdon [a developmental biologist at the University of Cambridge, UK].

Using social network analysis is «a very exciting area of current research,» says Graham Sack, a literature Ph.D. student with a physics background at Columbia University.

An international research consortium led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Chicago has answered several questions about the genetic background of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome (TS), providing the first direct confirmation that both are highly heritable and also revealing major differences between the underlying genetic makeup of the disorders.

October 24, 2013 Genetic analysis reveals novel insights into the genetic architecture of obsessive - compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome An international research consortium led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Chicago has answered several questions about the genetic background of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome (TS), providing the first direct confirmation that both are highly heritable and also revealing major differences between the underlying genetic makeup of the disorders.

His background is in biological science research, having completed an M.S. in Biology from the Rockefeller University and several years» experience as a Research Scientist in aresearch, having completed an M.S. in Biology from the Rockefeller University and several years» experience as a Research Scientist in aResearch Scientist in academia.

I came to Emory University in 2011 with no background in academic research.

Dr. Suzanne» s diverse background includes research experience combining Ayurveda and conventional medicine, an exploration of the relationship between psychosocial risk factors in pregnant urban teens and participation on a MacArthur Foundation funded team at University of California at San Francisco.

Armed with a solid background in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, I spent 12 hours a day researching everything I could about the hormones, enzymes, neurotransmitters and chemical massagers that cause weight gain.

Additionally, given the severe and longstanding underrepresentation of minorities in the American professoriate, I want to mentor and prepare students from underrepresented backgrounds for careers in university - level teaching and research.

With colleagues from the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence, a federal research center at the University of California campus here, Tharp has identified five standards that he says mark effective instruction in classrooms with high concentrations of students from backgrounds outside the U.S. cultural maiResearch on Education, Diversity, & Excellence, a federal research center at the University of California campus here, Tharp has identified five standards that he says mark effective instruction in classrooms with high concentrations of students from backgrounds outside the U.S. cultural mairesearch center at the University of California campus here, Tharp has identified five standards that he says mark effective instruction in classrooms with high concentrations of students from backgrounds outside the U.S. cultural mainstream.

That is why we have introduced major reforms through the Higher Education and Research Act, including the Transparency Duty which will require all universities to publish data broken down by gender, ethnicity and socio - economic background, shining a light on institutions that need to do more to widen access.»

The report, «Tomorrow's Schools: Principles for the Design of Professional Development Schools,» outlines a comprehensive set of principles intended to guide the creation of such schools, in which prospective teachers can learn their craft, university faculty can conduct research, and practicing teachers and university instructors can collaborate in the development of strategies for teaching children from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Freshman year course performance — more than background characteristics such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, or prior achievement — predict which students with disabilities are most at risk for dropping out of high school, according to a new report from the National High School Center at AIR and the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago.

Behaviour problems are significantly more common among children from disadvantaged backgrounds — and are strongly apparent in the pre-school years - according to the preliminary findings of new research commissioned by the Sutton Trust from Dr Liz Washbrook of Bristol University.

Vogel's academic background includes experience as an instructor and research assistant at Drexel University in both the finance and mathematics departments, as well as a finance instructor at Villanova University.

Casey is from Knoxville, Tennessee and has a background in Psychology and animal behavior research from the College of Charleston, SC and the University of Tennessee.

Catherine McMillan (Special thanks to Dr. Stan Rubin DVM, University of Saskatchewan Vet Teaching Hospital, for his assistance in providing background research material for this column).

Background: Another successful collaborative research effort between OptiGen and scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has led to the discovery of a mutation causing Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) in your Portuguese Water Dogs (PWDs).

Emerging from a sculptural background at Edinburgh College of Art and MFA at University of Ulster his practice draws on diverse research from linguistics to psychology.

, who worked as a clown in the circus throughout her youth, has backgrounds in various movement and improvisation techniques and holds a research MA in Cultural Analysis and MA in Political Studies from the University of Amsterdam.