Cholesterol Drugs May Treat Psoriasis WebMD "There was a trend toward less severe psoriasis severity in people taking statins," says researcher Adam Perry, a fourth-year medical student at Emory … and more »

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Cholesterol Drugs May Treat Psoriasis – WebMD

El Paso Inc Business Announcements for the week of 3/7-3/13/2010 El Paso Inc … an annual residency research day, journal clubs with more medical student participation and faculty mentorship with scholarly tracks. ..

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Business Announcements for the week of 3/7-3/13/2010 – El Paso Inc

Medical benefit to fund diabetes research USD Volante Online Mary Baker, second-year medical student , said the event, organized by a small group of medical students, was such a success the first time, …

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Medical student earns $90000 grant Moonee Valley Community News ESSENDON woman Jaclyn Sceneay will undertake her PhD in breast cancer research at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne after …

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An online tool to help educators teach the next generation of nurses and physician assistants about genetics and genomics has been launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The tool is part of NHGRI’s effort to address the growing need among health care professionals for knowledge in this area, which is paving the way for more individualized approaches to detect, treat and prevent many diseases..

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Online Genomics Center For Educators Of Nurses, Physician Assistants

Increasing regulatory mandates, heightened concerns about compliance, accountability, and liability, as well as a movement toward organizational integration are prompting assessment and transformation in education and training programs at academic health centers, particularly with regard to clinical research compliance. Whereas education and training have become a major link between all research and compliance functions, the infrastructure to support and sustain these activities has not been examined in any systematic, comprehensive fashion, leaving many critical interrelated issues unaddressed. Through a series of informal interviews in late 2008 with chief compliance officers and other senior leadership at 10 academic health centers, the authors studied the organization, management, and …

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Commentary: Compliance Education and Training: A Need for New Responses in Clinical Research

A comprehensive system for translating basic biomedical research into useful and effectively implemented clinical diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic practices is essential to the nation’s health. The state of clinical and translational research (CTR) in the United States, however, has been characterized as fragmented, slow, expensive, and poorly coordinated. As part of its Roadmap Initiative, the National Institutes of Health instituted the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), a sweeping and ambitious program designed to transform the conduct of biomedical research in the United States by speeding the translation of scientific discoveries into useful therapies and then developing methods to ensure that those therapies reach the patients who need them the most.

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Linking Scientific Discovery and Better Health for the Nation: The First Three Years of the NIH’s Clinical and Translational Science Awards

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Jay A. Perman, M.D., Former Chair of Pediatrics, has been named President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore

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Jay A. Perman, MD, Former Chair of Pediatrics, has been named President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore

Loyola University Medical Center ranked among the top hospitals in the world in a recent research competition for pathologists in training. Loyola was tied for the top nine programs in the number of scientific studies accepted in the Stowell-Orbison Awards competition sponsored by the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP). One hundred academic programs worldwide participated in the competition.

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Loyola Among World’s Top Centers In Pathology Competition