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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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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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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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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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

Medical student bags coveted prize Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm A MEDICAL student has bagged the coveted Undergraduate Essay Prize from ENT UK, a medical research company primarily specialising in ear, nose, throat, … and more »

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Of the 50 top US medical schools, as defined by the 2009 US News and World Reports research ranking, only 13 (26%) have publicly available policies in place that strictly prohibit ghostwriting, according to a survey in this weeks PLoS Medicine… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Only A Quarter Of Top US Medical Schools Have A Clear Public Policy Prohibiting Medical Ghostwriting

Harvard criticized for hiring drug exec to oversee research Boston Globe (blog) Dr. Lee Nadler, dean of clinical and translational research at the medical school, called Chin, whom he met in 1969 when he was a first-year medical student …

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