(St. Michael's Hospital) Dr. Art Slutsky, vice-president of research at St. Michael's Hospital, is the 2012 recipient of the American Thoracic Society Assembly on Critical Care Lifetime Achievement Award.

First place distinction went to John Edward Solder, a senior at Staples High School in Westport Conn., for his project, Optogenetic Interrogation of Prefrontal Cortex Dopamine D1 Receptor-Containing Neurons as a Technique to Restore Timing: A Novel Approach to Treat Prefrontal Disorders. The 18-year-old was able to specifically control behavioral ...

LONDON, May 21, 2012 /- Chiltern International Limited (Chiltern), a global contract research organization (CRO), announced that Chiltern has been recognized with a CRO Leadership Award in all five categories: Quality, Reliability, Accessibility, Productivity and Regulatory. The awards are given by Life Science Leader publication based on the data-driven research of ...

DATATRAK International, Inc., a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced the Company's selection as a 2012 Crain's Leading EDGE award winner; this is DATATRAK's third consecutive year to be honored.

Since the early days of her career as a physician assistant in family practice, Cynthia Lord, MHS, PA-C, of Cheshire, Conn. has been driven by her passion for serving patients with the greatest need for care. Now, in her position as clinical associate professor at Quinnipiac University's PA program, Lord ...

(NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse) A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex through optogenetic manipulation was given top honors in this year's annual Addiction Science Awards at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair -- the world's largest science competition for high school students.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present the ICU Design Citation to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Canada, during the 2012 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Orlando, Fla., May 19-24.

Jack Andraka, 15, of Crownsville, Md. was awarded first place for his new method to detect pancreatic cancer at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public. Based on diabetic test paper, Jack created a simple dip-stick sensor to test blood ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present the Flame of Excellence Award to Margaret L. "Meg" Campbell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, a nationally known expert in hospital-based palliative care and end-of-life issues.

The DAISY Foundation will receive the AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award to honor its efforts to provide meaningful recognition to nurses as "unsung heroes" deserving of society's profound respect and recognition for their education, training, brainpower, skill and compassion.

(Georgia Health Sciences University) He's built a smarter mouse and taken a snapshot of a memory in his efforts to decode the brain.

Washington, DC May 14, 2012 The 2012 winners of the ASM Public Communications Award are Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink from Science . "False Positive" was published in Science on September 23, 2011. The article digs deep into the controversy surrounding the publication of a ...