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Kessler Foundation researchers present at first International Congress on Cognition in MS

May 2, 2012
(Kessler Foundation) Kessler Foundation will be represented by four scientists at the inaugural International Congress on Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis to be held at the Congress Center in Bordeaux, France on May 11 & 12, 2012. John DeLuca, Ph.D., the Foundation’s VP of Research and Training will attend with ...

Kauffman Foundation sponsors National Conference on Value-driven Engineering

April 30, 2012
Researchers, health care engineers and medical device experts gathered this week for the inaugural National Conference on Value-driven Engineering to Improve Medical Innovation for U.S. Global Competitiveness assembled by the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) and sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Hartford Foundation to honor five IU School of Medicine geriatricians

April 30, 2012
Five Indiana University School of Medicine geriatricians are among only 83 advanced fellows and junior faculty members nationwide who will share in $2.5 million in career development awards from The John A. Hartford Foundation.

AANF changes name to American Brain Foundation

April 25, 2012
The American Academy of Neurology Foundation is now the American Brain Foundation. The name change is part of an overall re-branding campaign as the organization repositions itself to become the world's leader in raising money for research to cure brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Parkinson's disease, autism, and ...

Kessler Foundation scientist to develop predictive model of unemployment in MS

April 20, 2012
Lauren Strober, PhD, has been awarded a five-year federal grant for $554,000 to study factors relating to unemployment in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Dr. Strober is a research scientist at Kessler Foundation, a major center for cognitive research and training in multiple sclerosis and a leader in the field ...

Merkin Family Foundation pledges new commitment to the Broad Institute

April 19, 2012
The Merkin Family Foundation today announced a commitment to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to establish the Merkin Institute Fellows, a program that will support some of the most promising and ambitious scientists pursuing bold research at the Broad Institute.

Kessler Foundation scientist awarded $554,000 for multiple sclerosis employment research

April 19, 2012
West Orange, NJ. April 19, 2012. Lauren Strober, PhD, has been awarded a five-year federal grant for $554,000 to study factors relating to unemployment in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Dr. Strober is a research scientist at Kessler Foundation, a major center for cognitive research and training in multiple ...

Kessler Foundation scientist awarded $554,000 for multiple sclerosis employment research

April 19, 2012
(Kessler Foundation) Lauren Strober, Ph.D., research scientist at Kessler Foundation, has been awarded a five-year federal grant for $554,000 to study factors relating to unemployment in people with multiple sclerosis. Dr. Strober is a research scientist at Kessler Foundation, a major center for cognitive research and a leader in disability ...

Merkin Family Foundation to fund next generation of Broad Institute scientists

April 18, 2012
The Merkin Family Foundation today announced a commitment to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to establish the Merkin Institute Fellows, a program that will support some of the most promising and ambitious scientists pursuing bold research at the Broad Institute. The Merkin Family Foundation's commitment will be used ...

Gates Foundation, Brazilian health ministry form alliance to expand Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative

April 18, 2012
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced it has formed an alliance "with the Brazilian Ministry of Health in the latest expansion of the foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative," the Puget Sound Business Journal reports.

Merkin Family Foundation to fund next generation of Broad Institute scientists

April 18, 2012
(Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard) The Merkin Family Foundation today announced a commitment to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to establish the Merkin Institute Fellows, a program that will support some of the most promising and ambitious scientists pursuing bold research at the Broad Institute. The Merkin ...

Keck Foundation awards UF $1M to study how proteins in cells are made

April 16, 2012
The Center for NeuroGenetics at the University of Florida has received a competitive $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to study a new idea that challenges conventional understanding of how proteins in cells are made, and their impact on inherited diseases.