As Secretary Sebelius and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services work toward the mid-May release of the first annual National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, on April 17th the public Advisory Council on Research, Care and Services unanimously approved and submitted a comprehensive set of 36 recommendations to improve Alzheimer’s research, care and services. […]
This evening, the US Department of Health and Human Services released the second draft of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease (PDF available here). A sightly edited version will be available on Monday. LEAD members submitted a comprehensive set of comments and recommendations to both this and the previous draft, and will be reviewing […]
Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease (LEAD), a national coalition of key organizations committed to sharing information and advocating for national policies related to Alzheimer’s disease research and care issues, has named Ian Kremer of Fairfax, VA as its executive director. Kremer comes to this post after having led the public policy and advocacy arm of the Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter for the past 15 years.
Joe Perry, right, poses with Rudy Tanzi of Harvard (left) and NIH chief Francis S. Collins at Thursday’s Rock Stars of Science event. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for ResearchAmerica) So, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry came to the Capitol on Thursday to jam with some guitar-playing scientists. He and NIH chief Francis Collins sang a Dylansong. They were […]
A new voter survey sponsored by the ACT-AD Coalition (Accelerate Cure/Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease) finds that three-quarters of Americans nationwide and across party lines say it is personally important to them to find a cure or to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, while a similar proportion of the national electorate say they look to Congress to make […]
NIH director Dr. Francis Collins (above, l) performed recently to raise science’s profile. He shared the stage with (above, r) Dr. Rudy Tanzi of Harvard (l) and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. NIH’ers can now say, “My boss is a rock star.” That’s because NIH director Dr. Francis Collins jammed with Aerosmith’s Joe Perry for the […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. (Nov. 17, 2010) – Autism Speaks, the nation’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, is pleased to announce that Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., its chief science officer, has been named a “Rock Star of Science” by Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® and GQ Magazine who have joined forces, along with the Entertainment Industry Foundation/SU2C, […]
Chris Mooney, contributor Thanks to his participation in the 2010 rock stars of science photo shoot that just appeared in the December 2010 “Men of the Year” issue of GQ, geneticist Emil Kakkis now has a pretty freakin’ cool guitar. In a spread that pairs up 19 biomedical scientists – including Nobel laureates Elizabeth Blackburn […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Five individuals will be recognized for outstanding achievements in the fight against depression at the 13th annual Welcome Back Awards ceremony on February 29 in Washington, D.C. Since 1998, the Welcome Back Awards have helped to promote awareness that depression — an all too often misunderstood illness — is real, […]
BRUSSELS, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) today announced the launch of its global Innovation Starts Here initiative which supports Lilly’s commitment to speeding the delivery of innovative new medicines to patients around the world. Two key components of this initiative include the Lilly Research Awards Program and the Lilly Innovation […]