Researchers/Scientists/Awards

Credit: International WELL Building Institute On March 30, 2021, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) became the first federal agency to achieve the International WELL Building Institute's Health-Safety…

What The Study Did: Researchers compared the risk of death between infants with and without prenatal opioid exposure and also the difference in risk if diagnosed with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. Authors: JoAnna K. Leyenaar,…

Multimillion-dollar program dedicates funds to advance understanding of bipolar disorder treatment options. Initial letters of intent due May 14, 2021.Credit: Milken Institute The Milken Institute's Center for Strategic Philanthropy…

What The Study Did: Researchers analyzed changes in out-of-pocket health care expenses in the United States during the last two decades. Authors: Amit Jain, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the…

Berlin, Germany and Hoboken, NJ - April 8, 2021 - ResearchGate and Wiley today announced a pilot that will make articles published in selected Wiley journals available on the ResearchGate platform. The pilot aims to save authors time,…

Grants helps Add Health understand impact of adolescence on aging The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded $38.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue to lead the National Longitudinal Study of…

Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, Vertebrate Zoology and Geologica Saxonica are the latest historic titles to select the various services and advanced technology provided by the OA-born scholarly publishing platformCredit: Pensoft and…

Leading autism scientists, students, and advocates from around the world to gather virtually to share latest findings and discoveries The International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2021 Annual Meeting - the organization's 20th -…

An invitation to visit a new virtual space that showcases innovative and technical achievements of IOS Press and the wider scholarly publishing community and join the conversationCredit: IOS Press Amsterdam, April 7, 2021 - IOS Press, an…

Addiction experts at the University of Missouri are using a 5-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to gather data on this topic, widely regarded as a public health issue It's a health crisis often hidden in plain…

What The Study Did: Researchers projected to the year 2040 what will become the most common and deadly cancers in the United States. Authors: Lola Rahib, Ph.D., of Cancer Commons in Mountain View, California, is the corresponding…

What The Study Did: Researchers compared the effectiveness of case-based (including contact tracing and quarantine) and population-based (including social distancing and facial masking) interventions for COVID-19 containment in Taiwan,…

A new laboratory has been created by the CNRS in Australia, in cooperation with three major Australian universities, IMT Atlantique and Naval Group, the European leader in naval defence. Its main objective: to develop new ways…

In lieu of an awards gala, Vilcek Foundation has launched a digital celebration to recognize the 2021 Vilcek Foundation Prizewinners.Credit: Courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation NEW YORK, April 6, 2021-- The Vilcek Foundation has…

What The Study Did: Researchers estimated and projected the number of children in the United States affected by the death of a parent from COVID-19. Authors: Rachel Kidman, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, is…

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association of sociodemographic factors and blood group type with the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and severity of COVID-19. Authors: Jeffrey L. Anderson, M.D., of the Intermountain…

News from the Journal of Marketing Researchers from University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, and Universidad Finis Terrae published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that studies consumer resistance to a nationwide plastic…

What The Study Did: Researchers assessed changes in the number of views of articles published in three leading medical journals since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors: Andrew J. Giustini, M.D., Ph.D., of the Stanford…

A project to increase the health data literacy of youth has received funding through the University of Illinois Extension Collaboration Grant Program. Rachel M. Magee, assistant professor in the School of Information Sciences at…

Recommendations from three leading medical communication organizations aim to protect the integrity of published scientific and medical research The public could lose trust in science if scientific and medical researchers choose to bypass…