Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Jun 15, 2012 |
''Notable People: Suzana Kahn, Ph.D.'' "Susana Kahn, a postdoctoral scholar, was one of 10 researchers named 2012 Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts." Source: Inside Stanford Medicine |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 18, 2012 |
The Pew Charitable Trusts have named Northwestern University chemical biologist Alexander V. Statsuk a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. Source: Evanston Now (Northwestern News) |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Nutrition, finances win with healthful school snacks, report says'' "An assessment of what those new rules might do for kids’ health and the schools’ bottom line was released Tuesday by two projects from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation." Source: The Los Angeles Times |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Apr 24, 2009 |
''Obama gets tough on abuses by credit card industry'' "Obama said that while credit cards are an important source of liquidity for consumers and small businesses, 'The days of any time, any reason rate hikes and late fee traps have to end.'" Source: USA Today |
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| Feb 15, 2009 |
''Officials Driven to Take Closer Look at Food Safety'' The deadly salmonella outbreak traced to a Georgia peanut company is having an unexpected effect: It’s forcing lawmakers — finally, critics say — to improve food-safety regulations that in some cases haven’t been updated in a century. Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
Food Safety |
| Jun 15, 2012 |
''OMRF researcher selected as Pew Scholar'' "Today the Pew Charitable Trusts named Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Lorin Olson, Ph.D., one of 22 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences for 2012." Source: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 15, 2011 |
On the Record: CNBC Focuses on Pew’s Investment in Biomedical Innovation In his State of the Union address this year, President Barack Obama called for increased investment to spur American innovation because “none of us can predict with certainty what the next big industry will be, or where the new jobs will come from.” In the wake of the speech, the host of CNBC’s Wall Street Journal Report, Maria Bartiromo, interviewed Rebecca Rimel, The Pew Charitable Trust’s President and CEO, and Pew Biomedical Scholars Dr. Carol Greider and Dr. Matthew Evans on the need for increased investment in America’s young scientists. Source: CNBC |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 27, 2012 |
''One-Stop Shopping Proposed For Conflict Disclosure'' "Harmonizing conflict-of-interest standards will depend on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moving forward to implement the federal Sunshine law, which is now more than a year behind schedule. Industry, consumers and academic stakeholders are all waiting on CMS to issue a final rule." Source: Pharmalot |
Conflicts of Interest, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Aug 20, 2009 |
''Part of new credit card law kicks in today'' "New credit card restrictions are set to take effect today that will give consumers more information but only limited relief from high interest rates and fees." Source: USA Today |
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| Nov 28, 2012 |
Patent Issued for Gene Technology Discovered by Pew Biomedical Scholar Oxford BioMedica recently purchased exclusive rights to a gene silencing technology developed by Craig Mello, a 1995 Pew Biomedical Scholar and advisory committee chair. Source: Umass Med Now |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 9, 2010 |
''Payments to Physicians, Medical Schools to Be Illuminated Under New Reform Law'' "Pharmaceutical manufacturers and makers of medical devices and supplies will be required to report virtually all payments to physicians or teaching hospitals as part of sunshine provisions included in the health reform law." Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Sep 25, 2012 |
''Peanut Butter Recall Widens To Other Nut Butters After Salmonella Outbreak'' Late Friday, Trader Joe's announced a voluntary recall of its Salted Valencia Peanut Butter because it may have been contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella. These recalls remind us that much of our food chain is dependent on just a handful of suppliers. More consumers are affected when fewer companies supply a larger portion of the market says Sandra Eskin, project director of the food safety campaign at the Pew Health Group. Source: National Public Radio |
Food Safety |
| Jul 24, 2012 |
Pew Biomedical Scholars Named Outstanding Early-Career Scientists by President Obama Four Pew Scholars have been awarded Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. They are Source: |
Biomedical Research |
| Apr 14, 2013 |
Pew Expert Says School Food Standards Are ''All Over the Map'' In the absence of a national policy, school snack food standards vary by state. Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, speaks with The Washington Post about this issue. Source: The Washington Post |
School Food |
| Apr 27, 2009 |
''Pew Featured on CBS Evening News'' ''Washington, D.C. - In response to the swine flu outbreak, Robert Martin, a senior officer with the Pew Environment Group, discusses industrial hog farms and their potential as prime breeding grounds for new virus strains.'' Source: CBS Evening News |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 28, 2009 |
''Pew Featured on Nightline - ABC News'' ''Washington, D.C. - Robert Martin, senior officer with the Pew Environment Group, discusses the two main findings from the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production's report Putting Meat on the Table.''
Source: Nightline - ABC News |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 22, 2010 |
Americans should not have to worry about hidden dangers in the products they use every day—in the medicines they take, the food they eat or the financial and consumer items they rely on. The Pew Health Group implements Pew founder Joseph N. Pew Jr.’s vision of telling the truth and trusting the people by shining a light on potential and actual hazards in these products while advocating for policies and practices that reduce unacceptable risks to the health and well-being of the American public. Source: Pew Prospectus 2010 |
Health Topics |
| Apr 1, 2004 |
''Pew Initiative report examines regulatory review process for future ag biotech products'' A range of options exists to enhance the regulatory review process to address new challenges future products of agricultural biotechnology are likely to present, although opinions vary about the need for change, according to Issues in the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants and Animals, a new report released today by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. Source: SeedQuest |
Food Safety |
| Jul 21, 2011 |
''PEW Recommends Steps to Secure the Supply Chain'' "The pharmaceutical industry and US regulatory bodies have not responded adequately to the increasing level of outsourced manufacturing in countries such as China and India, according to a new white paper by the PEW Health Group." Source: Pharmaceutical Technology |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jan 31, 2013 |
Pew Scholar Awarded Novel Research Grant from The Lupus Research Institute Deborah Lenschow, named a Pew biomedical scholar in 2008, has been awarded a three-year grant from the Lupus Research Institute. Out of nearly 100 applications submitted, the Washington University in St. Louis professor’s proposal to study interferon kappa was one of 12 chosen by the leading private research institution. Source: Lupus Research Institute |
Biomedical Research |
| Jan 29, 2013 |
Pew Scholar Featured in San Francisco Chronicle Leor Weinberger, named a Pew biomedical scholar in 2008, discussed his virology research—programing viruses to attack themselves—in the San Francisco Chronicle. Source: San Francisco Chronicle |
Biomedical Research |
| Oct 10, 2005 |
Pew Scholar Receives MacArthur “Genius” Award Nicole King, a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences and molecular biologist from the University of California, Berkeley, was named one of 25 MacArthur Fellows, a prestigious award by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to Source: Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences |
Biomedical Research |
| Feb 20, 2013 |
Pew Scholar Reveals Role of ''Braveheart'' Molecule Laurie Boyer, named a Pew biomedical scholar in 2008, has helped uncover the functions of ribonucleic acids (RNAs) that don’t code for proteins. In a paper published in Cell, her MIT laboratory demonstrated how a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) they dubbed “Braveheart” stimulated the transformation of stem cells into heart cells. Source: MIT News |
Biomedical Research |
| Sep 26, 2006 |
Carol W. Greider, a 1990 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, is among a trio of leading scientists who have won the 2006 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, one of the most prestigious awards in American science and often referred to as “the American Nobel.” Source: Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences |
Biomedical Research |
| Sep 7, 2012 |
Pew Scholars Win Both 2013 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Awards Both winners of the 2013 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award are current Pew Scholars; Valerie Horsley, 2010 Pew Scholar and Mary Gehring, 2011 Pew Scholar. Source: Genetics Society of America |
Biomedical Research |
