May 18th, 2012
Ross and Ryan Mackinnon sporting their Biking for Baha shirts
Last month, we introduced you to the Mackinnon brothers. Scott, Sean, Ross and Ryan are one day away from embarking on their 8,000-km bike ride across Canada. They will cover anywhere from 60km – 200km a day, resting at camp sites along the way and learning a lot about themselves and each other in the process. On top of all this, they are raising funds and awareness for Team Fox in honor of their grandfather, Baha, who lived with Parkinson’s disease for 16 years.
We caught up with them this week to get their thoughts on their upcoming “Biking for Baha” journey. For the most part, they are excited and nervous—and just want to get started! They have already raised $16,500 towards their goal of $40,075—a goal that translates to $1 for every kilometer each of them will ride plus $1 for every kilometer Baha would have ridden.
Be sure to follow their journey and cheer them on as they pedal their way from Vancouver to Nova Scotia.
 TRACK THEIR PROGRESS…
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May 18th, 2012
Several graduating Jefferson Scholars are among those highlighted for their accomplished undergraduate research. They include:
Yolanda Min is the Havens Family Scholar from Beijing, China. Yolanda received a Harrison Undergraduate Research Award for her research on politics surrounding the U.S.-China exchange rate.
Olivia Hutton is the Noland Scholar from Madbury, New Hampshire. Olivia traveled to Tanzania to examine nitrogen dynamics and the food supply with support from a Harrison Undergraduate Research Award.
Mary Catherine Kinniburgh is the Joseph R. Daniel Scholar from McLean, Virginia. Mary Katherine won a Finger Family Research Award to support her exploration of medieval Icelandic literature and its geographical context.
Hannah Barefoot is the Lawrence Lewis Jr. Scholar from Winston Salem, North Carolina. Hannah won an Undergraduate Awards for Arts for her artwork examining the creation of environmental change.
Ben Wallace is the C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins Scholar from Hockessin, Delaware and a 2011 Truman Scholarship winner. He is U.Va.’s 28th and the Foundation’s 6th Truman Scholar.
Read the full U.Va. Today article here:
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=18488.
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May 15th, 2012
 Firms can now map a person’s full genetic profile faster and cheaper than ever before— it’s a trend which could have important implications in health care, and it’s one that continues to get coverage in the nation’s major media outlets. In March, The New York Times wrote that new technology to this end is raising hopes for advances in medicine.
Today, The Wall Street Journal reports that the emergence of this very technology creates a new question: How to translate knowledge of a person’s genetic profile into better health care. According to Journal reporter Amy Dockser Marcus:
Genetic profiling, known as genome sequencing, already is helping researchers diagnose rare or mysterious illnesses. Other specialists use the process to tailor drug therapies for advanced cancer patients. The latest research focuses on how to use genome sequencing in basically healthy people, especially those who may have a family history of disease but no symptoms.
At such prices, some experts and health-care companies are predicting that genome sequencing will one day become common practice in doctors’ offices and hospitals as a means of guiding prevention and treatment of illnesses.
Yet others acknowledge that there are still major questions to be answered to determine if genome sequencing will, in fact, have wide-reaching applications.
Some specialists say full genetic mapping often has limited use. For diseases like diabetes and heart disease, which have many causes beyond genes, genome sequencing isn’t able to predict who will get sick. Even proponents say the clinical significance of nearly all of the millions of mutations found in a person’s DNA is still unknown.
Last month, we addressed some of these questions in the Foundation’s blog; there are still plenty of barriers to clear before genetic breakthroughs will translate into practical personalized medicine for everyday folks, in particular. The main challenges: How do we interpret the vast amount of data culled from genome-wide sequencing, and translate these early discoveries into treatments?
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May 15th, 2012
The Grammy Foundation Grant Program recently announced that it will be awarding $250,000 in grants to help facilitate a range of research, archiving, and preservation projects on a variety of subjects. The grants will go to 18 recipients in the United States, Canada, and the Dominican Republic.
“We have provided support for research that seeks to help individuals with speech and movement difficulties, and for a project that will prepare a significant collection of African-American gospel and blues from Memphis and the Mississippi Delta for digitizing and preservation,” Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation, said.
Each year, we continue to build upon the impressive diversity and quality of our grant recipients, which makes us proud of the role that our Grant Program is playing in protecting our shared musical heritage, and enabling the medical and scientific advances of the future.
Thanks to the grants, live recordings of artists like Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald will be preserved and archived and live performances and related oral histories will be digitally transferred and archived in the oldest continuously running folk music coffee house. New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association are among the grant’s beneficiaries.
The Grant Program has awarded nearly $5.8 million to music-related projects, including annual funding to organizations and individuals that support archiving and preservation efforts and research projects. As of 2008 the Program also supports the creation of preservation plans. The planning process often consists of inventorying and stabilizing a collection before archiving begins.
We’re all about preserving musical history! What kind of projects would you like to see more funding go towards?
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May 12th, 2012
LOS ANGELES, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
The Heart Foundation, dedicated to increasing awareness of heart disease and raising funds to support lifesaving research, presented a rare musical evening with Grammy award-winning singer and actor Michael Buble, May 10, 2012, at The Hollywood Palladium. Event honored Kimberly and P.K. Shah, MD, Director of Cardiology and the Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, with The Steven S. Cohen Humanitarian Award. The evening featured a dinner show and concert by Buble and his orchestra along with a comedy performance by the versatile Dana Carvey. Ryan Seacrest emceed, and multi-award winning composer, singer, songwriter and record producer David Foster presented the award to the Shahs. Shelli and Irving Azoff, Mary Hart and Burt Sugarman and Inge and Franky Widjaja co-chaired.
Highlighting the evening was an announcement by emcee Ryan Seacrest that American Idol Live! is partnering with The Heart Foundation and their One For The Heart campaign by donating $1 of every AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! TOUR 2012 ticket sold to support heart disease research. Tickets go on sale today, Friday, May 11, and you can purchase them via
www.AmericanIdol.com ,
www.ticketmaster.com and
www.aeglive.com . For full tour information, please go to
www.AmerianIdol.com . The highly anticipated 45-city tour kicks off July 6 in Detroit.
“We are thrilled to partner with American Idol Live! on The Heart Foundation’s One For The Heart campaign to fight heart disease – the #1 cause of death for both men and women in the United States,” said Mark Litman, Chairman of The Heart Foundation and close friend of the late Steven Cohen, in whose memory the organization was founded. “This partnership will help raise awareness of heart disease and fund the incredible life-saving research being done by P.K. Shah and his extraordinary team of doctors.”
P.K. Shah, MD, Director of Cardiology and the Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, is a gifted clinician, a brilliant researcher and a world-renowned cardiologist who spends his days sharing his wisdom with the next generation of medical professionals, healing the hearts of his patients in both physical and metaphorical ways, and engaging in life-saving research that will change medical history. Dr. Shah has spoken at conferences all over the world, is published globally, and has received numerous awards.
An accomplished businesswoman, community activist and devoted wife and mother, Kimberly Shah’s greatest joy in life comes from dedicating her time to the service of others. The Shahs’ philanthropy extends not only to heart-related causes but also to KOA (Kashmiri Overseas Association) which provides college tuition scholarships to Kashmiri refuge students in India as well as to women’s cancer and diabetes research and several children’s organizations.
The 2012 gala digital tribute journal is presented by Sony. Sony provided guests of the event with a Reader Wi-Fi pre-loaded with this year’s digital tribute journal and a free book download from Reader Store. Sony Reader Wi-Fi, the world’s lightest 6″ eReader, is the first to offer wireless public library downloads from the device.
Established in 1996 in memory of Steven S. Cohen who lost his life to Sudden Cardiac Death at the age of 35, The Heart Foundation’s mission is to save lives by educating the public about heart disease, promoting early detection, and supporting the research of world-renowned cardiologist Dr. P.K. Shah in the quest to find more effective ways to prevent and treat the #1 cause of death in the U.S. For information, call The Heart Foundation at (818) 865-1100 or visit
www.TheHeartFoundation.org ,
https://www.facebook.com/TheHeartFoundation ,
https://twitter.com/ #!/theheartfdn.
SOURCE The Heart Foundation
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May 12th, 2012
Inspired Giving Featured Cause: Melanoma Research Foundation
As the temperature rises in May, so should your awareness of the sun’s increasingly harmful effects. Not so coincidentally, May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Now more than ever, it is important to adhere to best practices to avoid harmful sun exposure.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States with an estimated one in five Americans developing skin cancer in the course of a lifetime. Skin cancer is considered a lifestyle disease, making it largely preventable.
Inspired Giving works with causes like Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) to encourage education and prevention, protecting against skin cancers like Melanoma—the most deadly form of skin cancer. MRF promotes sun safety through the numerous measures including generous application of sunscreen year-round, shade during the sun’s strongest exposure times, prevent burns (just one blistering sunburn can double the chances of developing melanoma later in life), and avoiding intentional tanning and indoor tanning beds.
Help MRF achieve their mission to raise awareness of melanoma and to find a cure through research, education, and advocacy. This May, protect against one of the most preventable killers and make sun protection measures a part of your daily routine.
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May 9th, 2012
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May 9th, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Three Florida State University students have received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation for 2012.
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides graduate-degree seeking students in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) with three years of support through a $30,000 annual stipend and a $10,500 cost-of-education allowance.
The Graduate ResearchFellowship recipients are:
•Rochelle Pauline Worsnop, a senior majoring in meteorology from Pensacola, Fla. Worsnop is planning to pursue a doctorate in boundary-layer meteorology and renewable energy applications at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
•Amanda Isbel Fidalgo, a senior majoring in political science and international affairs from Debary, Fla. Fidalgo is planning to pursue a doctorate in political science at Pennsylvania State University.
•Chelsie Whitaker Wagner, a graduate student studying biological sciences from Phoenixville, Pa. Wagner is planning to pursue a doctorate in ecology from Florida State.
The university’s Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards and its Office of National Fellowships provided assistance to the students as they worked to obtain to fellowships.
“As fellows, these Florida State students exhibit the guiding principles of theNational Science Foundation — exceptional academic merit, transformative research and a deep commitment to not just their scientific work but the broader impacts of science on society,” said Anne Marie West, director of Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards. “We congratulate them on this prestigious accomplishment.”
Craig Filar, director of Office of National Fellowships, said that this recognition by the National Science Foundation honors the “incredible research that the university’s undergraduate and graduate students are conducting on campus.”
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CONTACT: Craig Filar, director, Office of National Fellowships
(850) 644-7596; cfilar@admin.fsu.edu
or
Anne Marie West, director, Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards
(850) 644-8132; amwest@admin.fsu.edu
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May 6th, 2012
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May 6th, 2012
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MIAMI, May 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) today announced that it received a $10 million grant from The Starr Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States. The grant will support ISCI in broadening its preclinical and clinical research on stem cells, and help accelerate its pipeline of translational research and programs for a wide range of debilitating conditions including cardiac disease, cancer, wound healing, stroke, glaucoma and chronic kidney and gastrointestinal diseases.
“This is a momentous and transformative gift for the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute,” said Joshua M. Hare, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and director of ISCI. “We are so gratified that the level of science being conducted here was recognized by this very generous grant from The Starr Foundation. With this award, we join the ranks of the other major top-tier universities funded by The Starr Foundation. This support, along with our growing NIH funding, technology transfer, and other philanthropic efforts guarantees the stability of ISCI through the end of the decade, and will allow us to continue to push the boundaries of regenerative medicine with the goal of improving human health.”
“Stem cells and regenerative medicine are poised to transform the way we practice medicine, cure disease and treat injuries. To realize this potential, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is performing world-leading research at ISCI,” said Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Miller School of Medicine, and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Miami Health System. “We are extremely proud of this recognition by The Starr Foundation that ISCI, and the Miller School of Medicine, are leading the way for stem cell and regenerative medicine breakthroughs.”
Donna E. Shalala, President of the University of Miami, said the grant from the foundation will have “long-reaching implications for future medicine. The team at ISCI is making new discoveries on a number of fronts and this substantial support from The Starr Foundation propels that work forward, both in the laboratory and in clinical trials.”
For more on the grant, click here.
SOURCE: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
UM Miller School of Medicine
Lisa Worley, 305-243-5184
lworley2@med.miami.edu
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