NIH Awards to Enhance Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce

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The National Institutes of Health recently announced the awardees of 2014 fiscal year funds to develop new approaches that engage researchers, particularly those from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical sciences, and prepare them to thrive in the NIH-funded workforce.

The awards are part of a projected 5-year program, issued as part of the Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce program. Together, the awardees will establish a national consortium to develop, implement, and evaluate approaches to encourage individuals to start and stay in biomedical research careers. The long-term goal is to enhance the NIH mission through a more diverse and robust workforce, attracting talented individuals from all population sectors.

For more information, see the NIH press release. Congratulations to all awardees and partners!

Prostate Cancer Patients Who Smoke Have Worse Outcomes and more…

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  • Smoking while receiving radiotherapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of dying from the disease as compared with patients who never smoked. An MSK study demonstrated that compared with those who never smoked, the smokers had a 40% increased risk of PSA relapse, which is a reflection of disease recurrence.
  • The results of a study conducted at MSK under the leadership of Dr. Lee W. Jones, demonstrated that exercise can substantially reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in childhood lymphoma survivors. Patients who consistently exercised vigorously within the limits of national guidelines, decreased their risk of cardiovascular mortality or morbidity by 51%.
  • MSK carried out a trial that proved the safety of nanoparticles in humans. The particles, which attach to and light up cancer cells, were labeled with radioactive iodine and injected into metastatic melanoma patients. They can be monitored using positron emission tomography (PET) and their intended use is as a cancer diagnostic tool.

Fast and Transparent Publishing with F1000Research

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F1000Research is an open science publishing platform for life scientists. It is not only a good source for finding reliable information on a topic, it also allows you to locate the primary data underlying its’ publications results. The data policies and data preparation pages detail the requirements that data needs to meet in order for an investigator’s research to be accepted for publication.

Here is an informative video on the benefits of F1000Research requiring source data for publication:

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