All the latest news from Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlhttp://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlMon, 23 Nov 2009 16:17:48 -0500Cascade ServerEmory math professor R. Parimala has received one of the highest honors in her field: Selection as a plenary speaker for the International Congress of Mathematicians. It may be a lofty honor, but Parimala remains decidedly down to earth.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/her-math-adds-up-to-brilliant-career.htmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/her-math-adds-up-to-brilliant-career.htmlResearchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, and the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, have discovered capuchin monkeys have a capacity for social learning that allows them to create group-wide social traditions. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/capuchin-monkeys-can-sustain-social-traditions.htmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/capuchin-monkeys-can-sustain-social-traditions.htmlBassel F. El-Rayes, MD, has joined Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University as associate professor in hematology and medical oncology and director of Winship's Gastrointestinal Oncology Program. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/bassel-el-rayes-joins-winship.htmlTue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/bassel-el-rayes-joins-winship.htmlJudging from the number of juices and teas advertised as containing antioxidants, consumers are aware of the dangers of oxidative stress. But what is the best way to measure it - and fight it?http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/marker-of-oxidative-stress-predicts-heart-disease-outcomes.htmlTue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/marker-of-oxidative-stress-predicts-heart-disease-outcomes.htmlWhen muscle cells need repair, they use odor-detecting tools found in the nose to start the process, researchers have discovered.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/investigating-muscle-repair-researchers-follow-noses.htmlMon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/investigating-muscle-repair-researchers-follow-noses.htmlOmer Kucuk, MD, professor of hematology and medical oncology at the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, has received the Mark Bieber Academic Award from the American College of Nutrition (ACN). http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/oncologist-omar-kucuk-receives-nutritition-awards.htmlMon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/oncologist-omar-kucuk-receives-nutritition-awards.htmlResearchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/tiny-particles-deliver-antioxidant-enzyme-to-heart-cells.htmlMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/tiny-particles-deliver-antioxidant-enzyme-to-heart-cells.htmlChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta has received a $30 million grant from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, including $25 million to help fund a new shared research building on the Emory campus.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/choa-received-30-million-grant-for-pediatric-research.htmlFri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/choa-received-30-million-grant-for-pediatric-research.htmlThe fifth annual Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Symposium, Dec. 14-15, will highlight the integration of biology, behavior and environment aimed at maintaining health rather than treating disease.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/predictive-health-symposium-2009.htmlThu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/predictive-health-symposium-2009.htmlEmory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received $8,163,298 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a 2 1/2-year project designed to improve maternal and newborn survival rates in rural Ethiopia. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/nursing-school-receives-8-million-dollar-gates-grant.htmlWed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/nursing-school-receives-8-million-dollar-gates-grant.htmlPhysicians and researchers from Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology have teamed up to develop a kidney replacement device capable of treating children.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-gatech-choa-team-on-kidney-replacement-devices.htmlTue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-gatech-choa-team-on-kidney-replacement-devices.htmlStudy on compliance with national recommendations that a physician screen chest pain patients within 10 minutes of their arrival to the Emergency Department (ED).http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/some-chest-pain-patients-wait.htmlTue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/some-chest-pain-patients-wait.htmlResearchers have developed an improved version of an enzyme that degrades the dense scar tissue that forms when the central nervous system is damaged.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/modified-enzyme-digests-scar-tissue.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/modified-enzyme-digests-scar-tissue.htmlEmory University School of Nursing researchers have received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to examine how pregnant farmworkers perceive their risks for certain environmental and occupational hazards.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/pregnant-farmworkers-occupational-risks.htmlWed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/pregnant-farmworkers-occupational-risks.htmlEmory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum has been awarded a five-year, $500,000 grant through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to link art conservation with the teaching of science at the university. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/art-conservation-science-education-funded-at-emorys-carlos-museum.htmlTue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/art-conservation-science-education-funded-at-emorys-carlos-museum.html