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Announcements
Dr. Doubeni has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This independent, volunteer group of experts works to improve the nation’s health by providing recommendations on clinical preventive services. Read more.
The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sylvia Burwell, has appointed Dr. Glanz to the advisory council for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The appointment carries a four-year term. Read more.
Dr. Moore heads one of six teams devoted to the Human Pancreas Analysis Program. The program was established with $12 million in support from the National Institutes of Health. Read more.
Dr. Lo Re received the 2016 HIV Medicine Association Research Award, which recognized that he has inspired the field to more broadly treat chronic HIV patients for the hepatitis C virus. HIV researchers throughout North America use his methods to identify liver-related outcomes. Read more.
Dr. Feldman established and leads a new international group devoted to studies on Chronic Kidney Disease. The network will validate findings and pursue new insights across geographical boundaries. Read more.
The award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute enables Rebecca Hubbard (pictured) and colleagues Yong Chen and Jinbo Chen, all CCEB senior scholars, to sketch a patient’s true profile. New statistical methods will combine all available information to estimate a patient's full disease profile, or "latent phenotype"—a picture that electronic health records may only hint at. Read more.
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