Repost: Celebrating Brian Druker (ASCO 2017) and Basic Research | DNA Science Blog

0000-0002-8715-2896 Repost: Celebrating Brian Druker (ASCO 2017) and Basic Research – June 5, 2017 post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above Chronic myeloid leukemia cells (NCI). In recognition of Dr. Brian J. Druker’s receipt of the ASCO 2017 Science

US to leave the Paris Climate Accords: What now for ecologists? | PLOS Ecology Community

0000-0002-8715-2896 UPDATED June 1, 2017 Well he’s gone and done it. In light of President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the 2016 Paris Climate Change Accord, PLOS Ecology will focus our blogging this

News & Opinion: New W.H.O. Director General is Dr. Tedros of Ethiopia

0000-0002-8715-2896In this post we offer the latest news on the election of a new Director General for The World Health Organization, beginning with this headline from today’s New York Times; followed by excerpts from a 2016 PLOS

PLOS Appoints Alison Mudditt Chief Executive Officer | The Official PLOS Blog

0000-0002-8715-2896 PLOS Appoints Alison Mudditt Chief Executive Officer   post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above PLOS is pleased to announce the appointment of Alison Mudditt as its Chief Executive Officer, effective June 19, 2017.  For the

Where do the (3) candidates for the WHO’s next Director General stand on the most challenging global health issues of our time?

0000-0002-8715-28960000-0002-8715-2896 As part of our commitment to the communication of global health research, PLOSBLOGS is pleased to host this Q&A with the three final candidates for the role of WHO Director General. In three previous guest

Opinion: Who should lead WHO (Pt. 3 of 3)? Dr. David Nabarro, “a frontline clinician and global health leader”

0000-0002-8715-28960000-0002-8715-2896 [Featured image above: New Guinea Ebola vaccine trials; WHO/S. Hawkey] The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author and do not necessarily reflect the views of PLOS or the PLOS

#WorldMalariaDay: can nets and sprays keep the bugs away? | Your Say

0000-0002-8715-2896 #WorldMalariaDay: can nets and sprays keep the bugs away?   Posted April 24, 2017 by Victoria Costello in Uncategorized post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above By Abraar Karan MD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public

Redditscience AMA “Longitudinal influence of alcohol and marijuana use on academic performance in college students”

0000-0002-8715-28960000-0002-8715-2896 Here we share a timely PLOS Science Wednesday discussion of relevance to the PLOS Neuro Community from our weekly PLOS Science Wednesday AMAs with PLOS-published researchers. An introduction by featured PLOS ONE authors — Shashwath Meda and

Opinion: Who should lead WHO (pt 2 of 3)? Why I support Pakistan’s “Great Reformer”

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Opinion: Who should lead WHO (pt 2 of 3)? Why I support Pakistan’s “Great Reformer” 0000-0002-8715-2896 The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author and do not necessarily reflect the

Trump wants deep cuts to international aid: the uncalculated costs of global health insecurity

Picture2 (1)0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Trump wants deep cuts to international aid: the uncalculated costs of global health insecurity 0000-0002-8715-2896   By Ana Rita Sequeira In the last decade, the United States has played a leading funder role in