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How To Start a Graduate School Essay?

?Do you commence with a story? ?Do you begin with a reflection on the focus of your forthcoming graduate studies? ?Do you start at the beginning? And where exactly is that? If you want your graduate essay to grab the attention of the graduate admission representative, then keep reading this article… The graduate admissions committee is looking for a snapshot of you – ?Where you've been, ?Where you want to go, and ?what you w… Continue

Added by Maria Pittman on November 7, 2009 at 1:58am — No Comments

Blood Donations for Ft. Hood: Can You Help?

Blood Donations Needed Update – Friday , 11/6/09, 23:30 Blood donations for U.S. Army personnel wounded in the Ft. Hood shooting incident are being accepted at Scott & White Healthcare’s Blood Center in Temple, TX on Saturday, 11/7 from from 9:00 AM – noon local time and again on Monday, 11/9 starting at 8:00 AM. All… Continue

Added by Michael J. Russell on November 7, 2009 at 1:14am — No Comments

Moment of Silence

-----Original Message----- From: President Rice [mailto:president@usuhs.mil] Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 1:02 PM To: dl-admin-officers dl-admin-officers; dl-afrri dl-afrri; dl-Brigade-All dl-Brigade-All; dl-class-of-2010 dl-class-of-2010; dl-class-of-2011 dl-class-of-2011; dl-class-of-2012 dl-class-of-2012; dl-class-of-2013 dl-class-of-2013; dl-graduate_students dl-graduate_students; dl-usuhs-executive dl-usuhs-executive; dl-usuhs-faculty-staff dl-usuhs-faculty-staff Subject: Moment of Silen… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 6, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

New Services for You! ... @ MedTech-IQ

Colleagues, In the continuing quest to bring you the benefits of the 3Cs ... "Content, Community & Collaboration" we are providing you with a few new services... - Global Giving ... the leading online marketplace for philanthropy, connecting donors to the causes and countries they care about (At the bottom of the homepage). - Skype? ... Skype is a piece of software that customers can download to call other people on Skype over the internet for free, and make cheap cal… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 6, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Web 2.0 Summit: A Conversation with Google's Sergey Brin

October 22, 2009

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin makes a surprise appearance at the Web 2.0 summit to talk with John Battelle about the future of the company. They discuss Google's current projects like Android an

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 5, 2009 at 11:17am — No Comments

7 YouTube Healthcare Videos Worth Watching - "Laughter is the Best Medicine"!

If you still think YouTube is just for those durned kids, you're really missing out. We at FierceHealthcare have decided to present seven of our favorite healthcare videos, with topics ranging from the serious (a critique of U.S. public health efforts in controlling H1N1) to the purely silly (an anesthesiologist singing about his duty to "sit and listen to the beep.") For their creativity, educational value and pure passion, we hereby deem these videos Fierce! Have fun checking them out; we cer… Continue

Added by Bari Shein on November 2, 2009 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Updated Professional Profile

TO ACCESS DR NOJI'S PROFESSIONAL PROFILE, PLEASE CLICK ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY LEFT SIDE OF BOOK COVER:

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on October 31, 2009 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Can the Global Economy Prepare for a Pandemic?

Can the Global Economy Prepare for a Pandemic? with discussants David Nabarro, MD and Eric K. Noji, MD. The panel is moderated by Heather L. Burns. Aspen Ideas Festival, July 6, 2007

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on October 31, 2009 at 1:32pm — No Comments

A Life...

The Story of My Life....

To view the 30 second video of my life, click the above title, or the white arrow (<--) on the sign below. Please don't forget to

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on October 31, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Learnings from mHealth Summit ... Chillmark Research

Colleagues, See excerpts from the consistently useful Chillmark Research blog post from John Moore ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... Over the last two days, been attending the Foundation for the NIH’s event, the mHealth Summit.... Key Take-Aways: ... mHealth is clearly a top priority of the Obama Administration. Rare that an inaugural event would attract HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as keynote speaker ... Brian… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 31, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

WBTshowcase 2010 - Invitation to Submit an Application to Present

Just a friendly reminder that the final application deadline is Monday, November 9th. Apply now to get your company or technology in front of over 80 Investors and Licensees that make up the WBT Screening Panel. There is no cost to apply. The WBT has been bringing talent, know-how, and capital together for over 7 years. But don't take out word for it... "As a startup company looking… Continue

Added by Amanda Radovic on October 30, 2009 at 1:01pm — No Comments

New "Cutting Edge' Videos ... mHealth, Robotics, Telemedicine, Wireless

Colleagues, In the continuing quest for the 3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration", please see just released video illuminating new developments in mHealth, Telemedicine and Robotic Telepresence... ENJOY! CC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

mHealth: Alison Bloch, m-Health Advisor at GSM Association, Talks About m-Health Alliance, Mobile, & SOCAP09… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 28, 2009 at 11:01pm — No Comments

Will technology solutions for patient safety reduce healthcare malpractice suits?

In this Salon.com article by Rahul K. Parikh, M.D., tort reform isn't so popular. "Tort reformers neglect the fact that malpractice reform won't save one extra life. To make that difference, insurers, doctors and their lobbyists like the AMA need to find ways to improve patient safety. So for those who push tort reform as a panacea for a sick healthcare system, working to prevent injuries is a much more noble pursuit than writing up baseless arguments for the back pages of a newspaper."… Continue

Added by Lance M. on October 28, 2009 at 1:42pm — No Comments

New Member Update ... Who Are We? ... What Do We Do? ... What's New! (October 2009-Part1)

Colleagues, In the continuing quest to bring you the 3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration", we continue to add new and intriguing members.. So, what have you been doing at "MedTech-IQ"? According to Google analytics, we now number 837 members. Of those, 310 are Academic "Pioneers", 420 represent Industry "Colonizers" (emerging businesses) or "Consolidators" (large corporations), and 88 are Government officials. 19 of you haven'… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 25, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Why your business needs the essence of a distinctive corporate identity?

Did you ever think why the company media representatives and the brand equity managers keep staking and lay emphasis about the essentiality of owning a professional logo design to march on? Is the build up of hype about having custom design logo warranted? It sounds pretty much explainable, doesn’t it? A logo of a company is the character of the organization which marks its unique identity. There are many competitors of your business around you very near but what really signifies you is your ou… Continue

Added by Kathy Maxwelll on October 22, 2009 at 3:37am — No Comments

MedTech-IQ member, John Wilbanks ... Named one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World,"

Colleagues,

Congratulations to John Wilbanks! John, executive director of Science Commons, has just been honored by the Utne Reader as one of the "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World." (The list also honors the Dalai Lama, so he's in good company.) Utne describes Johns' work at Sci… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 21, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Controlling Your MedTech-IQ Email Account

Colleagues, With all the demands on your attention, we realize that your MedTech-IQ email account may be adding to your already overwhelming Inbox. In an effort to continue our quest for the 3C's of "Content, Community and Collaboration" in advanced medical technology translation, we want to offer you a means to filter your MedTech-IQ message traffic so that it best reflects your specific interests. To do this, just follow these simple instructions. 1. Be sure to join the… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 19, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

1 + 1 = 3 ... The Healthcare and Broadband Equation

Colleagues, Thank you to MedTech-IQ member, Christine Stineman for the inspiration and contribution ... The world of broadband and healthcare are changing rapidly, let us count the ways ... ... A recent report, "Telemedicine and the Economic Stimulus: Broadband Opportunities in a Swelling Market", from research firm Pike & Fischer, predicts that within five years, the market for telemedicine devices and services will generate $3.6 billion in annual revenue. They attribute the growt… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 18, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Obama Lashes Back at Insurance Industry Over Opposition to Health Plan

Article Tools Sponsored By By PETER BAKER Published: October 17, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Obama mounted a frontal assault on the insurance industry on Saturday, accusing it of using “deceptive and dishonest ads” to derail his health care legislation and threatening to strip the industry of its longstanding exemption from federalantitrust laws. Skip to next paragraph Related President Obama’s Weekly Address (whitehouse.gov) Blog The Caucus The Caucus The latest on President Obama, the new ad… Continue

Added by Bari Shein on October 18, 2009 at 6:41pm — No Comments

The MedTech-IQ Top 20 ... Videos

Colleagues, See which videos the MedTech-IQ community have found most popular in the last month! From our Library of 380 videos: (Click title to see the clip) 1. Military Medicine: PTSD-Therapy for War-Related Trauma (Part 2) 2. Robotic… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 16, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

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September 2009 OnBioVC | Trend Analysis Now Available

Hot off the press! The September 2009 OnBioVC | Trend Analysis study is now available for download [HERE]. Over $465M flowed into early-stage biopharma, diagnostic and device companies in the ninth month of 2009 and over $4,806M year-to-date! If you find the information in OnBioVC to be of value kindly forward on to colleagues who [...]

Celladon, Inc.: Series C $21.8M

Celladon (La Jolla, CA) a clinical-stage company focused on gene therapy for congestive heart failure, closed a $21.8M Series C financing. Participants include Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, Venrock and Johnson & Johnson Dev Corp.

Quanta Fluid Solutions, Ltd.: Series A $14.3M

Quanta Fluid Solutions (United Kingdom) a development-stage medical device company focused on haemodialysis systems for acute renal failure, has closed a $14.3M Series A financing. Participants include NBGI Ventures, Seroba Kernel Life Sciences, Wellington Partners Venture Capital and Brains-To-Ventures.

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc.: Series E $50M

Calypso Medical Technologies (Seattle, WA) a commercial-stage medical device company focused on implantable sensor electromagnetic transponders, to accurately and continuously pinpoint the location of tumors in real-time during radiation therapy delivery, closed a $50M Series E financing. Participants include Skyline Ventures, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Bay City Capital and InterWest Partners.

NextBio, Inc.: Series C $8M

NextBio (Cupertino, CA) a commercial-stage bioinformatics and competitive intelligence bioscience search engine, closed a $8M Series C financing. Participants include Newbury Ventures.