FDA Requests $4.03 Billion to Transform Food Safety System, Invest in Medical Product Safety, Regulatory Science - FY 2011 Request Represents a 23 Percent Increase Over FY 2010 Budget (2/1/10, U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
NSF Submits Its Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request of $7.4 Billion - Budget Is 8 Percent Increase Over Fiscal Year 2010, Aligns with National Innovation Strategy (2/1/10, National Science Foundation)
National Institute on Aging Funds Centers to Study Demography of Aging - Three New Centers Named (2/1/10, National Institutes of Health)
When History Is Lost (2/1/10, Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Industry-Leading Security and Signalling Firms Merge (2/1/10, Texecom Limited)
Natural Gas Supplies Could Be Augmented with Methane Hydrate, but Challenges Remain (1/28/10, National Academies); see links to full report and report in brief
Stratospheric Water Vapor Is a Global Warming Wild Card (1/28/10, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Haiti-Based WIN Group, SEACOR Holdings Begin Emergency Project to Restore Import Capability at Haiti's Major Bulk Fuels Terminal (1/25/10, PR Newswire)
26th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy, October 18-21, 2010, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Deadline for submissions: February 5, 2010. See link to call for papers. (posted 2/2/10)
FTI-International Risk Releases Assessment "Terrorism Trends in 2010."FTI-International Risk (www.intl-risk.com) has just released its 2010 terrorism threat assessment. The report offers an assessment of the likelihood of terrorist activity in Asia, with a specific emphasis on India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia. To request a copy of the report, send an e-mail to reports@intl-risk.com. (posted 2/2/10)
Announcement of the Second Year of a Course in Public Health Informatics. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine are pleased to announce the second year of the course titled "Public Health Informatics," which will be held on Tuesdays at 5:30–7:30 PM, February 16 through May 11, 2010, at the university campus in Bethesda, Maryland. This course represents collaboration designed for the primary purpose of sharing knowledge and building interest in public health and disaster informatics. The primary audience for the course is government employees (federal, state, local), with a limited number of seats for agency contractors and not-for-profit organization staff. Links to eligibility requirements, application procedures, the 2010 syllabus, and other information are available at http://www.usuhs.mil/publichealthinformatics/index.html. Enrollment will be capped at 25 students. Questions about the content or the course may be addressed to Ron Gimbel, PhD, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, rgimbel@usuhs.mil, telephone 301-295-3077, or Pertti (Bert) Hakkinen, PhD, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, pertti.hakkinen@nih.gov, telephone 301-827-4222. (posted 2/2/10)
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Recommends Professional Education Programs on Risk. The Harvard School of Public Health is offering two risk programs this spring in Boston, Massachusetts. Follow the links to Analyzing Risk: Science, Assessment, and Management, March 16–19, 2010, and Effective Risk Communication: Theory, Tools, and Practical Skills for Communicating About Risk, May 17–19, 2010. (posted 2/2/10)
Haiti Earthquake. A new web page of Haiti
earthquake health information links is now available from the (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (NLM), Division of Specialized Information
Services (SIS) at
http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/haitiearthquake.html.
The page lists links to new web pages about the Haiti earthquake
situation from both government agencies and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs). There is also a section on Haitian Creole and French-language
materials. Links to background information on earthquakes and subsequent
health issues, such as public health assessments, emergency surgical care,
and management of dead bodies, are included. The page will continue to
expand and will add a section on hazards from concrete dust and other
airborne particulates from the collapsed buildings and subsequent clean-up
activities. Contributed by Pertti (Bert) J. Hakkinen, Ph.D., Senior
Toxicologist, and Toxicology and Environmental Health Science Advisor (to
the Director), Specialized Information Services, National Library of
Medicine, National Institutes of Health. (posted
1/25/10)
Brijot Imaging Systems Inc. provides checkpoint screening systems that help commercial and government organizations worldwide detect concealed objects on a person in order to identify illegal activity, prevent inventory loss, and protect lives and property. Read more. (posted 1/14/10)
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