Excellence in the knowledge-based economy: from scientific to research excellence

Shaping scientific excellence in agricultural research

Science and technology – and particularly biotechnology – is increasingly central to development agendas in Africa and elsewhere. Implicit within the centrality of science and technology lie a set of policy issues regarding how best to shape contextually appropriate, innovative and sustainable science and technological products in, with and for developing countries. The work of the Consultative...

Spotlight on Excellence in Research

Awards spur excellence in research.

Background: Many patients experience difficulties in following treatment recommendations. This study's objective is to identify nonadherence risk profiles regarding medication (antidepressants, antihypertensives, and oral hypoglycemics) from a combination of patients' socio-demographic characteristics, morbidity presented within general practice and medication characteristics. An additional obj...

Brazilian Oral Research: combining scientific excellence and social impact.

The SBPqO offered a workshop in Oral Research and Public Health Policy, in its 24th Annual Meeting held in 2007. The workshop was held in partnership with the Health Education Management Department (DEGS/SGTES) of the Ministry of Health, and attended by several renowned researchers. Brazilian scientific production has increased significantly in the past decades, and scientific production in the...

Rewarding excellence in biomedical research

Every year since 1986, the Louis Jeantet Foundation has distinguished excellence in biomedical research in Europe by awarding a Prize to exceptional Scientists whose innovative research has advanced medicine. Rather than marking past achievements, the Louis Jeantet Prize aims to encourage and support innovative ongoing research projects. Over the years, many exceptional researchers have receive...