Reaching Out to Young Investigators

Reaching out to young investigators.

I t is self-evident that the future of biomedical research depends on the development of the next generation of investigators. Supporting young investigators has always been a core mission of the American Heart Association, one of its most distinguished and noble accomplishments. As an official journal of the American Heart Association, the editors and I think that Circulation Research must als...

Young Investigators Colloquium 1

Most neurons in the mammalian brain receive thousands of excitatory synaptic inputs that are widely distributed along the dendritic arbor and activated with varying degrees of synchrony. Summation of unitary synaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) at the dendrite is crucial for initiation of the action potential. Patterned neuronal activity, which is known to modify synaptic transmi...

Reaching Out to Shape Our Future

Reaching out to New York neighborhoods.

As a means of accomplishing its mission of studying how environmental agents affect human health, the NIEHS sponsors a program of center core grants designed to support centralized resources and facilities shared by investigators with existing research grants. The purpose of these center grants is to promote a multidisciplinary approach to environmental health sciences, bringing together scient...

Reaching out to an impaired physician.