Yale University While colleges and universities continue to provide outstanding options in undergraduate degree programs, the level of skill demanded at the highest corporate and research echelons can only be achieved through a master s or doctorate level of degree, says Dr. Jed Macosko, academic director of AcademicInfluence.com and professor of physics at Wake Forest University. The good news is that higher education institutions are recognizing this, meeting that demand with broader and more flexible grad school degree programs, many aimed at working adults, adds Macosko. The grad schools in our ranking stand out as those whose students and faculty contribute the most to their fields of study, which ultimately improves life for us all. These schools graduate and employ the world s most influential people, and we re spotlighting them for that reason.
Chris Wheat works with sustainability directors and climate advisors in 25 cities around the country to accelerate aggressive and innovative climate change policies in city halls and communities. He joined ACCC after spending seven years in the office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Wheat held several positions in the Emanuel administration, including director of the mayor’s Innovation Delivery team, Chicago’s chief sustainability officer, and most recently, the mayor’s chief of policy. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Wheat holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is based in NRDC’s Chicago office.
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BALLETT Study will measure the impact of comprehensive genomic profiling on access to, and uptake of, personalized medicines and on clinical outcomes for patients
PierianDx, the global leader in clinical genomics knowledge, today announced a partnership with the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) to study the impact of comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) on clinical outcomes of late-stage cancer patients. As part of the study, nine sites across Belgium will use the PierianDx interpretation and reporting solution, Clinical Genomics Workspace (CGW), to help determine the best therapeutic options for treatment.
Current approaches to precision medicine testing often mean that tests are outsourced to large international organizations or that they are run by independent regional labs, neither of which result in standardized clinical care systems or improved collective knowledge. In response to these challenges, the BSMO has established the BALLETT (Belgian Approach for Lo
MORE American Sam Goodwin was captured and imprisoned in Syria in 2019 when he was 30 years old. Photo by NPR - Katherine Blanner
Sam Goodwin s first day in captivity was one of his worst. This was the point where I was incredibly terrified, he recalls about his ordeal. I felt like I had committed suicide but I was still alive.
A few hours earlier, on May 25, 2019, Goodwin was detained at a Syrian army checkpoint in the northeast part of the country. A truck pulled up and two armed men jumped out and told me to get inside. I did not have a choice, Goodwin says.
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FILE - In this July 20, 2017 file photo, Ken Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer of Merck speaks, with President Donald Trump at left, during an event to announce a Merck, Pfizer, and Corning joint partnership to make glass containers for medication, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington. Merck announced Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, that Frazier, will retire on July 1. He will be replaced by Rob Davis, the chief financial officer. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) February 04, 2021 - 12:45 PM
Longtime Merck executive Ken Frazier, whose leadership helped bring the drugmaker one of the most lucrative medicines in history and who is one of the few remaining Black CEOs of a major corporation, is retiring.