Teaming Science Entry #920 12 Mar 2020 2:05 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 2 comments L. Michelle Bennett, Ph.D., did her postdoctoral fellowship in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) IRP, where she was part of the team that characterized and localized the human BRCA1 gene to the long arm of chromosome 17. She became passionate about understanding the...
Featured Members From Our Network Entry #918 10 Mar 2020 5:25 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 2 comments Below are three members we thought you might want to connect with. You can find all our members by searching by sector or location on the LASER PULSE network page. Kipkoech, Carolyne Member Preferred...
Learning about barriers and opportunities to practitioner-researcher collaborations in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi (Vietnam) Entry #916 10 Mar 2020 2:28 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 0 comments Image- Hanoi, Vietnam: Air Pollution is one of the topic areas of the Vietnam R4D Conference. Alexandra Towns (CRS) The LASER PULSE consortium met with researchers and practitioners in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in December to discuss their experiences with research collaborations and...
LASER-CGDV Colombia Hackathon Entry #915 10 Mar 2020 2:16 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 19 comments LASER PULSE is conducting a data visualization hackathon in collaboration with the Center for Global Data Visualization (an initiative of QED), the USAID Mission in Colombia, Data Elevates, and Tableau. More than 220 students from at least 9 universities (including Purdue, Notre Dame, and 5...
Ethiopia Conference on Research for Development Entry #914 10 Mar 2020 2:14 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 1 comments A LASER PULSE Research for Development (R4D) Conference is planned to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in May 2020. The conference will focus on (1) Youth Development, and (2) Resilience, with a theme "Partnerships for Research and Field Practice on Development Solutions." The...
Vietnam Conference on Research for Development Entry #913 10 Mar 2020 2:12 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 0 comments LASER PULSE has unfortunately had to postpone its February 18-20, 2020 Research for Development (R4D) Conference in Vietnam due to concerns with the coronavirus outbreak. Encouraged by our strong partnerships in and interest from Vietnam, we will reschedule this event targeting the Fall of 2020....
LASER PULSE Call for Applications for Colombia Now Open Entry #910 03 Mar 2020 11:46 am Jeffrey A Goecker 15 comments LASER PULSE Consortium is pleased to announce that the Request for Application (RFA) for Colombia is now open and accepting Concept Notes until Friday, March 13, 2020 at 5:00PM Colombia time. The RFA calls for innovative research and associated research translation with NGOs/civil society focused...
