ESMO Asia Congress 2019 [ESMO media alert]

LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 8 November 2019 – The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), (1) the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the fifth ESMO Asia Congress 2019. (2) Held 22-24 November 2019 at the Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore, the scientific and educational congress will convene around 3,500 medical professionals…

Regenstrief playing major role in nationwide effort to improve care for dementia patients

Regenstrief research scientists Christopher Callahan, M.D., and Alexia Torke, M.D., will play a key role in a major nationwide effort to improve healthcare and quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The project, funded by the National Institute on Aging, will create a massive collaborative research incubator to develop trials aimed…

Save the date: Major scientific meeting on sound next month in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 8, 2019 — The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) will hold its 178th meeting, Dec. 2-6, at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California. This major scientific conference brings together interdisciplinary groups of researchers spanning many fields, including physics, medicine, music, psychology, architecture and engineering, to discuss their latest research. Reporters…

Hail to the Chief of Staff

ImageJohn Spencer as Leo McGarry, chief of staff on the early-aughts political drama “The West Wing.”Credit…James Sorensen/NBC, via Newsmakers “There wasn’t an obvious position for me,” Scott Amenta said. Mr. Amenta, 30, was describing how five years ago he joined Spring, an e-commerce company so small that its employees could be counted on one hand.…