Friday, February 26, 2010

“OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE ATHLETES CAN DEFER STUDIES - KHALED (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)” plus 2 more

“OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE ATHLETES CAN DEFER STUDIES - KHALED (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)” plus 2 more

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OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE ATHLETES CAN DEFER STUDIES - KHALED (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:59 AM PST

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SERDANG, Feb 25 (Bernama) -- Undergraduate athletes representing the country in international meets will be allowed to defer their studies, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

He said they would not only be provided with sports facilities but would also earn credit points in co-curriculum.

"Undergraduates contributed 49 of 139 medals to the country at the Laos SEA Games last year," he told reporters after presenting sports incentives and launching the institution of higher learning football league at Universiti Putra Malaysia here today.

He said the ministry was committed in producing outstanding athletes and hoped undergraduates could account for 30 per cent of national footballers through the league.

Earlier, in his speech, Mohamed Khaled said the ministry was considering of providing insurance coverage for outstanding undergraduate athletes.

"We had held talks with several insurance companies. This will not only serve as a welfare assistance for undergraduate athletes but will also spur them on in sports," he added.

At the function, 36 undergraduate athletes, who contributed medals at international meets last year, were awarded laptops and vouchers worth RM155,000 under the Sports Excellence, Welfare, Incentive and Research Scheme (SKIPS).

Swimmer Daniel Bego, who won four golds at the Laos SEA Games and Lee Yang, a gold-medallist at the World Wushu Championship in Canada last year, headed the list of recipients.

-- BERNAMA

PNSD FA LES MB

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Leadership Studies program goes international (The Daily Athenaeum)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:38 PM PST

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West Virginia University's Leadership Studies Program Director Lisa DeFrank Cole wanted to focus on two components of the program when she took the job last July.

One aspect was internationalizing the curriculum, the second was to add a research opportunity, and one is now complete.

Five WVU female students will travel to the Royal University for Women in Bahrain, located in the Middle East, this summer to take Leadership Studies 201, a three-credit course.

Cole will teach the course, and Whitney Rae Peters, Student Government Association vice president, will be the teaching assistant and resident assistant.

The program will work like an exchange – five WVU women will travel to Bahrain and women from the Royal University for Women will participate in the Honors Leadership Academy in Morgantown this summer.

"The reality (is) that all of us will be working in some capacity with people from other countries, whether we work for them, with them or they work for us," Cole said. "We can't help but be working with people from other cultures."

Peters has been to the Middle East twice within the last year. The first time, she went above her father's wishes and without his permission.

"It's a decision I'm proud I made now," she said.

The Royal University of Women was founded by a WVU alumni Tawfiq A. Al Zamil five years ago, Peters said.

"It's an awesome, absolutely amazing university," she said. "Last May were the first graduates who were there all four years. It started out with 19 students, and now it's around 400."

During one of her trips, Peters was with Zamil, who invited two students to eat lunch with them. She said the group talked about cultural differences for about an hour, and when they were about to leave, Zamil said it was time to properly introduce them all.

"It turns out one was the Princess of Bahrain, in the royal family of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the other was part of the Royal family tribe," she said.

"They were so humble and so eager to learn about anything. It's so cool to see that exchange take place all through that WVU connection."

Peters said it's unheard of for women in the Middle East to want to be leaders.

"They know enough about leadership to know what they don't know which is so important," she said. "They want to be leaders in their countries."

Details for the trip such as specific dates and prices aren't available yet, but students wishing to participate can contact Cole at lisa.defrank-cole@mail.wvu.edu or 304-293-2100 for more details.
 

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Chiltern partners with Charles River to conduct & support early phase radio-labelled studies (PharmaBiz)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:36 AM PST

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Thursday, February 25, 2010 14:00 IST
London, UK

Chiltern International Limited, a global contract research organization (CRO), announced its latest collaboration with Charles River Laboratories, Inc. As part of this collaboration, Chiltern Early Phase will partner with Charles River to conduct and support early phase radio-labelled studies.

Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern CEO, stated, "This new partnership is an exciting collaboration. Charles River's reputation is world-renowned for their conduct of studies using radio-labelled investigational products.

Their extensive experience includes submission and review procedures for radio-labelled studies in man, including dosimetry calculations and submission to ARSAC. The clinical aspects of the radio-labelled studies will be performed by Chiltern Early Phase in Dundee, Scotland. These complementary strengths add a new dimension to the full CRO services that Chiltern already provides, continuing to demonstrate our commitment to providing our clients with the highest standard of quality and expertise."

Chiltern Early Phase has a dedicated 42-bed clinical pharmacology unit located in a UK National Health Service hospital and leading medical school. Established in 1982, Chiltern Early Phase has performed more than 700 clinical pharmacology studies in all routes of administration across major therapeutic areas. With more than 27 years of experience, Chiltern Early Phase has robust processes in place and its hospital-based location provides a full suite of safety monitoring with 24/7 access to hospital-based crash teams and hospital specialists for therapeutic area expertise and patient recruitment. In addition, Chiltern Early Phase offers an extensive database of healthy volunteers and other patient populations. Chiltern Early Phase's long pedigree in clinical pharmacology combined with Charles River's radiolabel capabilities are poised to provide the industry with unrivalled experience and expertise in early phase radio-labelled ADME studies.

The Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics group at Charles River, Edinburgh, have been conducting radio-labelled trials in man for more than 20 years. The facility includes a GMP clean room, licensed for the manufacture of radio-labelled drug products, including aseptic products for parenteral use. The close proximity of the laboratories allows a rapid turn around of radioactivity data (within 24 hours). Human metabolites can also be characterised by liquid chromatography with accurate mass, mass spectroscopy and concurrent radio-detection.

Established in 1982, Chiltern is a leading global Contract Research Organization with extensive experience conducting and staffing international phase I to phase IV clinical trials across a broad range of therapeutic areas for a wide variety of clients.

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