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Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Board of Regents Member Dr. Rita Colwell was recently presented with the Stockholm Water Prize for 2010, for her work in combating waterborne infectious diseases. Dr. Colwell is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In announcing Dr. Colwell's award, the Stockholm International Water Institute said, "She has made exceptional contributions to control the spread of cholera, a waterborne pathogen that infects 3 to 5 million people and leads to an estimated 120,000 deaths each year. Through her groundbreaking research, innovations and decades of scientific leadership, she has defined our current understanding of the ecology of infectious diseases and developed the use of advanced technologies to halt their spread." Click here to read more.
Dr. Tawfik Hamid is the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism. He is an outspoken critic of terrorism and militancy, and writes and lectures frequently on the dangers of misinterpreting Islamic texts to support violence. In a recent episode of ABC News' 20/20, Dr. Hamid talks about his own early involvement in militancy, and the misinterpretation of Islamic teaching that he says leads to terrorism. Dr. Hamid appears several times in the broadcast. Click here to watch the episode in full.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith takes aim at Russia's plan to sell missiles to Syria, in a recent issue of the Georgian publication Tabula. Amb. Smith writes that Russia will provide Syria with P-800 Yakhont anti-ship cruise missiles under a contract worth more than $300 million. What's more, he writes that US and Israeli attempts to object have been complicated by a recent Israel-Russia military cooperation agreement and by Washington's dedication to a "reset" policy. Pointing out that the US and allies are simultaneously maintaining an arms embargo against Georgia, Amb. Smith writes, "It is apparently OK to arm a cutthroat dictatorship that arms the terrorist Hezbollah and Hamas. But it is apparently not OK to provide a fellow democracy with the weapons it needs for its legitimate defense in the face of Russian invasion and occupation." Click below to read the article in full.
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Wadsworth, PhD, President and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute, will be a Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Navigator Award winner for 2010. Dr. Wadsworth and fellow awardees will be honored at a banquet at the Willard Hotel, Washington, DC, on October 21. Dr. Wadsworth has been President and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute since January 2009. Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit research and development organization, executing about $6B of work annually and employing about 21,000 people. Formed in 1925 as a charitable trust and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle counts among its successes the development of the Xerox machine, pioneering work on the compact disc, and a number of innovations in medical technology, telecommunications, environmental waste treatment, homeland security, and transportation.
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The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that Gerald M. Edelman, MD, PhD, Nobel Laureate, Director of The Neurosciences Institute and President of Neurosciences Research Foundation, will be a Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Navigator Award winner for 2010. Dr. Edelman and fellow awardees will be honored at a banquet at the Willard Hotel, Washington, DC, on October 21.
Dr. Edelman is Director of The Neurosciences Institute and President of Neurosciences Research Foundation, a publicly supported not-for-profit organization that is the Institute’s parent. Separately, he is Professor at The Scripps Research Institute and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at that institution. His early studies focused on the structure, diversity, and function of antibodies. In 1972, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on antibodies, which transformed our understanding of the immune response.
Read more: Gerald Edelman, MD, PhD, is Navigator Award Winner