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• Portland's Clark/Kjos Architects names Tyler Carlson, Guy Maluda as

  - 2008-04-11

  Clark/Kjos Architects has named Tyler Carlson and Guy Maluda as associates. Carlson is a project designer at Clark/Kjos and has 14 years of experience designing for health care, institutional and civic facilities. His projects include the Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital expansion, Good Samaritan Hospital's Puyallup, Wash....

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• Engineers Without Borders-USA Focuses on Sustainable Engineering, Global Health During International Conference This Week in Seattle

  - 2008-03-26

  Engineers Without Borders-USA will hold its annual conference Thursday through Sunday on the University of Washington's Seattle campus. More than 600 attendees will demonstrate how the group is creating a niche in the philanthropic community: professionals using their technical skills to complete clean-water, sanitation and infrastructure projects. Co-hosted by...

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• Bar Raised on Education Standards for Certified Professional Guardians

  - 2008-03-13

  Certified Professional Guardian Board and Administrative Office of the Courts partner with University of Washington to develop certificate program for new applicants in Washington State SEATTLE -- Applicants for the role of Certified Professional Guardian in Washington State--those appointed by the courts to manage the medical, financial, legal, and...

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• Researchers Aim to Prevent Global Prematurity and Stillbirths.

  - 2008-02-18

  SEATTLE, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- - Seattle Children's receives US$1 million Gates Foundation grant for research and international summit Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute announced today that it has received a US$1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates...

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• Researchers Aim to Prevent Global Prematurity and Stillbirths

  - 2008-02-18

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Jennifer Seymour of the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, +1-206-987-5207, jennifer.seymour@seattlechildrens.org Seattle Children's receives $1 million Gates Foundation grant for research and international summit SEATTLE, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seattle Childrens Hospital Research Institute announced today that it has received a $1 million grant...

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• Livin' large

  - 2007-10-01

  Zip codes prove reliable indicator of obesityProperty value can predict obesity rates more accurately than levels of income or education. That, according to a new study conducted by the University of Washington and published online in the journal Social Science and Medicine.Researchers found that for each added $100,000 in the...

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• Experts Available to Discuss Heart Health

  - 2007-02-01

  ExpertSource: TOPIC: February is National Heart Month and according to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, according to an article appearing in The Daily Press. More than 61 million Americans are living with some form of cardiovascular disease. While risk...

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• Child Pesticide Study Funded at University of Washington

  - 2006-06-16

  SEATTLE, Washington ENS — --> The University of Washington has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA to develop methods to help determine if children exposed to pesticides are at increased risk of developing health problems because of those exposures. This project will complement...

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• UW MED CENTER HELPS CARDIAC ASSIST ACHIEVE 500TH PROCEDURE.

  - 2006-05-01

  Jon Pettibon of University Place, Wash., arrived at the University of Washington Regional Heart Center "near death" after suffering a heart attack. Pettibon was previously treated at another hospital where doctors had placed a stent to open up one of the major arteries supplying his heart....

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• MIVT Invited to Lecture on Proprietary Biocompatible Coatings for Implanted Medical Devices and Drug Delivery Systems; Company Scientist Presents Data on Next Generation Coatings and Applications for Localized Treatment of Diseases

  - 2006-03-02

  VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- MIV Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB:MIVT) (FWB:MIV), a leading developer of next generation biocompatible coatings and advanced drug delivery systems for cardiovascular stents and other implantable medical devices, announced that one of its chief scientists presented a lecture at the University of Washington detailing recent research findings on...

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