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MetLife Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2013 Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease: Yueming Li, Ph.D., member and professor, Sloan-Kettering Institute and director and professor, Graduate Program in Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Lennart Mucke, M.D., director, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, Joseph B. Martin Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and professor of Neurology, University of California, San...
Focus on Connecting Housing to Health System and Service Partnerships, Green Sustainable Housing, and Service Innovation COLUMBIA, Md., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2013 MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing program is officially open for entries. Sponsored by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) and MetLife Foundation, the awards focus on best practices in health system and service partnerships, green sustainable housing, and service...
Parents' Lax Attitudes and Behavior Linked to Teen Rx Drug Misuse and Abuse Nearly One-Third of Parents Believe Stimulants Can Improve Academic Performance, Even for Teens Who Do Not Have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder NEW YORK, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New, nationally projectable survey results released today by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation confirmed that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least...
To address the gap between nursing education and clinical practice of nurses on the frontline of primary care for seniors, the NLN will create specialized curricula and resources for its program in geriatrics education: ACES (Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors). With a $125,000 grant from MetLife Foundation, funds will be used in 2013 to develop three inter-professional teaching strategies and three unfolding web-based case studies for ACES. New York, NY (PRWEB) February 04, 2013...
DALLAS, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Learning Forward announces the release of Standards Into Practice: School-based Roles, the first volume of a series that highlights Innovation Configuration (IC) maps for educators in 12 distinct roles in education who share responsibility for professional learning. The first volume focuses on four school-based roles: teacher, teacher leader/coach, school leadership team, and principal. With support from MetLife Foundation, Learning...
~The Partnership at Drugfree.org Launches New Spanish-Language Tools for Parents as Substance Abuse Among Latino Youth Remains Higher Than Other Ethnic Groups~ NEW YORK, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership at Drugfree.org today announced the launch of new tools for Hispanic parents and families, accessible at "HablaConTusHijos," a free, bilingual (Spanish/English) online resource to help Hispanic parents who are struggling to address drug and alcohol abuse by...
New studies from The Partnership at Drugfree.org and the MetLife Foundation released this week show an increase of marijuana use in today’s teens. Sponsored by the MetLife foundation, The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study shows that more than 1.5 million US teens have smoked weed at least 20 times in the past month. This puts teenage marijuana use up by almost 80% since 2008. This increase marks a three-year trend of teen smoking habits. According to the study, the last time such a...
Only Half of Teens, 51 Percent, Now Say They See "Great Risk" in Using Marijuana Regularly ~Teen Abuse of Rx and Over-The-Counter Medicines Remain at Dangerous Levels~ NEW YORK, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New, nationally projectable survey results released today by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation found that past-month marijuana use - particularly heavy use - has increased significantly among U.S. high school students since 2008. The Partnership...
“Remember Me†Website Counts on User Participation for Every Dollar to Help “Save a Memory†New York, NY (PRWEB) December 08, 2011 Today MetLife Foundation launched Remember Me, an interactive experience featuring real stories from people lost to Alzheimer’s disease. The goal of the site is to raise $1 million for Alzheimer’s disease research, education and caregiver support by asking people to symbolically restore a memory in honor of someone they...
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Children's Health Fund (CHF) is pleased to announce MetLife Foundation's support of its national oral health initiative, Healthy Kids, Healthy Smiles. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091204/DC21355LOGO) MetLife Foundation's $500,000 grant will help support oral health care for low-income and homeless children and families primarily via mobile dental clinics in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and Washington, D.C. The funding...
