In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Advent International, Stellar, Stream Realty Partners, The Citizenry, Sabre Corp., SB Architects, and others.
Hong has received the Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, receiving $400,000 in research funding support for five years. The award is given to established investigators in rapid growth phases of their careers, whose accomplishments continue to show promise.
Hong's promise centers around his research on new "bioactive materials" to mimic the natural state of a body for heart research. That's important because cardiovascular disease remains the world's No.1 killer in the world, claiming nearly 18 million lives per year, UT Arlington says.
Madison has been director of community relations for Thomson Reuters since 2015, developing community engagement strategies and overseeing community outreach programs. Now she'll be laser-focused on one mission in particular: Bonton Farms, a nonprofit that's working to cultivate change in South Dallas by operating a farmers market, two fully functioning farms, and a café and coffee house.
"Both [CEO Daron Babcock] and I believe that Bonton Farms can be the change the world needs, and it’s my greatest honor to partner with him to continue bringing that vision to life," Madison said.
Plus: 7-Eleven acquires last-mile delivery startup; American Heart Association invests in $43M healthcare innovation fund; Fort Worth real estate investors raise $32.4M for new fund; Dallas College Lands $8.8M to boost biotech workforce; UT Southwestern researchers land funding for hypothermia therapy study; and more North Texas deals.
People in the U.S. are more stressed than ever, grappling with the effects and uncertainties of the pandemic, according to AHA CEO Nancy Brown, who says that "women of color suffer disproportionately from adverse life experiences like discrimination and racism that can lead to anxiety and toxic levels of chronic stress.”
The AHA gathered Black professionals and medical experts for a candid conversation on mental health. Here are tips for coping.
Nonprofit Restorative Farms, which creates agri-systems in underserved communities, is among the three finalists for the American Heart Association's contest for leaders in the food ecosystem. Voting for the Foodscape Innovation Awards ends Oct. 15.
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news on UTSW and the American Heart Association examining cardiac concerns, as well as Cook Children’s in Fort Worth receiving a grant to bolster research.
We're bringing you this week's news about important developments from universities, labs, and private industry in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
Also, you'll learn about the Dallas-based American Heart Association backing research teams looking into age-related cognitive declines, and a Plano-based biotech company getting an approval from the EPA.
Candidates selected will go through a six- to eight-week program, which will include instruction on customer discovery, marketing strategies, and brand storytelling.
Coronary microvascular dysfunction is a disease that affects the walls and inner linings of tiny coronary artery blood vessels that branch off from larger coronary arteries.
Tech genius John Carmack has turned to an audacious new challenge: developing artificial general intelligence. The programming innovator believes we’re now half a dozen insights away from achieving AGI, a form of AI that goes beyond mimicking human intelligence to actually understanding things and solving problems....
North Texas’ resident tech genius, John Carmack, is taking aim now at his most ambitious target: solving the world’s biggest computer-science problem by developing artificial general intelligence. That’s a form of AI whose machines can understand, learn, and perform any intellectual task that humans can do....
Dallas- and Fort Worth-based Satori Capital has launched a new investment business focused on “transformational companies developing innovative solutions for mental health.”
Satori Neuro will target companies developing breakthrough treatments and disruptive business models to address “the world’s most critical mental health challenges,” Satori said....
Tech genius John Carmack has turned to an audacious new challenge: developing artificial general intelligence. The programming innovator believes we’re now half a dozen insights away from achieving AGI, a form of AI that goes beyond mimicking human intelligence to actually understanding things and solving problems....
North Texas’ resident tech genius, John Carmack, is taking aim now at his most ambitious target: solving the world’s biggest computer-science problem by developing artificial general intelligence. That’s a form of AI whose machines can understand, learn, and perform any intellectual task that humans can do....
Dallas- and Fort Worth-based Satori Capital has launched a new investment business focused on “transformational companies developing innovative solutions for mental health.”
Satori Neuro will target companies developing breakthrough treatments and disruptive business models to address “the world’s most critical mental health challenges,” Satori said....