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Peter Agre (/ ˈ ɑː ɡ r iː /; born January 30, 1949) is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.
By 2009, the elbow bump was endorsed by many university officials, [15] Nobel laureate Peter Agre, [16] then President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the World Health Organization. [17] However, some of these endorsements were meant as much to elicit good humor as for purposes of good hygiene. [15] [18]
AAAS fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; communication; and more. It is a non-profit organization, with membership open to everyone. AAAS presidents serve a one-year term, beginning in mid-February at the close of the AAAS Annual Meeting.
Agre is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexandra Agre (born 1988), American curler; Bernard Agré (1926–2014), Ivorian archbishop; Denis Agre (born 1988), Bulgarian basketball player; Ottar Agre, also known as Ottar E. Akre (1896–1992), Norwegian accordionist; Peter Agre (born 1949), American physician; Philip E. Agre
This manifesto was signed by 177 of the leading American biologists, including George G. Simpson of Harvard University, Nobel Prize Winner Peter Agre of Duke University, Carl Sagan of Cornell, John Tyler Bonner of Princeton, Nobel Prize Winner George Beadle, President of the University of Chicago, and Donald F. Kennedy of Stanford University ...
Washington, D.C., office of the AAAS. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity. [1]
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The AAAS includes within Asian-American studies the following "sub-components": "Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Hawai’ian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, and other groups." [1] AAAS was founded in 1979 as the Association for Asian/Pacific American Studies. The name was changed in 1982. [2]