Word: nonprofits
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...conflict of interest. NCI supports research on treatments reviewed by the FDA. "How can you wear both hats and be true to the missions of both organizations?" asks Merrill Goozner of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Von Eschenbach also sits on the board of a nonprofit cancer advocacy group called C-Change--along with execs from major drug firms...
...former resident of Lowell House, Nadosy is a member of Harvard’s Committee on University Resources, an advisory group of major alumni donors. He also serves on the boards of directors for the World Wildlife Fund, the Markle Foundation, which is a nonprofit focused on health care and national security, and the Summit Foundation, an environmental group...
...company R&D is a secretive thing, often taking place in isolated Skunk Works closed off from the rest of the company, to say nothing of the world. That's not the way things work at J.P.L. The lab is not owned by NASA but rather is a nonprofit, federally funded research center managed by the California Institute of Technology and does its work for NASA under contract. The academics who work there come from the world of peer review, in which even theoretical work isn't considered sound until a lot of objective eyes have had a chance...
Earlier this year, a conservative nonprofit called Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX, whose website says it supports "families touched by homosexuality") approached the PTA about exhibiting at the association's conference. The PTA said no: "From what we saw in the application, it seemed more of an agenda than just a resource for parents," says a PTA official. But the association did allow the liberal group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to present an anti-bullying workshop. When I spoke with PFOX executive director Regina Griggs about the PTA'S rebuff, she projected...
Nadosy, who joined the management company’s board two years ago, is also a board member of the World Wildlife Fund, the Markle Foundation, which is a nonprofit focused on health care and national security, and the Summit Foundation, an environmental group...