EDISON AWARDS / Issue #22
October 22, 2014


 

Improving your Image

GE Healthcare announces SenoClaire in time for Breast Cancer Awareness month

Like a jet flying farther without burning more fuel, or a computer chip crunching data faster in the same small space, mammography is making a similar technological leap when it comes to its latest advance in image clarity.


 

Edison Award Winner GE Healthcare announced today that it has received FDA approval for a new mammography solution, SenoClaire*, which helps clinicians see breast tissue in three-dimensions - but can do so without needing to increase the amount of X-rays used in standard 2D imaging. More


 

Happy Feet
2015 Edison Award Nominee miraclefeet is making big steps

There's more work to be done, but Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld, MBA '92, anticipates a day when her organization, miraclefeet, will provide the remedy for tens of thousands of children with clubfoot throughout the developing world. At that point, she says, "I will be able to get hit by a bus and go down feeling really good."


 

The remedy, devised in the innovation hot spring of Stanford's d.school, is a plastic brace that's dramatically more affordable and child-friendly than the standard metal version. Its ultimate impact portends more than a medical solution: Fixing clubfoot may avert a life shaped by social rejection and long-term poverty. More 

Bloody Brilliant

Edison Award Winner Theranos is changing the scope of labratory testing

It's time for people to know more about their bodies, and that starts with medical testing, said Elizabeth Holmes, CEO and Founder of medical-testing company Theranos at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit on Wednesday.


 

"We know more about our credit cards than we know about our bodies," she added.

 

Holmes, who Fortune profiled earlier this year, has been upending how the medical industry looks at laboratory testing. Theranos, the company she founded when she was 19 years old, developed a process to run the full scope of medical lab testing using only the smallest sampling of blood. There's no needles, no hassle and no stress.  More

 
Serving on Home Soil
The Mission Continues connects veterans and communities
Edison Award Winner The Mission Continues puts veterans to work in volunteer "platoons" with "squad leaders" to tackle wide-ranging civic projects: mentoring children and refurbishing schools in Boston; tracking down homeless veterans in Phoenix who may want help; and building sustainable agricultural networks that supply fresher food to families in Washington, D.C. 

In The Bronx, a new platoon is partnered with DreamYard, which pairs arts education with community projects. "These are long-term revitalization efforts in some of the most disadvantaged areas in New York City," says Kympton, who lives in Brooklyn with his wife and young son. "The veterans provide all the blocking and tackling." More 
A Helping Hand
Dow Water & Process Solutions celebrates Global Handwashing Day

 

Washing hands with soap is a proven way to prevent the spread of life-threatening diseases, especially among children. In fact, nearly 2 million children under the age of 5 die each year from infectious diseases. In recognition of Global Handwashing Day, Edison Award Winner Dow is shining a light on its technology leadership through a research and development collaboration with Lifebuoy™ soap from Unilever that is expected to deliver a positive impact on health and hygiene around the world. More

Raise Your Glass
P&G celebrates 10 year anniversary of CSDW Program
The Procter & Gamble Company, former Edison Award Winner, honored the critical role P&G's partners have played in the Company's efforts to provide safe drinking water and help save lives around the world. The P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW), which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014, and the Pampers UNICEF campaign to eliminate maternal and newborn tetanus were the two programs highlighted with specific focus on the roles of CSDW partners AmeriCares and ChildFund and Pampers UNICEF partner Tesco, for their contributions to saving thousands of lives. More 

 

 2015 Edison Awards Nominations Open

 

September 1, 2014 thru December 5, 2014

 

Click here for a Nomination Form
#TacklingCancer
Hosted by GE Healthcare and the American Cancer Society
October 23rd @ 8:00 CST

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join the American Cancer Society and GE Healthcare for a tweet chat on October 23 at 8 am CST/9 am EST to discuss "Three Things to Know About Breast Cancer: Get Your Questions Answered." To learn more,  click here.

Edison Awards Steering Committee Spotlight 

 

Sheree Speakman

President, CIE Learning 

  

  

Sheree Speakman works on public and private education projects that support the common goals of social justice and deeper learning. From 2007 to 2011, she was Evaluation Director of the Walton Family Foundation, working with the K-12 Education Reform, Environment and Home Region program teams and grantees on performance analysis. She continues to work with the Walton Family Foundation as an independent consultant on evaluation related to its environmental grantmaking. 


Prior to joining the Foundation, Sheree worked in the education sector to develop and implement performance improvement data for school leaders and teachers. She served as COO for British Schools of America between 2005 and 2007. Earlier, she was President of Fox River Learning, a consulting organization specializing in systems that originated and analyzed student performance and school finance records. Sheree received an A.B. from Albion College in Michigan and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
 

  

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