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ICPSR Research Paper Competition In 2014, the Research Paper Competition at ICPSR contains five categories. Submissions still are being accepted for the Data Curation Research Paper Competition, but the deadline has passed for the other four. See details below. Data Curation Research Paper Competition This is a new category added for 2014, for papers on the topic of data curation. Awards: $1,000 for a single first-place award, $750 for a single second-place award. Eligibility: Entrants must be current PhD, master’s, or undergraduate students, or recent graduates who graduated on or after April 1, 2013. Deadline: May 30, 2014. Visit the Data Curation Research Paper Competition page for all details related to this competition. Note: The deadline for the following four competitions (January 31, 2014) has passed, and applications are no longer being accepted. These competitions have the purpose of highlighting exemplary research papers based on quantitative analysis. ICPSR Research Paper Competition RCMD Research Paper Competition

Dr Abhay Bang: the revolutionary paediatrician | Global development | The Observer Dr Abhay Bang does not look like a pioneer. He sits across the table in a London conference room, his posture slight and upright, his beard neatly trimmed. He is wearing a grey suit and tie, his hair brushed precisely to the right. And yet despite the conventional appearance, this is the man who has revolutionised healthcare for the poorest people in India and who has overseen a programme that has sent infant mortality rates plummeting in one of the most poverty-stricken areas of the world. Medical experts now believe that Dr Bang's radical beliefs hold the key to tackling the myriad endemic health problems that blight the developing word. "I suppose my name might have something to do with the path I chose," he explains in rapid, accented English. It is a particularly fitting moniker for a man who has dedicated his life to turning medical orthodoxy on its head. But success has been a long time coming. The newborn death rate in Gadchiroli has now fallen to 30 per 1,000 live births.

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