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North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) |
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«The North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) is the leading scientific society dedicated to the study of obesity. Since 1982 NAASO has been committed to encouraging research on the causes and treatment of obesity, and to keeping the medical community and public informed of new advances.»
EEUU - inglés
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North American Association of Central Cancer Registries |
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«The North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Inc. (NAACCR, Inc.), is a professional organization that develops and promotes uniform data standards for cancer registration; provides education and training; certifies population-based registries; aggregates and publishes data from central cancer registries; and promotes the use of cancer surveillance data and systems for cancer control and epidemiologic research, public health programs, and patient care to reduce the burden of cancer in North America.»
EEUU - inglés
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North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada (NACPAC) |
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«The North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting people with chronic pain, and their communities, through self-help groups, education, fundraising and networking with other groups of similar purpose.»
Canadá
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Northeast Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (NACMID) |
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«The Northeast Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (NACMID) was organized in the spring of 1983 and formally incorporated as a non-profit organization on July 1, 1983. The purpose of the Association is to promote scientific knowledge of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.»
EEUU - inglés
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Norwegian Society of Medical Physics |
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«NFMF er en faglig interesseorganisasjon for personer som arbeider med medisinsk fysikk som ble grunnlagt 1976. Foreningen skal støtte og vise vei for en utvikling av fagområdet medisinsk fysikk, slik at faget kan praktiseres på en profesjonell måte i Norge.»
Noruega
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Nutrition Society of Australia |
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«The Nutrition Society of Australia is a Society of some 400 active members organised across Australia by regional groups and managed by a National Executive.»
Australia
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Ohio Podiatric Medical Association (OPMA) |
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«The Ohio Podiatric Medical Association (OPMA) is dedicated to serving and protecting the public's podiatric health and maintaining the highest standards of ethical conduct among its members.»
EEUU - inglés
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Ontario Homeopathic Association (OHA), |
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«The Ontario Homeopathic Association (OHA), founded in 1992, has established the highest standards of care for the homeopathic medical profession in the province of Ontario. Professional ethics and standards of this discipline bind all members. Through the OHA, the public is assured of a professional, ethical and qualified practitioner.»
Canadá
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Ontario Medical Association (OMA) |
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«The Ontario Medical Association is a voluntary membership organization representing Ontario's approximately 24,000 physicians. Recognized as the organization officially representing the economic and professional interests of the province's doctors, the OMA has proven itself as an effective political voice in Ontario's increasingly complex health-care system.»
Canadá
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Opticians Association of America |
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«The Opticians Association of America (OAA) is the only national organization
working on behalf of the independent Optician. OAA's mission is to promote
and expand opticianry by being the single, unified voice of America's Opticians.
In support of this mission, we are committed to promoting professional stature
through leadership, education, legislative representation, and communication.»
EEUU - inglés
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Orthopaedic Research Society |
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«The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) was founded in 1954 and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1982. The purposes of the ORS are to promote, support, develop and encourage research in orthopaedic surgery, musculoskeletal diseases, musculoskeletal injuries and disciplines related thereto; to provide, encourage, develop and sponsor educational activities related to the foregoing; and to provide forums for dissemination of knowledge in these fields. The intent of these efforts is to improve the care of patients with musculoskeletal diseases and injuries. The Society has approximately 1,700 members.»
EEUU - inglés
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Orthopaedic Trauma Association |
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«The mission of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) is to promote excellence in care for the injured patient, through provision of scientific forums and support of musculoskeletal research and education of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the public.»
EEUU - inglés
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Pan American Society for Clinical Virology |
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«The Pan American Society for Clinical Virology (PASCV) was founded in 1977 as the Pan American Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis (PAG-RVD). It was founded to help raise the standards of diagnostic virology in the Americas as the European Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis had done elsewhere. The name was changed in 1995 to reflect the expanding role of the society in all areas of clinical virology, including diagnostics, manifestations of viral diseases and viral pathogenesis, prevention of and therapy for viral diseases and the improved understanding of all of these.»
Internacional
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Parkinson's Association of Western Australia |
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«Parkinson's Western Australia (PWA) is a non-profit, largely voluntary, grass roots organisation which works hard to assist people with the condition, their carers and families. PWA promotes community awareness and provides educational assistance to health professionals. PWA maintains important links with the national body, Parkinson's Australia, Inc. and with the Neurological Council of WA.»
Australia
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Parkinson's Disease Society |
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«The PDS was established in 1969 and now has 28,000 members and over 300 branches throughout the UK. We provide support, advice and information to people with Parkinson?s, their carers, families and friends, and to health and social services professionals involved in management and care. It is a registered charity.»
Reino Unido
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS) |
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«The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society is organized exclusively for scientific and educational purposes and not for profit. Its purpose is to enhance the health of infants, children and adolescents by promoting excellence in diagnosis, management and prevention of infectious diseases through clinical care, education, research and advocacy.»
EEUU - inglés
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Pedorthic Footware Association |
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«The Pedorthic Footwear Association (PFA), founded in 1958, is the not-for-profit organization representing professionals involved in the field of pedorthics -- the design, manufacture, modification and fit of shoes and foot orthoses to alleviate foot problems caused by disease, congenital condition, overuse or injury.»
EEUU - inglés
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People's Medical Society |
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«Since its founding in 1983, the People?s Medical Society has championed the rights of medical consumers. The largest medical consumer advocacy organization in the United States, it has published an impressive assortment of health classics, including Medicine on Trial and Take This Book to the Hospital With You.»
EEUU - inglés
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Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) |
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«The Peripheral Nerve Society was founded in 1994, having evolved from two groups of academic investigators interested in understanding the basic biology and function of the peripheral nervous system - the nature of nerve injury and repair. These groups met periodically in closed meetings to discuss advances in this understanding and how this knowledge might be applied to care for patients with genetic, traumatic, toxic, or metabolic nerve disease. The interests of our members encompass all aspects of the peripheral nervous system, both clinical and scientific, and range from electrophysiologic tools for diagnosis to molecular mechanisms of disease and nerve fiber regeneration. The Society is now incorporated, and open to general membership by those interested in the peripheral nervous system and its diseases.»
EEUU - inglés
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Physiological Society of New Zealand |
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«The Physiological Society of New Zealand was initiated in 1972 by Professor John Hubbard (University of Otago) and Professor Jack Sinclair (University of Auckland).»
Nueva Zelanda
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Physiology Society of Southern Africa |
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«The symbolism is two fold: physiology is the study of that spark of life, and, for humanity, that spark was almost certainly conferred on the family, Hominidae, as well as on its only surviving species, Homo sapiens, in Africa, possibly Southern Africa.»
Sudáfrica
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Pituitary Tumor Network Association |
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«The Pituitary Network Association (PNA) is an international non-profit organization for patients with pituitary tumors and disorders, their families, loved ones, and the physicians and health care providers who treat them.»
EEUU - inglés
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Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne |
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«... is a member of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), the European Federation of Biotechnology ( the Society's Biotechnology Interest Group), the International Bioenergetics Group (IUBMB/IUPAB), and European Society for the Study of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man (European Purine Club).»
Polonia
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Portuguese Biochemical Society |
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«The Portuguese Biochemical Society (SPB) was founded in 1957 as an independent section of the Lisbon Society of Medical Sciences.»
Portugal
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Prescription Foot Orthotic Laboratory Association |
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«Founded in 1990, the Prescription Foot Orthotic Laboratory Association is a non-profit professional Association dedicated to promoting and improving the efficacy of custom, prescription foot orthoses to the medical professions, the public, and to third-party providers of medical coverage.»
EEUU - inglés
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Proteome Society |
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«The San Francisco Bay Area will host a mid September meeting of the Proteome Society.* Up to four speakers and six poster presentations will be selected by the Scientific Advisory Council from abstract applications. All applications must be completed and returned by 5pm PST September 1st. There is no charge to apply. Applications must be appropriate to the topic of the meeting. The Proteome Society welcomes participants from any location but unfortunately cannot cover travel expenses.»
EEUU - inglés
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PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society |
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«The PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society is an international organization for researchers in a number of scientific and medical deciplines, including psychology, neurosciences, immunology, pharmacology, psychiatry, behavioral medicine, infectious diseases, and rheumatology, who are interested in interactions between the nervous system and the immune system, and the relationship between behavior and health.»
EEUU - inglés
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QSAR and Modelling Society |
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«Thus, all scientists who investigate quantitative structure-activity relationships in medicinal, agricultural, or environmental chemistry, by any one of these methods, are encouraged and invited to join our Society.»
EEUU - inglés
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Radiation Research Society |
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«The Radiation Research Society's objectives are threefold:
To encourage in the broadest manner the advancement of radiation research in all areas of the natural sciences; To facilitate cooperative research between the disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine in the study of the properties and effects of radiation;
To promote dissemination of knowledge in these and related fields through publications, meetings and educational symposia.»
EEUU - inglés
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Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) |
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«The mission of the Radiological Society of North America is to promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research. The Society seeks to provide radiologists and allied health scientists with educational programs and materials of the highest quality, and to constantly improve the content and value of these educational activities. The Society seeks to promote research in all aspects of radiology and related sciences, including basic clinical research in the promotion of quality healthcare.»
EEUU - inglés
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Red de Sociedades Científicas Médicas Venezolanas |
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Es una institución eminentemente de carácter investigativa, científica y pedagógica. Su objetivo primordial es la asistencia, promoción, educación, prevención y administración de la salud pública en todas sus formas.
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Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) |
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«We are an interdisciplinary association of people with a common interest in technology and disability. Our purpose is to improve the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology. We serve that purpose by promoting research, development, education, advocacy and provision of technology; and by supporting the people engaged in these activities.»
EEUU - inglés
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Renal Pathology Society |
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«The RPS is a nonprofit organization committed to the increase and dissemination of knowledge regarding the pathology and the pathophysiology of the kidney.»
EEUU - hispano
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Renal Physicians Association |
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«Organized in 1973, the RPA is a national medical specialty association with a membership comprised of healthcare providers in the subspecialty area of internal medicine known as nephrology. RPA represents and serves nephrologists, practice managers, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants in their pursuit of quality renal health care. RPA?s members are engaged in diverse activities including the practice of medicine, teaching, research and all are committed to improving the care of patients with renal disease and related disorders.»
EEUU - inglés
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Research Society on Alcoholism |
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«The RSA serves as a meeting ground for scientists in the broad areas of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. The Society promotes research and the acquisition and dissemination of scientific knowledge.»
EEUU - inglés
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Romanian Medical Physicists Association (RMPA) |
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«The Romanian Medical Physicists Association (RMPA) was founded in 1992, Baia Mare (Romania). The current membership covers more than 100 medical physicists in the field of Medical Physics in Romania. The society is a member of the European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) as well as the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP).»
Rumanía
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Romanian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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«The Romanian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (RSBMB) is a scientific, professional and non-governmental organization gathering people working in biochemical research, industry and education, in Romania.»
Rumanía
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Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UK |
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«The objectives of the Society are to promote and advance the study, control and prevention of disease in man and other animals in warm climates, to facilitate discussion and the exchange of information among those who are interested in tropical diseases, and generally to promote the work of those interested in these objectives.»
Reino Unido
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