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J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital Team Adds Healthcare Veteran and Past Seagen CEO David Epstein to Advisory Board

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital today announced the addition of David Epstein to its Healthcare Advisory Board.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital today announced the addition of David Epstein to its Healthcare Advisory Board.
  • Mr. Epstein will now advise the J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital team.
  • The J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital team leverages JPMorgan Chase's scale, resources, data assets and healthcare expertise and sits within J.P. Morgan Private Capital, a venture and growth equity investment platform that is part of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
  • The platform finances the continued growth of private companies and taps into significant pre-IPO value creation opportunities in the consumer and technology, and life sciences sectors.

Elevage Medical Technologies Continues Expansion of Investment Team and Board

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevage Medical Technologies ("Elevage"), a portfolio company of Patient Square Capital, dedicated to supporting growth-stage medical device and medical technology companies, today announced key additions to the investment team and board. Vice-Presidents Suchira Sharma and Peter Tortora join the Elevage investment team, along with Dr. Josh Makower, a Senior Advisor to Patient Square and Elevage, who will also join the Elevage Board of Directors.

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    AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevage Medical Technologies ("Elevage"), a portfolio company of Patient Square Capital , dedicated to supporting growth-stage medical device and medical technology companies, today announced key additions to the investment team and board.
  • Vice-Presidents Suchira Sharma and Peter Tortora join the Elevage investment team, along with Dr. Josh Makower, a Senior Advisor to Patient Square and Elevage, who will also join the Elevage Board of Directors.
  • Dr. Evan Melrose, CEO of Elevage Medical, said, "We are thrilled with these three key additions to the Elevage team.
  • Dr. Makower is also the Founder & Executive Chairman of ExploraMed, a medical device incubator that has created eleven companies since 1995.

UTulsa announces Master of Engineering degree in Energy Transition

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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TULSA, Okla., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Tulsa announces a new Master of Engineering degree in Energy Transition.

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  • TULSA, Okla., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Tulsa announces a new Master of Engineering degree in Energy Transition.
  • This new degree program will further propel the college in its long history as a pioneer in the energy sector.
  • The University of Tulsa is offering a new Master of Engineering degree in Energy Transition to advance energy solutions.
  • "This graduate degree offers energy professionals the opportunity to learn about how their skill sets can be applied in various energy transition fields," said Mohan Kelkar, chair of petroleum engineering.

John D. McDonald Appointed to Resilient Entanglement Board of Advisors

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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DENVER, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Resilient Entanglement (RE) is thrilled to announce that John D. McDonald, Founder & CEO of JDM Associates, LLC, is joining our Board of Advisors.

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  • DENVER, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Resilient Entanglement (RE) is thrilled to announce that John D. McDonald, Founder & CEO of JDM Associates, LLC, is joining our Board of Advisors.
  • John has over 50 years of experience in the electric utility transmission and distribution industry.
  • Before launching JDM Associates, John was the Smart Grid Business Development Leader for General Electric (GE) Grid Solutions.
  • As a Board of Advisors member, John advises senior leadership and engineering staff on integrating climate-resiliency and energy distribution efficiency into the grid using predictive analysis and cutting-edge quantum algorithms.

Emotional Link LLC CEO Naoto Sato Interviews Professor Brian Kernighan, Princeton University, on "Methodology for Strengthening Arithmetic Abilities"

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Emotional Link LLC , a business information dissemination company based in Minato Ward, Tokyo, has released an interview article with Professor Brian Kernighan, Princeton University, on "Methodology for Strengthening Arithmetic Abilities”.

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  • Emotional Link LLC , a business information dissemination company based in Minato Ward, Tokyo, has released an interview article with Professor Brian Kernighan, Princeton University, on "Methodology for Strengthening Arithmetic Abilities”.
  • The article , which is available on the Emotional Link LLC website, specifically targeting business professionals and students aspiring entrepreneurs who struggle with arithmetic, delves into the mindset of individuals proficient with arithmetic and explores methods for improving arithmetic skills based on this mindset.
  • He also emphasized that improving arithmetic skills even as an adult is not difficult, and it can be achieved by simply repeating basic calculations in everyday life.
  • Naoto Sato is the CEO of Emotional Link LLC.

BlossomHill Therapeutics Chief Executive Officer, Jingrong Jean Cui, Ph.D., Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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BlossomHill Therapeutics , a biotechnology company focused on the design and development of small molecule medicines for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced Jingrong Jean Cui, Ph.D., Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of BlossomHill Therapeutics, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

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  • BlossomHill Therapeutics , a biotechnology company focused on the design and development of small molecule medicines for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced Jingrong Jean Cui, Ph.D., Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of BlossomHill Therapeutics, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
  • The prestigious honor recognizes Dr. Cui’s direct role in the innovation of new medicines to fight cancer and address urgent medical needs.
  • As Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of BlossomHill Therapeutics, Dr. Cui leads the effort to design the novel small molecule drug candidates in the company’s R&D pipeline.
  • Prior to BlossomHill, Dr. Cui co-founded Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc., which Bristol Myers Squibb acquired in June 2022 for $4.1 billion.

Digital Locations CEO Rich Berliner Discussed Future of 6G Wireless Technology with Top Industry Experts

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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SANTA BARBARA, CA, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Digital Locations, Inc. (OTCMKTS:DLOC), the developer of SatennaTM, a breakthrough technology that will enable delivery of high-speed Internet from satellites directly to smartphones all over the world, today announced that in a recent podcast, its CEO, Rich Berliner, spoke with Dr. Ted Rappaport, founding director of NYU Wireless, and Dr. Arjuna Madanayake, Associate Professor at Florida International University, about their work on channel modeling, precision timing, chip design, chip measurement and the future of 6G wireless.

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  • Ted Rapport and Arjuna Madanayake report on channel modeling, precision timing, chip design, chip measurement, and the future of 6G wireless.
  • During the conversation, both Dr. Rappaport and Dr. Madanayake stressed the importance of the standardized measurement facility they are creating.
  • Future wireless is going to have multiple antennas, multiple threads, and multiple parallel paths.
  • Dr. Rappaport is the founding director of NYU WIRELESS, the world's first academic research center to combine engineering, computer science, and medicine.

Demographics, labor market power and the spatial equilibrium

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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    • Abstract
      This paper studies how demographics affect aggregate labor market power, the urban wage
      premium and the spatial concentration of population.
    • I develop a quantitative spatial model
      in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the local
      workforce.
    • If these factors differ across workers, labor market power has a role to
      play in explaining wage inequality.
    • This paper contributes to the literature on differences in labor market power by analyzing a
      new dimension of heterogeneity: demographics.
    • Since older workers are less mobile in terms of
      switching workplaces, firms have more labor market power over older workers.
    • I start by estimating labor market power by measuring the sensitivity of worker turnover to
      the wage paid.
    • I find a strong
      role of demographics in determining the degree of labor market power enjoyed by firms.
    • Next, I provide evidence of the importance of differences in labor market power for spatial
      wage inequality.
    • To explore the consequences of labor market sorting, I build a spatial general equilibrium
      model in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the

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      local workforce.

    • If these factors differ across workers, labor market power has a role to
      play in explaining wage inequality.
    • In
      the model, geographic sorting by age matters and leads to higher labor market power in rural
      areas, which implies an urban wage premium that is 4% larger than with uniform labor supply
      elasticities.
    • I follow Manning (2013) and estimate labor market power by measuring the sensitivity of worker
      turnover to the wage paid.
    • Bachmann et al., 2021; Ahlfeldt et al., 2022a; Berger et al.,
      2022) that nest a monopsonistic labor market in a spatial general equilibrium model (Redding
      and Rossi-Hansberg, 2017).
    • As firms have more labor market power
      over older workers, they face an upward-sloping labor supply curve that is less elastic in regions
      with an older workforce.
    • Firms choose in which labor market to operate in the sense that there is free
      entry at fixed costs into all locations.
    • How are differences in labor market competitiveness across space sustained in spatial equilibrium?
    • I use the model to quantify the importance of heterogeneity
      in labor market power for the urban wage premium and the spatial concentration of population.
    • My work is complementary to but quite different
      from this paper since I argue that population aging increases labor market power rather than
      product market power.
    • By analyzing the effects of a changing age composition of the workforce in the context
      of labor market power, I relate to literature on the labor market effects of population aging.
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      after controlling for age, differences in labor market power between East and West Germany
      vanish.

    • They conclude that higher
      concentration is associated with higher labor market power (as in the model of Jarosch et al.,
      forthcoming).
    • I offer an alternative explanation why labor market power differs across regions:
      Since denser regions have a younger workforce, workers are more mobile in terms of switching
      jobs which implies lower labor market power of firms.
    • In this case, I infer a
      high labor supply elasticity and low labor market power of firms.
    • I contribute to this growing debate by
      quantifying differences in labor market power across worker groups and their effects on regional
      inequality.
    • While the model shows how demographics affect labor market power, the urban wage premium and agglomeration, one fundamental question remains open for future research: What
      are the policy implications of (differences in) labor market power?

First PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Consumer-Initiated Blood Test with Physician Consult Launches on questhealth.com

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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"Our PFAS blood test is based on the latest science and aligns with several facets of new CDC guidance as well as recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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  • "Our PFAS blood test is based on the latest science and aligns with several facets of new CDC guidance as well as recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
  • Not everyone needs a PFAS test, but people at high risk of elevated exposure may benefit from greater access to the insights provided by this novel test."
  • It is the first PFAS blood test available as a consumer-initiated test with physician consult to report a sum of PFAS chemicals based on level of health risks identified by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).
  • The Quest test aligns with several recommendations from NASEM on PFAS testing, including:
    Quantifying levels of several specific PFAS chemicals identified for potential health risks.

DigitalBridge Appoints Data Center Pioneer Christian Belady as a Senior Advisor

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG) (“DigitalBridge”), a leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure, today announced that Christian Belady has been appointed as a Senior Advisor.

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  • DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG) (“DigitalBridge”), a leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure, today announced that Christian Belady has been appointed as a Senior Advisor.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240208549445/en/
    Christian Belady Senior Advisor DigitalBridge (Photo: Business Wire)
    Mr. Belady is a distinguished industry veteran with over four decades of experience in data center and infrastructure management and development on a global scale.
  • “We are thrilled to welcome Christian to DigitalBridge and look forward to benefiting from his unparalleled expertise in data center design, development and management,” said Jon Mauck, Senior Managing Director of DigitalBridge, who leads the company’s data center investment strategy.
  • In previous roles at Microsoft, Mr. Belady led global server and data center development, including research, engineering, construction, and operations for Microsoft’s data center portfolio.