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Former FBI and DOJ Official Amelia Medina Returns to King & Spalding as Partner

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Her experience spans industries including technology, social media, internet services and communications, security, defense, government contracting, life sciences and financial services.

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  • Her experience spans industries including technology, social media, internet services and communications, security, defense, government contracting, life sciences and financial services.
  • "She is an elite talent who adds versatility to our world-class Special Matters and Government Investigations team, and we are thrilled to have her back."
  • Medina, who started her career as an associate in King & Spalding's Atlanta office, became one of FBI Director Chris Wray's closest aides and most trusted advisors.
  • Most recently, Medina concluded an assignment, on detail from the FBI, as Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Sustained Efficacy of Long-Acting Cabotegravir for PrEP Among Cisgender Women - Findings from HPTN 084 Study

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

New findings show reductions in HIV incidence were sustained in the 12 months following trial unblinding (November 5, 2020, through November 5, 2021).

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  • New findings show reductions in HIV incidence were sustained in the 12 months following trial unblinding (November 5, 2020, through November 5, 2021).
  • Participants were subsequently unblinded and continued their original randomized study regimen pending a protocol amendment to offer open-label CAB.
  • Empowering women with safe and effective PrEP options is critical to reducing HIV as a global health threat.
  • HPTN 084 enrolled 3,223 cisgender women at research sites in Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

CHOP Researchers Develop New Method for Measuring Movement Behavior in Children with Autism

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

Now, researchers at the Center for Autism Research (CAR) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a new method of measuring motor imitation, adding to a growing set of computational behavior analysis tools that can detect and characterize motor differences in children with autism.

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  • Now, researchers at the Center for Autism Research (CAR) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a new method of measuring motor imitation, adding to a growing set of computational behavior analysis tools that can detect and characterize motor differences in children with autism.
  • Researchers have been interested in motor imitation as a means of studying autism for decades.
  • Imitation is important in early development, and imitation differences may be foundational in how social differences in those with autism present themselves.
  • Using this method, researchers were able to distinguish participants with autism from typically developing youth with 82% accuracy.

Hunter Strategy Extends Cyber Modernization Support to National Institutes of Health

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading Cyber Risk and DevSecOps firm, Hunter Strategy, will continue its support to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director (OD) under Digital Management Inc (DMI) Sub-Contract.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading Cyber Risk and DevSecOps firm, Hunter Strategy, will continue its support to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director (OD) under Digital Management Inc (DMI) Sub-Contract.
  • Hunter Strategy will continue its delivery of premier Cyber Modernization strategies and solutions for OD.
  • Previously, Hunter Strategy provided a range of cyber expertise to OD around Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Risk Management, and Third-Party Supply Chain Risk.
  • As the agency evolves to become more agile in its existing Cyber capabilities, Hunter Strategy will support OD's design and application of cross-cutting Zero-Trust tactics as part of its Defense in Depth strategy.

GRSi Awarded Three Year $32M+ Contract for Professional Health IT Services to NIH's Office of the Director, Executive Office, Office of Information and Technology

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GRSi , an industry-leading innovator in enterprise technology professional services, was recently awarded a three-year contract to support the mission of the NIH's Office of the Director (OD), via the Office of Information Technology (OIT).

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  • BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GRSi , an industry-leading innovator in enterprise technology professional services, was recently awarded a three-year contract to support the mission of the NIH's Office of the Director (OD), via the Office of Information Technology (OIT).
  • Under this new contract, GRSi will provide professional services in support of hundreds of applications and tens of thousands of support incidents for the lead organization of the NIH.
  • "GRSi is truly honored with the confidence and trust put in us by the Director's Office of the NIH.
  • GRSi has delivered excellence in professional and technical services for nearly two decades to federal, defense, intelligence, and commercial clients worldwide.