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"...a veritable expert on tawdry cosmetic procedures gone horribly awry..."--Kevin Beck

Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.

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Grand Rounds 4.10

Apologies for the lack of posting; been a busy fall here. I'll have a real post up later today; in the meantime, I'll note that the latest edition of Grand Rounds is up over at Prudence, M.D....

A belated Halloween Tangled Bank

_Paddy K_ hosts the "eighty twelfth" edition of Tangled Bank, proving once again that you can never go wrong when you combine partying + scientists + nerdy science bloggy goodness....

Pediatric Grand Rounds 2.11

Carnival of pediatric medical posts from the past month...

Pediatric Grand Rounds--call for submissions!

I'll be hosting the latest edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds here this coming Sunday. Send along submissions dealing with any aspect of children's health to me by Saturday evening for inclusion....

Carnivals!

This week's anniversary edition of Grand Rounds is up over at Kevin, M.D., while a new Tangled Bank is up today at Aardvarchaelogy....

Carnivals and miscellany...

I've been terrible about submitting to and promoting fellow bloggers' carnivals lately, so here are two to take note of: the latest Grand Rounds is here at Six Unto Me, while you can get your fix of ecology bloggin' at...

Carnivals!

Today's Tangled Bank has just gone up over at The Voltage Gate; this week's Grand Rounds is up at vitum medicinus, and Pediatric Grand Rounds can be found over at Parenting Solved....

Grand Rounds 3.42

The weekly carnival of all things medical, hosted today here at Aetiology.

Last call for Grand Rounds...

Don't forget to send your entries for this week's Grand Rounds along to me by the close of business today....

Carnival pimping and Grand Rounds information

Need some more reading? Check out the latest edition of Tangled Bank over at Aardvarchaeology, and the latest Skeptics' Circle over at The Skeptical Alchemist. Meanwhile, as I mentioned previously, next week's Grand Rounds will be here at Aetiology. Send...

Tuesday reads

Grand Rounds of the week, malaria, cancer & chromosomes, and a bit more on communication between scientists and journalists.

New carnivals....

Check out a very clever Tangled Bank over at Greg Laden's place, and the latest Skeptics' Circle (Solstice edition!) at Relatively Science....

Best medical blogging of the week

It's that time again. Check out the latest edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds over at Med Journal Watch, while the original version of Grand Rounds can be found this week at code blog: tales of a nurse (set up as...

Grand Rounds 3.38

I'm on the road today, literally--driving from Iowa to Ohio with kids and dogs in tow. (Well, okay, not exactly in tow--I do allow them to ride *inside* the car). I have a post scheduled for a bit later,...

New blog carnivals available

Check out the latest editions of: Pediatric Grand Rounds Grand Rounds Tangled Bank...

Grand Rounds: Memorial Day Edition

While I'm still getting caught up on work from time at the conference and the holiday, check out the latest edition of Grand Rounds over at From Med Skool....

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