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PhysioProf is an NIH-funded basic science faculty member at a private medical school.
March 31, 2008
Category: General Politics
As usual, Female Science Professor has an outstanding post up this morning. Unfortunately, however, this one is not about the the trials-and-tribulations or joys-and-pleasures of academic science. Rather it describes a terrible situation that increasingly faces her students, and that...
Posted by PhysioProf at 6:25 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 27, 2008
Category: Public Health
The past few years in NIH-funded research land have been peppered liberally with cries for "translational" research. The notion is that while the prior decades of research have been excellent at generating basic science observations, progress in using this information...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 7:14 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Peer Review
Over at Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship I noticed a commenter musing: I'd be interested to know how many readers of this blog have actual formal training in the task of review (here I make a strong distinction from training...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 3:12 PM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2008
Category: Science Politics
In a recent post Uncertain Chad opines that a "very good reason" for the "veil of confidentiality surrounding tenure decisions" is so that external referees will be free to derail someone's career with unsubstantiated accusations of scientific misconduct. This is...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 3:19 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Careerism
We have discussed various aspects of what you need to do to secure a tenure-track job offer: CV, job talk, interviewing, etc. You've done well with all of this stuff, and you have one or more offers. Now let's discuss...
Posted by PhysioProf at 11:12 AM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 24, 2008
Category: Blogging
Huffington Post blogger David Sloan Wilson wonders why the Huffington Post has no section for "Science". I am reminded of this cover every time I visit the Huffington Post and see the words "Politics," "Media," "Business," "Entertainment," and "Living" on...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 4:35 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Public Health
The Today Show took up the vaccination issue today and used the recent San Diego measles situation as the lure. Matt Lauer served up a softball for his physician guest with this remark: "It seems to me the priority should...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 3:09 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 21, 2008
Category: Careerism
Female Science Professor wrote yesterday about the concept that "serious" scientists should be "monomaniacal" about their work, in the sense of elevating science above all other pursuits in life, and spending virtually all of one's time and effort on science...
Posted by PhysioProf at 3:40 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Writedit ponders a recent Nature piece on PIs who hold largish numbers of awards and dollars from the NIH. The post from writedit covers some recent policy proposals seeking to limit the total number of awards any one PI can...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 9:48 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 20, 2008
Category: Blogging
PalMD has joined Mark and Chris Hoofnagle at denialism blog. For those who were not already fans of the old WhiteCoat Underground blog: PalMD is a practicing internist in the Midwestern United States. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 11:59 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
