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The Egyptian goddess Isis was celebrated as the ideal wife and mother. The blogger known as Dr. Isis has some fancy-sounding degrees and is a physiologist at a major research university working on some terribly impressive stuff. She blogs about balancing her research career with the demands of raising small children, how to succeed as a woman in academia, and anything else she finds interesting. Also, she blogs about shoes. In fact, she blogs a lot about shoes.

...And behold, he raised the motherfucking Jameson on high as Isis bedecked her feet in glory, and the masses were sated. -- The Holy Gospel According to PhysioProf

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Say "Yes" to the Future of Research

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Posted on: June 24, 2009 6:15 PM, by Isis the Scientist

Earlier today The American Physiological Society's Director of Government Relations and Science Policy (and generally awesome woman) Alice Ra'anan sent me this email:

Dear Dr. Isis,

I was wondering whether this request for donations is the kind of thing you might wish to bring to the attention of your readers.

The first Michael Hayre Fellow was Tom Holder. He founded Pro-Test and spoke on campuses around the country. And yes, being young and hip, he used FaceBook and Twitter. This year Americans for Medical Progress would like to sponsor two Hayre Fellows, but they need to raise another $15,000 in order to do so.

Do you think this is something that would interest your readers?

Alice

Attached to the email was a link to the Michael D. Hayre Fellowship for Public Outreach. Here's a description of the fellowship:

The AMP/Hayre Fellowship program seeks to find and support college students and young adults here in the United States who are just as frustrated by the domination of animal rights rhetoric against biomedical research and who are committed to making a case for the necessary and humane use of laboratory animals in the pursuit of treatments and cures. As an AMP Hayre Fellow, by developing innovative outreach programs for your peers to lead them in making an informed decision about this issue, you will be helping to secure the future of medicine.

Sounds like a worthy cause to this humble but incredibly hot research scientist. If you're interested in applying for the fellowship the next deadline is May 15, 2010. More importantly, if you're interested in contributing to the fellowship, you can click here.

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