The Recruitment Tool You Didn’t Know You Have
The Edge for Scholars
If you are based at one of 135 US institutions and you recruit human subjects, you need to check out ResearchMatch.org to find potential research participants from a growing pool …
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Sharing Data May Make It Less Accurate for All of Us
Rebecca Helton, MA
Lots of you work with big data that gets ever bigger. Here’s something to chew on as you add more databases and studies to the pile. [Scientists are] finding …
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Finding Signals in the Noise: Todd Edwards
Rebecca Helton, MA
Discovering meaning in a massive amount of random-seeming data is nothing new to Todd Edwards, PhD, a genetic epidemiologist. His career has made meaning out of many disparate parts, beginning …
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Marathon Running, Marathon Research: Dawn Newcomb
Rebecca Helton, MA
For Dawn Newcomb, PhD, writing a grant is like running a marathon. As a veteran of six marathons since she moved to Nashville in 2007, she should know. “You have to …
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Working Backwards: Digna Velez Edwards
Rebecca Helton, MA
Digna Velez Edwards, PhD, can’t remember never doing science. Whether through research initiatives or attending science programs as a child, she always sought to feed her love of nature …
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Understanding Asthma: Kecia Carroll
Rebecca Helton, MA
As the most common chronic diseases of childhood, asthma and other allergic diseases represent a “substantial burden on children in terms of quality of life, missed school days, and impact …
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Big Numbers, Big Ideas: Pingsheng Wu
Rebecca Helton, MA
Pingsheng Wu, PhD, likes playing with numbers. She combs through large amounts of data, such as hospital records and surveys, seeking the causes of disease. Although she has worked with …
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What Would You Do If You Could Do Anything? Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele
Rebecca Helton, MA
“As scientists, we can be like kids playing in a sandbox,” says Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, Division Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. “We’re building things, trying to understand how things …
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Note to Self
Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD
Grants are awarded to institutions. My research is oddly enough not attached to me. Case in point: The Superior Court of San Diego has issued an injunction to block transition …
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