Medical Woo and the Hidden Toxins that Are (Not) Killing You
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Today, the Fighty Squirrel was flipping around Facebook while in the lunch line, when a post from a friend about ‘HIDDEN TOXINS LURKING YOUR FOOD’ came across my screen. We …
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News: NIH to Balance Sex in Cell and Animal Studies
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In 1993, the NIH Revitalization Act required the inclusion of women in NIH-funded clinical research. Today, just over half of NIH-funded clinical-research participants are women. We know much more about the …
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Rock Talk: Recent Data on R21 and R01-Equivalent Grants
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While many think that R21’s are easier to get than R01’s, since fewer researchers compete for them and they require no preliminary data, in fact R21’s are …
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How to Thrive Amid Academic Chaos
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The end of a semester is always hard. Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers advice for taming the chaos. While there’s plenty of literature out there on how to survive during …
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Putting It All Together: Kevin C. Ess
Rebecca Helton, MA
On a recent Monday, Kevin Ess found himself in the operating room helping guide a brain resection procedure for one of his patients with epilepsy. Earlier that day, he collected …
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Scientists Donate $8,000 to Kids STEM Education With Their March Madness Brackets
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Scientists start April outreach and engagement strong by raising $8,000 for kids STEM education by playing March Madness brackets with Donors Choose.
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Why you should read The Opposable Mind
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For fifteen years prior to this book’s publication, author Roger Martin studied successful leaders, interviewing more than fifty of them for up to eight hours at a time, trying …
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57 Ways to Sign Off on an Email
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Of course, you’ve all read Send and have a firm grounding in email etiquette. Now it’s time for a special seminar. The topic? Closings, the often overlooked cherry …
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Hate Small Talk? These 5 Questions Will Help You Work Any Room
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Do you love going to events, but find yourself stranded during happy hour, tongue-tied and tucked in a corner? Initiating and maintaining conversations while networking is a necessary skill, and …
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Calm in the Storm: Finding Your Zen at Work
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Have you ever had a panicked colleague breathlessly share how hard they are working on grants, papers and mentoring only to find that you feel completely stressed out just having …
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