Graduate school is a lot more than school. Yes, there are classes, and yes a degree is involved and there is most definitely tuition being paid for class credit. But graduate school is most definitely work—it is a full time job. It involves deadlines, duties, bosses and a small subsistence stipend, which is aptly named. [...]
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Chapter 13a. Planning a Future and Making a Discovery
For a poor graduate student, vacations were a luxury that was hard to afford, although they are something everyone needs for mental health. Ann said that if we did not get away together soon, one of us was going to go nuts. We planned an affordable 5- or 6-day getaway (Thursday to Tuesday or Wednesday) [...]
NIH and Grant Review
I recently had the dubious distinction to participate in and serve on an national institutes of health grant review called an NIH study section. I’ve done this before and have reviewed lots of grants over the years, but there have been a lot of changes recently and it is a whole new experience that is [...]
Federal Government Spending
The federal government is spending a lot of time and effort on a federal bailout or stimulus package. Some of this stimulus package money is going to medical research. Over ten billion dollars is allotted to the national institutes of health to fund medical research projects. This money is grant funding that is being done [...]
Helping People – Clinical Trials and the Lucky Placebo Group
you risk is a legacy of tombstones all with the epitaph, “the placebo group were the lucky ones
Dear NIH, Gods, Grant Me a Big Grant.
A grant proposal is a work of fiction, in literary terms, because it talks about stuff that has not happened.
Geeks are an endangered species.
We need to remember that the future of a creative and productive society is with scientists and technologists and that these people are trying to improve society.
The Cost of Death
There needs to a component of humanity from us humans.
How my cat helped me at work
My little insulin dependent kitty is named Clawdia, she is 17 years old and this teenager has taught me an important lesson.
Green Building; Blue People.
I fully believe that the science suggesting that humans are killing the earth’s environment is right on. Even if all humanity suddenly started behaving in ways to protect the environment it would be many generations before real benefits would be seen. Some things, however, are changing. The water purity of many of the US’s lakes [...]
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