This is a follow up to my post of http://www.josephfclark.com/blog/?p=333, which I posted as a comment to that blog and wanted to post as a mini follow up blog here too. My Catch 22 in academia is concerning a conflict between federal laws and local laws/policy. Recently, I am happy to say, I am not [...]
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Why I think Oprah should promote My Ambulance Education.
Why I think Oprah should promote My Ambulance Education. It has all the characteristics she tends to promote. In it there is a great human interest concerning people helping people. There is a solid foundation of the common man working to improve his life and overcoming adversity. This is overlaid in it a touching love [...]
Translational research – what is it, who does it and why should we do it?
Translational research – what is it, who does it and why should we do it? A buzz word that comes around in medical research is, “translational” research. While translational is used all time by researchers, no one seems to have a good definition for it. To borrow a famous quote: “I cannot define it, but [...]
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.
Memory is a strange thing.
When learning and studying new and complicated material, every college student needs plenty of sleep, a healthy diet and a routine including exercise and study.
Short Sighted Stroke Studies.
Short Sighted Stroke Studies. Excuse the alliteration in the title but it sums up my sentiments. I recently attended the American Heart Associations’ International Conference on Stroke and am sadly disappointed. The reason is because it seems that everything is geared to very short term immediate returns and little investment in the future. Please note, [...]
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.
What Does a Science Geek Do in a Doctor’s Exam Room?
It is Thursday morning and I’m sitting in the doctor’s exam room waiting to see my physician. The appointment was for 9:00 AM; scheduled one year ago. I called this morning to confirm and they said the doctor does not come in at all on Thursdays and claim my appointment was cancelled in December. I [...]
Death of a Story Teller
I write and submit about eight grant applications per year to get the funding in need to keep the lab running. Ten years ago I could get two grants per year or about 25% of my grant applications would be funded. Now however, I am lucky to get one grant every two years. So my [...]
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