The communication gap between the medical field and the general population can lead to devastating consequences. Pediatric emergency medicine in particular faces…
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Community Engagement Connection and Community: the Struggle to Prevent Medical Misinformation from the Ground Up
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Community Engagement Eliminate Jargon! But what about definition differences?
To unthaw or to unthaw? That is the question. Introducing my favorite word in the English language, “unthaw” has two meanings; 1)…
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Collaboration between scientists Community is Medicine: Building Relationships as a means of Healthcare
In this post, graduate student Makayla Anderson illustrates the work of Dr. Wanda Thruston and the importance of serving the community. This…
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Collaboration between scientists The Only Way Through
Patient input is critical to the advancement of patient care. In this post graduate student Michael Liesen showcases Dr. Paul Musey’s research…
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Community Engagement Decreasing Pollution Distribution in the Community
April is Citizen Science Month! In this post, graduate student Mandy Dees illustrates the work of Dr. Gabriel Filipelli and how research…
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Community Engagement COVID Communication to Keep Local Communities Up to Date
In March of this year I started posting a daily COVID update for the state of Indiana on Facebook: Hoosier COVID-19 Update. It has…
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Community Engagement SciComm at School: Science Communication in Undergraduate Education
More and more, academic science programs at U.S. universities are training their undergraduates to communicate effectively about science to a variety of…
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Community Engagement Zombies! An Effective Way to Sink Your Teeth into Brain Anatomy
Halloween is about a month away. How are you going to make science an integral part of Halloween? Our guest writer for…
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Community Engagement A nifty guide for academics on using Twitter
Have you recently ventured into the murky world of Twitter but have no idea what to do next? Are you using…
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Community Engagement Radio Conversations: The Art of Radio Communication of Science
Our guest writer for this piece is Mark Kesling. Mark is the founder and CEO of The daVinci Pursuit, an Indianapolis-based non-profit…
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Community Engagement Hashtag SciComm: How Social Media Platforms Are Shaping the Future of Science
Early in school, we are introduced to the scientific method as a stepwise process of experimentation used to answer questions that have…
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Collaboration between scientists How your science communication can turn multi-lingual!
Active participation in science communication is important. However, it tends to be time consuming and not the highest of our priorities…