I spent the first decade of my science communication career as a storytelling skeptic. While my colleagues waxed poetic about the power…
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Public Science Communication Getting over the hype and into the meaning of stories about scienceRead more
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Community Engagement HPV Vaccination is Not Just for Kids: Communicating Effectively to Promote Cancer Prevention on College CampusesRead more
Today, March 4, 2019 is the second annual International HPV Awareness Day, which aims to promote education and awareness about the human…
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Public Science Communication The climate is changing. Why does that matter to me and why should it matter to you?Read more
This week, the Trump administration announced plans to create an ad hoc group of scientists to review the conclusion set forth in…
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Public Science Communication Yes, I’m A Scientist on Twitter. Stop Judging Me.Read more
By Bill Sullivan Scientists have been surprisingly slow to embrace Twitter and other forms of social media. Even today, a certain…
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Mentorship Predatory Publishers Want to Write Your Autobiography!Read more
Yes, you read that title correctly. Oasis Publishing Group Ltd. recently sent me an email that offered to write my autobiography. The…
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Public Science Communication Top 6 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2018Read more
Here we are, once again, at the end of a calendar year filled with lots of exciting news in the field of…
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post ABRCMS: A conference model that brings together key members of the biomedical science pipelineRead more
For the last several years, my primary professional organization, the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), has sent a leadership delegation to connect…
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Education It is unethical to teach evolution without confronting racism and sexismRead more
On November 19, 2018, Holly Dunsworth wrote the essay below and posted it on her blog, The Mermaid’s Tale. This piece was…
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Community Engagement An objective-driven long-term initiative to communicate fundamental science to various target audiences – a case study in fruit fliesRead more
Communicating scientific research to the public including relevant decision makers is important in order to build trust and to sustain a political…
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Community Engagement Peter Hotez: Defending VaccinesRead more
Back in the 1980s, when I was an MD/PhD student in New York, I learned a lot about biochemistry and molecular…
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Community Engagement The Art of Service Design in ScienceRead more
To whom are you accountable? This deceptively simple question is one worth asking if you’re a researcher. This week we share the…
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Mentorship Is It Time for Pre-Publication Peer Review to Die?Read more
Pre-publication peer review seems to be as old as science communication itself. The idea is simple: qualified experts will examine your…