- Why You Should Read Drive
This is not the book for anyone wanting a quick hit of external motivation to reach a short-term goal. Daniel H. Pink disdains the easy ways out of carrots and sticks, grades and monetary incentives. Instead, Drive details the theory and implementation of what he calls “Motivatio...
- Understanding H. pylori: Meira Epplein
Meira Epplein, PhD, came to epidemiology by a more scenic route than most. She has always been fascinated by China, from Chinese art to culture and modern history. After getting an MA in Chinese Studies, she began working for an Asian research think tank, studying military, polit...
- Excellent Read for the Optimistic Academic: Give and Take by Adam Grant
Adam Grant's New York Times Best Seller Give and Take has been heralded by Daniel Pink as “A rare work that will shatter your assumptions about how the world works and keep your brain firing for weeks after you turned the last page.” As a brain scientist, I can pretty much guaran...
- Diversifying Your Research Portfolio
Today the Newman Society held a panel discussion with three independent investigators who recently received their first large non-NIH grants. Their tips for diversifying your research portfolio are:
Finding Opportunities and Repurposing Ideas
Dr. Natasha Halasa
CDC Funding
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- Meditation: It’s Not What You Think
When you read the word “meditation,” what image first comes to mind?
A New Yorker Magazine cartoon once depicted two monks in robes, one young, one old, sitting side-by-side, cross-legged in the lotus position on the floor. The younger monk is looking somewhat quizzically ...
- Lessons in Leadership: Why You Should Read Colin Powell’s It Worked For Me
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell offers leadership advice through storytelling in this collection of anecdotes and true tales. Each short chapter derives a lesson from an incident encountered in his military and political service, and occasionally from private life. Often...
- Where Good Ideas Come From
Which do you think would help the germ of a thought grow into a brilliant idea: Talking about it with others, who have their own sparkling thoughts and brilliant ideas, and recombining the best parts of each to make them as strong as possible; or locking it away without sunlight ...
- Yesterday I blew my chances at NOT saying “I’m sorry.”
A few weeks back, my mentor had us watch Amy Schumer's parody video about women at the top of their respective fields continuously saying, “I’m sorry,” and then we talked about why it’s just not what you want or need to say.
Well, yesterday morning I had my chances to prove th...
- From Bench Scientist to Policy Analyst
Being a principal investigator with tons of grant funding is awesome. But what if it's not quite for you? Chronicle Vitae recently ran an interview with Dr. Chris Pickett, a science policy analyst at the American Society for Biomechmistry and Molecular Biology who analyzes how ...
- Prevent the Email Faux Pas That Gets You Fired: Read Send
Did you know that signing an email with “Sincerely” instead of “Best regards” can irrevocably alter your relationship with a colleague? Or that “please” and “thank you” can be anything but polite?
Although it’s now almost five years old, Send remains an invaluable guide to em...
