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Have We Turned the Page on Social Science Research for Health?

by • May 15th, 2012

What will our health landscape look like without the ability to take what we know and translate it into action? Worse yet, what if we simply are unable to even know what to do because the research and evidence isn’t there in the first place to translate into anything? Without another turn towards something more positive, we are about to find out.

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(Un)Building a Mystery: Peeking Behind the Curtain in the Academic Land of Oz

by • December 16th, 2011

The gap between what academics do and what those outside of the academy think they do is enormous. The mysteriousness and elite status that universities enjoy may actually serve to undermine the very values of inquiry and education that it seeks to promote. In this second in series of posts on academic life, I take […]

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The Persistent Myth of the Lone Genius in Art and Science

by • June 7th, 2011

Of the many persistent myths about innovation, the lone genius is about the most sticky. Continued research shows how untrue this is.

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