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“Ten & Twos” Redux
Starting today, Ten & Twos with Dr. Felicia Mebane is back with new posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a broader focus. Now, posts cover a broad variety of education and training topics and fields, instead of only career development and public health. See the...
“A Statistical New World” and Other Creative (Bio) statistics Diddies
FINALLY! More creative videos on statistics. I wonder if they read my prior emails begging for more creativity in this area :). This year, the American Statistical Association hosted a "Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics" video competition. And, one...
Want to Get Risky?
One role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to identify and report on disease trends (including risks), and what we can do to address them. One tool for sharing this kind of information with the public, researchers, policymakers, etc. is the...
FTC Asks Food Industry to Put Their Money Where Children’s Mouths Should Be
Today, the Chicago Tribune reported on recent reaction to new government advertising guidelines encouraging advertisers and the food industry to promote healthy food to kids. Food, advertising industries call voluntary guidelines unreasonable The Guidelines Research...
Happy Independence Day!
I hope everyone in the U.S. is having a fabulous 4th of July weekend! Here's to family and friends and (lots of) food and fun and fireworks...:) !! (http://www.bigfoto.com/themes/fireworks/)
Pros and Cons of Straight to PhD
Some students are so excited about starting their careers or worried about losing academic momentum that they want to earn a PhD as quickly as possible. So, they look for PhD programs that accept students without master's degree. Even though some public health PhD...