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Posts Tagged: research
How To Fix Your Analysis Paralysis
Analysis paralysis is an easy trap to fall into anytime there’s uncertainty. For government employees, that can be said about pretty much every decision you’ll make in your career. Here are some tips and tricks that can help.
Want to be Part of a Government Dream Team? Listen.
Sometimes it’s best to stop talking.
Get Your Game Face On: Tips on Surviving Professional Conferences
After a recent trip as an exhibitor at a professional conference promoting the career opportunities for my organization, I gained some great insight into the conference life. Here are a few tips and suggestions for your next professional conference.
Data May be Open, but is it Secure?
“It would be false to say that people are happily sharing their data with us.” That’s how the Department of Defense’s Col. Bob Saxon explained his agency’s efforts to open up government data. For all of its potential benefits, open data also presents security risks to those providing the information. From loss of agency confidentiality,Read… Read more »
Mapping Molecules to Fight Cancer
In 2015, the American Cancer Society estimates that there will be over 1.6 million new cancer diagnoses. While individual prospects of survival have drastically improved over the past decade, there’s still much more for doctors to learn about the disease. Generalized treatments for a variety of cancers have had mild success, but scientists and doctorsRead… Read more »
Analytics-Driven Media Planning: The Way It’s Done
By Elizabeth Kiken, Teena Hampton, and Annette Picon When media planning is done well, media selection is based on big data through syndicated research surveys. All people want media to reach the right audience. And some companies know who their audience is, while others may be surprised to find out who their audience actually isRead… Read more »
Leading the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci
For more than six decades, the National Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has been at the forefront of research in infectious and immune mediated diseases, microbiology, immunology, and related disciplines. It conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, diagnose, prevent, and treat infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, as wellRead… Read more »
10 Ways to Stay on Top of Research Developments in Your Field
Top 10 ways to stay on top of research developments in your field 1. Join a professional society. Actually read their newsletters, e-mails, and updates. 2. Set alerts (Google alerts, etc.). 3. Look deeper than the headlines- if you read a popular article, go back to the peer-reviewed source. Does the headline actually match theRead… Read more »
Should the Government Continue to Fund Research in Areas Where It Underperforms?
My last post explored the question: Is the government equipped to compete in scientific research? While we looked at both sides of the argument, perhaps the better answer is that things aren’t so black and white. Perhaps the answer lies in the shades of gray, that government is well-equipped for research in some areas andRead… Read more »