Career Conversations: Q & A With Polymer Chemist Frank Leibfarth
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Frank Leibfarth.
“I love that you can change the molecular-level structure of a material, then pull it, bend it, or twist it and see firsthand how the molecular changes you introduced influence its stretchiness or bendiness,” says Frank Leibfarth Ph.D., an associate professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. In an interview, Dr. Leibfarth shares with us his scientific journey, his use of chemistry to tackle challenges in human health and sustainability, and his beliefs on what makes a career in science exciting.
Q: What led you to study chemistry?
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Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 19, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Tools and Techniques Cool Tools/Techniques Profiles Source Type: blogs
Webtoons about STEM university
TL:DR – STEM webcomic search term ideas.
Several of you have recently been searching for the following phrase and reaching sciencebase.com: “webtoons about stem university”.
I couldn’t work out what that might be about specifically, but had some thoughts. First, if you’re searching for “webtoons about stem university,” perhaps you were looking for web comics or digital comics that are related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and set in a university or college setting. Perhaps not…
Maybe you were interested in finding engaging and entertai...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Other Science Source Type: blogs
Addressing the Healthcare Learning Transfer Gap Post Pandemic
It’s not uncommon to hear healthcare professionals complain about work performance of new graduates who were recently integrated into the clinics, hospitals and the healthcare system. We heard reports of medical errors and patient safety concerns because allegedly, the newly integrated grads still lacked skills and competencies but were “hurriedly” hired to work in a severely undermanned healthcare system. The three years of pandemic was blamed for the learning disruption. Learning transfer though isn’t only affected by the healthcare providers competency but also by the workplace environment.
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Source: The Orthopedic Logbook - April 15, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Remo Aguilar Tags: Healthcare Education healthcare learning learning gap patient safety Source Type: blogs
Addressing the Healthcare Learning Transfer Gap Post Pandemic
It’s not uncommon to hear healthcare professionals complain about work performance of new graduates who were recently integrated into the clinics, hospitals and the healthcare system. We heard reports of medical errors and patient safety concerns because allegedly, the newly integrated grads still lacked skills and competencies but were “hurriedly” hired to work in a severely undermanned healthcare system. The three years of pandemic was blamed for the learning disruption. Learning transfer though isn’t only affected by the healthcare providers competency but also by the workplace environment.
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Source: The Orthopedic Logbook - April 15, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Remo Aguilar Tags: Uncategorized healthcare education healthcare learning learning gap patient safety Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: St. Martin ’s Academy
Colleen Hroncich“Boys thrive when they’re challenged and when they’re doing hard things. Especially when they’re doing hard things together.” This is some of the insight Daniel Kerr has developed after founding and runningSt. Martin ’s Academy, a Catholic boarding school for boys on a sustainable farm in Fort Scott, Kansas.Daniel ’s dream of founding a school was inspired byThe Restoration of Innocence: An Idea of a School, an unpublished work by John Senior. After years of dreaming and then planning, St. Martin ’s Academy opened in 2018.“The school is situated on a 5 ‑acre parc...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 14, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Rural America ’ s health care crisis: Unmasking the physician shortage epidemic
Data published in 2021 by the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S. could experience a shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians by 2033. Rural America is struggling, as the majority of graduate training facilities are disproportionately located in metropolitan areas. This geographic imbalance directs doctors and residents away from already underserved and
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Rural America’s health care crisis: Unmasking the physician shortage epidemic originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Joshua Nealy, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
The Uncertainty Effect with Michelle Lazarus | TAPP 135
Dr. Michelle Lazarus, author of the new book,The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive through the Unexpected, joins host Kevin Patton for a lively discussion of ofuncertainty in science, medicine, and academia.00:00 | Introduction00:50 | Dr. Michelle Lazarus04:57 | Sponsored by AAA05:31 | Why Is Uncertainty Important?17:05 | Sponsored by HAPI17:49 | The Uncertainty of Teaching A&P27:07 | Sponsored by HAPS28:05 | Uncertainty and Inclusion36:38 | Uncertainty and Risk38:48 | Book: The Uncertainty Effect39:51 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:the...
Source: The A and P Professor - April 12, 2023 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Call for Papers: Cato Health Policy Workshop 2023
Michael F. CannonOnOctober 13th and 14th, 2023, the Cato Institute will host its second annual Cato Health Policy Workshop, a paper workshop for pre‐doctoral academics on topics relating to health policy.The workshop seeks to encourage participants to approach health policy questions from a market‐based perspective. Through a competitive selection process, Cato will offer up to 12 scholars the opportunity to present and receive feedback on research from their peers and distinguished academics.Papers should be original and journal ‐article length. The workshop will focus on presentations, discussion, and...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 10, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
A Book, A Desk, A Lamp: My 3 Best Investments From Last Year
Last year I made three purchases that changed my life for the better. They weren't flashy or expensive items or even stocks for that matter, but they have given me the tools to become more balanced and achieve a greater wellbeing. Up until that point, I was constantly running on fumes trying to balance between my classes, labs, study, work, life...you get the gist. And while my book, desk, and lamp weren't miraculous cures for my chaotic lifestyle, each item helped me to create more structure in my days and build meaningful habits that improved my wellbeing in countless ways. From a self-help book providing wisdom on how t...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pripat16 Tags: career creativity featured philosophy productivity tips self-improvement Source Type: blogs
The shocking truth about the lack of business education for medical students
For the last century, no medical school in the U.S. has ever offered or provided business education to any medical students. Check it out yourself. Then consider, that over 95 percent of graduating physicians are business ignorant, after never being informed while in medical school about the substantial value that a business education provides to
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The shocking truth about the lack of business education for medical students originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Curtis G. Graham, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Funding Opportunity: Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10)
As part of NIH’s UNITE initiative to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in biomedical research, we’re pleased to announce the release of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO): Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (RLI-S10) (PAR-23-138). The RLI-S10 program aims to enhance research capacity and educational opportunities at resource-limited institutions by providing funds to purchase modern, scientific instrumentation. Applications may propose purchase of instruments that support basic, translational, clinical, or biomedically related behavioral science. The instruments may be used in ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 27, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Resources Preparing an Application Source Type: blogs
Do residents deserve the title of physician?
I was unsettled by an email that our graduate medical education (GME) office recently sent out to all residents at my institution “sharing a friendly reminder that parking spaces identified as ‘physician parking’ are for attending physicians only” and “residents and fellows who park in ‘physician parking spaces’ will receive a parking ticket.” I have
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Do residents deserve the title of physician? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 25, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Anonymous Tags: Physician Residency Source Type: blogs
Levels Is Making Metabolism and Blood Glucose Tracking Accessible To Everyone
Levels has done something truly transformative: the company made continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) accessible to the general population and every day consumer.
In many circles, it seems the trend of bringing healthcare to the home and directly to the patient is continuing, but understanding metabolism and lifestyle habits through this new tech trend of smart, wearable devices adds another important component to enjoying improved health and well-being.
If you imagine your body as a well-oiled machine that needs to be maintained, the sources of fuel and nutrition that you provide it are paramount for its efficiency an...
Source: Medgadget - March 23, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Medicine Sports Medicine CGM glucose Levels Source Type: blogs
Automating Cellular Image Analysis to Find Potential Medicines
Dr. Anne Carpenter. Credit: Juliana Sohn.
When she started college, Anne Carpenter, Ph.D., never guessed she’d one day create software for analyzing images of cells that would help identify potential medicines and that thousands of researchers would use. She wasn’t planning to become a computational biologist, or even to focus on science at all, but she’s now an institute scientist and the senior director of the Imaging Platform at the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard in Cambridge.
Starting Out in Science
Before beginning her undergraduate studies at Purdue University...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 22, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Tools and Techniques Bioinformatics Cellular Imaging Computational Biology Cool Tools/Techniques Profiles Source Type: blogs
Biden ’s Math of Just Taxing the Rich Doesn’t Add Up
Adam N. MichelDespite the headlines, thePresident ’s 2024 Budget demonstrates how challenging it is to raise significant new tax revenue from a small minority of wealthy taxpayers. The budget raises about $1.8 trillion from non‐corporate taxpayers over ten years. Yet, following all the rhetoric about the rich not paying their fair share, it should be striking that across more than twenty new and expanded taxes, the administration’s plan does not even raise enough revenue from wealthy taxpayers to cover new spending proposed in Biden’s budget, let alone theprojected $20 trillion deficit over the next ten years....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 22, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Adam N. Michel Source Type: blogs
