Danielle Rodin is a Radiation Oncology Resident at the University of Toronto and co-founded the group GlobalRT, which is a group of young professionals dedicated to improving the availability and accessibility of radiation therapy resourcesCategory Archives: policy
The Enduring Need for Cancer Treatment
Danielle Rodin is a Radiation Oncology Resident at the University of Toronto and co-founded the group GlobalRT, which is a group of young professionals dedicated to improving the availability and accessibility of radiation therapy resourcesPosted by in advocacy, cancer, development, featured, globalhealth, governance, Health, healthpolicy, medically unexplained symptoms, NCDs, policy, UN
Synthetic Biology: Reshaping the Future? Manchester Policy Workshop Considers Implications of SynBio by Yanchao Li and Philip Shapira
by Yanchao Li and Philip Shapira How to prepare for a world where synthetic biology can reshape our lives, economies, and environment was the theme of a recent workshop on “Synthetic Biology: Reshaping the Future?” HeldPosted by in Events, featured, medically unexplained symptoms, policy, SYNBIOCHEM, synthetic biology
Episode 3: Managing scientific data feat. Tracy Teal
Good data management is so important to science, but learning how to use tools for handling data is a significant time investment. In this month’s PLOScast, Elizabeth Seiver speaks with Tracy Teal, the Executive DirectorPosted by in data, data carpentry, featured, management, open data, Podcast, policy, Tracy Teal
More people, more time, better data – what we need to ‘treat-all’ with HIV
On World AIDS Day 2015 and as the 18th International Conferences on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) is in full swing, Helen Bygrave discusses the implications of the recently announced WHO ‘treat-all’ policy. OnPosted by in conference, Conference news, featured, Global Health, HIV, MSF, policy, who
Festive fiscal measures
Dr Luke Allen is a physician and global health policy researcher at the British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention. As the world prepares for a month of overindulgence, he explores the factorsPosted by in & Prevention, diabetes, featured, food, Global Health, globalhealth, governance, NCDs, obesity, policy, who
Health and the Sustainable Development Agenda: Leaving No One with Disability Behind
On the eve of the UN summit on Sustainable Development goals, Alarcos Cieza of the WHO reminds us that disability is part of the human experience contributing to human diversity. On September 25-27 the United Nations Member States will meet … Continue reading
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2014-2015 PLOS Progress Update Available
Each year PLOS releases a Progress Update, an annual overview of innovations, activities and journal highlights that provide insight into how the organization is moving scientific communication and discovery forward. This year topics include: • Transparent and Continual Assessment Advances … Continue reading
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The Fight Over Transparency: Round Two
By Paul D. Thacker and Charles Seife The backlash against transparency is now underway. The battles being waged are likely to leave their mark over how to perform — and how to interpret — the medical and scientific literature for … Continue reading
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New Charges of Climate Skeptic’s Undisclosed Ties to Energy Industry Highlight Journals’ Role as Gatekeeper
In theory, it shouldn’t matter where authors of scientific papers get their research funding, a longtime journal editor once told me. Papers should be judged on their own merits, not based on who funded the scientists who collected and analyzed the … Continue reading
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Suffering for Science: Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Animal Research
Think for a moment, if you will, of all the chemicals that you conscientiously and unconsciously are exposed to everyday. Banal, daily-life things like toothpaste, cosmetics, food additives, pharmaceuticals. They are composed of manufactured chemicals, synthesized and tested in a … Continue reading
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