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Choosing MPH programs to apply to was daunting. Not being tied to a particular location and planning to study epidemiology – a concentration I’d bet every school of public health […]
Choosing MPH programs to apply to was daunting. Not being tied to a particular location and planning to study epidemiology – a concentration I’d bet every school of public health […]
Setting thresholds for media monitoring: when should a disease event report be considered to have enough validity and public health implications to warrant investigation and possible response? Going back to […]
As the weather gods kept mocking in Seattle – allowing warm sunshine throughout the week only to predict rain on the weekends – I decided to make a weekend escape […]
That medicine is not mathematics. That uncertainty is in fact truth. That logic is often unbound to reality. That humility lies in the adverbs.1 This quote concluded a short piece in […]
Not so long ago, a middle-aged patient came to my office for a checkup. He cheerfully admitted that he hadn’t been paying attention to his diabetes for the last few […]
Since my University of Washington General Internal Medicine job started a month ago, I have been loving my research assistant work. The studies – related to breast cancer and melanoma pathology, […]
Writing resumes and interviewing, it never occurred to me that I might face a choice in which job to accept. I figured eventually someone would offer me a position, and […]
While I lived in Portland, I looked into volunteering with several organizations working with people experiencing homelessness, drug addiction, and/or sexual assault and domestic violence. One was the Portland Women’s […]
Coming from a perspective of exploring the breadth of public health and healthcare jobs out there, I enjoy learning about less-than-standard jobs in these areas. Hello genetic counseling. A friend […]
Sometimes, searching for jobs is grueling. Then you get leads. And interviews. And the number of people viewing your LinkedIn profile increases. And suddenly the job hunt can be, I […]