NEW PAPER OUT NOW What is the study about? - We wanted to find out how many people receiving treatment for opioid addiction
Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2015 | #AHSR2015
The healthcare landscape is changing. The delegates at the 2015 Addiction Health Services Research conference met to exchange ideas about how to
International Society of Addiction Medicine | Congress #isam2015
For the 17thtime, the world has seen the meeting of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) in Dundee, Scotland. The congress covered
Writing Together: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth?
July 29: Nurse Liz Charalambous has shown how a Facebook group can really help boost writing (careers, June 3). We would like to take this idea one
Survival of the bitterest: Why dancers are good role models for scientists
What do dance and science have in common? What makes a successful choreographer or scientist? In this post, I speculate about the bitterness of the
Random thoughts on academic mobility
What if you decide to take root, but discover a quicksand instead of a firm ground? Serendipitously, I have stumbled upon an essay about dislocation
Health care research is untidy – what does it mean for postdocs? #CochraneCalgary2015
Why do we study health? Because we want to help patients. It’s no rocket science. And yet, most clinical trials do not measure outcomes that are
Four years post doctorate
Being a senior postdoc brings many opportunities. I wrote about them in my blog last year. Now, I’d like to revisit them, see what’s new and what has
New paper out now: Psychosocial Interventions for Alcohol use among problem drug users
May 18th: Many people in methadone treatment receive it through their primary care provider. As many also drink alcohol excessively, there is a