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Whence my Pessimism?
Short post today. Too much to do. I tried to be even-handed and honest in my predictions for both paper and grant. I predicted an improved but unfundable score on the grant, and a revise and resubmit...
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Relief.
I arrived at work this morning to find an email awaiting me from my hospital’s new Chief of Staff. He wants to include me on the patient flow team, and to develop what he termed: “a rational,...
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All the Career Things.
Blogging will likely be a little light over the next two months. I’ll do my best, but I have an unfathomable amount of work to get done. This week I am giving the final presentation for my recent work...
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Major Revisions
So, the big news today, as far as I’m concerned, is that I received a decision on a manuscript. This is the first paper from my grant, which is now over, and which is kind of important for my career....
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An Accounting of Things.
One of the things we do in AA is take regular inventory. Well, it’s time to take inventory for the new year with a quick accounting of the last one. Living in the past is not useful, but taking...
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Modeling the Peer Review Process: a Post-Publication Peer Review!
This post is so meta. So, peer review is one of the core concepts in science upon which the apparatus of scientific pursuit and dissemination is hung. Peer review means that science is not done in a...
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Research Support.
There is a lot going around the science blogosphere right now about how to restructure the NIH, and by extension other large federal funding agencies, like NSF and VA ORD. As usual, the heavy hitters...
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It’s Raining Grants.
Hallelujah! So, a year ago I wrote a grant to study a rather vexing and unstudied population. It was an R03eq, 1 year, $100,000. It missed funding by a fair margin, but the main critique was that we...
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Excitement!
Yesterday I was informed that my first paper from my first grant was accepted. The paper was first submitted last June or July. At one point, it was rejected because the associate editor couldn’t find...
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A Weekend in Maine; a General Accounting of Things.
Ahh. I am just back from a long weekend in Maine with my new girlfriend. It was wonderful. We stayed in Wiscasset, in the Snow Squall Inn, and in Bethel, in the Bethel Hill Bed and Breakfast. Both were...
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The Excitement of Productivity.
I have a lot going on professionally at the moment. I’ve recently completed my first major simulation for MECMC, and it’s really, really pretty if I do say so myself. I’ve already written a draft...
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Job Creation.
I’ve decided to take a proactive approach to getting people like me hired at other hospitals. I’m doing this for several reasons. First, I think I do good work, and that my field is relevant and...
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Moving Ahead.
OK. Things are proceeding apace. Even though the academic aspects of my new job are sort of minimal, I take them seriously because I enjoy them and they matter to me. It’s strange how I never cared...
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Open Access Debate.
I’ve written here about the Open Access (OA) debate many times. On Tuesday evening, at Pub Style Science, I’ll be participating in a friendly debate about the merits and shortcomings of OA scientific...
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Debate Tonight!
Right now is a good time to be joining the Open Access debate, for me. I currently have four papers under review. I suspect that that’s not many for the average assistant professor, but it’s the most...
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The Debate Wrap Up.
Last night’s Open Access debate was fun, and I hope I acquitted myself reasonably well. The video is about 90 minutes long and can be watched here: The tone was friendly and convivial. I didn’t get to...
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Little to Report.
Life is good. I’ve written very little here because I’ve been happy. Happy is good. Things with my girlfriend are proceeding very well. This feels like a serious relationship with real potential. We’re...
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Ups and Downs in Publishing.
Well, on Sunday I received notice of rejection from a very good journal in the medical informatics field regarding my first research paper here at MECMC. It’s the second rejection for that paper, but...
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When to Abandon a Paper.
A paper I’ve been resubmitting to various journals has now been revised and rejected so many times that I no longer even really remember what it’s about. Ok that’s not true. But it’s a very small...
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Here’s a New One.
Well, friends, here’s a new one. My first research paper for MECMC was rejected by the first two journals I sent it to. Not surprising in either case. It was well reviewed both times, but at glam...
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