What use are graduate school rankings? They really only tell you which schools the big wig academics like best, but that’s not very helpful when you’re trying to find out which program would best fit your plans. I asked around and wrote an article about what I learned, which appears in the August 20, 2008 issue of Nature. Check it out.
Category Archives: Science
Interview with Vaccine Fundraiser Alan Gillespie
I spoke recently with Alan Gillespie, chairman of IFFIm, about his unique approach to saving the world. He is not a physician or a scientist; rather, he is an economist and financier, who is bringing his considerable experience in the financial markets to bear on preventable disease by raising huge sums of money on the international capital markets for lifesaving vaccines. Read the full story in the current issue of Nature Medicine.
Weight Loss Reverses Type 2 Diabetes
Obese people with type 2 diabetes who lost weight through gastric banding surgery, according to a recent study, also experienced a reversal of diabetes. John Dixon, author of the study, found these results and more. Gut hormones may be the future of diabetes treatment. I interview Dr. Dixon and write about this recent development in diabetes treatment in the April 2008 edition of Nature Medicine. Check out the full story at www.nature.com/nm .