Business.com recently published my article, “Coming to Our Senses: How Ergonomics Applies to Office Environments and Productivity.” Researchers in diverse fields, from architecture to psychology, are investigating how sensory inputs affect productivity. This article cites studies that look at noise,…
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Nonverbal communication
I just read this headline: “Scientists say our languages might preserve Neanderthal talk.” — My immediate reaction: “uh-huh.”
Mumps and Whooping Cough: Researchers Seek New Cures for Old Foes
Wake Forest School of Medicine website—January 2013 Over the past decade, the United States has seen outbreaks of mumps and whooping cough, despite childhood immunization programs in place since the 1960s. Wake Forest School of Medicine (WFSM) researchers are…
Seed Money Launches Successful Arthritis Research Program
Wake Forest School of Medicine website—December 2012 Research funding from the National Institutes of Health and from foundations is extremely competitive. Only about one in 10 grant applications advances beyond the initial peer review process to be considered for…
Wake Forest School of Medicine Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative – 2011 Annual Report
I helped conceptualize the format and wrote the text for this annual report. Click on image to download PDF
HPV Vaccine Study Shows Why Few Women Getting Shots
Drugs.com–September 11, 2009 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Sales of Merck’s HPV vaccine, Gardasil, declined by a third this year, and three years after the FDA approved the drug an estimated three out of four women remain unvaccinated —…
Animated Biotechnology
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals – August 25, 2009 This fall, seniors at Atkins Academic and Technology High School in Winston-Salem, NC, will learn about biotechnology and produce animated educational videos about the science through a joint project with local…