Medical Scientist in Training

My name is Neil Neumann and I am a candidate in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This a collection of my thoughts and ideas about my experiences in academic medicine and science in the city of Baltimore.

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(via Ten vital tips to looking smarter in meetings - Quartz)

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(via 22 Things To Start Doing Now That Will Improve The Rest Of Your Life)

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(via Why are Authors Citing Older Papers? | The Scholarly Kitchen)

Yes, why are we citing older papers? This is a really interesting blogpost.

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(via From soda bans to bike lanes: Which 'natural experiments' really reduce obesity? : Top Headlines : MD News Daily)

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This is VERY cool and an elegant way to present infused cocktails.

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http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/anyone-can-learn-to-be-a-polymath/

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Stuart Scott’s words are an inspiration to me as a cancer researcher and future care-giver of cancer patients.

“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which live. So live - live. Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you.”

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How do Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters work? This is a great website from FSU on all things microscopy related. This is especially helpful for those of us in imaging research or pathology.

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BBC - Concentrate! How to tame a wandering mind

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THE EVERYTHING BOOK: READING IN THE AGE OF AMAZON

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At least interesting to think about this - what if the relationship between aging and cancer cannot be eradicated.

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5 Life Lessons from 5 Years of Traveling the World

Great little read to put perspective on things.

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Just a great article about how to approach 'thinking'. It's along the same lines as "How Doctors Think" and others about what it means to be an expert and to obtain expertise.

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Worth a quick read, at the least. I believe the developing and keeping habits and routines is a powerful way to improve efficiency - something that I think many of us struggle with everyday.

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This is a recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education and is MUST read for those of us in research. It is titled “Strapped Scientists Abandon Research and Students”.

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This is a video from Johns Hopkins called "Science out of the Box" which highlights recent discoveries in research at Johns Hopkins, aimed at helping the general public understand the work that we do here.