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My own road to PhD proved circuitous, rocky, and unpredictable. At many times, I felt utterly alone. I set my desktop background to a photo of my then 3-month old…
As a year-end special, we asked you to reflect on the year gone by and share with us your ‘2018 Academic Highlight’—that special moment or experience that stood out…
Have you ever wondered whether collecting data at multiple time points from the same set of subjects could introduce some bias into your results? Well, repeated measures…
It is critical that individuals in the scientific or academic fields understand the distinction between a graphical abstract and an infographic, as they do not serve the…
Technical research publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) banned Huawei-affiliated scientists from participating in its peer review process…
I leapt at the opportunity to reflect on my PhD and to write for those just starting out their exciting and terrifying PhD journeys. Then, I sat down to write, and the…
Some days I might be knee deep in a marsh, breathing in deeply the weird smell I’ve come to love, thanking my favorite deity, i.e. Mother Nature, that I don’t have a…
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  • June 10, 2019
In a marked shift towards being more inclusive and equitable, the scientific publishing world welcomed a new ‘name change policy’ for research authors. The trans…
This is a conversation with Dr. InSu Cho about his journey from being a PhD to becoming a medical science liaison (MSL) in the medical department of a pharmaceutical…
After almost four years of struggling, today, I handed in my PhD thesis. In only a few months, I will be a Doctor in Linguistics. But I can’t help but wonder – what have…