The document proposes a new approach called "Agile Science" that emphasizes relevance and social value over pure academic pursuit, outputs such as insights and tools over publications, iterative experimentation over long pre-planned research, openness and sharing over proprietary knowledge, interdisciplinary collaboration over siloed expertise, and fiscal sustainability over disconnect from funding. It provides examples of important scientific achievements and lists ten guiding principles on the Agile Science website.
The purpose of this talk is to suggest concepts about behavior change that Apple could further enable with the Apple Watch, HealthKit, and ResearchKit. Concepts in this talk include: precision behavior change, designing silence to support meaningful moments to ensure technology is appropriately used in life, and building an research frameworks that match the pace of technology and enable better collective action for enhancing humanity.
The purpose of this talk is to suggest concepts about behavior change that Apple could further enable with the Apple Watch, HealthKit, and ResearchKit. Concepts in this talk include: precision behavior change, designing silence to support meaningful moments to ensure technology is appropriately used in life, and building an research frameworks that match the pace of technology and enable better collective action for enhancing humanity.
The DIY Future: What Happens When Everyone Is a DesignerJoe Lamantia
The DIY Future: What Happens When Everyone Is A Designer?
Broad cultural, technological, and economic shifts are rapidly erasing the distinctions between those who create and those who use, consume, or participate. This is true in digital experiences and information environments of all types, as well as in the physical and conceptual realms. In all of these contexts, substantial expertise, costly tools, specialized materials, and large-scale channels for distribution are no longer required to execute design.
The erosion of traditional barriers to creation marks the onset of the DIY Future, when everyone is a potential designer (or architect, or engineer, or author) of integrated experiences - the hybrid constructs that combine products, services, concepts, networks, and information in support of evolving functional and emotional pursuits.
The cultural and technological shifts that comprise the oncoming DIY Future promise substantial changes to the environments and audiences that design professionals create for, as well as the role of designers, and the ways that professionals and amateurs alike will design. One inevitable aspect consequence will be greater complexity for all involved in the design of integrated experiences. The potential rise of new economic and production models is another.
The time is right to begin exploring aspects of the DIY Future, especially its profound implications for information architecture and user experience design. Using the designer's powerful fusion of analytical perspective and creative vision, we can balance speculative futurism with an understanding of concrete problems - such as growing ethical challenges and how to resolve them - from the present day.
I CAN DO IT ALL BY MYSELF: : Exploring new roles for libraries and mediating ...Bohyun Kim
Presentation given at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. June 23, 2012.
Speaker: Bohyun Kim, Digital Access Librarian, Florida International University
Speaker: Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, Montana State University Libraries
Speaker: Patrick T. Colegrove, Head, DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library, University of Nevada, Reno
More program details: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/m/node/806
When Everyone Is A Designer: Practical Techniques for Ethical Design in the D...Joe Lamantia
Broad cultural and technological shifts are rapidly erasing the distinctions that separate the creators and users of social media. In this DIY future, when everyone is a designer, greater ethical challenges arise for all involved.
These ethical dilemmas come increasingly from three directions. First, from conflicts between ever larger and more diverse groups of social media stakeholders. Second, from new hybrids of product, service, and information blended into new forms such as smart objects and the SPIME, constructs which bridge the physical and virtual environments into transmedia contexts for creation and use. Third, the from the emergence of broadly available DIY (Do It Yourself) tools, infrastructure, and methods which hint at changes in the basic economic and production models underlying the origins of social media, software, and content.
In addition to throwing open the gates of the design citadel, these shifts change the role of designers from authors of point solutions to the creators of broad systems and frameworks used by others for their own expressive and functional goals. Both traditional design professionals, and the growing ranks of DIY designers, must be prepared to address the increased ethical complexity of the integrated experiences of the future.
This presentation will share practical suggestions for supporting the design and architecture of ethically sound social media by using familiar experience design methods and techniques.
Mémoire : Je fais donc je suis / Apprendre DIY | Bertrand Alice | 2013Alice Bertrand
Le mouvement du DIY (Do It Yourself) originaire de la culture punk des années 70, croit ces dernières année. En effet, de plus en plus d'émissions télévisés, sites internet ou événements sur le thème du DIY voient le jour, comme par exemple le festival World Makers Faire à New York, en septembre 2012, qui a attiré sur 2 jours 55 000 passionnés et 650 exposants.
Différentes raisons en sont la cause : méthodes d’apprentissage souvent trop traditionnelles transmises par l’école, crise économique depuis 2007 et développement des outils et lieux numériques qui structurent et rapprochent les passionnés de DIY.
Après avoir analysé les différentes méthodes d’apprentissage existantes (traditionnelles et modernes), recherché comment les savoir-faire étaient transmit dans les lieux numériques et interviewé différents professionnels dans le domaine de l’habillement et la couture (autodidactes, formation scolaire et réalisation de projet dans un fablab), j’ai compris quelle était la part des outils et lieux numériques dans l’acquisition de savoir-faire et quels étaient leur apport.
Fablab, imprimante 3 d et diy , tania bahsoon, tatiana geiselmannthibault f...Thibault Fendler
Diaporama réalisé par Tania Bahsoon, Tatiana Geiselmann et Thibault Fendler, dans le cadre du cours "Culture numérique" dispensé à l'Icom de l'Université Lumière Lyon 2.
Dossier réalisé au cours de ma formation au DUT Publicité à Bordeaux.
Le but était d'étudier en long et en large une tendance actuelle : j'ai choisi le Do it yourself.
How to select the diy electrical projects kit by engineering studentsEdgefxkits & Solutions
The DIY Electrical Projects kit is an interesting assortment of all the nuts,bolts and accessories required to assemble the electrical equipments. This kit helps the students to gain the practical experience of real life electrical assignments on the job.
This talk, given to PatientsLikeMe, discusses how science can move from "on average" insights to evidence that provides answer for specific individuals.
This talk was given at the University of North Carolina and describes a an open scientific research agenda for the development of more personalized and precise digital health interventions.
Summary talk of the underlying philosophy, guiding principles, targeted behavior change products, and process of agile science for creating, optimizing, repurposing, and curating tools and evidence.
The purpose of this talk is to introduce a behavioral science audience to the logic of control systems engineering and how it could be used to create far more personalized, precise, and perpetually adapting behavioral interventions.
I gave this talk at the National Physical Activity Plan Congress and articulated the key questions that need to be asked to achieve precision behavioral medicine. Methods are being developed to answer these questions but we need to work together.
The DIY Future: What Happens When Everyone Is a DesignerJoe Lamantia
The DIY Future: What Happens When Everyone Is A Designer?
Broad cultural, technological, and economic shifts are rapidly erasing the distinctions between those who create and those who use, consume, or participate. This is true in digital experiences and information environments of all types, as well as in the physical and conceptual realms. In all of these contexts, substantial expertise, costly tools, specialized materials, and large-scale channels for distribution are no longer required to execute design.
The erosion of traditional barriers to creation marks the onset of the DIY Future, when everyone is a potential designer (or architect, or engineer, or author) of integrated experiences - the hybrid constructs that combine products, services, concepts, networks, and information in support of evolving functional and emotional pursuits.
The cultural and technological shifts that comprise the oncoming DIY Future promise substantial changes to the environments and audiences that design professionals create for, as well as the role of designers, and the ways that professionals and amateurs alike will design. One inevitable aspect consequence will be greater complexity for all involved in the design of integrated experiences. The potential rise of new economic and production models is another.
The time is right to begin exploring aspects of the DIY Future, especially its profound implications for information architecture and user experience design. Using the designer's powerful fusion of analytical perspective and creative vision, we can balance speculative futurism with an understanding of concrete problems - such as growing ethical challenges and how to resolve them - from the present day.
I CAN DO IT ALL BY MYSELF: : Exploring new roles for libraries and mediating ...Bohyun Kim
Presentation given at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. June 23, 2012.
Speaker: Bohyun Kim, Digital Access Librarian, Florida International University
Speaker: Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, Montana State University Libraries
Speaker: Patrick T. Colegrove, Head, DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library, University of Nevada, Reno
More program details: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/m/node/806
When Everyone Is A Designer: Practical Techniques for Ethical Design in the D...Joe Lamantia
Broad cultural and technological shifts are rapidly erasing the distinctions that separate the creators and users of social media. In this DIY future, when everyone is a designer, greater ethical challenges arise for all involved.
These ethical dilemmas come increasingly from three directions. First, from conflicts between ever larger and more diverse groups of social media stakeholders. Second, from new hybrids of product, service, and information blended into new forms such as smart objects and the SPIME, constructs which bridge the physical and virtual environments into transmedia contexts for creation and use. Third, the from the emergence of broadly available DIY (Do It Yourself) tools, infrastructure, and methods which hint at changes in the basic economic and production models underlying the origins of social media, software, and content.
In addition to throwing open the gates of the design citadel, these shifts change the role of designers from authors of point solutions to the creators of broad systems and frameworks used by others for their own expressive and functional goals. Both traditional design professionals, and the growing ranks of DIY designers, must be prepared to address the increased ethical complexity of the integrated experiences of the future.
This presentation will share practical suggestions for supporting the design and architecture of ethically sound social media by using familiar experience design methods and techniques.
Mémoire : Je fais donc je suis / Apprendre DIY | Bertrand Alice | 2013Alice Bertrand
Le mouvement du DIY (Do It Yourself) originaire de la culture punk des années 70, croit ces dernières année. En effet, de plus en plus d'émissions télévisés, sites internet ou événements sur le thème du DIY voient le jour, comme par exemple le festival World Makers Faire à New York, en septembre 2012, qui a attiré sur 2 jours 55 000 passionnés et 650 exposants.
Différentes raisons en sont la cause : méthodes d’apprentissage souvent trop traditionnelles transmises par l’école, crise économique depuis 2007 et développement des outils et lieux numériques qui structurent et rapprochent les passionnés de DIY.
Après avoir analysé les différentes méthodes d’apprentissage existantes (traditionnelles et modernes), recherché comment les savoir-faire étaient transmit dans les lieux numériques et interviewé différents professionnels dans le domaine de l’habillement et la couture (autodidactes, formation scolaire et réalisation de projet dans un fablab), j’ai compris quelle était la part des outils et lieux numériques dans l’acquisition de savoir-faire et quels étaient leur apport.
Fablab, imprimante 3 d et diy , tania bahsoon, tatiana geiselmannthibault f...Thibault Fendler
Diaporama réalisé par Tania Bahsoon, Tatiana Geiselmann et Thibault Fendler, dans le cadre du cours "Culture numérique" dispensé à l'Icom de l'Université Lumière Lyon 2.
Dossier réalisé au cours de ma formation au DUT Publicité à Bordeaux.
Le but était d'étudier en long et en large une tendance actuelle : j'ai choisi le Do it yourself.
How to select the diy electrical projects kit by engineering studentsEdgefxkits & Solutions
The DIY Electrical Projects kit is an interesting assortment of all the nuts,bolts and accessories required to assemble the electrical equipments. This kit helps the students to gain the practical experience of real life electrical assignments on the job.
This talk, given to PatientsLikeMe, discusses how science can move from "on average" insights to evidence that provides answer for specific individuals.
This talk was given at the University of North Carolina and describes a an open scientific research agenda for the development of more personalized and precise digital health interventions.
Summary talk of the underlying philosophy, guiding principles, targeted behavior change products, and process of agile science for creating, optimizing, repurposing, and curating tools and evidence.
The purpose of this talk is to introduce a behavioral science audience to the logic of control systems engineering and how it could be used to create far more personalized, precise, and perpetually adapting behavioral interventions.
I gave this talk at the National Physical Activity Plan Congress and articulated the key questions that need to be asked to achieve precision behavioral medicine. Methods are being developed to answer these questions but we need to work together.
This is a talk I gave at CHI'13 (chi2013.acm.org). In it, my co-authors and I delineate ways to interpret, use, and develop behavioral theory within an HCI context.
Ozempic: Preoperative Management of Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Saeid Safari
Preoperative Management of Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists like Ozempic and Semiglutide
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2 Case Reports of Gastric Ultrasound
Tom Selleck Health: A Comprehensive Look at the Iconic Actor’s Wellness Journeygreendigital
Tom Selleck, an enduring figure in Hollywood. has captivated audiences for decades with his rugged charm, iconic moustache. and memorable roles in television and film. From his breakout role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. to his current portrayal of Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. Selleck's career has spanned over 50 years. But beyond his professional achievements. fans have often been curious about Tom Selleck Health. especially as he has aged in the public eye.
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Introduction
Many have been interested in Tom Selleck health. not only because of his enduring presence on screen but also because of the challenges. and lifestyle choices he has faced and made over the years. This article delves into the various aspects of Tom Selleck health. exploring his fitness regimen, diet, mental health. and the challenges he has encountered as he ages. We'll look at how he maintains his well-being. the health issues he has faced, and his approach to ageing .
Early Life and Career
Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
Transition to Acting
Selleck's transition from an athlete to an actor came with its physical demands. His first significant role in "Magnum P.I." required him to perform various stunts and maintain a fit appearance. This role, which he played from 1980 to 1988. necessitated a rigorous fitness routine to meet the show's demands. setting the stage for his long-term commitment to health and wellness.
Fitness Regimen
Workout Routine
Tom Selleck health and fitness regimen has evolved. adapting to his changing roles and age. During his "Magnum, P.I." days. Selleck's workouts were intense and focused on building and maintaining muscle mass. His routine included weightlifting, cardiovascular exercises. and specific training for the stunts he performed on the show.
Selleck adjusted his fitness routine as he aged to suit his body's needs. Today, his workouts focus on maintaining flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular health. He incorporates low-impact exercises such as swimming, walking, and light weightlifting. This balanced approach helps him stay fit without putting undue strain on his joints and muscles.
Importance of Flexibility and Mobility
In recent years, Selleck has emphasized the importance of flexibility and mobility in his fitness regimen. Understanding the natural decline in muscle mass and joint flexibility with age. he includes stretching and yoga in his routine. These practices help prevent injuries, improve posture, and maintain mobilit
MANAGEMENT OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION BLOCK.pdfJim Jacob Roy
Cardiac conduction defects can occur due to various causes.
Atrioventricular conduction blocks ( AV blocks ) are classified into 3 types.
This document describes the acute management of AV block.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE.pdfAnujkumaranit
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
Anti ulcer drugs and their Advance pharmacology ||
Anti-ulcer drugs are medications used to prevent and treat ulcers in the stomach and upper part of the small intestine (duodenal ulcers). These ulcers are often caused by an imbalance between stomach acid and the mucosal lining, which protects the stomach lining.
||Scope: Overview of various classes of anti-ulcer drugs, their mechanisms of action, indications, side effects, and clinical considerations.
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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11. Agile Science-Beta
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Relevance and social value over pure academic
pursuit
Outputs as non-technical insights, tools, and
solutions over outputs as publications
Iterative experimentation over long time-scale, preplanned research
Openness and sharing over knowledge as property
Interdisciplinary teamwork and community
engagement over siloed expertise
Fiscal sustainability over fiscal disconnect
PLUS Ten Guiding Principles, see:
bit.ly/agilescience
friko-diamondsdesigns.blogspot.com
12. Beyond pure academic pursuit
Relevance and social value
Eric Hekler, @ehekler
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13. Beyond long planned research
Iterative experimentation
Eric Hekler, @ehekler
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18. Agile Science-Beta
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Relevance and social value over pure academic
pursuit
Outputs as non-technical insights, tools, and
solutions over outputs as publications
Iterative experimentation over long time-scale, preplanned research
Openness and sharing over knowledge as property
Interdisciplinary teamwork and community
engagement over siloed expertise
Fiscal sustainability over fiscal disconnect
PLUS Ten Guiding Principles, see:
bit.ly/agilescience
friko-diamondsdesigns.blogspot.com
20. Agile Science
Let’s make a movement together!
Contribute at bit.ly/agilescience
friko-diamondsdesigns.blogspot.com
Eric Hekler
@ehekler
designinghealth.org
Editor's Notes
Changing the cultural of academic science through a new values proposition
Science both from serendipity and through strong engaged processes has done great things.
We are facing complexity societal problems however.
Scientists doing research related to health are largely reinforced for doing small incremental science. Much of our current science feels like since there is a publication history of catapults, we’re going to build a manipult to get to the moon rather than take the radical leap found to building a rocket ship.
This problem is only further compounded by the radically slow pace of current scientific endeavors that researchers are reinforced to do. The randomized controlled trial and corresponding R01 funding mechanism is what we are all told to get. In the time of this one project getting done though, all of these companies have formed with the app store going from non-existent to half a million apps.
To me, that makes me question if we are living up to Tim O’Reily’s famous call for people to craet more value than you capture. At this point, academics, based on the value system are reinforced for capturing more value than they create.
We aren’t reinforced for trying to radical solutions to solve for X; the complex societal problems that we face.
The amazing thing to mean is that most academics I talk to know this. We all feel like we are on the Titanic heading towards an ice berg and no one nows what to do other than let the big behemonth keep moving forward.
But that’s that a good a good approach for creating value. Rather than panic, it is time to organize and a key way to organize, in my view, is to articulate the core values of what we should care about and be reinforced for doing as scientists.
To get the conversation going, I’ve created 6 core values and 10 guiding principles for a new way to do science that I’ve been calling Agile Science. The bit.ly link below is a good Google Doc that is open and ready for you all to tear this apart and help to create something that we can all get around. Here’s my first take though on the core values.
First, beyond pure academic pursuit, it is time to focus on relevance and social value. We have the knowledge and skills to help the world be better. Let’s use them to create more value for all.
Next, beyond these long and drawn out studies, we need to thrive on the power of iterative experimentation. Iterative experimentation allows us to be humble enough to try many ideas and learn from our mistakes quickly so that we can build on success rather than get into a place where we have to defend our egos because of the years we placed into a bad idea.
Beyond locked up knowledge, how do we foster openness and sharing. I was speaking with Puneet about how ridiculous it is that academics who are paid a salary feel like they “own” their work because they did it “for free.” No, they are paid to educate and to improve the common good and thus have an obligation, in my view, to share both with other academics but also society at large.
Next, the real Achiles heal, rather than publications, why not be reinforced for insights, tools, and solutions. There’s been great progress pushed forward for folks to work on open source tools or for creating good through code for america but as an academic, I’m not really reinforced for engaging in these. We need to set the value propopition to support solutions, not just intellectual masturbation.
Next,we need to organize around the complex societal problems we face, not the disciplinary siloes that we grew up in.
And finally, we need to focus on recognize that any solutions we develop need to be self-sustaining and thus fiscal sustainability should not be something to shy away from but be a central part of the discussion.
This is my take on the core values that we need to value instead what is traditionally done. I’ve also created 10 more concrete guiding principles and I invite you to bo to bit.ly/agilescience to read review, change, and create these with me.
I have hope that we can do this because folks like Bill Riley and Russ Glasgow from NIH are making calls for rapid relevant research, almost every academic in my generation I’ve spoken to agrees with these points and doesn’t want to do things any more, and there are even universities like my home univiersity that have developed new values that our presidnetmichael crow has dubbed the new americanuniversiy that support this type of work.
So rather than cower away and accept our fate, let’s make a movement together to change the culture of academia to allow this sleeping giant to truly solve the fundamental scientic problems we face. Let’s do it here today! Thank you!