I happen to be a board-certified specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. You might even say that, along with colleagues, I wrote the book. Well, my mother might say it.
Medical informatics is found at the intersection of healthcare and technology.
The coat of arms at Yale University reads: Lux et Veritas. That means “light and truth.” Those two elements almost always imply the presence of a third, however: heat.
A recent commentary in JAMA lends support to publication in the Annals of Internal Medicine of “guidelines” suggesting that the public can keep eating processed meat at current levels, while questioning the methods and motives of the many public health scientists who voiced opposition to the Annals authors’ methods and conclusions.
What is, and what is not, a conflict of interest - in public health, and in general?
Despite major medical advancements, the need for new drugs remains constant — making quick and safe drug discovery as vital as ever. However, in many cases, the drug discovery process remains slow, challenging and tedious, requiring large numbers of tests that limit the speed of identification and manufacturing.
Science helps to explain the phenomena around you. It enables critical thinking, enhances quantitative reasoning, and helps to answer some of life’s biggest questions.