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A Mr Epid-inar: 3MT – The Three Minute Thesis Contest!
Mr Epid-inar’s are short talks delivered by Mr Epidemiology at various venues; classes, conferences, speaker series’ etc. They should not be confused with the leafy green vegetable (French humour! Le...
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Should Bloggers Publicize Their Own Work?
We’re not as adorable as this kitty, so I don’t know if we can get away with this sort of behaviour. Science blog royalty SciCurious recently had a post up about whether it was okay for science...
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Hey Mr Epid! What should I bring to a conference?
It’s conference time! Which means three things: 1) you’re frantically applying to every travel award, scholarship and bursary available to help fund your trip, 2) you’re trying to put together your...
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Mr Epid goes to Edmonton!
The University of Alberta is hosting the 2012 Canadian Obesity Student Meeting! No updates this week – I’m going to be at the University of Alberta for the 2012 Canadian Obesity Student Meeting...
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New Post on Gradifying: Picking A Supervisor and Other Concerns
One of the crucial factors in graduate school success is a good supervisor. While some faculties mandate that you come in with an identified supervisor, others let you start your program and identify a...
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Movember ends, but the message lives on
I’m going to get up onto my soapbox and rant a little. Friends. Movember is drawing to a close, and I thank you all for your support, financial and otherwise. And for those of you mocking me for...
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Heading to #CPHA13
Ottawa is a beautiful city in the summer – hopefully we’ll be able to enjoy it! | Photo credit: Atif Kukaswadia Just a short note today – I (Atif) will be heading to the Canadian Public Health...
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Featured Interview with the Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies
Friend of the blog Sharday Mosurinjohn recently interviewed me for a profile on the Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies website. The first paragraph of her (very flattering) interview is...
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Where I politely explain to a politician that they’re wrong
Last week, I was forwarded an opinion piece written by the Honorable Leo Glavine for the King’s County News. Now, if there’s one thing that I hate, it’s when people who are in positions of power,...
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Life in Grad School: A day in the life of Atif
The editorial staff at Gradifying decided that this month we would describe our experience in graduate school, especially given how different our experiences are. Last week, Amanda discussed her...
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Level up! Mr Epid is now Dr Epid!
My old lab got me a cake to celebrate! I’m back! I took an extended hiatus from the blog while I finished up my PhD, but, at the end of March, I successfully defended my PhD, and after making the...
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If you play with scorpions, don’t be surprised when you get stung
When I was 6 or 7, my uncle gave me a book of Aesop’s Fables. I liked their imagery, and the idea of talking animals with anthropomorphized human traits appealed to my child sensibilities. Recent news...
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Why are middle-aged white Americans dying faster than others?
The best findings in science aren’t the ones that make you go “cool!”, they’re the ones that make you go “huh?” A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported a strange and...
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Tackling obesity needs all of us, not some of us
One of the most important issues facing public health today is obesity. Worldwide, approximately 30% of adults are obese, and costs around $2 trillion annually. A health concern with complex...
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Perhaps there is a drug that can prolong your life. It’s called money
A wise man once said that “mo’ money, mo’ problems” (Wallace, 1997). However, despite increases in supposed problems, one of the major benefits is increased life expectancy. New research published in...
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How can one person completely change the results of a survey?
In public health, we rely heavily on samples, as measuring everyone you are interested is often impractical. However, this requires a lot of thought and development in order to avoid unintentionally...
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Basic Income: From an idea to reality
Our current way of dealing with poverty is inefficient at best, with mountains of forms, paperwork, weighed down by bureaucracy and procedures. At worst, it’s stigmatising and judgemental, keeping...
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