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Connecting Evidence to Action. The next wave of PubTrawlr improvements

This morning, we added three new features to our quick search. But first, let’s talk about why we did it. Premise One We want to make science more approachable. To do so, we must remove as many roadblocks to interacting with the primary articles in which the discoveries are reported. Part of PubTrawlr’s goal is […]

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PubTrawlr into TecBridge Finals!

Is time a flat circle? On the one hand, yes, the PubTrawlr team with support from a ton of people I’ll enumerate in a future post, is back in the TecBridge Business Plan Competition! On the other hand though, no. We’re in a much different place than 13ish months ago. Our design is cleaner and […]

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I applied for a vacant school board position, and struck out for the 5th time

For the past few years, I’ve been interested in contributing to my local town’s school board. There are a lot of reasons for this. Public education is the biggest social intervention in America, so there’s an opportunity for a huge amount of impact and reach. COVID has shown us that the public education system can […]

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Teamwork makes the dream work! Collaborative networks in JPHMP

My colleague and I are preparing an article on the use of social media to monitor vaccine outreach that we plan to submit to the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Since I had the script up and already ready to go, I thought we’d take a quick look at collaborative networks, as reflected […]

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Hiring! A Chief Operating Officer! And if could be you!

PubTrawlr is bringing on a COO to help supercharge our growth and operations. Do you believe in science as a public good? In the power of being able to get information into the hands of the public? And have the skills, abilities, and motivation to help get us there. Where can I get more information? […]

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An introduction to Harm Reduction — What does the Research Say?

Harm reduction measures are intended to reduce the negative consequences of certain behaviors, such as drug use and sex. This may be achieved without people having to stop doing these actions altogether. Harm reduction recognizes that some people might not be able or willing to stop, but they can still make changes to protect themselves […]

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What PubTrawlr will achieve

Scientific knowledge is all around us, but it can be difficult to understand and use it. The sheer size, complexity, and uncertain quality of scientific literature make it difficult for good ideas to spread. This is unacceptable. Science is a public good. It is funded by the public so that the public can benefit from […]

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Why your feedback is more valuable than you think……..

Starting this week, we’re rolling out a simpler feedback widget. Look how friendly it is! But our purpose is two-fold. Sure, we want to know how the website is doing and how to improve it. That is one of our core values — we are always improving until we hit that Platonic Ideal. More excitingly, […]

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Science is a public good, and we need to provide the mechanisms for it to get out there.

Jon was able to speak to the Alvernia Board of Trustees’ Innovation Subcommittee about PubTrawlr. He outlined some of the milestones that we have accomplished, and some of the places that we’d like to go. Watch the presentation here, or read the transcription below!   PubTrawlr is a company that I’ve working on with my […]

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A recap of Health Equity Research at your fingertips!

Worried about the state of health equity in our society? So are we. That’s why we created 101 Days of Health Equity, a publication that shows up in your inbox every, well, 101 days. We bring together research from dozens of journals on one of the dominant challenges in our society today; achieving equitable health […]

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Collaboration Networks in AJCP (now updated!)

Inspired by our recent deep dive into Implementation Science, I decided to dust off the code and turn it to another favorite journal, The American Journal of Community Psychology. Going all the way back to July 16, 1974, 5,397 authors have published in AJCP. The graph below shows who has published here most frequently. A […]

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101 Days of Implementation Science is HERE

After a long and winding road, we are finally launching 101 Days of Science. We know that many of you have topics that you wish you could stay on top of. There are so many development and new findings coming out that no one person can realistically follow new research. My own article readiness list […]

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