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PubTrawlr at TecBridgeBP20

April 25, 2022 · 5 min read

We’ll have a lot to say about our TecBridge experience in the coming days; what we learned, what we tried about, and how we bounce back from disappointment. In the meanwhile, here’s an article about the event in the Times Leader. It’s pretty good, but I can’t help but wonder why the editor selected that […]

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PubTrawlr News

Why PubTrawlr is More Than Just Another AI Tool

A recent review in Cureus (Apata et al., 2025) offers a thoughtful examination of the Consensus App, a generative AI tool designed to streamline academic research by retrieving and summarizing peer-reviewed literature. As the review makes clear, Consensus offers promising functionality for researchers seeking rapid evidence scans. Yet, it also reveals something critical: even with powerful […]

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More on the article feed

So we’ve launched the first of many feeds on current scientific topics over at This Week in Public Health. For a measly ten bucks a month, you can get plain language summaries and open-access links to THE BEST in public health research. Check out this terrible video I made on it below!

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Merch Store Coming Soon: Just in Time for the Holidays!

Do you believe that science is a public good? Do you think everyone deserves access to the most up-to-date, accurate information possible to make informed decisions about their health, well-being, and happiness? At PubTrawlr, we’ve always stood by these principles, and now, we’re giving you a new way to show your support and commitment. Starting […]

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Why We Started PubTrawlr

Hi there! I’m here to share the story of why I started PubTrawlr. It all began back in 2010 when I was a young graduate student studying community psychology. This field focuses on creating systemic changes to help improve health and wellness in our communities. One key aspect of this work is getting good ideas […]

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The closing days of Phase I for PubTrawlr

Hi all, The are going to be some gigantic changes to PubTrawlr in the coming months.  We have a number of technical and architectural improvements that will be rolling out. But most importantly, we are interested in hearing from you about what it will take to make science accessible. It is critically important that we […]

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PubTrawlr is now over two times better

Let’s hit the talking points once again. Science is a public good. You, yes you, our reader, have a right to the information that is produced by researchers (nearly always funded with public funds). There is a moral imperative for us to do the best we can for people by using the best possible strategies. […]

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Three takeaways from Day 1 of MLA

PubTrawlr is in New Orleans for the Medical Librarians’ Association 2022 conference. I mean, really. Two things that are right up our alley are medical research and the people who curate it. We were super stoked to share our story with a whole new group of people. And yeah, there were some bumps in the […]

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