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The Hunting of the SNARF
Some of you may know Lewis Carroll’s classic nonsense poem “The hunting of the Snark”. Eight men set off with a blank map to find the mythical Snark. And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new...
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Lives to be saved on March 14th 2013
Kidney’s are being attacked every day. Yours could be next. So common and deadly are kidney attacks that the theme for this year’s World Kidney Day is “Kidneys for Life: Stop Kidney Attack!“ Kidney...
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2 years on the Papanui campus remembers and celebrates
This post is published at 12:51 February 22 2013 – exactly 2 years to the day from the deadly Christchurch quake and 5.5km from where I was on that day. This morning I met with a PhD student as she...
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Happy WKD
I love living in NZ, it enables me to be the first in the world to wish everyone a happy World Kidney Day. May your kidneys never lack oxygen, be always filtering, and ever distant from the...
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The tao of science missed by National Science Challenges
The challenges are out. The committee has spoken. And now the critics respond. Word on science street and in the media goes a bit like this: Brilliant $73M more for science in New Zealand. Well done...
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My 10 Commandments of a Data Culture
Thou shalt have no data but ethical data. Thou shalt protect the identity of thy subjects with all thy heart, soul, mind and body. Thou shalt back-up. Thou shalt honour thy data and tell its story, not...
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Don’t call this scientist soft!
I’m a soft money scientist, not because I’m cuddly (I am), or because I’m an easy mark for a fiver (I’m not), but because my job and my scientific output depend on my ability/luck at raising money. As...
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A letter for all District Health Board Candidates
Dear District Health Board Candidates Soon I and thousands like me will cast our votes to choose our District Health Boards. Given the huge budgets of DHBs and the huge potential to influence health...
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Does being unconscious mean you should miss out?
The front page of the Herald this morning questions the participation of unconscious patients in clinical trials. While I understand Auckland Women’s Health Council co-ordinator Lynda Williams unease,...
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Policy our lives depend on: Health research in election 2014
We all care about health – ours, our family’s, and even that of one or two politicians (perhaps). We also care that the 15 billion dollar annual health budget is spent on health care that works. I...
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Can Doctors and Nurses help Dialysis patients recover?
In the case of dialysis dependent acute kidney injury patients this is a question which Dr Dinna Cruz and colleagues (University of California San Diego) are asking and seeking opinions from both...
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Cantabrians, this is your life
There is little more precious than our health and that of those we love. “Research saves lives” is Canterbury Medical Research Foundation’s (CMRF) proudly held motto. The CMRF has been supporting the...
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