by Andrew Maynard | Sep 7, 2014 | Vaccines
On April 12 1955, the world was informed that the Salk polio vaccine was up to 90% effective in preventing paralytic polio. At the time, it was hailed as one of the most anticipated announcements in medical history, and led to the overcoming of one of the most feared...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 18, 2013 | Communication, Engagement
After nearly two years and four hundred posts, the science communication course at the University of Michigan that feeds the Mind The Science Gap blog is coming to and end. In between running a department, directing a research center, teaching, and actually doing...
by Candace Rowell | Nov 26, 2012 | Communication, Education, Guest Post, Society
A guest post by Candace Rowell MPH. Candace is an alum of the University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and a former contributor to Mind The Science Gap. She is currently a research associated with the Qatar...
by Andrew Maynard | May 22, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
A few weeks ago I was asked to give a “TED style talk” on nanotechnology for the University of Michigan Environmental Health Sciences department 125th anniversary. What they got was a short talk on “thinking small”: The other talks in the...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 14, 2010 | Emerging Technology
Now that I’ve had some time to get to grips with my new position as Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, I thought it was high time I started letting people know something about where the Center will be heading over the next few years. ...
