
CareFWD 2013
This past Tuesday, I was fortunate to attend the first (hopefully annual) CareFWD 2013 conference down in Boston, which was put on by Chris and Sarai Tsai of CareInnovators. CareFWD… Read more CareFWD 2013 →
This past Tuesday, I was fortunate to attend the first (hopefully annual) CareFWD 2013 conference down in Boston, which was put on by Chris and Sarai Tsai of CareInnovators. CareFWD… Read more CareFWD 2013 →
Thinking about the wearable device for back pain patients I outlined yesterday- here’s an ‘It’s the X for Y’ comparable. It’s the blood glucose monitor for back pain patients. Blood glucose monitors allow diabetics to keep track of their own blood sugar throughout the day, and helps to plan meals, activities and medications on a day-by-day basis at home. Blood glucose monitors allow diabetic patients to take some control of their condition using day-to-day metrics that lead to actionable progress goals. Not only do glucose monitors help patients at home, but… Read more The back pain patient app: one direct comparable →
So I had a thought the other day that just might turn into a great product. Here’s the tl;dr version: Wearable devices for back pain patients can help them monitor… Read more A killer app for back pain patients →
In many life science university departments, you’ll see that labs can be very often divided into two distinct, mutually exclusive categories. The first description I heard of this divide was… Read more D Labs and P Labs →
Here’s a slightly different sort of blog post: I’m going to share some of the results from my year-long coffee experiment. As many of you know, I’m an avid coffee… Read more The 2012-2013 coffee experiment →
In my last post I talked about a major problem I see in scientific research right now: the set of pressures and incentives on scientific researchers that promotes publication and… Read more How to hack life science research: part 1 →
Over the past three years, as I’ve spent time in a wonderful lab full of exciting and supportive people doing research I greatly enjoyed, I’ve had to think a great… Read more A problem with science: Disruptive vs. Sustaining Research →