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What Do Your Voice And Your Appendix Have In Common?

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Eddie Johnson Jr. |

Evolution tells us that things change to adapt; things come and go based upon need. Life evolves over time to help it survive. Things that are not needed to survive might disappear altogether or in some cases just exist for…

NIH Clinical Center Directors Annual Report

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Matthew Tanner |

Recently, the NIH Clinical Center Directors Annual Report was released by the National Institutes of Health. The NIH Clinical Center is the “world’s largest hospital completely dedicated to clinical research”. In addition to detailing this year’s achievements, this year marks…

Science in the Public Eye

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Roger Wood |

Science is a common topic in the news today – the new Cosmos series, climate science, STEM education, genetically modified crops, stem cells, new drugs and vaccines, exploring Mars and beyond, evolution, pollution, nuclear waste, dinosaurs, even the President’s proposed…

Choose A Nightmare

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Eddie Johnson Jr. |

Choices. Decisions. At the highest level they can be classified as either easy or hard ones. On a wholly separate plane are the difficult decisions that need to be made where the option to choose the “right” thing to do…

Philanthropy Shapes Society And Culture

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Damian Davini |

Pro Bono Australia recent showcased Australia’s Top 50 Philanthropic Gifts of All Time. It was a celebration of Australia’s most significant philanthropic achievements from the 1800’s until today. The list made interesting reading as most of those recorded played substantial…

Educational Resources for Patients, Advocacy Groups, Research Investigators and Drug Developers regarding Rare Diseases

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Matthew Tanner |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently published a list of “Educational Resources for Patients, Advocacy Groups, Research Investigators and Drug Developers”. These resources are available from the FDA’s “Developing Products for Rare Diseases & Conditions” page, in…

2014 InfoEd User Conference – Portraits of Innovation and Collaboration

Posted on March 17, 2014 by admin |

It is our pleasure to announce that for the 2014 InfoEd Global User Conference, we will be returning to Orlando, Florida, one of our favorite conference locations! Please join us at the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek for our…

The Rabbi and the Review Board

Posted on February 11, 2014 by InfoEd Global |

Being a Non-Scientific, Community member of an Institutional Review Board can be one of the most intimidating assignments out there. Imagine at least once a month having to read mountains of documents inundated with scientific jargon, while having a non-clinical…

The Free Exchange of Information – For a Price

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

One of the great benefits of my current job is that it gives me the excuse opportunity to read a number of interesting articles, in the name of research. I follow several journals and blogs; some because they are directly…

Checking in on the DATA Act

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Roger Wood | 1 Comment

It’s Not Dead Yet! Now that the rush of the Feb 5th NIH deadline has passed, you might be reflecting on big picture things – like the OMB grant reform changes, or wondering ‘what’s going on with the DATA Act?’…