By Brian Herman. Published on March 2, 2015 Biomedical researchers are training in healthy numbers, but many are finding that the transition from their first post-doctoral position to a lab of their…

By Brian Herman, Published on January 26, 2015 The biomedical research we rely on for advances in medicine, whether it be vaccines or cures for life-threatening disease, depends upon sufficient funding. Without…

by Brian Herman, Published on December 3, 2014 When the new Congress is sworn in come January, it should add two important items for the agenda concerning higher education – both of…

by Brian Herman, Published on October 24, 2014 Nothing focuses the mind like a crisis. For several years, many of us in the scientific research establishment have been warning of the potential…

by Brian Herman, Published on October 6, 2014 Scientists won’t solve the world’s most pressing problems – world hunger, poor healthcare in the developing world, the spread of infectious diseases, to name…

by Brian Herman, Published on September 12, 2014 Scientists have a trust problem. They are viewed askance by lawmakers and workaday Americans, according to recent polls. This diminishing trust has led to an even bigger…