University Research Undermined by Diminishing Federal Cost-Sharing
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…
The Top Two Higher Education Goals for the New Congress
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…
Public health crises fueled by federal funding cuts
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…
We need to improve the industry-academia research relationship
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…
The Price for Lack of Trust: More Regulations
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…
Restoring trust between scientists and the public
by Brian Herman, Published on July 28, 2014, Featured in: Education Lobbyists, car salespeople, reporters and members of Congress – all are viewed, rightly or wrongly, as untrustworthy professions. Gallup’s episodic polling of…