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Dr. Joseph Clark

Dr. Joseph Clark

Dr. Joseph Clark is a professor of neurology at the University of Cincinnati and the author of My Ambulance Education. He writes regularly at Josephfclark.com.

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Healthcare innovation has a speed-to-market, speed-to-acceptance problem

Healthcare innovation has a speed-to-market, speed-to-acceptance problem

July 10, 2011 1:20 pm by | 2 Comments

This is the story of how it takes time and patience to do science. Not only does it take time to do the science, but it also takes time for ... Read more
Mayo Clinic site’s information disappointing, incomplete

Mayo Clinic site’s information disappointing, incomplete

April 18, 2011 4:15 pm by | 3 Comments

I teach classes on doing literature searches and how to filter out bad information compared to good information on the web. There are a lot of great intellectual resources out ... Read more
Ohio House Bill 143 could end boxing, karate matches for many

Ohio House Bill 143 could end boxing, karate matches for many

March 28, 2011 9:49 am by | 0 Comments

I am a professor of neurology and a certified athletic trainer. I’m involved in the concussion and mild traumatic brain injury program for the athletes in the University of Cincinnati. ... Read more
Inside the NIH grant review process (aka. Catch 22)

Inside the NIH grant review process (aka. Catch 22)

July 26, 2010 5:19 am by | 1 Comments

I recently had the dubious distinction to participate in and serve on an National Institutes of Health grant review called and NIH study section. I’ve done this before and have ... Read more
A patient’s case for human experimentation

A patient’s case for human experimentation

July 5, 2010 12:52 pm by | 0 Comments

I received a heart breaking email recently. Frankly it made me cry. There are a lot of patient confidentiality details I must withhold but it is worth expressing this story.A ... Read more
Federal research grants: More strings than bank bailouts

Federal research grants: More strings than bank bailouts

June 14, 2010 7:05 pm by | 0 Comments

The federal government is spending a lot of time and effort on a federal bailout or stimulus package. Some of this stimulus package money is going to medical research. Over ... Read more
Style over substance in medical research

Style over substance in medical research

May 5, 2010 2:10 am by | 1 Comments

I went to college for nine years to obtain a bachelors, masters and Ph.D. I am very proud of those accomplishments and completely embrace the moniker geek. I love doing ... Read more
How many deaths prove a drug is significantly unsafe?

How many deaths prove a drug is significantly unsafe?

April 30, 2010 1:30 pm by | 0 Comments

So a clinical trial designed to study safety shows that a treatment produces significantly more death and survivable complications is presented to a group of people with several hundred patients. ... Read more
President Obama: Save the geeks

President Obama: Save the geeks

March 19, 2010 4:44 pm by | 0 Comments

I think President Obama needs to present a state of the sciences in the union address. Yes, of course, I’m biased in this subject, but times are desperate. I work ... Read more
The cost of death

The cost of death

March 8, 2010 6:47 am by | 1 Comments

I was in a meeting recently talking about ways to justify and validate my research. My research is concerning the causes, diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disorders such as stroke ... Read more
The story of the datum

The story of the datum

December 28, 2009 4:00 pm by | 1 Comments

Multiple scientists spent weeks building a prototype to produce information. On one particular day, Clark notes, their work paid off in the form of a small success. ... Read more
Lost generation of scientists

Lost generation of scientists

August 17, 2009 10:29 am by | 2 Comments

Stimulus money hasn't delivered enough to medical researchers and the country is losing a generation of medical researchers because of it, writes Dr. Joseph Clark. "My career has stopped being ... Read more
Why do most research universities in the USA lose money on research?

Why do most research universities in the USA lose money on research?

July 16, 2009 10:56 am by | 1 Comments

Dr. Joseph Clark says he accepts that research institutions have to be more businesslike. "If you want me to run my lab that way, then let me run it like ... Read more