A Call to Embrace Our Role at “Intercept 0”

On Our Failure to Embrace Advances in Software Technology

My answer to this question is “far less than it should”. While I am aware of no sound statistical basis for this answer, observation of practice has convinced me that the potential of many advances is not being realized. In fact, my conclusion is that we are failing to embrace advances in software technology to a significant degree. The impact of this state of affairs is serious, and it needs t...

Ancestor to Call Our Own

Controversial new fossils could bring scientists closer than ever to the origin of humanity POITIERS, FRANCE—Michel Brunet removes the cracked, brown skull from its padlocked, foam-lined metal carrying case and carefully places it on the desk in front of me. It is about the size of a coconut, with a slight snout and a thick brow visoring its stony sockets. To my inexpert eye, the face is at onc...

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A Call for a Backward Design to Knowledge Translation

Despite several calls to support evidence-informed policy-making, variations in uptake of evidence into policy persist. This editorial brings together and builds on previous Knowledge Translation (KT) frameworks and theories to present a simple, yet, holistic approach for promoting evidence-informed policies. The proposed conceptual framework is characterized by its impact-oriented approach and...

Eating or Feeding Our Young: A Response to Recent Commentaries