Viewpoint Archives

05.28.2024

Health Equity

Patent Rights and Wrongs

On the two hundred year-old conflict between science and business.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

05.23.2024

Rhode Island’s Dashboard Tools for Overdose Response

A three-step approach for building community-focused dashboards to increase accessibility of local health data and lead a data-driven response.

Guest Authors Brandon Marshall, Jesse Yedinak Gray

05.21.2024

Health Equity

Commercializing Science

Commercialization offers incentives for the research required to make advances in science. But it also separates those with fortunes from those less fortunate.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

05.14.2024

Health Equity

The Public Trust Problem

On bad apples and missteps by the good apples.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

05.09.2024

Understanding Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence

We still have much to learn about police-perpetrated domestic violence, but the power imbalances and the precarious situation of survivors are urgent.

Guest Author Brian Stanley

05.07.2024

Health Equity

Science and the Phantasies of Our Time

Science must engage with issues of import while balancing continued and rigorous engagement with long-term work of consequence.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

04.30.2024 "Observing Science" title and tagline on dark grey background

Health Equity

Innovation Spaces

On how science can create space for innovation.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

04.23.2024 "Observing Science" title and tagline on dark grey background

Health Equity

Collaboration

Scientific collaboration is critical to tackle global challenges, from pollution to pandemics.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

04.16.2024 "Observing Science" title and tagline on dark grey background

Health Equity

Follow the Science

Science provides insights that we can use to inform our actions, but there are many other considerations that should factor into decisions made by societies, as well.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

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