Interdisciplinary research

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Dr. Jeffrey Nisker

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Dr.W.Fisher, Dr.W.Fraser, Dr.R.Pierson

The Metanexus Institute announces grants in support of transdisciplinary exploration of fundamental questions of life, the cosmos, and humanity. Metanexus invites proposals from networked teams of five or more investigators who:

* Intend to examine questions that range beyond those normally studied within established academic disciplines;
* Span an adventurous diversity of such disciplines;
* May engage religious and spiritual points of view;
* Seek to forge new and enduring links among different fields of study; and  read more »

Have you ever been asked by your friends what you do as a scientist (as far as it is within the area of physiology) and had to explain it or suggest a good website?

This might serve the purpose

http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/perinatal/clinical_ed/elecfetheart_mon....

Standardization of FHR pattern interpretation can greatly minimize inconsistencies and significantly impact practice, care and ultimately, patient outcomes.

About this Course

Developed by Frank Miller, MD and David Miller, MD this comprehensive and interactive program includes five courses to guide you through a standardized interpretation of FHR patterns.  read more »

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.  read more »

That may appear an unusual take on science by University of Chicago, but I believe an important and good one:

http://wisdomresearch.org  read more »

The present document responds to the request by the CAHS to design and implement an
assessment of the benefits and barriers to interdisciplinary health research (IDHR) in
Canada. It was developed by a panel of national experts representing the 6 health sciences
disciplines as well as government and industry. While there is a great deal of recent
interest and literature on the concept of “inter-professional practice”, it is beyond the scope
of this assessment, which deals strictly with aspects of the research enterprise within and  read more »