Cross-fertilize and watch ideas bloom

Article Abstract:

Olufunmilayo Olopade, human genetics professor at the University of Chicago, is establishing a multidisciplinary team that comprises of sociologists, biopsychologists, pathologists, molecular biologists and geneticists to study the alarming rates of breast cancer prevalent among African American women. This study would help to determine and control the environmental and social factors that trigger the manifestation of the breast cancer susceptibility genes found in them.

Management dynamics, Illinois, Health aspects, Practice, Study and teaching, Breast cancer, African American women, Olopade, Olufunmilayo

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They're watching you

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Technology firms are hiring to anthropologists to ensure that product design is less of a gamble and to provide fresh insight into what consumers want. Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Motorola and Sun Microsystems all employ anthropologists, even firms like Pitney Bowes and JC Penney hire them.

Labor force information, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Executive changes & profiles, Personnel administration, Anthropologists, Officials and employees, High technology industry, Recruiting, Employment, Industry hiring, Strategic aspects

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A conflict that might interest the ethicists

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Issues surrounding the relationships between industry and universities and how they might affect research findings are discussed. Particular focus is given to research journals' conflict-of-interest and disclosure policies.

Scholarly periodicals, Analysis, Ethical aspects, Business and education, Industry and education, Research ethics

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