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Chapter 14: MD Anderson Publications and Publication Ethics
No full textDr. Goepfert has served on a number of editorial boards and is keenly interested in the educational dissemination of information critical to cancer research. In this section he talks about some of MD Anderson’s publications and also addresses some controversies with publication. He first raises the ethical issue of how authorship is assigned to a manuscript going out for publication. Today there are guidelines for assigning authorship, but twenty years ago, he explains, some department chairs at MD Anderson reviewed all manuscripts going for publication and insisted on being listed as first author of an article, whether they made any contribution to the research or not. Dr. Goepfert contrasts his own practice of putting his name on a paper only if he has contributed. Dr. Goepfert then shifts subjects and describes several MD Anderson educational publications, beginning with Cancer Bulletin, distributed free to all physicians across Texas.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2010/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 11: Maintaining MD Anderson Culture Despite Growth and Financial Challenges in Healthcare
No full textDr. Burke begins this Chapter by describing how the culture of MD Anderson has changed since 1988 when faculty easily had face-to-face relationships. He notes that many institutional values have been formalized as the institution shifted to multi-disciplinary care models and translational research.
He talks about the advantage of the MD Anderson system in which physicians are not compensated per procedure: this has been maintained a “clean way of providing care.”
He next talks about the “financial clarity” that Dr. Leon Leach [Oral History Interview] brought to the institution under Dr. John Mendelsohn.
He next talks about what makes MD Anderson unique: keeping the mission areas in balance has been part of institutional strategy.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1924/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 05: How Donations are Made to MD Anderson –In the Past and Today
No full textMr. Mulvey provides an overview of mechanisms used to solicit funds to MD Anderson in the past and today. He notes that donations have increased from about 130,000 - $140,000 per year. He discusses how the Development Office establishes trust and credibility with donors and explains mechanisms for making appeals: the direct mail program, the acquisition program, the planned giving program. He talks about different populations that Development approaches and explains the restrictions that donors often place on their gifts. He explains what makes MD Anderson unique among health institutions.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2188/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 11: A Brief History of PET Scans at MD Anderson
No full textIn this chapter, Dr. Podoloff explains why PET scans were difficult to offer at MD Anderson. First, financial difficulties at the institution resulted in the PET program being closed between 1988 and 1994. Next, insurers were not reimbursing PET scans because there was no data to document their advantages. Dr. Podoloff discusses insurance and the damaging influence insurance policies can have on treatment. He notes that the PET program was restarted at MD Anderson in 1999 and currently does seventy to eighty scans per day.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1736/thumbnail.jp
Promise - Spring 2020
No full textRogers Award honors MD Anderson nursing assistant MD Anderson awards highest nursing honor Low-grade serous ovarian cancer survivor establishes research nonprofit Celebrity Chef Cooking Demo makes young cancer patients sous-chefs for a day Bob’s Encore: hope in the fight against pancreatic cancer Board of Visitors welcomes seven new members Board of Visitors awards highest distinction to longtime member A Conversation with a Living Legend raises 2 million for cancer research, education and prevention Get to know Advance Team’s Laura Nelson Cookbook author leaves her mark on gastric cancer researchhttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/promise/1001/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 09: Strengthening Biomedical Editing Nationwide and Within MD Anderson
No full textIn this Chapter, first briefly notes his involvement with the Southwest Chapter of the American Medical Writer’s Association and the Council of Biology Editors (with a 22-year membership). He then explains that he had his biggest impact while he served on the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences and in the late 80s worked on the Editorial Certification Examination Development Committee. He describes the examination he helped create to certify competence for editors of biomedical articles and explains the significance of certification. He notes that the Department of Scientific Publications at MD Anderson uses its own battery of tests to evaluate editors’ abilities for abstract reasoning, grammar, and other skills and talents.
Next, Mr. Pagel talks about his Department’s blog, “The Write Stuff,” and two significant projects: his role on the Historical Resources Center Steering Committee, and the development of panel discussions for the Department of Scientific Publications. To begin the discussion of the Steering Committee, he notes that Scientific Publications wrote The First Twenty Years, the first history of MD Anderson. Because of this association with the institution’s history, Mr. Pagel was asked to be part of the Steering Committee when the Historical Resources Center was formed and set as its first goal the publication of an updated institutional history. Mr. Pagel wanted the perspective to be broader than the first book, situating MD Anderson and cancer research in a larger context of other cancer institutions and the history of cancer research. Though not alone in holding this view, he says he had something to do with articulating it for the benefit of the Steering Committee. He describes how James Olsen was selected to be the author and notes other Steering Committee activities.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2275/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 09: Reflections on Dr. Clifton Mountain and Data Collection Roles at MD Anderson
No full textMrs. Hermes begins this chapter with memories of how much she enjoyed working for Dr. Mountain over the course of 25 years. He taught her how to think about data, she explains, and she was listed as an author on a number of publications on lung cancer [see examples below]. She explains that Dr. Mountain left MD Anderson in 1993, but she continued to work freelance for him. She recalls that he set up the first conference on mathematics at MD Anderson, early in his career sometime in the sixties.
Next she comments on how the unique openness of Houston culture fit well with the bold visions that both R. Lee Clark and Eleanor MacDonald held for oncology. She says that her most important work was on Dr. Mountain’s staging system for lung cancer and she explains why staging the disease presented challenges.
She confirms that she was always interested in the implications of basic research for clinical findings. She credits Eleanor MacDonald for helping her to develop her curiosity and questioning style.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2036/thumbnail.jp
Anthropological Networks
No full textNot only have anthropologists contributed to the study of social networks, they have also created their own anthropological networks in order to communicate and collaborate while conducting their study of human behaviors.Anderson, K. E. (2011). Anthropological networks. In G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social networks (pp. 44-48). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications.This is the author's final version of a chapter, Anthropological Networks, in Encyclopedia of Social Networks, George A. Barnett, editor. The published two volume work is available at http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book23436
Native Americans
No full textThe social networks of Native Americans are as diverse as the population, providing connections and communications within tribes, regions and nations as well as among these groups and with other populations.Anderson, K. E. (2011). Native Americans. In G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social networks (pp. 573-575). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications.This is the author's final version of a chapter, Native Americans, in Encyclopedia of Social Networks, George A. Barnett, editor. The published two volume work is available at http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book23436
New Jersey
No full textIn a crowded and diversely populated state such as New Jersey, social networking takes place in both physical and virtual forms.Anderson, K. E. (2011). New Jersey. In G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social networks (pp. 642-644). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications.This is the author's final version of a chapter, New Jersey, in Encyclopedia of Social Networks, George A. Barnett, editor. The published two volume work is available at http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book23436
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