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  • Catching up on Collaboration Research

    Catching up on Collaboration Research

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    Jon Scaccia

    Comments on the Consolidated Framework for Collaboration Research. In the RISE project, our friend and colleague Jason Turi is coordinating our inquiry into how coalitions work with one another. One… Read More

    August 5, 2022
  • Announcing: Reading Scientific Articles like a Scientist

    Announcing: Reading Scientific Articles like a Scientist

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    Jon Scaccia

    Reading scientific articles can be difficult because they are often dense and filled with jargon. They also concisely present complex findings, making them difficult to understand. Finally, scientific articles sometimes… Read More

    August 4, 2022
  • Reflections on Status as a Service, and the conundrum of Social Capital

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    Jon Scaccia

    Guest post by our incredible friend and colleague, Kalie Wertz. Read all about her on our About page! “Numbers lend an air of legitimacy and credibility” – and yet, social… Read More

    August 3, 2022
  • Reaching the Outcomes you want from Training

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    Jon Scaccia

    We’ve been preparing to roll out some virtual trainings on our rmc2.org platform in the coming weeks. Because of that, it’s helpful to take a step back and think about… Read More

    August 2, 2022
  • A great example of engaging with the public on science

    A great example of engaging with the public on science

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    Jon Scaccia

    We love Reddit here. Like most websites that encompass a wide range of tops, there’s some great stuff on Reddit, and some really terrible stuff. We also love engaging with… Read More

    July 28, 2022
  • How many $$$$$ is your title worth?

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    Jon Scaccia

    RWJF maintains a database of all awards they have granted since 1972; a number that comes up to around 30,000 awards. We’ve been looking more deeply at what wasn’t funded… Read More

    July 26, 2022
  • Digging into some CDC data

    Digging into some CDC data

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    Jon Scaccia

    This is another one of those live blog post that I write while I do some data analyses. I hope you find this interested to see how we approach the… Read More

    July 26, 2022
  • Analyzing change using the Pathways to Population Health Compass

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    Jon Scaccia

    This is another one of those “writing a blog while I’m working” blogs. For the Rhode to Equity project, we administered three waves of the P2PH Compass. This tool actually… Read More

    July 22, 2022
  • Effective Twitter Use Among PA Congressional Representatives

    Effective Twitter Use Among PA Congressional Representatives

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    Jon Scaccia

    In our work for the RISE project, we have been looking at how different organizations have used Twitter to spread public health messages. These organizations aren’t the only ones with… Read More

    July 21, 2022
  • A new dawn (chorus)

    A new dawn (chorus)

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    Jon Scaccia

    Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends! We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside. After several months of development, we’ve relaunched the Dawn Chorus… Read More

    July 19, 2022
  • Solving a large data cleaning problem: an experiential live blog

    Solving a large data cleaning problem: an experiential live blog

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    Jon Scaccia

    10:11 p.m. About five hours ago, a dear colleague said to me, “We need to have this data cleaned for the reports, oh, and it’s also going to be shown… Read More

    July 12, 2022
  • Notes on “Notes on Effective Altruism”

    Notes on “Notes on Effective Altruism”

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    Jon Scaccia

    I first came across the effective on Lex Fridman’s podcast where he interviewed William MacAskill. In a nutshell, effective altruism is the practice of making decisions based on the greatest… Read More

    July 1, 2022
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