by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS Fall is finally upon us, and with it comes the November/December issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. In this issue, we have a collection of wonderful articles, with many focusing on tobacco control. Other articles such as this excellent commentary by John Auerbach highlight the pressing need to focus on
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In my previous post in this series, I covered the basics of getting started on the grant writing process. In this post, I’m going to discuss the process of finding a funder for your research. As you’ll see, the choice of who to target for funding can be a complicated one, with a number of considerations to guide the selection.
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In a recent series, I laid out some considerations for conducting a successful job search to land a position in academic public health. Once in that first academic position, most faculty in schools of public health, medicine, or other research-intensive departments start looking for ways to support their research agenda. For many of us, that includes seeking grant opportunities from
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If you’re reading this post, you’ve hopefully gotten a formal offer of employment from the university of your choice. If not, hang in there. Job searches can be a long and strange process for everyone involved. Even if you’ve not heard from the university in longer than you’d like, don’t despair quite yet. Sometimes it can take a while to
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If you’re still reading these posts after part one (getting the interview) and part two (the phone interview), then chances are that you’re (at least) hopeful that you’ll get an on-campus interview. The campus interview is where you’ll have a chance to shine (or crash and burn), a chance to kick the tires on the institution and your potential colleagues,
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by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS As we wind down 2018 and welcome in 2019, it’s probably a good time to look back on the year that we’ve had at the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. It’s been a banner year for the journal, as we wrap up our 24th year in production and celebrate our silver anniversary
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If you read my previous posts and followed the advice, you’ve undoubtedly been inundated with offers to interview. Okay, maybe inundated is a bit strong; it’s a tough job market out there. But, hopefully, a few of your preferred universities have reached out to you and asked if you’d be willing to conduct a phone interview with them. This is
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If you followed my previous advice on how to make yourself competitive for employment, you’re ready to find gainful employment. Congratulations! Now I’d like to give you some practical advice on navigating the job search experience so that you can learn to sniff out the good jobs and have them offered to you. First, let’s start with the application process,
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by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS On November 6th the United States will hold the 2018 midterm elections. Midterm elections are notoriously low-turnout elections, with disenchantment and apathy usually carrying the day for many if not most eligible voters. However, these are not typical times that we’re living in. As public health is inherently political, this is a time when
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This tutorial helps you write the methods section of a scientific article. Dr. Justin B. Moore shares writing advice in his column The Scholarship of Public Health. In “Writing the Methods Section of Your Manuscript for the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice,” he offers tips on study design, setting, participants, data source or measure, quantification of variables, and
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