Lee Schoentrup2016-12-06T16:19:38+00:00December 6th, 2016|Blog|
As a young girl growing up in Trinidad, it was easy to fall through the cracks. At a time when boys were encouraged to pursue science and girls were politely pushed in other directions, I could have easily missed out [...]
Lee Schoentrup2016-08-22T13:24:34+00:00August 22nd, 2016|Blog|
NOTE: This month, IDRI is celebrating its 23rd anniversary. The photo below shows founder Steve Reed, with a small sign pointing to the original IDRI site, sandwiched between a video store and a pizza joint on Nickerson Street in Seattle. [...]
Lee Schoentrup2016-07-01T09:37:53+00:00July 1st, 2016|Blog|
I don’t normally write about politics, but last week something momentous happened in my home country that intersects with the world of science. It has been a week since the United Kingdom voted in favor of “Brexit” - a surprise result [...]
Lee Schoentrup2016-06-28T09:57:10+00:00June 28th, 2016|Blog|
What’s on your reading list for this summer? We posed that question to IDRI employees – focused on books related to science or technology – and got some interesting answers. Take a look – you might want to add these [...]
Lee Schoentrup2016-06-10T11:12:04+00:00June 10th, 2016|Blog|
Here’s a daunting question: what is your proudest work-related accomplishment? When that question was posed to me at a recent Washington Global Health Alliance dinner, several answers came to mind, but I landed on one specific example because it best [...]
Lee Schoentrup2016-05-25T16:32:03+00:00May 25th, 2016|Blog|
These days scientific collaborations can move along with phone calls and emails, but there’s nothing quite like a good old fashioned face-to-face meeting to keep things moving. The American Association of Immunologists annual meeting was in Seattle last weekend (where [...]
Lee Schoentrup2016-05-11T09:27:54+00:00May 11th, 2016|Blog|
Bike Everywhere Month—the new, more ambitious Bike to Work Month—is now under way with IDRI riding along. We’ve kicked off May 2016 with a bike safety seminar and discussion of safe routes, along with a breakfast rally to get us [...]
Alex Dang2016-05-13T06:45:39+00:00March 22nd, 2016|Blog|
Tuberculosis (TB) is often seen as a disease of the past. Before the advent of antibiotics, the treatment for TB was bed rest, fresh air and good food – but only if you were lucky enough to afford a sanatorium. [...]
olc2016-04-20T15:57:51+00:00March 18th, 2016|Blog|
International Women’s Day is here again – March 8, 2016. It is a time to celebrate our progress and reflect on our achievements. However, it is also a time to articulate the large amount of change that is still needed [...]
olc2016-03-21T07:58:18+00:00January 8th, 2016|Blog|
Malcolm Duthie, right, visits a home in the Philippines, where leprosy still remains a problem, particularly for younger people. As we near the end of the first month of 2016, it’s hard to believe that a disease [...]
