Western Faculty Profile: Dr. Graham Thompson

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Profile of Graham C. Walker.

When biologist Graham Walker was introduced to DNA during a biology course at Carleton University in Canada, it was fascination at first sight. “I thought DNA was the coolest molecule in the world and decided I wanted to work on it,” says the recently elected National Academy of Sciences member. Since then, Walker’s research has helped explicate the structure and function of proteins involved i...

Profile: Dr Simon Sinclair

a spiky intelligent bird, looking for a worm to pounce on. Useful in the context of a participant-observer study of medical acculturation which he published as Making Doctors (1997). This laser beam of anthropological analysis was recently cited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ President Simon Wessely as the book all doctors should read. Sinclair has now turned his attention to a crucial ...

Dr. Isaac Thompson and his celebrated eye water.

For many years we have been fascinated by the methods of medical advertising. During the past decade advertising of ophthalmic products and services has burgeoned. A number of factors, including the emergence of"buccarteer surgeons" 1 as well as changes in laws and customs related to advertising induced by the "consumer movement" have contributed to this. One ophthalmic preparation that has bee...

Faculty Profile: Jeremy Magruder

Jeremy Magruder joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley as an assistant professor in July 2007. Jeremy earned his Ph.D., M. Phil., and M.A. in Economics at Yale University, after completing his B.A. in Economics at Michigan State. Jeremy’s dissertation, “Unemploy­ ment, AIDS, and Schooling Decisions in South Africa,” included three essays on th...