Craving for steak and red wine... but alas I broke the bottle of the newly bought wine.. bummer..
Finished reading Alfred sommer’s ten lessons in PH. Very entertaining and inspiring read. It managed to bring excitement to the dreary epidemiological study and breathe life to data. Oftentimes when faced with a database, we tend to forget that behind each row of numbers, lies a person. Sometimes we detract from what’s really important -betterment of people’s lives and expend too much energy on KPIs- publications and what not. Perhaps we are just too far removed from patients to see the impact of our work (even if we just play a meager role).
Anyway Sommer made research seems like an adventure. He was a nomadic researcher of sorts and travelled and stayed in far flung places (at that time) and seeing first hand how his data transformed the lives of the beneficiaries. I also admire his tenacity in banging on doors and tables till real policy changes/ recommendations are made.