Such a lawyer
knows colleagues in the field like the prosecutors, and this may just be what you need to win the case.
Not exact matches
Women are afraid that they will not be able to publish
in competitive
fields at the same rate as their childless
colleagues; they are afraid that as new mothers they will
no longer be taken seriously as scholars; and they are afraid to take advantage of existing family leave policies
in the event that chairmen and
colleagues bristle at having to take on additional courses and other work when a new mother takes maternity leave.
The peer groups that define the issues to be explored, that award academic status, that provide access to power
in the academy, and that make mobility possible are
no longer comprised of one's
colleagues across the disciplines within one academic institution; rather, one's peer group is comprised of one's
colleagues in the same «
field» or «subfield» nationally.
Biochemists or microbiologists may excel at the bench and
know what
colleagues are doing
in their
field across the world; however, questions inevitably arise about the size of the market for an invention and its commercial value.
In one of her projects, Grais and her colleagues used field studies and mathematical modeling to show that what's known about the well - studied dynamics of measles in the Western world doesn't apply fully to sub-Saharan Afric
In one of her projects, Grais and her
colleagues used
field studies and mathematical modeling to show that what's
known about the well - studied dynamics of measles
in the Western world doesn't apply fully to sub-Saharan Afric
in the Western world doesn't apply fully to sub-Saharan Africa.
Maria T. Brandl and her
colleagues focused on protozoa
known as Tetrahymena after finding copious quantities of these renowned bacteria eaters
in water from a California
field — an environment
in which pathogens, such as Salmonella, might be shed by livestock.
One of their
colleagues, who was well
known for her scientific discoveries and lifelong contributions
in the
field of cancer genetics, had been diagnosed with end - stage cancer.
He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition
in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players
in this
field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research
colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher
in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds
in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I
know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert
in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references
in the obesity
field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts
in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert
in DHA and Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best health blogs I
know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based
in the US who is an expert
in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who conducted
field research on traditional populations
in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert
in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert
in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer on establishing the role of the immune system
in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.
From «bro - culture» to assumptions you don't
know how to do your job on the basis of your gender, women working
in these
fields go to work every day already saddled with the task of proving their worth and abilities — a weight their male
colleagues do not bear.
This is a trend that we've noticed since we began researching the
field; one school district my
colleague Katherine Mackey profiled
in a case study several years ago didn't even
know how many students it had served
in its dropout recovery program
in a given year, let alone how they had fared
in the program.
The massive group think that I have encountered on this topic has cost me my career, many
colleagues and has damaged my reputation among the few people I
know in the
field.
I
know of a recent promotion of a
colleague of mine who made it clear he was an expert
in his
field and the company leveraged his talents by giving him more opportunity to execute on his expertise.
Pros: Fellow pros — your supervisor,
colleagues, and other
field experts —
know the jargons you put
in your resume.
Winners work hard, but
know the value of community resources, mentors,
colleagues and experts
in their
fields.
From there, Beck and his
colleagues were confident that CBT had potential as a treatment for depression, so they published a cognitive therapy treatment manual and (what would come to be
known as) CBT started gaining acceptance beyond the University of Pennsylvania Medical School
in the greater
field of psychology.
This history came back, triggered when I was recently explaining my «narrow» career to someone
in the mortgage
field, who had trouble believing I never got involved
in explaining mortgaging, personally giving advice outside my area of expertise, as many
colleagues who get involved
in that arena do, prequalifying buyers; never had them fill out an income statement (I didn't want to
know how much money my clients earned, many even self - employed), even when they were my sellers, about to buy, but I always had written prequalification commitments
in my hands to provide if and when needed, (that's all I needed to
know, and have
in writing), and I
knew therefore who was
in fact providing the funding; they did all the questions asking, not me.