Siouxsie Wiles • Feb 15, 2013 •
Over the last month we have been looking at the data on the primary causes of death recorded by the Ministry of Health for the 29,204 people who died in New Zealand in 2009. First we looked at what people thought they would die of, and then we looked at differences in the causes … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Jan 31, 2013 •
Two weeks ago, we asked Kiwis what they thought they would die of, and compared their responses to the primary causes of death recorded by the Ministry of Health for the 29,204 people who died in New Zealand in 2009. Mike Dickison produced a beautiful infographic* of the causes that were responsible for more than 1% … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Jan 18, 2013 •
I have never really understood why some people are desperate for immortality. Like those crazy millionaires who have their heads frozen in liquid nitrogen. I am not afraid of dying, but I would like to die painlessly and without much fuss, and preferably with all my faculties intact*. But what am I likely to die of? We looked at … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Dec 16, 2012 •
So this week I had yet another grant rejection letter. It was quite a nice one though. The panel said that I was a researcher they would like to support and had a great track record. But they noted that my project, which got great reviews, was too far away from being applicable to patients. They also not that while … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Oct 28, 2012 •
As Open Access Week draws to a close for 2012, I thought I would follow the fabulous Dr Fabiana Kubke’s lead and post the slides* I presented at the Stratus Open Access panel discussion on Thursday. [slideshare id=14917746&doc=wilesstratusoaoct2012-121028035611-phpapp01] Stratus is a network of emerging and early career researchers, primarily at the … Read More