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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 

2005 Medical weblog awards--voting open

Voting's open at Medagadget.com: you can go here to vote. Aetiology is up for best new blog and best clinical blog. I don't have a chance in hell 'cause my readership's still pretty low compared to some of the other sites listed, but I'd appreciate it if y'all could help me not get my ass kicked *too* badly. Thanks muchly to those of you who nominated this blog in the first place, and more thanks to those of you who take the time to head over there and vote. This certainly isn't the biggest place in the blogosphere, but it's cool to be appreciated by those of you who do check in regularly.

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  • I'm Tara C. Smith
  • From Iowa, United States
  • I'm a mom and a scientist, your basic stressed-out, wanna-have-it-all-and-do-it-all Gen Xer. Recently transplanted from Ohio to Iowa, I've spent most of my life in the midwest (with 4 years of college spent out east in "soda" territory). My main interest, and the subject of my research, is infectious disease: how does the microbe cause illness? What makes one strain nasty, and another "avirulent?" Are the latter really not causing any disease, or could some of those be possible for the development of chronic disease years down the road? Additionally, I've spent a lot of time discussing the value of teaching evolution, and educating others about "intelligent design" and other forms of creationism. My interest in history of science and medicine is also useful as a way to tie all of the above interests together. [Disclaimer: the views here are solely my own, and do not represent my employer, my spouse, that guy who's always sitting by the fountain when I come into work, or anyone else with whom I may be remotely affiliated.]
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