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Sentia: The Most Beautiful Cry
If you’re getting this through email, watch the video online at http://alexgoodell.com
Merry Christmas from Kigutu
Christmas is quite different here in Kigutu! No doug firs, no Santa. But plenty of drumming! Life here is heartbreaking but full of hope. I’m glad to report that the child pictured in some of my photos, Liesse, has consistently been getting better, and that Sentia, the girl I wrote a short story about (soon [...]
What I’m doing in Burundi
Thanks to all those who subscribed!
I know this may seem a little strange to finally have a good idea of what I’m doing in Kigutu, Burundi, oh a day and a half before I go, but I think I’ve explained it a few times to others and now have an adequate understanding myself enough to [...]
Away to Burundi
Dear Friends and Family:
I’m hoping that some of you may have heard a rumor that I was going to Burundi in East Africa. My mother and girlfriend have done a better job than I in telling people, so I’m glad that I’m able to finally sit down and explain exactly what I’m doing. I waited [...]
Video on Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Read my review of the book here. You should also learn more about Deo’s amazing project, Village Health Works.
Cryptococcus neoformans capsule
I’m done with my poster for my research this summer. Thought I’d post it here.
Characterization of the capsule phenotype in all1∆ Cryptococcus neoformans
Alex Goodell1,2,3, Neena Jain1, Mythri Subramaniam1, Bettina Fries1
1 Department of Medicine & Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; 2 SURP, Sue Golding Graduate Division of Biomedical Sciences, Albert [...]
Tracy Kidder’s Strength in What Remains
When I finally put Tracy Kidder’s Strength in What Remains down, I wasn’t sure if I had actually liked the book. I can’t really see myself loving any book that’s main theme was genocide.
I was fortunate enough to have met Deogratias “Deo” , the protagonist in this moving biography, a few months before I [...]
Integrative to-do list
Every to-do item on my list does not stand alone, but has groups of information that I will need to find to complete the task. Have you ever had something to do, didn’t have time to do, so you put it on your to-do list, only to find 4 hours later, when you got down [...]
Explaining Ghana’s low HIV/AIDS prevalence
I just finished my paper on this subject for Janis Weeks’ HIV/AIDS CHC colloquium and thought I’d share. I think there is a long way to go, but I think the investigation will continue when I’m there in the Winter/Spring of ‘10. Here it is: http://alexgoodell.com/files/ghanaaids2.pdf
The Two Uses of Twitter
I think Twitter has two basic uses — yes, you heard me, only two. Not three, four, 50, or 1000. For the most part, each of the new invented ways to use Twitter is a mash-up of other functions. The two functions I’ve noticed are (1) it’s primary use, a way to share thoughtful information [...]