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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 28 Feb 2019

      Idea. Every scientific article should be accompanied by a 250 word public-friendly ('plain English') summary incl a 'so what' sentence, be made available through a permanent online publication site (doi, citable), and be used/expanded upon by the authors Organisation.

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    2. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 28 Feb 2019

      Ideally, I'd like every research-producing Organisation (not only Unis btw) to have their own blog-like output. A public-facing source of relatable outcomes-focussed content to explain how public funds were used.

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    3. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 28 Feb 2019

      I sometimes hear in response, "but not every paper has something of interest". Not as written for the silo. No. But there *must*be a hook in there. Every time. Otherwise, why was it funded (often) with public money? It may need help or imagination to find that hook. It's there.

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Feb 2019
      Replying to @MackayIM

      Disagree with that. Sometimes the results are boring, and that's fine. Not all of my research is going to make headlines, and it probably shouldn't!

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    5. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 28 Feb 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      Ahh. Headlines. Disagree back 😁 It shouldn't be about the shininess. But if it was funded there should be a reason for it. There *will* be a hook. It might take a professional scicomm team to help scientists find it though. Every paper has a raisin d'etre.

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Feb 2019
      Replying to @MackayIM

      Lol, maybe I'm thinking more about the idea of "interesting" than anything. Maybe important would be a better term? At least placing research in context, because it might be very boring but that doesn't mean it isn't part of something great

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    7. Beth Skwarecki‏Verified account @BethSkw 28 Feb 2019
      Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM

      There are some journals that do this already! It's usually a summary of: what was already known, what this adds, etc. A few sentences each.

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    8. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 28 Feb 2019
      Replying to @BethSkw @GidMK

      Indeed. I'd like to see it mandated by any Orgs supporting scientists who publish.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Feb 2019
      Replying to @MackayIM @BethSkw

      Yeh MJA does the same. A few diabetes journals too, but not that many

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Feb 2019
          Replying to @ben_hr @MackayIM @BethSkw

          Yeh I'm not saying plain language is unimportant, more that I don't like the idea that everything we do has to be "interesting" or "newsworthy" because sometimes it's more "mediocre" or "just plodding along" and that's fine too

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