By bluerasberry on 2009-02-22
Twice a year our HVTU CAB (HIV Vaccine Trials Unit Community Advisory Board) meets for fun and to review our mission as a CAB. Part of what we do as a CAB is review the development of HIV vaccine research protocols to the extent that they involve the general public. Whatever information the general public […]
Posted in education, HIV, research, rights | Tagged CAB, ethics
By bluerasberry on 2009-02-08
I had been thinking about applying for graduate school for a long time, but I decided I would not apply for admission in fall of 2009. I started questioning myself when I asked for a recommendation from a mentor of mine and he replied by asking me some hard questions about my goals. I’ve got […]
Posted in personal
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-27
Today is Rabbit Hole Day because of Lewis Carroll’s birthday. To celebrate this holiday one is supposed to write on a topic about which one does not usually write, thus jumping into a rabbit hole. The first time I read Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass I was about 14. For whatever reason, […]
Posted in education | Tagged Rabbit Hole Day
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-25
Last night I went to Cocoon House in Everett and met with Marty Arellano, the director of youth operations there. Cocoon House is a non-profit organization that provides care – particularly housing – to homeless persons under age 18. I had met Marty a few months ago when the PI (Janet Walthew) for the study […]
Posted in education, non-profit | Tagged Americorps, homeless, youth, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-13
I went to a meeting organized by the Washington Department of Health (DoH) to talk about proposed changes to the Washington Administrative Code (WAC). In Washington State (America) there is the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) which is a compilation of all the state laws in force. These laws were set in place at the […]
Posted in HIV, rights, Seattle | Tagged public health
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-01
In my previous post I showed a picture of the view of Seattle to the south of where I live. Immediately north of where I live is what used to be a house where a lot of kids met until about three months ago, when this house was closed by the landlord and all the […]
Posted in health, presentation, Seattle | Tagged homeless, police, protest, youth
By bluerasberry on 2008-12-20
I live at 7th and 45th in u-district and this picture was taken from the 10th floor of the apartments at the northwest of that intersection. I could not go to work today because of the snow. In the top right of the picture is Queen Anne hill; just to the right of the top […]
Posted in Seattle | Tagged landscape
By bluerasberry on 2008-12-13
Last night I went to see a screening of the 1929 Phantom of the Opera accompanied by live music. Here is the blurb: Phantom of the Opera, film with live accompaniment presented by Aphonia Recordings The 1929 classic silent film “Phantom of the Opera,” starring Lon Cheney (man of 1000 faces) and featuring a live […]
Posted in art | Tagged ghost, opera, silent movie
By bluerasberry on 2008-11-23
This week I went to a conference for Fred Hutch’s HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN). The network has been slow with bringing in new research for the past year because of the disappointing results in the STEP trial and the lack of funding in HIV issues which has been characteristic of the Bush administration. Time […]
Posted in health, HIV, non-profit, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference, HVTN, jargon, MedRest, microbicide, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2008-11-02
I met this Indian at a coffeeshop the other day. I was practicing Hindi writing (my tutor Ali at http://www.zabaan.com/ is awesome!) and he came up to me and asked me if I spoke Hindi. I answered him in Hindi and asked him if he spoke Hindi, but he just said he did not speak […]
Posted in education, encounter, India, Seattle | Tagged coffee, Hindi
