By bluerasberry on 2009-06-29
I spent Gay Pride this year at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center booth recruiting for people who might be interested in receiving an experimental HIV vaccine. The general criteria is that we are looking for people of all genders and sexual orientations who are between the ages of 18-50 and who are willing to […]
Posted in drug, education, festival, health, HIV, non-profit, presentation, research, Seattle | Tagged Gay Pride, HIV, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2009-06-08
Actually, the plant is in the city of Renton, which is very close to Seattle. I took a tour there Saturday, June 6. Here is the summary of their work (PDF) that they present in diagram form. Public wastewater treatment is the process of channeling used water from private homes, businesses, factories, and all public […]
Posted in education, research | Tagged environment, tour, water
By bluerasberry on 2009-05-11
Actually, this is not a license. It is a medical assistance certification that may or may not have any value. In any case, I just finished a phlebotomy class and got a lot of practice performing and receiving blood draws. As a person who has participated in more than forty clinical trials requiring blood draws, […]
Posted in education, health, research, rights | Tagged blood
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 2008-02-12
Nandan and I talk about Sanjeevani Booti continuously. This is the name for the HIV NGO which we are founding. The website is up. Nandan did not know what AIDS was before, and now he knows the basics. He has probed the community for similar organizations and we know what exists. He has talked with […]
Posted in education, HIV, India, legal, non-profit, research, rights, Seattle, work | Tagged AIDS, license, megacorp, Mehdiganj, NGO, PSA, Sanjeevani Booti, survey, tea, tourism, Varanasi
By bluerasberry on 2007-12-09
Last Tuesday I met with Michael Ninberg at the Hepatitis Education Project in the Maritime Building on Western between Madison and Marion. We talked for about two hours about hepatitis and public health and I think he will be a good resource in the future. I want to get all three websites up before the […]
Posted in drug, education, HIV, presentation, research, Seattle | Tagged AIDS, Benares, clinical trial, education center, hepatitis, HIV, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2007-10-31
Posted in art, computer, India, legal, non-profit, presentation, research | Tagged AIDS, capitol, clinical malpractice, curating, hostel, movie, prison, volunteer, web design
By bluerasberry on 2007-10-09
I am doing work for checks about twenty-five hours a week now. I was working at two phone-research places but I quit the non-medical one last week. Last week and whenever I want to go back I can play-test video games at this place called Volt for just over minimum wage. The pay is lousy […]
Posted in art, research, work | Tagged disability, theatre, video game
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-29
Krista’s research on Coca-Cola is proceeding according to her hopes. The research, as I have mentioned before, is that a Coca-Cola manufacturing and bottling facility near Varanasi is taking ground watch such that local farmers have none for their crops. Also the plant is accused of not maintaining the law’s requisite percentage of full-time permanent […]
Posted in India, research | Tagged megacorp, Mehdiganj