Victoria Turner is the third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest science writing category. Category judge, SF Chronicle science writer Erin Allday, said “Eye Contact Can Be Overwhelming was also a fascinating topic.
Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Nov. 9, 2006. The GOP lost control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years during midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
If vying for universal healthcare is the third rail of American politics, then attempting to combine prayer and science is the third rail of academic medicine. For better or worse, I expected this when I started medical school.
