Research my Ass!
OK maybe you do not like the title of this post but still I am ranting and maybe after reading the rest of my story you agree with the title.
From very close I have a view on the medical research world that is ran at universities in Europe and Canada I can’t say much about any where else but I guess it is the same everywhere.
Please do not take this post personal maybe it does not apply to you.
Did you know that lots of your money that came from taxes of gifts to good causes ends up paying for professors personal holidays, iPods, and you name it what else. Till now after 5 years hanging around the research world I still need to meet the first person that did not misused the money given to them.
Maybe you also did not know that grant money given to students is often also done based on you wash my hand I wash yours. I know students that get money funded by gifts that pays there salery but they don’t even do research in that field. I guess it helps if you direct boss is one of the people who decides who gets the money.
Then there are the people that are abused all the time by pushing almost everything in their direction without being rewarded for it or even acknowledged. In one case a person worked on a review for like 1.5 years and send it to her supervisor who then left it hanging for 8 months and then asked the person to edit it and this without even reading it!
I could keep going with this post but maybe it is time to stop before I make it even worse. One piece of advice don’t give money for medical research it is a waste of your money first the good course keeps a BIG part for there administration cost to pay for fancy parties and meetings in very fancy hotels and then the small part that is left ends up like I stated above. If you want to do good with your money then do it yourself that is the only way you really know it gets something done!