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Tinker Ready
Health
Tinker Ready blogs for Boston Health News and covers health and science for a range of newspapers and magazines.
She is the hub leader for Nature Network Boston, a networking site for scientists.
She has written for Nature Medicine, Fast Company, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Phoenix, The News & Observer, Esquire and Utne. Ready also teaches at the Boston University College of Communication and the Northeastern University School of Journalism
Articles
<p>Waitressing proved good training for my freelance journalism career. I had to keep track of a lot of tables. Each customer wanted something different. Some sent their meals back with a snarky comments. I would get great tips on day and stiffed the next. Either way, I never seemed to make enough.<br />
<p>What does it take to get a new, large National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant in these lean times?</p>
<p>Drug companies are looking outside their own labs for new products</p>
A look at drug company funding for patient advocacy groups.