Author Archives: Hopin Lee

Making science open and reproducible

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Science has received some criticism recently. Researchers have shown that some (not all) scientific findings are not reproducible. One contributing factor to this problem is that scientific endeavours are not always transparent or open. Fortunately, scientists are actively responding to this problem. One major player in this area is the The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS). […]

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The pain – brain relationship

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Exactly how does educating patients about pain lead to better outcomes? PhD student at NeuRA, Hopin Lee, is seeking to answer that question. Most of us know, through personal experience or having heard about someone else’s experience, that back pain can be troublesome. For many it’s just a niggle that can be kept under control with simple analgesics and a […]

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