#rant – EpidemioLogical

Colombia, 2015

on January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 By René F. Najera, DrPH

It is June 2015 and I'm riding in the smallest of cars on a highway leading out of Barranquilla, Colombia. I'm in the car with an epidemiologist from the state health department, and we are on our way to a place far from the city in a small town in the jungle. The temperature outside [...]

Talking Tuesday: Catch-Up Edition

on May 17, 2016May 16, 2016 By René F. Najera, DrPH

The best kinds of friends are those who you can lose contact with for months and then catch-up with quickly over some coffee or hot tea or hot chocolate... Or a beer. In this episode, I try to catch-up with you after being gone a while.

Belief

on September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 By René F. Najera, DrPH

Believe it or not, as science-oriented as I am, I am a Christian. And I'm not just a Christian in that I follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. No. I am a Christian in that I believe in the whole thing, the whole shebang. I believe that he was born and lived and died for [...]