Well, we’ve made it through another winter. Spring is here: new leaves on the trees, new flowers blooming, and new contributors to the AITSE newsletters. Thanks to the tireless efforts of our communications officer Ted, contributions from you on the ground, and information from our consortium of experts, we have a newsletter full of accurate and interesting information. Read on to find out more about superweeds, depression, medical screening, genetic meltdown, and a dietary supplement that takes the cake for bunk science. Don’t forget to click on the links to get the full story!

Finally, have you done it yet? If not, let me encourage you to “like” us on

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For excellent communication through social media

Surveys, socials campaigns, and more surveys! You may wonder what is going on with AITSE. Well, we were offered the social campaign marketing and surveys as free trials for two months. Seemed like a great opportunity to find out how we can do better and spread the news about what we are doing well–at no cost to you!

Thank you to all of you who have given us invaluable feedback. The newsletter has been improved, as you can see. We are working on the website–check out our new “Articles” pages, the changes under News of the Week, and our new contact page. You may notice that some links do not connect to anything, but remember this is a work in progress! More about your thoughts on the website next month.

Next, you may remember that last month we advertised for an AITSE communications officer. We now have one. Thanks Ted! You can look forward to seeing a lot more input from the AITSE Consortium in the near future. And remember, if there is a topic relevant to integrity in science that you would like to have us research, just let us know.

Finally, if you have not already done so, let me encourage you to “like” us on Facebook to receive frequent science updates in a shorter (much shorter) format on your Facebook page. Or, if you would rather, you can get the same information in manageable bites by following me on Twitter or Linked in.

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