Health Care Insider: Dangers of Miscommunication in Science

One of the biggest problems scientists face when trying to describe their research is trying to get an enormous amount of information out without dumbing it down or making it inaccurate. Valeri Lantz-Gefroh from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University is trying to get scientists out of “lecture mode” and into having a conversation. She makes the case for better communication in science and research.