Running a farm, pursuing a research career: what’s the difference?

Brandon Brown 00:00 So I had to kind of look at farming the same way that I look at my academic career, and kind of take it one day at a time with my eyes towards a goal. David Payne 00:18 This is Creativity in Science, a series brought to you by Nature Careers … Brandon Brown 00:24 So I have lots of free time to think as I do the farming. And many times I have to, you know, take out a small notepad that I keep with me to write down notes as I’m working, because ideas and kind of reminders and goals and deadlines pass through my mind. David Payne 00:42 ….a podcast about how science and creativity go hand in hand, and about how one can nurture the other. Brandon Brown 00:52 It took me some time to learn that I needed to think about this work on the farm in the same way. David Payne 01:01 Here’s a researcher who left the big city for a small farmstead and found how surprisingly compatible rural life and the academic world really are. Brandon Brown 01:24 My name is Brandon Brown. I’m a professor in the department of social medicine, population and public health in the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, in the United States. My research interests are broadly on the topics of HIV and the ethics of participant payment in research. …