When there is a will, there is a way. I will either find that way or make one.
About Me
Hi, my name is Ethan (Ehsan) Misaghi. I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I am the Coordinator for the Human Movement Laboratory at the University of Alberta and a researcher who works with different kinds of data, mostly health related. I like to play squash and volleyball, read books from a vast variety of topics, listen to and make podcasts, promote science and accurate scientific reporting, play the piano and dance. Please check out my blog, as I like to share my knowledge and ideas with people around the world. If you have any questions or you want to know more, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
Blog
Following are the latest posts in my blog.
Trust and accountability in teams
During the last two weeks, I attended two workshops as part of a series called “Pathways Learning Series” that University of Alberta provides for their staff. The first workshop was called “Trust and accountability” and the second one was called “Teams from good to great.” The topics covered in these two workshops sparked an interest […]
Ethical Dilemmas
Ethical dilemmas, the trolley problem being one of them, are fun to talk about, but what would we do if we were in those situations and for what reasons?
Disclosing Conflicts of Interest (especially in medical research)
Conflicts of interest arise when we have secondary interests that affect our primary obligation and disclosing them could mitigate/avoid potential problems.
Triggers and our behavioural responses — Are we as innocent as we think we are?
I normally keep whatever I learn from books to myself. I still take notes, sometimes leave reviews on Goodreads, and use the things I’ve learned in my day-to-day life, but very rarely I write about them on my blog. I touched upon a book in another blog post before that I encourage you to go take […]
4 Days of Whitehorse, Yukon
The Yukon is absolutely gorgeous! Plan a trip there and use this guide! Trust me, you are gonna love it and thank me for it!
Forty Reasons to Stay Alive
There are always reasons to stay alive. Look around yourself, change how you think about life, view it from a different perspective and you’ll find them.
Tutorials
Following are the latest tutorials on my website.
Tutorials
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Podcasts
Following are my podcast notes associated with the latest podcast episodes. My show is available on iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher. Please subscribe via the service you get your podcasts from and never miss an episode.
Episode 2 – The Science of Happiness
This is the second episode of the Overdosing on Intellect podcast on the science of happiness and my research on what research says about happiness.
Episode 1 – Social Media
Welcome to my podcast: Overdosing on Intellect! This is the first episode of the show, in which I talk about social media.