John Bartlett

I don't often toot my husband's horn for him. But, I must say that he is constantly amazing to me. He has a way with words that make people stop and listen. He also has a way of listening that makes people believe that he has all the time in the world, just for them. His patients often comment on this, and his colleagues come to him for inspiration, advice, and sometimes just for the opportunity to vent to a person who will absolutely cherish their confidential problems and issues. When he watches others give speeches that he doesn't agree with, or pronouncements that are just plain wrong, he never confronts the person public because that would violate the rules of decorum that constitute the core of the way in which he was raised. There are exceptions to this, but only in the case of the Boston Red Sox have I actually heard them voiced out loud.

Indeed, rarely have I heard him talk about people behind their back, and since we are bedfellows, I would be the one to know. In stark contrast to me, the Irish hot-head, John is always willing to give the "other guy" the benefit of the doubt.

Well, John gave a marvelous presentation about the work in Tanzania on Tuesday for a new University Consortium in Global Health First Annual Meeting at the NIH campuses. It was an honor to begin with, and John as usual measured up to the task. What he managed to say in 10 minutes encompassed much of the work that he and his colleagues Nathan Thielman, John Crump and Professor Shao had dreamed about those many years ago. Here is the article.

http://sciencespeaks.wordpress.com/

And, the Red Sox did scrape another win out last night!