Irwin Epstein is the Rehr Professor of Applied Social Work Research (Health and Mental Health) at Hunter College School of Social Work of the City University of New York where he teaches in the PhD Program. An Adjunct Professor at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center, he has introduced the concept and methodology of "Clinical Data-mining" (CDM) into social work and allied health and has given CDM training workshops at universities, social agencies and hospitals in Australia, Britain, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Singapore and the United States. His current interest is in promoting practice-research integration by engaging helping professionals in research on their own practice by using routinely available clinical data for knowledge-generation. Author of several books and numerous articles on professionalization, program evaluation, research utilization, practice-based research and CDM, his newest book is entitled "Clinical Data-Mining: Integrating Practice and Research". It is the latest addition to the "Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods" series edited by Tony Tripodi and published by Oxford University Press. Part personal memoir, part critique of Evidence-based Practice and part research guide for practitioners, doctoral dissertation students and academic researchers, the book is intended to promote more collaborative relationships between practitioners and researchers and to empower practitioners to contribute to knowledge. And, if you can believe it, at times, it's even funny.