Join us as we welcome Dr. Emma Magavern to The Genetics Podcast! In addition to being a medical doctor with an English Literature degree, Dr. Magovern is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre of Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine at Queen Mary, Barts, and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Emma also works closely with East London Genes ... Show More
Nov 20
EP 214: Innovating large-scale and sustainable genomics with Slavé Petrovski of AstraZeneca
<p><strong>Summary: </strong></p><p>This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Slavé Petrovski, Vice President of the Center for Genomics Research at AstraZeneca. They discuss how AstraZeneca is scaling population genomics through massive biobank collaborations, deve ... Show More
51m 19s
Nov 13
EP 213: Inside the science of hearing loss and gene therapy for deafness with Ellen Reisinger of the University of Tübingen
This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Ellen Reisinger, Professor and group leader at the University of Tübingen. They discuss her journey into hearing loss research, why otoferlin has become a leading target for gene therapy, and the emerging science shaping ... Show More
35m 29s
Nov 6
EP 212: A hub-and-spoke model for accelerating rare disease drug development with Ananth Sridhar and Sun-Gou Ji of BridgeBio
Summary: This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by BridgeBio’s Ananth Sridhar, Chief Operating Officer of Cardiorenal Programs, and Sun-Gou Ji, Vice President of Computational Genomics. They discuss the hub-and-spoke model for de-risking and accelerating rare diseas ... Show More
46m 5s
Mar 2024
Episode 19: Extracorporeal Blood Purification in the Context of Multiorgan Support: Current Role and Best Practices
Episode 19 is the third episode in KDIGO's three-episode series on acute kidney injury (AKI), hosted by Dr. Kathleen Liu (University of California at San Francisco, United States). In this episode, Dr. Liu and Dr. Claudio Ronco (International Renal Research Institute of San Borto ... Show More
11 m
Jan 2025
Rachel Marie Niehuus, "An Archive of Possibilities: Healing and Repair in Democratic Republic of Congo" (Duke UP, 2024)
In An Archive of Possibilities: Healing and Repair in Democratic Republic of Congo (Duke UP, 2024), anthropologist and surgeon Rachel Marie Niehuus explores possibilities of healing and repair in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo against a backdrop of 250 years of Black di ... Show More
1h 5m
Jan 2024
A Radiation Oncology Perspective on the PROSPECT Trial
Salma Jabbour, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute, provides an invaluable perspective rooted in her extensive experience and passion for radiation oncology. Dr. Jabbour delves into the transformative changes witnessed in radiation oncol ... Show More
47m 13s
Apr 2021
Ep. 2: “A Tale of Three Sisters” Featuring Drs. Mindy, Amy, and Kristen Engevik
Drs. Mindy, Amy, and Kristen Engevik are sisters and immunologists. Mindy and Amy are Assistant Professors at the Medical University of South Carolina and Kristen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine.
1h 13m
Sep 24
Episode 65. Circulating Tumor DNA in DLBCL with Dr. Ash Alizadeh and Dr. David Russler-Germain
In this episode of Blood Cancer Talks, hosts Eddie, Ashwin, and Raj welcome two distinguished experts to explore the cutting-edge field of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in B-cell lymphomas. Dr. David Russler-Germain, a lymphoma clinician from Siteman Cancer Centre at Washington U ... Show More
53m 8s
Oct 30
Eram Alam, "The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare" (JHU Press, 2025)
For more than 60 years, the United States has trained fewer physicians than it needs, relying instead on the economically expedient option of soliciting immigrant physicians trained at the expense of other countries. The passage of the Hart–Celler Immigration and Nationality Act ... Show More
51m 39s
Dec 2023
Jenny Trinitapoli, "An Epidemic of Uncertainty: Navigating HIV and Young Adulthood in Malawi" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
A decade-long study of young adulthood in Malawi demonstrates the impact of widespread HIV status uncertainty, laying bare the sociological implications of what is not known.
An Epidemic of Uncertainty: Navigating HIV and Young Adulthood in Malawi (U Chicago Press, 2023) advance ... Show More
39 m
Jun 2024
Andrew McDowell, "Breathless: Tuberculosis, Inequality, and Care in Rural India" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Each year in India more than two million people fall sick with tuberculosis (TB), an infectious, airborne, and potentially deadly lung disease. The country accounts for almost 30 percent of all TB cases worldwide and well above a third of global deaths from it. Because TB’s preva ... Show More
1h 27m