Guests: Dr. David Walmer and Kathy Walmer, Family Health Ministries, Inc.; adjunct professors, Duke Global Health Institute
Topics: Cervical cancer and HPV screening in Haiti, Family Health Ministries’ work in Haiti
David’s staff bio at Atlantic Reproductive Medicine Specialists, Raleigh, NC
“The MacGyver Cure for Cancer,” NY Times article, May 23, 2014
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Kathy Walmer
Dr. David Walmer
Guest: Dr. Bruce Cairns, John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery, UNC School of Medicine; Director, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
Topics: North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center history and programs, Bruce’s career and research, state of the science in burn research
Dr. Bruce Cairns
North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
Bruce’s faculty page, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Daily Tar Heel, April 22, 2014, “Bruce Cairns elected as UNC faculty chairman”
Guest: Dr. Ru-Rong Ji, Distinguished Professor, Chief of Pain Research, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
Topics: Chronic pain, acute pain, molecular and cellular mechanisms of pain and itch
Dr. Ru-Rong Ji
Ru-Rong’s Duke Anesthesiology faculty page
Ru-Rong’s Duke Neurobiology faculty page
Guest: Dr. Mary (Missy) Cummings, director, Humans and Autonomy Lab, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
Topics: Military and domestic commercial drones, autonomous technology in aviation, medicine, driving and more, the multifaceted interactions of human and computer decision-making in complex sociotechnical systems with embedded autonomy, Missy’s career (including being one of the first female Navy fighter pilots)
Dr. Mary (Missy) Cummings
Humans and Autonomy Lab (HAL), Duke University
Missy’s faculty page, Duke Institute of Brain Sciences (DIBS)
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