Guest: Dr. Sven Eric Jordt, Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, Duke University
Topics: Tear gas, poison ivy, menthol, sensory mechanisms of pain, irritation, and itch
Dr. Sven Eric Jordt
Chemical Sensing, Pain, and Inflammation Research Laboratory (Sven’s lab)
Tear gas: an epidemiological and mechanistic reassessment
Duke Center for Translational Pain Medicine
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo February 7, 2018
Guest: Dr. Paul Byrne, Assistant Professor, Planetary Geology, North Carolina State University
Topics: Solar system planetary geology, planetary exploration, exoplanets, extraterrestrial life, volcanic and plate tectonic activity on Earth and other planets
Dr. Paul Byrne
Paul’s NCSU Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences home page
Guest: Dr. Myla Lai-Goldman, Co-founder, CEO & President, GeneCentric Therapeutics, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Dr. Lai-Goldman’s career in science, medicine, and business; pathology; GeneCentric Therapeutics’ Cancer Subtype Platform, precision medicine, cancer drug development
Dr. Myla Lai-Goldman
Guest: Dr. Xiaohe Yang, associate professor, North Carolina Central University Nutrition Research Program, Kannapolis, NC
Topics: Re-purposing diabetes drugs for breast cancer prevention, the breast cancer “risk window,” genistein in breast cancer
Dr. Xiaohe Yang
“New Strategies for Breast Cancer Prevention Tied to Diabetes Drugs, Diet”
Metformin Selectively Targets Tumor-Initiating Cells in ErbB2-Overexpressing Breast Cancer Models
“Making sense of the soy-genistein-her2 breast cancer connection”
Guest: Dr. Diego Bohorquez, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke Department of Medicine, Assistant Research Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine
Topics: Gut-brain neurobiology, enteroendocrine cells
Dr. Diego Bohorquez
Gutbrains.com – Diego’s website
Guests: Dr. Timothy Sheahan, Research Assistant Professor, and Dr. Amy Sims, Research Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: New anti-viral drug (GS-5734) with potential to treat coronaviruses, in vitro lung epithelial cell model, working in a Biosafety Level 3 lab
Video: “New antiviral drug holds potential to defeat myriad coronaviruses”
Dr. Tim Sheahan faculty profile
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo August 9, 2017
Dr. Amy Sims
Dr. Tim Sheahan
Guest: Dr. Alper Bozkurt, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University
Topics: Cyber-enabled bionic organisms for environmental sensing and search-and-rescue, computer-aided training systems for dogs
Dr. Alper Bozkurt
iBionicS (Integrated Bionics Microsystems) Lab – Bozkurt Research Group
NCSU press release: “Researchers Develop Technique to Remotely Control Cockroaches”
Alper’s NCSU Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty page
NCSU press release: “New Tech Aims to Improve Communication Between Dogs and Humans”
Guest: Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Associate Professor, Director, UNC Perinatal Psychology Program, UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders
Topics: Postpartum depression (PPD), social media app for PPD research, clinical trials for new PPD drug
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody
PPD ACT: Postpartum Depression: Action towards Causes and Treatments (social media research app)
UNC Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders
Postpartum Support International
Guest: Dr. Joel Collier, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
Topics: Biomaterials and immune responses, self-assembled peptide vaccines, supramolecular systems, bioengineered gels
Dr. Joel Collier
Joel’s BME Department faculty page
Guest: Dr. Matthew Maciejewski, Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine; Research Career Scientist, Durham Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC
Topics: Bariatric surgery and long-term weight loss, mental health effects of bariatric surgery, VA health services research
Dr. Matt Maciejewski
Duke Department of Medicine article about the VA population study
JAMA Surgery publication about the VA study
Matt’s VA faculty page, Durham Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
