Guest: Dr. Sam McLean, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, Director, UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery
Topics: AURORA PTSD study, UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery, trauma and chronic pain research, better tomorrow network
Dr. Sam McLean
UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery
UNC press release re the AURORA Study
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo February 1, 2017
Guest: Dr. Thomas Kash, John Andrews Distinguished Professor of Alcohol Studies, Department of Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Antidepressants triggering fear and anxiety, neuronal pathways associated with anxiety and depression, how stress and drug abuse can alter neuronal function
Dr. Thomas Kash
Tom’s UNC Department of Pharmacology faculty page
HuffPost article on SSRI side effect discovery
Nature publication on serotonin and anxiety
A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo, featuring “Unraveling Zika,” a panel discussion held November 29, 2016 at the UNC School of Medicine. Learn what we know and don’t know at this point about the Zika virus. The panel was moderated by Dr. Claire Farel, with discussants Dr. Helen Lazear, Dr. Elizabeth Stringer, and Dr. Anne Lyerly, all of whom are UNC faculty members working on various aspects of Zika research and clinical care.
Unraveling Zika panelists (clockwise from top left: Helen Lazear, PhD, Anne Lyerly, MD, Claire Farel, MD, MPH, Elizabeth Stringer, MD
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo December 14, 2016
Guest: Dr. Patty Van Cappellen, Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Center; Social Science Research Institute, Duke University
Topics: Effects of oxytocin on spirituality, sources of religiosity and spirituality, impact of religion/spirituality on behaviors, thoughts and health
Dr. Patty Van Cappellen
Duke Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Center (IBRC)
“Effects of Oxytocin Administration on Spirituality and Emotional Responses to Meditation”
Guest: Dr. Richard Bedlack, Associate Professor of Medicine/Neurology, Duke University; Director, Duke ALS Clinic
Topics: ALS therapies, alternative/off-label ALS treatment options, ALS reversals
Dr. Richard Bedlack
Guest: Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, and Co-Director, Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, North Carolina State University
Topics: Gene drives, GES Center, NAS committee on future biotechnology products, governance systems for emerging technologies
Dr. Jennifer Kuzma
Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, NC State University
Gene Drives Workshop, GES Center, February 24-26, 2016
NAS Committee on Future Biotechnology Products
“A Missed Opportunity for U.S. Biotechnology Regulation” by Jennifer Kuzma, Science, September 2016
Guest: Dr. Janice Swab, Professor Emerita, Biology, Meredith College
Topics: Science education, Dr. Swab’s teaching career, and her science-related travels, including re-creating Charles Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage and a visit to the “doomsday” seed vault
Dr. Janice Swab
“Introducing Students to Darwin via the Voyage of the HMS Beagle”
News & Observer article on Janice’s lecture about seed banks
Guest: Dr. Fred Gould, Distinguished University Professor of Entomology; William Neal Reynolds Professor of Agriculture; Co-director, Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, North Carolina State University
Topics: 2016 NAS report on GMOs in agriculture, Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects (Dr. Gould co-chaired the authoring committee), gene drive technology, NC State GES
Dr. Fred Gould
National Academies Press site for the GMOs report (free PDF download available)
NCSU press release about the NAS report
Genetically Engineered Crops Are Safe, Analysis Finds NY Times article about the NAS report
NCSU Genetic Engineering and Society Center
NCSU Genetic Engineering and Society February 2016 workshop on gene drives
Guests: Dr. Jonathan Serody, Elizabeth Thomas Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, Associate Director for Translational Research, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dr. Barbara Savoldo, Professor, Immunology, Virology, and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UNC School of Medicine, member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topic: CAR-T cell cancer immunotherapy
UNC Lineberger clinical profile: Jonathan S. Serody, MD
UNC Lineberger profile: Barbara Savoldo, MD, PHD
UNC Lineberger profile: Gianpietro Dotti, MD
Click to Download: Radio In Vivo July 20, 2016
Dr. Barbara Savoldo
Dr. Jon Serody
Guest: Dr. Kurt Gray, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Mind Perception and Morality Lab, co-author, The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why It Matters
Topics: The Mind Club (by chapter), mind perception, co-author Daniel Wegner, free will, cryptominds, vulnerable feelers vs. thinking doers
Dr. Kurt Gray
Mind Perception and Morality (MPM) Lab – Kurt’s UNC lab
Wikipedia biography of Dan Wegner, Kurt’s mentor and co-author of The Mind Club
