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
Guest: Dr. Aaron Hipp, Associate Professor of Community Health and Sustainability, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management; Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University
Topics: Impact of the built environment on health behaviors, use of emerging technologies to study built environments and active living
Dr. Aaron Hipp
Aaron Hipp Featured Plenary Speaker at 2016 mHealth@Duke Conference
Aaron’s faculty page, NCSU Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
Aaron’s faculty page, NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics
A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo: an interview with Dr. Charles E. Hamner, the father of biotechnology in North Carolina who served as founder, president, and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center from 1988-2002. The program originally aired as an episode of “Time Out” on WCOM, May 4, 2016, co-hosted by Bill Hendrickson and Ernie Hood.
Dr. Charles E. Hamner
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
2011 NC Awards Winner for Public Service — Charles E. Hamner (YouTube video)
A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo: “Science on the Campaign Trail,” a panel discussion presented by the North Carolina Science Festival, the North Carolina Newsroom Cooperative, and Science Communicators of North Carolina on April 13, 2016. Panelists were Eugene Kiely, director, FactCheck.org, Laura Leslie, Capital Bureau chief, WRAL-TV, Sheril Kirshenbaum, executive director, ScienceDebate.org; director, The Energy Poll, University of Texas at Austin. and Bill Adair, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Politifact; Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. The event was moderated by Susan King, Dean, UNC School of Media and Journalism.
Science on the Campaign Trail panelists
