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January 18, 2006
Guests: Samuel Wilson, M.D., Deputy Director, NIEHS, Thomas Goehl, Editor-In-Chief (ret.), Environmental Health Perspectives, NIEHS
Topics: NIEHS, Environmental Health
January 26, 2006
Guest: Claudia Miller, M.D., M.S. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Topic: Chemical Intolerance
February 1, 2006
Guest: Michael Murphy, President & CEO, Gentris Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Pharmacogenomics, Personalized Medicine
February 8, 2006
Guest: Chris Long, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Green Buildings, Sustainability, EPA’s RTP Campus Project
February 15, 2006
Guests: Mark Dessauer and Cara Crissler, Active Living By Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Topic: Community Design and Physical Activity
February 22, 2006
Guest: Henry Greenside, Ph.D., Physics Department, Duke University
Topics: Einstein, Physics, Science and Math Education
March 1, 2006
Guest: Jaime Mancilla, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Neurobiology
March 8, 2006
Guest: Karen Joy Miller, Founder & President, Prevention Is the Cure, Huntington Beach, NY
Topics: Environmental Exposures and Health, Breast Cancer
March 22, 2006
Guest: Robin Swift, NC HIV/AIDS Training Center, Durham, NC
Topic: HIV/AIDS Medical Professional Training
March 29, 2006
Guests: Barry Teater, Communications Director, Maria Rapoza, Ph.D., Vice President, Science & Technology Development Program, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Biotechnology, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
April 5, 2006
Guests: Jeffrey Abbey, MBA, JD, Vice President, Business Development, Charles Nicolette, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Development, Argos Therapeutics, Inc., Durham, NC
Topics: Cancer Vaccines, Dendritic Cells as Therapeutic Agents
April 12, 2006
Guest: Doug Crawford-Brown, Ph.D., Director, Carolina Environmental Program; Professor, Environmental Sciences & Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Climate Change, Community Carbon Reduction Program (CRed)
April 19, 2006
Guest: Gary Mesibov, Ph.D., Director, Division TEACCH UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Autism, Division TEACCH
May 3, 2006
Guest: Peter White, Ph.D., Director, North Carolina Botanical Garden; Professor, Biology Department, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Biodiversity, Horticulture, NC Botanical Garden
May 24, 2006
Guests: Elizabeth Brannon, Ph.D., Patricia Bauer, Ph.D., Amy Needham, Ph.D., Duke University Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Topic: Infant Cognition
May 31, 2006
Guest: Jef French, Ph.D., Transgenic Carcinogenesis Group, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Mouse Genetics, Complex Trait Consortium
June 7, 2006
Guest: James Donohue, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief of Pulmonary Division, UNC School of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Respiratory Diseases
June 21, 2006
Guests: Kenneth Hudnell, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Neurophysiological Toxicology Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory; Gary Foley, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Environmental Research, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Harmful Algal Blooms, GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)
June 28, 2006
Guest: William Greenlee, Ph.D., President and CEO, CIIT Centers for Health Research, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Chemical Exposure Research, Systems Biology, CIIT Centers for Health Research
July 12, 2006
Guest: John Butts, MD, North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner, Chapel Hill, NC
Topics: Forensic Pathology, NC Medical Examiner System
July 19, 2006
Guests: Remy Coeytaux, MD, Wunian Chen, MD, UNC School of Medicine
Topic: Acupuncture
July 26, 2006
Guest: Carol Winkelman, Author, A Complete Guide to Pregnancy Over 30, Chapel Hill, NC
Topics: Pregnancy and Childbirth After Age 40
August 2, 2006
Guest: Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, Private Practice, Pokomoke, MD
Topics: Mold-Related Illnesses, Neurobiotoxins
August 23, 2006
Guests: Neil Frazer, MD, Chief Operating Officer; Jean Chitwood, Vice President, Commercial, Erimos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC
Topic: EM1421, Erimos’ candidate anti-cancer drug
August 30, 2006
Guest: Anne Yoder, Ph.D., Director,Duke University Lemur Center
Topics: Lemurs, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology
September 6, 2006
Guest: Erich Jarvis, Ph.D., Neurobiologist, Duke University
Topics: Neurobiology of Vocal Learning and Communication, Songbirds as Model
September 13, 2006
Guest: Stuart Pimm, Ph.D., Conservation Ecologist, Duke University
Topics: Species Extinctions, Biodiversity
September 27, 2006
Guest: Ava Barbry-Crawford, Research Associate, NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Topic: 2006 NC Report Card on Health Disparities
October 4, 2006
Guest: Kathleen K. Smith, Ph.D., Director, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), Durham
Topics: NESCent, Evolutionary Biology
October 11, 2006
Guests: Nancy Creamer, Ph.D., Director, Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CFES); Noah Ranells, Ph.D., Orange County Agricultural Economic Development Coordinator
Topics: Organic Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, CEFS
October 25, 2006
Guest: Marcy Speer, Ph.D., Duke Center for Human Genetics
Topics: Genetic Epidemiology, Neural Tube Defects
November 1, 2006
Guest: Nortin Hadler, MD, Rheumatologist, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC; Author, The Last Well Person
Topics: “Medicalization” of Illness, American Health Care System
November 8, 2006
Guest: Greg Gibson, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University
Topic: Quantitative Evolutionary Genomics
November 29, 2006
Guests: Dr. Jack Martin & Chris Carter, hosts of The Home Power Hour on WCOM
Topics: Solar Power, Alternative Energy
December 6, 2006
Guest: Robert McMahan, Ph.D., Senior Science & Technology Advisor to the Governor of North Carolina, Executive Director, North Carolina Board of Science & Technology
Topic: Science and Technology in North Carolina
December 13, 2006
Guest: Sheila Collins, Ph.D., Director, Endocrine Biology Program, CIIT Centers for Health Research, RTP
Topic: Biomolecular Mechanisms of Metabolism (Obesity, Diabetes, CV Disease)
December 20, 2006
Guests: Mike Milburn, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, and Tim Germann, Vice President of Sales, Metabolon, Inc.
Topic: Metabolomics
January 3, 2007
Guest: Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., Director, Experimental Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, EPA-RTP
Topics: Environmental Toxicology, Dioxins, PCBs, Brominated Flame Retardants, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Risk Assessment
January 10, 2007
Guest: Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., Director, UNC Eating Disorders Program
Topic: Eating Disorders
January 17, 2007
Guest: Barry Popkin, Ph.D., UNC School of Public Health
Topic: Obesity
January 24, 2007
Guest: Gregg Dean, DVM, Ph.D., NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, Director, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, NCSU
Topics: Veterinary Medicine, NC State Vet School, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)
February 7, 2007
Guest: Pauline Mendola, Ph.D., Chief of the Epidemiology and Biomarkers Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), EPA-RTP
Topics: Reproductive Epidemiology, Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts
February 28, 2007
Guest: Nick Oberlies, Ph.D., Director, Natural Products Laboratory, RTI International, RTP
Topics: RTI International, Natural Products Laboratory (including discovery of anti-cancer drugs Taxol and camptothecin), Natural Products Drug Discovery
March 7, 2007
Guest: Will Vizuete, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH
Topics: Computer Modeling and Simulation of Air Pollution Patterns, Ozone Pollution
March 14, 2007
Guest: Judd Edeburn, Resource Manager, Duke Forest, Duke University
Topic: 75 Years of Duke Forest
March 28, 2007
Guest: Dan Reed, Ph.D., Director, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
Topics: RENCI, Future Information Technology
April 4, 2007
Guest: Gianluca Lazzi, Ph.D., Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, NCSU
Topics: Artificial Retina Project (Department of Energy), Bioelectromagnetics
April 11, 2007
Guest: Kenneth Cutler, Director, Project Suc-SEED
Topics: Project Suc-SEED, Recruitment of Economically Disadvantaged and Underrepresented
Minority Students into Science Careers
May 2, 2007
Guest: Greg Wray, Ph.D., Director, Center for Evolutionary Genomics, Duke University
Topic: Evolutionary Genomics
May 9, 2007
Guest: Philip Carter, Ph.D., Executive Director, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Topic: Sigma Xi
May 23, 2007
Guest: Suzanne Wilkison, Deputy to the President for Programs and Communications, North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research
Topic: NCABR Bioscience Education and Outreach Activities
May 30, 2007
Guests: Kevin Stewart, Ph.D., Department of Geological Sciences, UNC-CH, and Mary-Russell Roberson, science writer
Topic: Their book, Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide from Chimney Rock to Charleston
June 6, 2007
Guest: Gary Pielak, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, UNC-CH
Topics: Proteins, NMR Imaging of Proteins in Living Cells
June 13, 2007
Guest: David Tarpy, Ph.D., Entomology Department, NC State University, NC Extension Apiculturist
Topics: Beekeeping, Honeybee Research, Colony Collapse Disorder
June 20, 2007
Guest: Joanne Kurtzberg, MD, Duke University, Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, Chief, Department of Pediatrics
Topics: Umbilical Cord Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Stem Cell Research
June 27, 2007
Guest: Jason Nelson, Coordinator, NC Biofuels Strategic Plan, NC Biotechnology Center
Topic: North Carolina’s Strategic Plan for Biofuels Leadership
July 4, 2007
Guest: Paul Frampton, Ph.D., UNC-CH Department of Physics and Astronomy
Topics: Cyclic Cosmology, Particle Physics
July 18, 2007
Guest: Olafur Palsson, M.D., UNC-CH Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Topic: Hypnosis Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
July 25, 2007
Guest: Ann H. Williams, Ph.D., Field Studies Coordinator, Human Studies Division, US EPA, President-Elect, Sigma Xi
Topics: Recreational Water Quality Field Studies, Asthma/Air Pollution Studies, Sigma Xi
August 1, 2007
Guests: Sally Rhine Feather, Ph.D., and Larry Burks, M.D., Rhine Research Center
Topics: Parapsychology Research, History and Current Programs at the Rhine Research Center
August 22, 2007
Guest: Willard (Ward) Cates, Jr., M.D., President of Research, Family Health International (FHI)
Topics: FHI’s Global Health Research, HIV/AIDS Prevention
August 29, 2007
Guest: Vipin Garg, Ph.D., President and CEO, Tranzyme Pharma, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Tranzyme, State of the Pharmaceutical Industry
September 12, 2007
Guests: Matt Redinbo, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, UNC-Chapel Hill; Scott Lujan, Graduate Student, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Structural Biology, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Metabolizing Enzymes, Mentor-Mentee Relationships
October 3, 2007
Guest: Enriqueta Bond, Ph.D., President, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Topics: Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Dr. Bond’s Career, Science and Mathematics Education in North Carolina
October 10, 2007
Guest: William Wetsel, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center
Topic: Knockout Mouse Models of Psychiatric Disorders
October 17, 2007
Guest: Dr. John Q. Walker, President, Zenph Studios, Raleigh
Topic: Zenph’s “re-performance” technology, which accurate recreates original musical performances with contemporary sound quality, including Glenn Gould and Art Tatum
October 24, 2007
Guest: Donald Hodges, Ph.D., Director, Music Research Institute, UNC-Greensboro
Topic: Music and the brain
October 31, 2007
Guest: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D., Director, Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, Duke University
Topic: Photonics
November 14, 2007
Guest: Jose Rial, Ph.D., Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Abrupt Climate Change, Greenland Glacial Icequakes, Global Warming
November 28, 2007
Guest: Noel Brewer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC School of Public Health
Topics: HPV Vaccination Uptake, Medical Decision-making
December 5, 2007
Guests: Jeff Hill, Director of Marketing and Business Ventures, and Denise Young, Education Director, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: What’s New at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
December 12, 2007
Guest: Gail Henderson, Ph.D., Professor of Social Medicine and Sociology; Director, Center for Genomics and Society, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomics and Genetics
January 9, 2008
Guest: Redford Williams, M.D., Director, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University
Topic: Genes, Environment, Pychosocial Factors, and the Development of Disease
January 16, 2008
Guest: Bryan Roth, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine; Director, NIMH Psychoactive Drug Screening Program (PDSP)
Topics: Academic Drug Discovery, G-protein Coupled Receptors, PDSP, Salvia
January 30, 2008
Guest: Dan Ariely, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Marketing, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Topic: Dan’s book, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
February 20, 2008
Guest: Michael Vitek, Ph.D., President & CSO, Cognosci, Inc. RTP, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Duke University
Topic: Cognosci’s pipeline of new drugs based upon Apolipoprotein E, including treatments for multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, alzheimers, and more
February 27, 2008
Guest: John Buse, MD, Director, UNC Diabetes Care Center, and President, American Diabetes Association
Topic: Current Trends in Diabetes
March 5, 2008
Guest: Emily Buehler, Ph.D., author, Bread Science: The Chemistry and Craft of Making Bread
Topic: Breadmaking science
March 12, 2008
Guest: Russell Thomas, Ph.D., Director, Functional Genomics Research Program, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, RTP
Topic: Toxicogenomics
March 19, 2008
Guest: Ron Newcomb, President & CEO, Resveratrol, Inc., Pittsboro, NC
Topic: Neutraceuticals
April 16, 2008
Guest: Mary Schweitzer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
Topic: Mary’s discovery of soft tissue in 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex bones
April 23, 2008
Guest: Tom Fischer, Ph.D., CSO, Entegrion, Inc., Research Triangle Park, Director, Francis Owen Blood Research Laboratory, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Entegrion’s hemostatic bandages and freeze-dried platelets – new technologies for stopping bleeding
April 30, 2008
Guest: Karen Mohlke, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Genome-wide association studies, new gene loci associated with common diseases and complex traits
May 7, 2008
Guest: Anthony Fleg, MD, MPH
Topics: PharmFree – the American Medical Student Association’s campaign to rid medical schools of pharmaceutical company influences, and the Native Health Initiative, the summer internship program run by Anthony and his wife
May 21, 2008
Guest: Roger Harris, Director of Emerging Technologies and Research Analysis, Sigma Xi; owner, Jungle Wanders
Topics: Roger’s Amazon rain forest, Galapagos, and Africa travels and tours; Triangle Academy, a new high school being spearheaded by Roger
June 4, 2008
Guest: Jack Griffith, Ph.D., Kenan Distiguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry, UNC School of Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topics: Jack’s discovery of oldest known biological material on earth – 250-million-year-old cellulose microfibers, implications for detection of life on other planets; electron microscopy of telomeres and DNA repair mechanisms
June 25, 2008
Guest: Susan McCord, Executive Director, Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Raleigh
Topics: Forest biotechnology, restoration of the American Chestnut, the Pine Genome Initiative, forest biofuels
July 2, 2008
Guest: Rob Pennock, Ph.D., Michigan State University, sabbatical scholar at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham
Topics: Defending the integrity of science from creationist/intelligent design curriculum efforts, evolutionary computation
July 9, 2008
Guest: Barry Beith, Ph.D., CEO and Chief Technical Officer, HumanCentric, Inc., Cary, NC
Topics: Human factors and ergonomics related to product design, HumanCentric’s mission and experience
July 16, 2008
Guest: Shannon Dahl, Ph.D., Director of Scientific Operations, Humacyte, Inc., RTP
Topics: Humacyte and its artificial blood vessel technology; tissue engineering
July 30, 2008
Guest: Charlotte Boettiger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Research Imaging, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Neuroscience of addiction
August 20, 2008
Guests: Jamie Nunnelly and Dr. Stan Young, National Institute of Statistical Sciences
Topics: NISS, misuse of statistics in epidemiologic studies
August 27, 2008
Guest: Dan Nelson, Director, Office of Human Research Ethics, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Protection of human research subjects, IRBs
September 10, 2008
Guest: Howard McLeod, Pharm.D., Director, Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Pharmacogenomics
September 17, 2008
Guest: Dr. John Bruno, Department of Marine Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Threats to oceans and coral reefs, measures to protect coral reef health
October 1, 2008
Guest: David Kroll, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE), North Carolina Central University
Topics: BRITE, science blogging
October 15, 2008
Guest: Kate Whetten, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Community and Family Medicine; Director, Center for Health Policy; Director, Health Inequities Program; Member, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI)
Topics: DGHI, HIV/AIDS coping research in rural US South and Africa, policy and public health
October 22, 2008
Guest: Paul Watkins, MD, Director, Center for Drug Safety Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Center for Drug Safety Sciences, collaboration between UNC and The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, drug-induced liver injury
October 29, 2008
Guest: Karen Erickson, Ph.D., Director, Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, UNC-CH
Topic: Methods of teaching literacy to severely disabled children
November 5, 2008
Guest: Dr. Alex Huang, Progress Energy Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University; Director, NSF Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center
Topics: FREEDM Center, the “smart” electrical grid of the future
November 12, 2008
Guest: Larry Sumney, President and CEO, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), RTP
Topics: SRC’s programs and history, the state of integrated circuit technology and industry
December 3, 2008
Guests: Anton Zuiker (Duke), Bora Zivkovic (PLOS), David Kroll (NCCU), co-organizers of the ScienceOnline’09 conference
Topics: ScienceOnline’09, science blogging
December 10, 2008
Guest: Dr. Karin Pfennig, Department of Biology, UNC-CH
Topics: Context-dependent behavior, hybridization, spadefoot toad mating choices as a model of behavioral evolution
January 9, 2009
Guest: Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus, Professor, Food Science Department, NCSU
Topic: Food Safety
January 21, 2009
Guests: Dr. Eric Hallman, President, and Neil Jones, VP of Scientific Operatiopns, Kryosphere, Inc., RTP
Topics: Kryosphere’s biorepository, clinical trial sample management system, and cold chain-of-custody logistics
January 28, 2009
Guests: Dr. Jason Caplan, President & CEO, and David Burroughs, Director, Sales & Marketing, EnSolve Biosystems, Inc, Raleigh
Topic: EnSolve’s technology for bioremediation of oily bilge water in maritime vessels
February 25, 2009
Guest: Dr. Chris Brodie, Vice President, Corporate Communications, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, co-founder, Science Communicators of North Carolina (SCONC)
Topics: Biotechnology in NC, Chris’s 2008 Fulbright Fellowship in Norway, SCONC
March 4, 2009
Guest: Dr. Myron Cohen, Director, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Topics: Research progress on HIV/AIDS treatments and preventative measures, UNC’s Malawi Project
March 11, 2009
Guest: Dr. Rob Dunn, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Department of Zoology, NCSU
Topic: Rob’s new book, Every Living Thing: Man’s Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
March 18, 2009
Guest: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Director, Carolina Population Center, UNC-CH; Principal Investigator, North Carolina Study Center, National Children’s Study
Topics: National Children’s Study, Carolina Population Center
March 25, 2009
Guest: Dr. Michael Ehlers, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, HHMI Investigator
Topics: Basic cellular mechanisms in neurons, synaptic plasticity
April 8, 2009
Guest: Marc Sedam, Chief Operating Officere, Qualyst, Inc., Raleigh
Topic: Qualyst’s products related to drug metabolisms – to enhance drug discovery and development
April 15, 2009
Guest: Dr. Sam Houston, President & CEO, North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center (NCSMT)
Topic: NCSMT’s efforts to promote science, math, and engineering education in North Carolina
April 22, 2009
Guests: Steve Peterson, CEO, and Dick Guenther, Chief Technical Officer and VP, Research, Trana Discovery, Inc. Cary
Topic: Trana’s tRNA (transfer RNA) technology platform for drug discovery and development
May 13, 2009
Guest: Dr. Vann Bennett, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center; HHMI Investigator
Topic: Ankyrins, membrane anchoring proteins discovered by Dr. Bennett and implicated in sudden cardiac failure, Type 2 diabetes, aging, and other disorders
May 27, 2009
Guest: Dr. Jennifer Mersereau, Director, UNC Fertility Preservation Program
Topic: Fertility Preservation Program, preserving fertility for cancer patients
June 17, 2009
Guest: Dr. Etta Pisano, Director, Biomedical Research Imaging Center; Director, TraCS Institute, Kenan Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, UNC School of Medicine; founder, NextRay, Inc.
Topic: Dr. Pisano’s groundbreaking discoveries in digital mammography and advanced X-ray imaging technology
July 1, 2009
Guest: Dr. William Parker, immunologist, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Topics: Function of the human appendix, the “hygiene hypothesis,” GERD and asthma, protein folding
July 15, 2009
Guest: Glenn Murphy, author of science books for young people
Topics: Glenn’s books, public understanding of science, science education
July 29, 2009
Guest: Dr. Miriam Labbock, Director, Carolina Breastfeeding Institute, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Topics: Current theories and practices regarding breastfeeding; World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2009
August 5, 2009
Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt, Director, Computer-Assisted Surgery and Imaging Laboratory (CASILab), UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Advances in computer-assisted surgery and diagnosis, recent findings on aerobic activity and aging of the brain
August 19, 2009
Guests: Dr. Christian Melander and Dr. John Cavanagh, NCSU; co-founders, Agile Sciences, Inc.
Topics: The impact of biofilms in medicine, agriculture and industry; Agile’s proprietary formula for biofilm dispersion, re-sensitizing drug-resistant bacteria to conventional antibiotics
August 26, 2009
Guest: Dr. Jorge Piedrahita, Professor of Genomics, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, NCSU
Topics: Cloned pigs yielding important human genetic information; implications for intrauterine growth restriction, a low birth weight condition affecting 5-8% of human births; “imprinted” genes
September 2, 2009
Guest: Dr. Phyllis Leppert, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine
Topic: Current thinking and research findings on uterine fibroids
September 23, 2009
Guest: Dr. Stephen Frye, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Director, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (CICBDD)
Topics: CICBDD, NC Drug Discovery Center of Innovation, NC NCI Chemical Biology Center, Stephen’s career in pharmaceutical research and development and academic drug discovery
September 30, 2009
Guest: Dr. Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, Professor of Pharmacology, Duke University; Director, Duke Center for Science Education
Topic: Innovations in science education
October 21, 2009
Guest: Dr. Kenneth Adler, Professor of Cell Biology, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine; Cofounder and Chief Scientist, BioMarck Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
Topics: Pathogenic mechanisms of respiratory disease, BioMarck’s drug currently in trials to treat chronic bronchitis
November 11, 2009
Guest: Dr. Laura Miller, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Mathematical biology, the influence of fluid dynamics on biological systems
November 18, 2009
Guest: Dr. Phillip Benfey, Paul Kramer Professor of Biology; Director, Center for Systems Biology (CSB), Duke University; Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, GrassRoots Biotechnology
Topics: Systems biology, CSB research and activities, plant development genetics and genomics, GrassRoots’ commercial venture in plant genetics
November 25, 2009
Guest: Dr. Raymond Pickles, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and member, Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center and Human Gene Therapy Center, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis, respiratory viral pathogens, including influenza
December 9, 2009
Guest: Dr. Blanche Capel, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center
Topics: Sex determination in the human embryo and “the bipotential gonad,” drivers of sex determination in animals
December 16, 2009
Guests: Dr. Chris Stern, Chairman and CEO, and Deb Thompson, Sr. VP Clinical Affairs, Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc,. Durham
Topic: Oxygen Biotherapeutics’ oxygen therapy products in development for traumatic brain injury, stroke, heart attack, and many other biomedical applications
January 6, 2010
Guest: Dr. Bradford Walters, VP and Chief Medical Officer, RTI International
Topic: Brad’s varied career as a neurosurgeon, venture capitalist, and now RTI executive
January 20, 2010
Guest: Dr. Tannishtha Reya, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center
Topics: Dr. Reya’s research on hematopoietic stem cells, which generate all blood cells, and how stem cell signaling pathway mutations can lead to cancers
January 27, 2010
Guest: Dr. Craig McClain, Assistant Director of Science, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)
Topics: Body size and biodiversity in the deep sea environment, ecology of undersea mountains, science blogging and communication
February 10, 2010
Guest: Dr. Russell Harris, Director, Program on Prevention in Education and Practice, Professor of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: The role of prevention in medicine (including recent controversies regarding breast cancer screening and self-examination), the MD-MPH program at UNC
February 17, 2010
Guest: Dr. Wenbin Lin, Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Recently named among the “Top Ten Chemists of the Decade,” we discussed Dr. Lin’s research activities in solar energy, biofuels, cancer treatment and imaging nanomaterials, catalysis, and more
March 3, 2010
Guest: Dennis Meredith, science writer, consultant, and author
Topics: The state of science communication, Dennis’s career and his new book, Explaining Research
March 10, 2010
Guest: Dr. John Logsdon, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Iowa, NESCent sabbatical scholar
Topic: The evolutionary biology of sex
March 17, 2010
Guest: Rick Weddle, President & CEO, Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Topics: Research Triangle Park – past, present, and future
March 31, 2010
Guest: Dr. Allen Rodrigo, Director, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), Durham
Topics: An update on NESCent’s activities in support of evolutionary biology research, Dr. Rodrigo’s background and research interests
April 7, 2010
Guest: Dr. Heather Patisaul, Assistant Professor of Biology, NC State University
Topics: Risks of bisphenol A (BPA), other research in neuroendocrinology and endocrine Disruption
April 14, 2010
A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo: America’s Science Challenges and Opportunities: Past, Present, and Future, a lecture by Dr. Neal Lane, Malcolm Gillis University Professor at Rice University, senior fellow of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, and former director of the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The talk was delivered April 10, 2010 as the keynote address at the annual Scope Academy sponsored by the NC State College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
May 5, 2010
Guest: Fred Wyand, Media & Communications Manager, American Social Health Association (ASHA)
Topics: ASHA’s history, mission, and activities; current epidemiology and research on sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
June 30, 2010
Guest: Vanessa Woods, Research Scientist, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University; author of Bonobo Handshake
Topic: Vanessa’s work studying bonobos and chimpanzees in the Congo
July 14, 2010
Guest: Dr. Geraldine Dawson, research professor of psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill; Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks
Topic: New developments in detection, diagnosis, and treatment of autism
July 21, 2010
Guest: Dr. Bill Sheridan, Chief Medical Officer, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Durham
Topics: BioCryst’s drug development technology, pipeline and history; emergency use of IV peramivir, BioCryst’s anti-influenza drug, in 2009 H1N1 flu epidemic
July 28, 2010
Guest: Dr. Geoff Ginsburg, Professor of Medicine and Pathology; Director, Center for Genomic Medicine, Duke University
Topic: New developments in genomic and personalized medicine
September 8, 2010
Guest: Dr. K. Sean Kimbro, Director, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnical Research Institute (BBRI), NC Central University, Durham
Topic: Biomedical and health disparities research at BBRI
September 22, 2010
Guests: Dr. Howard Rockman & Dr. Joseph Rogers, cardiologists, Duke University Medical Center
Topic: Current and future treatments for heart failure
September 29, 2010
A special edition of Radio In Vivo: the live remote broadcast that aired September 21 from Raleigh Science Cafe. Ernie hosted the event, which featured urban planner Dan Douglas of KlingStubbins Architects, Raleigh. Dan imparts his vision for the future of Raleigh and the Triangle, and takes questions from Ernie, the audience and Twitter.
October 20, 2010
Guest: Dr. Temitope Keku, Research Associate Professor of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: The human microbiome, the role of gut microbes in colorectal cancer
November 3, 2010
Guest: Dr. Josh Stohl, Research Engineer, MED-EL Corporation, Durham
Topic: Cochlear implants – history, current developments, directions for research
November 10, 2010
Guest: Bob Fesmire, co-author, “Energy Explained”
Topics: Conventional and alternative energy sources
November 24, 2010
Guest: Jeffrey Abbey, President & CEO, Argos Therapeutics, Inc., Durham, NC
Topics: Updating the progress of Argos’ dendritic cell immunotherapies in development to treat cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases; ethical, legal and social issues surrounding cancer vaccines – our first return guest on RIV!
December 29, 2010
Guests: Dr. Stephen Reynolds and Dr. Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli, NCSU Department of Physics
Topics: Dr. Reynold’s work in astrophysics, Dr. Buongiorno-Nardelli’s work in nanomaterials, and the interface between science and music – Dr. Reynolds is a professional violinist, Dr. Buongiorno-Nardelli is a professional flutist/composer
January 19, 2011
Guest: Dr. Wolfgang Liedtke, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Duke University Medical Center
Topics: Molecular mechanism of lung damage from diesel particles, pain neuroscience
February 23, 2011
Guest: Dr. Bill Jenkins, Co-Director, Minority Health Project, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Topics: Minority health disparities, racism and health, epidemiology, Dr. Jenkins’ long career at CDC and elsewhere, the Tuskegee Study
March 16, 2011
Guest: Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, Dean of the College of Engineering, NC State University
Topics: NCSU College of Engineering, the Grand Challenges in Engineering
April 6, 2011
Guest: Jason Painter, Executive Director, North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO)
Topics: NCSO, threats to state funding, science education
May 4, 2011
Guest: Dr. Jenny McGuire, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), Durham
Topics: conservation paleontology, the sixth mass extinction, organisms’ responses to climate change
May 18, 2011
Guest: Dr. Kater Hake, Vice President of Agricultural and Environmental Research, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
Topics: scientific and technological developments in cotton research, the current status of the cotton marketplace
June 1, 2011
Guest: Dr. Meg Lowman, Director, Nature Research Center (NRC), NC Museum of Natural Sciences; Research Professor, NCSU
Topics: NRC, Meg’s canopy science research, communicating science
July 6, 2011
Guest: Dr. Rob Dunn, assistant professor of biology, NC State University
Topic: Rob’s new book, The Wild Life of Our Bodies
August 24, 2011
Guest: Dr. Bryan Stuart, curator of amphibians and reptiles, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Topics: the history and uses of the Museum’s reptile and amphibian collection, Bryan’s research, species discovery and disappearance
August 31, 2011
Guest: Dr. Nancy Allbritton, Professor and Chair, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Topics: research at the UNC/NCSU Biomedical Engineering Department, Nancy’s research program in microsystems engineering, developing new analytical technologies for the biomedical sciences
September 14, 2011
Guest: Dr. Dan Ksepka, Research Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University; Research Associate, Department of Paleontology, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Topics: avian paleontology, fossil penguins, divergent dating, sauropod dinosaurs
September 28, 2011
Guest: Dr. Denniz Zolnoun, Director, Vulvar Pain Clinic, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: advances in vulvar and pelvic pain diagnosis and treatment, vulvar vestibulitis syndrome
October 12, 2011
Guest: Dr. Harald Ade, Professor and Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Physics, NC State University
Topics: the physics of organic solar cells and light-emitting diodes, new methods of analyzing the composition, morphology and structure of polymers and electronic materials at the sub-micron scale
October 26, 2011
A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo featuring a recent keynote speech on the importance of teamwork in science, by Dr. Joseph DeSimone, Professor of Chemistry at UNC and NCSU and Founder and Scientific Advisor of Liquidia Technologies.
November 9, 2011
Guests: Dr. Alison Motsinger-Reif, assistant professor. Bioinformatics Research Center, NCSU, and Dr. David Reif, statistician, National Center for Computational Toxicology, EPA, RTP
Topics: bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, toxicogenomics, ToxPi (Toxicological Priority Index), married scientists
November 30, 2011
Guests: Dr. Diana Perkins, Department of Psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Dr. Clark Jeffries, Renaissance Computing Institute and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Topics: the genetic basis of schizophrenia, early intervention in schizophrenia, discovery of very small pluripotent stem cells in human peripheral blood
December 14, 2011
Guest: Dr. Cindy Bulik, Director, UNC Eating Disorders Program
Topic: Cindy’s new book, The Woman in the Mirror: How To Stop Confusing What You Look Like with Who You Are
December 21, 2011
Guest: Dr. Harold Heatwole, professor of zoology, NC State University
Topics: sea snakes, tardigrades
January 25, 2012
Guest: Dr. Staci Bilbo, director, Developmental Neuroimmunology Lab, Duke University
Topics: Developmental neuroimmunology, the presence of immune cells (microglia) in the brain, impact on health and behavior later in life
February 14, 2012
Guest: Dr. Detlev Erdmann, plastic surgeon, Duke Center for Aesthetic Services
Topics: Body contouring (skin reduction following weight loss surgery), the state of plastic surgery
February 22, 2012
Guest: Dr. Mark Wiesner, Director, Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), Duke University
Topics: Health and safety issues associated with nanotechnology, recent NAS report on crafting a strategy for nanotech environmental, health, and safety nanomaterials research, CEINT
March 21, 2012
Guest: Dr. Sukanta Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
Topics: Scientific underpinnings of wind energy, boundary layer meteorology, atmospheric turbulence modeling
March 28, 2012
Guest: Dr. William Maixner, director, Center for Neurosensory Disorders, UNC-CH
Topics: Chronic pain research, OPPERA prospective study of temporomandibular disorders (TMD)
April 4, 2012
Guest: Dr. David Kroll, Director of Science Communications, Nature Research Center (NRC), NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Topics: NRC Grand Opening, NRC programs and exhibits
May 2, 2012
Guest: Dr. Misha Angrist, Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
Topic: Misha’s book, Here Is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics – his story of being one of the first people to have his genome sequenced
May 30, 2012
Guest: Dr. Tom Linden, UNC Medical & Science Journalism Program
Topics: UNC Medical & Science Journalism Program, Tom’s career in broadcast medical journalism, Tom’s book, The New York Times Reader: Health & Medicine
June 20, 2012
Guest: Dr. Rich Bergl, Curator of Conservation and Research, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC
Topics: Research and conservation programs at the North Carolina Zoo – on site, regional, and in Africa (gorillas, elephants, etc.)
June 27, 2012
Guest: Dr. Ahmad Hariri, Professor of Psychology and Neurology; Director, Laboratory of NeuroGenetics, Duke University
Topics: Imaging genetics, Duke Neurogenetics Study, relationship of genetics, brain chemistry, and behavior
September 26, 2012
Guest: Dr. David Potenziani, Executive Director, NCB-Prepared
Topics: National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness (NCB-Prepared), biopreparedness, biosurveillance
October 24, 2012
Guest: Dr. Charles Perou, member, Lineberger Cancer Center, Professor of genetics and pathology and laboratory medicine, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: The Cancer Genome Atlas project, recent landmark Nature publication on breast cancer subtypes
October 31, 2012
Guest: Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, Co-Director, Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University
Topics: Brain-machine interfaces, neuroprosthetics, new approach to restoring mobility to Parkinson’s disease patients
November 7, 2012
Guests: Dr. John Burris, President, Burroughs Wellcome Fund; Russ Campbell, Communications Officer, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Topics: Burroughs Wellcome Fund history, grant-making programs, support for science education, communications
November 14, 2012
Guests: Brian Risk, Geneffects Research, Inc., and Giddings Lab, Boise State University, with fellow musicians Katharine Whalen and Josh Starmer
Topics: Bioinformatics, proteogenomics, the ENCODE project, and live music from Risk-Whalen!
December 19, 2012
Guest: Dr. Ann Ross, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, NC State University
Topic: Forensic anthropology
January 30, 2013
Guest: Dr. Anne Collins McLaughlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, NC State University; director, Learning, Aging and Ergonomics Laboratory (LACELab); co-director, Gains Through Gaming Laboratory
Topics: Human factors and ergonomics, cognitive training for seniors, aging farmers, health workers’ perceptions of hygiene safety, video games and aging
February 6, 2013
Guests: Dr. Jeffery Dangl, John N. Couch Professor of Biology, HHMI/GBMF investigator, Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Dr. Sarah Grant, Research Associate Professor, Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Plant microbiomes, plant immune systems, development of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant model, importance of plant biology, science policy
February 13, 2013
Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Loboa, Associate Professor, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, NCSU Department of Materials Science & Engineering; director, Cell Mechanics Laboratory
Topics: Tissue engineering with human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and human adipose (fat)-derived adult stem cells (hASCs) to produce robust bone and cartilage, “smart” bandages
February 27, 2013
Guest: Dr. James Evans, Bryson Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine; Principal Investigator, NCGENES Study, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Whole exome sequencing, NCGENES Study, clinical genomics, personalized medicine, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, ethical, legal and social issues in genomics
March 6, 2013
Guest: Dr. Edward Breitschwerdt, Professor of Internal Medicine, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine; Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder, Galaxy Diagnostics, Inc.
Topics: Detection, diagnosis and treatment of Bartonella infections in animals and humans, vector borne diseases, One Health
May 8, 2013
Guest: Dr. Cedric Pearce, Founder and CEO, Mycosynthetix, Inc.
Topics: Fungi as sources of drugs and agricultural products, natural products in drug discovery, Mycosynthetix library of 55,000 fungi, Cedric’s career, scientists as entrepreneurs
May 29, 2013
A Special Edition of Radio In Vivo: a keynote lecture by Dr. Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, delivered at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill April 23, 2013 at the launch of the National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS). Dr. Green’s topic: “The Human Genomics Landscape a Decade After the Human Genome Project”
June 5, 2013
Guest: Dr. Brian Hare, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology; Member, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience; Director, Duke Canine Cognition Center, Duke University; Co-founder, Dognition
Topics: Brian’s and Vanessa Woods’s new book, The Genius of Dogs, the new company Dognition
June 19, 2013
Guest: Dr. Ron Alterovitz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Director, Computational Robotics Research Group, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Medical robotics, home assistance robotics
July 10, 2013
Guest: Dr. Rebecca Knickmeyer, Assistant Professor of Psychology; UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Imaging and genomics applied to newborns’ brains to predict psychiatric disease, sex differences in neonatal brain structure
July 17, 2013
Guest: T. DeLene Beeland, author, science and nature writer
Topics: DeLene’s new book, The Secret World of Red Wolves: The Fight to Save North America’s Other Wolf
July 31, 2013
Guest: Dr. Tim Carey, Director, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Comparative effectiveness research, health services, translational medicine, evidence-based practice, electronic health records
September 4, 2013
Guest: Dr. Carol Cheatham, UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology; UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Nutrigenomics, effects of fatty acids on cognition and brain development, blueberries and memory
September 25, 2013
Guest: Dr. Ross Tonkens, Director, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Science and Technology Accelerator Program
Topics: AHA/ASA Accelerator Program, venture philanthropy, the “valley of death,” cardiology, contract research organizations
October 2, 2013
Guest: Dr. Antonio Baines, Assistant Professor of Biology, North Carolina Central University; Cancer Research Program, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute
Topic: Pancreatic cancer research
November 20, 2013
Guest: Dr. Joanne Jordan, Director, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC-Chapel Hill; Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and Joseph P. Archie Eminent Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Arthritis research, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
November 27, 2013
Guest: Dr. Cynthia Powell, Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Chief of the Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Newborn genomic screening research; ethical, legal and social issues; informed consent; whole exome sequencing; fetal DNA screening
December 4, 2013
Guest: Dr. Pauline Kay Lund, Sarah Graham Kenan professor of cell & molecular physiology, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Intestinal stem cells, intestinal epithelium, suppression of cytokine signaling (SOCS), fibrosis in regenerative medicine, microbiome, gut inflammation
January 8, 2014
Guest: Dr. Stan Ahalt, director, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), Chapel Hill
Topics: RENCI, National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS), iRODS (Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System)
March 12, 2014
Guest: Dr. Raymond Huml, Executive Director of Strategic Drug Development and Head of Global Biosimilars Strategic Planning, Quintiles, Inc.
Topics: Quintiles, regulatory affairs, pharmaceutical due diligence, evolving business models in pharma and CROs, biosimilars
March 19, 2014
Guest: Dr. Steven McNulty, research ecologist, US Forest Service; director, USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH)
Topics: Impact of climate change on forests and agriculture in the Southeast, SERCH, Steve’s research in landscape scale modeling
April 2, 2014
Guest: Bob Geolas, President and CEO, Research Triangle Park Foundation
Topics: Past, present and future of Research Triangle Park
April 23, 2014
Guest: Dr. Don Walters, President, Nova Synthetix
Topics: Development of ricin-free castor beans, uses of castor oil, start-up ag biotech
April 30, 2014
Guest: Dr. Lawrence David, Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University
Topics: Diet and the human gut microbiome, human-associated microbial ecosystems, cholera infections and gut microbial communities, genomics of the microbiome
May 7, 2014
Guest: Dr. Misha Angrist, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP), Duke University
Topics: New Master of Arts in Bioethics and Science Policy degree program (Duke), 23andMe, the $1000 genome, orphan drugs, impending split of the IGSP into three centers
May 21, 2014
Guests: Dr. Deb Mosca, CEO, and Dr. Roy Carter, Senior Director, Development, Marine Bio-technologies Center on Innovation (MBCOI), Wilmington, NC
Topics: Marine biotechnology, MBCOI history and programs
May 28, 2014
Guest: Dr. Lori Setton, William Bevan Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University
Topics: Intervertebral disc disorders of the spine, mechanisms for degeneration and regeneration of soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system, methods of drug delivery and tissue regeneration in intervertebral discs, lower back pain
July 2, 2014
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)
July 9, 2014
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
July 23, 2014
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
July 30, 2014
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
August 20, 2014
Guest: Dr. James Fuller, VP and Laboratory Director, intelliGENETICS, Hilton Head, SC; 2014-15 President, NC Academy of Science
Topics: The evolving science of DNA identification, Jim’s career, contamination/misidentification of cell lines, reproducibility, NC Academy of Science
August 27, 2014
Guest: Dr. Lingchong You, Paul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Engineering; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Topics: Synthetic biology, cell-to-cell communication, synthetic gene circuits, quorum sensing, antibiotic resistance, sociomicrobiology, bistability, mathematical modeling of cellular networks
September 10, 2014
Guests: Fenella Saunders, Managing Editor, American Scientist, and Dr. Jamie Vernon, Editor-in-Chief, American Scientist; Director of Science Communications and Publications, Sigma Xi
Topics: The evolving science of DNA identification, Jim’s career, contamination/misidentification of cell lines, reproducibility, NC Academy of Science
October 15, 2014
Guest: Dr. Wesley Burks, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine; Physician-in-chief, North Carolina Children’s Hospital
Topics: Pediatric food allergies, food intolerance, peanut allergies, egg allergies, new therapeutic approaches
October 29, 2014
Guest: Marshall Brain – author, entrepreneur, NCSU professor, blogger, renaissance man, founder of HowStuffWorks.com, TV producer, speaker
Topics: Marshall’s varied career, including his books, websites, and TV shows; entrepreneurship, his concepts about the meaning of life and religion
November 5, 2014
Guest: Dr. Bruce Oberhardt, President, BJO Biomedical, LLC; author, Dragonfly Thinking
Topics: Problem-solving with Dragonfly Thinking, biomedical devices, biomedical engineering
November 12, 2014
Guest: Dr. James Bonner, Professor of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
Topics: Nanotechnology health and safety, health effects of respiratory exposures to nanomaterials
November 19, 2014
Guests: James Green, Chairman and CEO, and Dr. William Wilkison, COO, Islet Sciences, Inc., Raleigh
Topics: Islet Sciences and its pipeline of treatments and diagnostics for metabolic disorders including diabetes and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
January 7, 2015
Guest: Dr. Stewart Witzeman, Director, Eastman Innovation Center, North Carolina State University
Topics: Eastman Innovation Center, Eastman Chemical Center of Excellence (NCSU and UNC-Chapel Hill), Eastman Chemical Company, public/private partnerships, fostering innovation in materials and design
February 5, 2015
Guests: Dr. Jim Thomas, Director, and Dr. Stephanie Watson-Grant, Deputy Director for Field Operations, MEASURE Evaluation
Topics: MEASURE Evaluation, monitoring and evaluation of global public health programs, global public health status, ethics in public health
March 11, 2015
Guest: Dr. Tim Reddy, Assistant Professor, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology
Topics: Gene regulation, recent human evolution, gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9, genetic/epigenetic mechanisms of action by glucocorticoid anti-inflammatory drugs, genetics of gestational diabetes
March 18, 2015
Guest: Dr. Don Rose, Director, Carolina KickStart
Topics: Commercialization of academic innovations, entrepreneurship, Carolina KickStart, start-up incubation, “research-to-revenue,” New Enterprise Opportunity (NEO) Program
April 15, 2015
Guest: Dr. Sönke Johnsen, Professor of Biology, Duke University
Topics: Optics of biology, transparent ocean creatures, bioluminescence, camouflage
April 23, 2015
Guest: Dr. Melissa Price, VP of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Heat Biologics, Inc., Durham
Topics: Cancer immunotherapy, Heat Biologics, a clinical-stage company with two drug candidates in clinical trials, allogeneic versus autologous immunotherapy, Heat’s ImPACT platform (Immune Pan-Antigen Cytotoxic Therapy)
April 29, 2015
Guest: Dr. Richard Di Giulio, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University; Director, Duke Superfund Research Center (SRC); Director, Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP)
Topics: Use of fishes as models for research on impacts of environmental contaminants, linkages between human and ecological health, the effects of nanomaterials on vertebrate development, ecological impact of mountaintop removal mining, Duke SRC, ITEHP
May 27, 2015
Guest: Dr. Flavio Frohlich, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Cell and Molecular Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Non-invasive brain stimulation to treat psychiatric disorders and enhance creativity, network neuroscience, alpha wave oscillations
June 10, 2015
Guest: Dr. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology; Director, Microbiome Core Facility, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Topics: The gut microbiome’s role in digestion and immunity, microbiomes of exclusively breastfed babies, probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics, the microbiome and colorectal cancer, UNC Microbiome Core Facility
July 1, 2015
Guest: Jivan Moaddeb, Pharm.D., clinical pharmacist, Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
Topics: Pharmacogenetic testing, clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics, patient adherence, medication therapy management
July 22, 2015
Guest: Dr. Stephen Porges, Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Dr. Porges’ Polyvagal Theory – a theory that links the evolution of the autonomic nervous system to the emergence of social behavior, The Listening Project – a therapy using music to reduce sound hypersensitivity in children with autism and other psychiatric disorders
July 29, 2015
Guest: Dr. Kathleen Caron, Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Topics: Adrenomedullin – a potent vasodilator, and its role in preeclampsia, normal and abnormal pregnancy, fertility, and placental development, cardiovascular health, cancer, and the lymphatic vascular system; mentoring
August 12, 2015
Guest: Dr. Carol Colton, Professor of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center
Topics: The immune system and Alzheimer’s disease, arginine deprivation, microglia, inflammation and immune suppression in the brain
September 30, 2015
Guest: Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, Mescal Swaim Ferguson Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Co-Director, Carolina Institute for Nanomedicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Novel nanomedicines and engineered cellular therapies for cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative disorders, and other diseases; nanotechnology in drug delivery; new training program to grow cancer nanotechnology work force
October 14, 2015
Guests: Dr. Charles Nunn, Director, TriCEM; Professor, Evolutionary Anthropology and Global Health, Duke University; Dr. Craig McClain, Deputy Director, TriCEM; Founder and Chief Editor, Deep Sea News
Topics: Rolling out TriCEM to the Triangle science community, succeeding NESCent; Charlie’s research on mammalian sleep; Craig’s oceanographic research, adventures, and his new blog, The Science of the South
October 28, 2015
Guest: Dr. Oliver Smithies, Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Topics: Dr. Smithies’ distinguished career in science, his childhood, educational background, and outside interests; working with his wife, Dr. Nobuyu Maeda; gene targeting, gel electrophoresis, current work on pre-eclampsia
November 11, 2015
Guest: Matt Shipman, Research Communications Lead, University Communications, North Carolina State University
Topics: Matt’s new book, Handbook for Science Public Information Officers, Matt’s career, science writing and communications
November 25, 2015
Guest: Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer, Director, Computational Toxicology Group, Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc. (contractor to National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for Evaluation of Alternative Methods (NICEATM))
Topics: Computational toxicology, predictive modeling methods in toxicology
January 6, 2016
Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Kipp Campbell, Director, Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE), UNC Chapel Hill
Topics: History of and current trends in human research subject protections, Institutional Review Boards, research ethics, UNC OHRE
January 13, 2016
Guest: Dr. Holly Menninger, Director of Public Science, College of Sciences, North Carolina State University
Topics: Public science, citizen science, science literacy, science communication, CitSci 2017 (coming to Raleigh)
February 3, 2016
Guests: Dr. Douglas Call, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University; Dr. Orlando Coronell, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Public Health
Topics: Dr. Call and Dr. Coronell’s collaborative UNC ROI project, “Salinity Gradient Energy: An Inexhaustible Clean Energy Resource for North Carolina,” Dr. Call’s research on technologies to recover energy from unconventional sources, Dr. Coronell’s research on water treatment technologies
March 9, 2016
Guest: Dr. Tim Wiltshire, Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Topics: Pharmacogenomics, clinical implementation, pharmacy implementation, advances in the field
March 23, 2016
Guest: Dr. Janet Rubin, Professor, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Triggering bone formation from mesenchymal stem cells, mechanisms of exercise effects on bone quantity and quality
March 30, 2016
Guests: Dr. Shawn Hingtgen, Assistant Professor, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Dr. Matthew Ewend, Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, UNC, Group Leader, NeuroOncology, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topics: Stem cell therapies for brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme), mouse models, real-time non-invasive imaging, clinical perspectives on brain tumor treatment
April 27, 2016
Guests: Mike Lisanke, Jim Rose, and Tom Randall, co-founders, TriDIYBio (Triangle DIY Biology)
Topics: TriDIYBio, DYIBio.org, Citizen Science and Jim, Tom, and Mike’s individual projects and interests
May 4, 2016
Guest: Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou, Associate Professor, Food Science, NC State University
Topics: Gene editing system CRISPR, its history and the explosion of research in CRISPR in biotechnology, food and agriculture, translational medicine, disease modeling, gene therapy, and more
May 11, 2016
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.
June 1, 2016
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.
June 29, 2016
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
July 6, 2016
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
July 20, 2016
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
July 27, 2016
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
August 31, 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
September 21, 2016
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
November 9, 2016
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
November 16, 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
January 4, 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
February 1, 2017
Guest: Dr. Sam McLean, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicinector, UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery
Topics: AURORA PTSD study, UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery, trauma and chronic pain research, better tomorrow network
March 15, 2017
Guest: Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly, Professor, Social Medicine, Associate Director, Center for Bioethics, Research Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Inclusion of pregnant women in clinical trials and clinical research, issues related to pregnancy and childbirth, Zika research
March 29, 2017
Guest: Dr. Roland Kays, Director, Biodiversity Lab, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Research Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
Topics: New technologies to track animal movements, particularly mammals; Roland’s book, Candid Creatures: How Camera Traps Reveal the Mysteries of Nature, citizen science camera trapping projects such as North Carolina’s Candid Critters and eMammal
April 5, 2017
Guests: Erica Levine, Programs Director, Duke Global Digital Health Science Center; Dr. Jon O’Donnell, Digital Health Strategist, Smashing Boxes; Michael Levy, Entrepreneur in Residence, UNC Center for Health Innovation
Topics: 5th annual mHealth@Duke Conference (April 12, 2017), Duke Global Digital Health Science Center, digital health, mHealth, UNC Center for Health Innovation, Smashing Boxes, digital health community collaborations, digital health maturation curve
Co-Host: Lee Anne McClymont, host/producer, The Courage Cocktail
May 3, 2017
Guest: Dr. Michael Bergin, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Energy, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
Topics: Air pollution and human health, particulate matter, global assessment of climate and air pollution, Michael’s research travels to China, India, Nepal, Greenland, and Bolivia
May 17, 2017
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
June 14, 2017
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
June 28, 2017
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
August 2, 2017
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
August 9, 2017
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
August 23, 2017
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
October 18, 2017
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
November 1, 2017
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
December 6, 2017
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
February 7, 2018
Guest: Dr. Sven Eric Jordt, Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, Duke University
Topics: Tear gas, poison ivy, menthol, sensory mechanisms of pain, irritation, and itch
February 21, 2018
Guest: Dr. Kelly Ferguson, Investigator, Perinatal and Early Life Epidemiology Group, NIEHS
Topics: Perinatal and early life epidemiology, environmental exposures, preterm births, phthalate exposure during pregnancy
March 14, 2018
Guest: Dr. Paul Byrne, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University
Topics: Paul Byrne 2.0 – his second RIV appearance, featuring an audio tour of the Solar System, Stephen Hawking
April 11, 2018
Guest: Dr. Todd Cohen, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, UNC School of Medicine
Topics: Pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS, abnormal TDP-43 protein clumping, potential treatments
May 30, 2018
Guest: Dr. Graham Diering, assistant professor, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Sleep and memory, learning, synaptic homeostasis hypothesis
June 6, 2018
Guest: Dr. Susan Lozier, Distinguished Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Topics: Physical oceanography, large scale ocean circulation, meridional overturning, North Atlantic overturning, oceans and climate change, ocean acidification
June 27, 2018
Guest: Dr. Joshua Pierce, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, NC State University
Topics: Natural Products to Drugs Initiative (NP2D), Comparative Medicine Institute at NC State, drug discovery
July 25, 2018
Guests: Panaceutics, Inc. Co-founders CTO Edison Hudson, CSO Staton Noel III
Topics: Panaceutics’ technology platform for robotic preparation of gel packs with personalized medication formulations and nutritional applications, establishment and progress of the RTP company
August 15, 2018
Guest: Dr. Quantil Melendez, CEO, NIFP Technologies LLC, Durham
Topics: PCSK9 diagnostic test, NIFP Technologies, PCSK9 protein, cardiovascular disease, diabetes
September 5, 2018
Guest: Dr. Scott Commins, Associate Professor of Medicine, UNC Allergy and Immunology Clinic
Topics: Red meat allergy caused by Lone Star tick bite, allergic sensitization to Alpha-Gal
October 10, 2018
Guest: Dr. Randy Jirtle, Professor of Epigenetics, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
Topics: Epigenetics, gene imprinting, fetal origins of disease susceptibility, environmental epigenomics
November 28, 2018
Guest: Dr. Merrie Mosedale, Assistant Director, Institute for Drug Safety Sciences; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hil
Topics: Drug safety, genetics of adverse drug reactions, drug-induced liver injury, translational pharmacogenomics
December 19, 2018
Guest: Dr. Jeffery Dick, assistant professor of chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Electrochemistry, nanoelectrodes, single cell biology, Forbes “30 Under 30” recognition
January 16, 2019
Guest: Dr. Manuel Kleiner, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, NC State University
Topics: Gut microbes’ diet, microbial symbioses, metaproteomics, ecophysiology, plant root microbes
February 13, 2019
Guests: Dr. Charlene Wong, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Dr. Chuck Scales, Jr., Associate Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine; Co-Directors, Behavioral Research Intervention Science Center (BRISC)
Topics: BRISC, behavioral economics, clinical trial participation incentives, Dr. Wong’s health services research, Dr. Scales’s research on kidney stones
March 6, 2019
Guest: Dr. Herman Pontzer, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University
Topics: Evolution of human metabolism, constrained energy expenditure model, physical activity and metabolism, the science of diet & exercise, cardiometabolic health in hunter-gatherers
April 24, 2019
Guest: Dr. Dwight Koeberl, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Medical Director, Pediatric Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Duke University
Topics: Gene therapy clinical trial for Pompe disease, gene therapy history and current practice, enzyme replacement therapy, newborn screening, Actus Therapeutics
May 22, 2019
Guest: Dr. Kenneth Poss, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Regeneration Next Initiative, Duke University School of Medicine
Topics: Tissue regeneration, zebrafish regeneration model; heart, appendage, and spinal cord regeneration, Regeneration Next Initiative
July 17, 2019
Guest: Dr. Ilona Jaspers, Professor, Departments of Environmental Science and Engineering; Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Curriculum in Toxicology; Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Vaping and E-cigarettes health effects research, cinnamaldehyde (e-cigarette flavoring additive), translational studies related to air pollution health effects, cigarette smoking, nicotine addiction, burn pit smoke exposure study
August 21, 2019
Guest: Dr. Xunrong Luo, Instructor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine; Director of Translation, Duke Transplant Center
Topic: Transplantation state of the science, transplantation tolerance, immunosuppression, non-chimeric approach, new technologies in transplantation
August 28, 2019
Guest: Dr. Andrew George, Community Engagement Coordinator, Center for Public Engagement with Science; Lecturer, Environment, Ecology & Energy Program, UNC Institute for the Environment; host of “Furious George” show on WCOM
Topics: Research on well-water contamination, environmental justice, community engagement in environmental problem-solving
October 23, 2019
Guest: Dr. Dan Costa, retired National Research Program Director for Air, Climate and Energy Research Program, USEPA; Adjunct Professor, Environment Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Topics: Air pollution research, air pollution toxicology, EPA, climate change, particulate matter
November 6, 2019
Guest: Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NC State University
Topics: Recent discovery of a sixth digit “pseudothumb” in aye-aye lemurs, Adam’s other research in functional morphology and comparative anatomy in vertebrates
February 5, 2020
Guest: Dr. Scott Donaldson, Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill; Associate Director, Marsico Clinical and Translational Research Center; Director, UNC Adult CF Care Center
Topics: Breakthrough new treatment for cystic fibrosis, CF diagnostics, other new CF therapies, CFTR mutations
March 11, 2020
Guest: Dr. Jenny Tung, Associate Professor of Biology, Duke University; 2019 MacArthur Foundation fellow (“genius” grant)
Topics: Interplay between genes and behavior, Ambesoli Baboon Research Project, social status among baboons and rhesus macaques
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