People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 106: Olivia Gaskill – Psychology, Science Writing, and Deputy Editor of The Pathologist
Today my guest is Olivia Gaskill
What we discuss with Olivia:
- How she became interested in psychology
- Her Masters program in Neuroimaging for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience
- Her early interest in writing
- How she started working at The Pathologist
- How she learned the language of pathology
- Her promotion to Deputy Editor and some of her favorite projects
- The Pathology Grand Tour podcast and how it started
- British Science Week and advocating for science
Links for this episode:
Olivia Gaskill on Twitter
Olivia Gaskill on Instagram
The Pathology Grand Tour Podcast
The Infectious Disease Curator
British Science Week Interview
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Episode 105: Dr Andrea Deyrup – Didactics, Disparities, Data, and Deep Dives
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Andrea Deyrup
What we discuss with Dr Deyrup:
- Her initial work in evolutionary biology
- How and why she decided on medical school and pathology
- Her backpacking trip through Asia and some of her adventures there
- Her current position at Duke University and her previous teaching experience
- How her view of race in medicine has changed
- Working on Robbins Essential Pathology and Robbins Basic Pathology, and some of the changes that are coming
- Her collaboration with Dr Jospeh Graves Jr, and their recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine
- The feedback from other medical specialties on the issue of race in medicine
- Why it is important that pathology and pathologists lead the way in this change
Links for this episode:
Dr Andrea Deyrup on Twitter
Dr Deyrup’s website Pathology Central
Pathology Central YouTube channel
Racial Biology and Medical Misconceptions
Data-driven and determined: Evaluating race in medical curricula
Dr Andrea Deyrup on Diversify in Path Podcast
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Episode 104: Dr Jennifer Sanders – Pathobiology, ASIP, and Women In Pathology
Today my guest is Dr Jennifer Sanders
What we discuss with Dr Sanders:
- How she decided to study cell biology, molecular biology, and biochemistry
- Her post doctoral fellowship in gastroenterology
- How she developed her skills in teaching
- How she became co-director of the pathobiology graduate program
- Pathobiology and how it differs from pathology
- Her research in liver transplantation and regeneration
- Her involvement in the American Society for Investigative Pathology
- Women In Pathology and her role in this organization
- The importance of mentorship
Links for this episode:
Dr Jennifer Sanders on Twitter
American Society for Investigative Pathology
Pathobiology Graduate Program at Brown University
Dr Sanders Publications
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Episode 103: Dr Vinay Kumar Part 2 – Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease and Evolving Teaching Styles
Today my guest is once again Dr Vinay Kumar
What we discuss with Dr Kumar:
- Proving that Natural Killer Cells are distinct from T cells.
- How “it’s better to be right than to be first.”
- How Dr Stanley Robbins asked him to be a coauthor of his textbook
- The process for revising the textbook, and that “there is no good writing, only good rewriting.”
- How revising the textbook became a form of research
- The evolution of his teaching style, incorporating flipped classrooms and online interactive elements
Links for this episode:
The Accidental Pathologist: A Curiosity-Driven Journey from Plant Evolution to Innate Immunity
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Functions of Natural Killer Cells
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
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Episode 102: Dr Vinay Kumar Part 1 – Compassion, Curiosity, and Natural Killer Cells
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Vinay Kumar
What we discuss with Dr Kumar:
- How his grandfather influenced him in becoming a doctor, and taught him the lesson of compassion
- How curiosity led him to study botany, and how it led him back to medicine
- How he became interested in research of disease mechanisms
- Traveling to the US to work with Dr Stanley Robbins in Boston, and some of his first experiences in the US
- His early research with Natural Killer cells
Links for this episode:
The Accidental Pathologist: A Curiosity-Driven Journey from Plant Evolution to Innate Immunity
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Functions of Natural Killer Cells
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
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Episode 101: Dr Roberto Mota – Investigative Pathology and Behind Our Science
Today my guest is Dr Roberto Mota
What we discuss with Dr Mota:
- How he was inspired to go to medical school
- His career path and some of his mentors along the way
- Why it is important for him to be involved in professional societies
- The origin of the Behind Our Science podcast
- The target audience of the podcast
- Some of his favorite moments from Behind Our Science so far, and some of the plans for the future
Links for this episode:
Webinar – Personalized medicine for a rare disease w/ Typhaine Lejeune
Behind Our Science on Twitter
Dr Roberto Mota on Google Scholar
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