People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Dr Jonathan Dudley – Molecular Genetics
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Jonathan Dudley.
What we discuss with Dr Dudley:
- Being named to The Pathologist magazine’s 2020 Power List in the Big Breakthroughs category
- His training in pathology and molecular genetics
- Cell free DNA and how it is used in research
- His research with bladder cancer and urine tumor DNA
- Next Generation Sequencing
- The Young Investigator Award and Benjamin Castleman Award
Links for this episode:
- Dr Dudley on Twitter
- The Pathologist Power List here
- Benjamin Castleman Award here
- Young Investigators Award here
- Detection and Surveillance of Bladder Cancer Using Urine tumor DNA paper on Researchgate.net
- Next Generation Sequencing paper
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Dr Janna Andronowski – Forensic Anthropology
Today my guest is Forensic Anthropologist Dr Janna Andronowski.
What we discuss with Dr Andronowski:
- How she became interested in forensic anthropology and the training that was involved.
- Her work at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center
- Her research involving bone imaging, osteon banding, and the effects of opioids on bone.
- The Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Histological Research
- Teaching anatomy at the University of Akron
Links for this episode:
Dr Andronowski on Twitter
American Board of Forensic Anthropology
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Histological Research
University of Tennessee Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center
Biological Anthropology and Human Anatomy Student Organization on Twitter
Mark Bailey – Histotechnology, ASCP, and Sub Saharan Africa
Today my guest is Histotechnologist Mark Bailey.
What we discuss with Mark:
- His career path toward becoming a histotechnologist
- His teaching career
- His involvement with ASCP and NSH
- The Union for International Cancer Control
- His research and work in sub Saharan Africa
Links for this episode:
- American Society for Clinical Pathology website
- National Society for Histotechnology website
- Union for International Cancer Control website
- MD Anderson Histotechnology Program here
- Mark Bailey publication list
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Dr Gary Berman – Forensic Odontology and DMORT
My guest today is Forensic Odontologist Dr Gary Berman.
What we discuss with Dr Berman:
- How he became interested in forensic odontology and some of the training that was required
- The Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) and how it operates
- Dr Berman’s experience with DMORT at the World Trade Center site and Hurricane Katrina site
- The American Board of Forensic Odontology, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and the American Society of Forensic Odontology
Links for this episode:
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences website
- American Board of Forensic Odontology website
- American Society of Forensic Odontology website
- DMORT website
- MiMORT website
- Michigan Dental Association website
- NamUs website
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Kristen Nead – Cytotechnology
Today my guest is Cytotechnologist Kristen Nead.
What we discuss with Kristen:
- Her education and training in cytotechnology
- Her trip to Peru in 2012 as part of CerviCusco / International Cervical Cancer Foundation
- Molecular testing in cytology
- ROSE procedures and the cytotech’s role in them
Links for this episode:
CerviCusco website
American Society of Cytopathology website
More Than a Decade of Molecular Diagnostic Cytopathology Leading Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision-Making article in Archives of Pathology
Cytotechnology training programs here
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Heidi Wagner – Biobanking and Medical Ethics
Today my guest is Heidi Wagner. She is a pathologists’ assistant and the head of operations of a biobank.
What we discuss with Heidi Wagner:
- Her career path and how it led her to biobanking
- How tissue is procured by a biobank
- Heidi’s experience at the ESBB conference
- ISBER and the planned joint conference with UHN
- Her presentation on Ethics in biobanking
Links for this episode:
- European, Middle Eastern, and African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking website
- International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories website
- ISBER/ASCP Biobanking Qualification information here
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