Behind the Microscope

Website: https://www.behindthemicroscope.com/

Holly Bauser-Heaton, MD, PhD - Creative Escape Sep 08, 2022

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Dr. Holly Bauser-Heaton is an assistant professor and interventional pediatric cardiologist and physician-scientist at Sibley Heart Center at Children’s Healthcare of Altanta. She is also a co-director of the MD-PhD program at Emory University. She earned her MD and PhD at Indiana University, completed residency in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and fellowship at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Today she shares her journey to becoming a physician-scientist in a procedural field, and her thoughts on moving physician-scientist training forward as a co-director of an MSTP. Without further ado, here is my conversation with Dr. Holly Bauser-Heaton.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Bauser-Heaton for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Bauser-Heaton on twitter: @hbh_mdphd

Dr. Bauser-Heaton’s Faculty Page: https://www.pedsresearch.org/people/faculty/holly-bauser-heaton-md-phd

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisors – Dr. Mary Horton and Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Mark Mullins, MD, PhD - Tracks for Success Aug 09, 2022

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Dr. Mark Mullins is a neuroradiologist and professor Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he also serves as the Vice-chair for education within the department and as well as the Director of Radiology Medical Student Education. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory, Dr. Mullins completed his undergraduate and graduate training in chemistry at Harvard University and his medical education as part of the Harvard MIT program in Health Sciences and Technology. He then completed his diagnostic radiology residence and neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since joining the faculty at Emory, Dr. Mullins has remained actively involved with medical education, including having previously served as the diagnostic radiology residency program director. He also holds numerous teaching and mentorship awards received throughoutthe years, including the 2020 Radiological Society of North America’s Outstanding Educator Award.

In today’s episode, we discuss several important educational initiatives of his during his time at Emory, including the creation of the Emory research-track residency program. We also discuss important transitions throughout/phd and physician-scientist training.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Mullins for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Mullins on twitter: @markemullins

Dr. Mullins’ faculty page: https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/bios/faculty/mullins-mark-e.html

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Talia Swartz, MD, PhD - The Power of Enthusiasm Jul 25, 2022

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Dr. Talia Swartz is an associate professor in the department of medicine, division of infectious diseases and medical education at Mount Sinai. She is also the co-director of the MD-PhD program and associate dean for MD-PhD education, and is also involved nationally through the AAMC GREAT group MD-PhD section communications committee where she has been developing resources to make physician-scientist training available to a more diverse group of future trainees. Dr. Swartz earned her MD and Ph.D. from Mt Sinai SOM and stayed on for residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases before becoming faculty. Today we discuss her personal journey, her thoughts on strengthening the existing physician-scientist pipeline, and how to increase diversity in that pipeline.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Swartz for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Swartz on twitter: @taliaswartz

Dr. Swartz’s faculty page: https://profiles.mountsinai.org/talia-h-swartz

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisors – Dr. Mary Horton and Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Timothy de Wet, PhD - MD-PhD training in South Africa Jul 11, 2022

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Dr. Timothy de Wet is the first local student in the combined MD-PhD program at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He earned his PhD in 2021 and is currently in his final year of medical school. Today, he shares his journey of finding and pursuing MD-PhD training, discusses how this training differs in South Africa, and offers his thoughts on the future of the clinician-scientist in the South African scientific and medical ecosystem. Credits: Our thanks to Dr. de Wet for being on the podcast. Follow Dr. de Wet on twitter: @timdewet Link to video about Dr. de Wet’s journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mmrNg0ymOs Host: Bejan Saeedi Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh Associate Producer – Josh Owens Faculty Advisors – Dr. Mary Horton and Dr. Brian Robinson Twitter: @behindthescope_ Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1 Website: behindthemicroscope.com

Peter Hotez, MD, PhD - Versatility Jun 21, 2022

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Dr. Peter Hotez is the Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine as well as the Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. Dr. Hotez earned his Bachelor’s degree from Yale, his PhD from Rockefeller University, and his MD from Weill Cornell Medical College. He has authored over 600 original papers and 5 single-author books including “Vaccines did not cause Rachel’s autism” and “Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science.” In December of 2021, Dr. Hotez led efforts to develop a low-cost recombinant protein COVID vaccine, a patent-free vaccine that has received emergency use authorization in India and for which he and his co-director Dr. Maria Bottazzi have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is a staunch advocate for vaccines and a crucial voice against the anti-vaccine and anti-science movements and makes frequent appearances on national television. Today, Dr. Hotez discusses the importance of his MD-PhD training in preparing him for his unique career and shares his thoughts on the role of Physician Scientists in science communication and advocacy.

Credits:

Our deepest thanks to Dr. Hotez for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Hotez on Twitter: @peterhotez

Faculty page: https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/peter-hotez-23229

Website: https://peterhotez.org/

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisors – Dr. Mary Horton and Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/bios/faculty/paulos-chrystal.html

Chrystal Paulos, PhD - Found in Translation Jun 06, 2022

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Dr. Chrystal Paulos is an Associate Professor in the departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University and the Director of Translational Research for Cutaneous Malignancies at the Winship Cancer Institute. Dr. Paulos earned her PhD in Biochemistry from Purdue University and did post-doctoral fellowships in gene therapy at the University of Pennsylvania and in Tumor Immunology at the NIH. She then joined the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina where she established her lab before moving to Emory. Today Dr. Paulos talks with us about her professional journey, her passion for research, her delight in seeing her students succeed, and offers her thoughts on how we train and retain basic and translational scientists.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Paulos for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Paulos on Twitter: @Chrystal_Paulos

Dr. Paulos’ faculty page and lab website:

https://www.thepauloslaboratory.com/

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD - Embrace Your Weirdness May 23, 2022

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Dr. Brandon Fornwalt is the Senior Vice President of Cardiology at Tempus Labs. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina, his MD from Emory, and his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech, followed by a one-year internship in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston. As you will hear, his passion for research took him next to the University of Kentucky as an Assistant Professor where he established his research program, before heading to Geisinger as a Diagnostic Radiology Resident before ultimately joining the faculty. He left Geisinger for Tempus Labs in 2021. Dr. Fornwalt’s career pathway exemplifies the versatility of dual-degree training, and we pick his brain about life in and out of academics and clinical medicine, what it means to be a physician-scientist, and his advice for thriving in this career.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Fornwalt for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Fornwalt on Twitter: @BrandonFornwalt

Dr. Fornwalt’s faculty page:

http://www.fornwaltlab.com/people.html

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

John O'Shea, MD - Curiosity & Creativity May 02, 2022

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Dr. John O’Shea is the Scientific Director at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the NIH, Chief of the branch of Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, and a senior investigator whose lab studies cytokine signaling transduction. Dr. O’Shea earned his bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University in New York, his MD from the University of Cincinnati, and completed his residency training in internal medicine at SUNY upstate medical center. He then became a fellow at the NIH in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, served as a commissioned officer in the US public health service, and ultimately started his own research group at the NIH in 1989. He has made incredible contributions to our understanding of cytokine signaling, including cloning Jak3 and demonstrating its role in the pathogenesis of severe combined immunodeficiency, as well as developing the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib. Outside of science, Dr. O’Shea is an avid musician, and as you will hear – once played alongside Dr. Francis Collins at the Kennedy Center as the opener for Stevie Nicks.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. O’Shea for being on the podcast.

Dr. O’Shea’s faculty page:

https://www.niams.nih.gov/about/niams-leadership/scientific-director-of-intramural-research

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_