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When Science Finds a Way is the science podcast that tells the human story. Join botanist-turned-Hollywood actor Alisha Wainwright as she meets the scientists and communities turning bold ideas into real world impact. This season, you'll hear about how new medical imaging tools are helping us see our bodies in ways we never could before, meet the team using climate data to predict and prevent disease outbreaks, and learn about how engaging with the arts can help improve our mental health. - ...
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Wellcome Home Families

Wellcome Home Kids

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The Wellcome Home Kids organization's platform for incredible stories that document the post-organ transplant journey. An inside look into the journey of the families that are handed the cards that no one deserves or knows how to handle perfectly. Community, knowledge, triumph, support.
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Insights from a Wellcome Trust Fellow

Primary Care & Health Sciences

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This podcast series provides an insight into what its like to be a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow. Each of our fellows are part of a PhD programme for primary care clinicians, which suppors the development of clinical academics through providing high quality training and internationally renowned applied research units (Keele University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and Southampton University). Cover art photo provided by Annie Spratt on Unsplash: https://unsplash.co ...
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The Character of Science

Wellcome Connecting Science

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This is a podcast on how we can use sci-fi TV/movies as a barometer for how we feel about science. In each episode, our guests touch on the implications of fiction becoming reality, and how movies can be used to communicate the science that is changing our world.
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Breathing Together: The Nose Knows

Okido / Social Broadcasts

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Created by Okido for Breathing Together is a five year research and engagement programme exploring breathing and lung health in children. The Breathing Together research project aims to understand how asthma and breathing problems develop in young children. We want to find out how to predict which children will get asthma and to find out how we can stop them from getting the condition. You can find out all about it at breathingtogether.co.uk/about/
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MedCity FemFwd

Marissa Plescia

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MedCity FemFwd podcast, hosted by reporter Marissa Plescia, explores the historical neglect of women's health and how this is gradually changing. The host emphasizes that, until as late as 1993, women were largely excluded from clinical research, and funding for women's health has been consistently inadequate. Plescia indicates that this is shifting, as a growing number of startups are focusing on areas such as female fertility, menopause, and heart health. Despite ongoing legislative action ...
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The Minor Consult

Stanford Medicine

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The Minor Consult explores leadership with innovators, changemakers, and risk-takers. Hosted by Stanford School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, the podcast convenes top minds from across fields to share their perspectives, impart lessons from their careers, and discuss the complex challenges leaders face today. Through their conversations, Dr. Minor unearths the qualities and skills that leaders need to succeed in turbulent times. Dr. Minor has served as Dean since 2012 and is also a profe ...
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Sacred, intimate + soulful conversations / transmissions for our HEARTS. Sink into delicious + potent episodes where we work on our RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATIONS, INNERSTANDINGS of ourselves + each other. Our hearts are being spread open, shaken awake + UNFURLED. Dive safely + deeply into your own quantum, ancient heart. Calm the nervous system. Soothe the mind + emotions. Strengthen + soften. Recalibrate your own innate balance and fully be alive within your bio-spiritual existence and embo ...
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Hi, you’re listening to Postdocalypse, a podcast by postgrad students about all things postgrad. The name comes from the idea that once you finish your PhD, there’s the big question for all of us whether we’ll continue along the academic path or take on of the many alternative routes that are on offer to us. We’re a team of PhD students at King’s College London, trying to navigate this crazy world and we’ll be sharing the highs and the lows of postgraduate study.
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At Version 1, we believe that everyone can make a difference with technology and innovation, whether that is by establishing innovative startups, advancing emerging technologies, impacting communities and causes positively, or simply by innovating day to day in your current role. With the One Zero One podcast, our aim is to encourage listeners to join us in learning from our peers in the technology and startup space. With our inspiring series of conversations with technology experts and trai ...
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Summary Join MedCity FemForward with Marissa Plescia and Dr. Blake Porter, Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Access Telecare. Discover how telemedicine revolutionizes access to maternal care in rural areas, improving outcomes and fostering local births. A must-listen for healthcare enthusiasts!. Episode Highlights 00:00:11 - Introduction of Dr. B…
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Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Sarah Soule, Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, for a conversation about how leaders, organizations, and the GSB itself are evolving in a rapidly changing world. During the GSB’s centennial year, they explore the school’s leadership model — emphasizing self-awareness, perspective taking, communication, and d…
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In this episode, I interviewed Liz Powell, founder of Women's Health Advocates. We discussed the organization's policy priorities in the women's health space. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissaplescia/ Connect with Liz Powell [email protected]
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In this episode of the Big Idea series, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Eric Topol, MD, author of Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity, for a conversation about why immune health may be more important than genetics in promoting healthy aging. They explore how lifestyle factors like sleep, diet, and exercise strengthen the body’s defenses,…
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In this episode, I interview Dr. Renee Wittemyer, vice president of program strategy at Pivotal Ventures, and Dr. Regina Dugan, CEO of Wellcome Leap. We discussed the organizations' recent $100 million commitment to women's health research. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissapl…
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The Covid-19 pandemic laid bare a truth we can't ignore: vaccine equity, the principle that everyone should have fair and timely access to life-saving vaccines, is still out of reach for many. This is especially true across Africa, where local manufacturing supplied less than 1% of the vaccines used. But change is happening. Alisha sits down with D…
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In an episode of his Big Idea series, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Stanford neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, for a conversation about how his groundbreaking research is reshaping our understanding of the brain and the experiences that define us as human. They delve into the origins of optogenetics — a revolutionary technology Deisseroth pionee…
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Food production drives nearly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. So how do we help people choose meals that are good for their health, and the planet? Alisha sits down with Professor Pete Scarborough, who's co-leading research to help decision-makers and the public make better informed choices. We also meet Jo, who's testing a digital tool…
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A significant gap remains in effective mental health interventions for young people. Addressing this gap is crucial, and approaches like problem-solving therapy could offer a practical, accessible solution within educational settings. Alisha and Professor Vikram Patel discuss a school-based trial in India that's exploring a new way forward: POD (Pr…
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Vaccine breakthroughs dominated the news during the Covid-19 pandemic. But they weren't the only scientific innovations changing how we understood the virus. Across Europe, a team of pathologists, technologists and imaging researchers saw a gap: we needed better technology to see what was really happening inside the lungs of individuals who died af…
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In this episode, I interviewed Priyanka Jain, cofounder and CEO of Evvy. We discussed the state of women's health research, the Milken Institute's Women's Health Network and what's ahead for Evvy. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissaplescia/…
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By the time we realise an outbreak is underway, the disease is already spreading, and the window to act is closing fast. But what if we could get ahead of it? Over the past decade, scientists and technologists have been developing powerful modelling tools that combine health and climate data to forecast where and when outbreaks might occur. Alisha …
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Navigating healthcare can be particularly challenging for autistic people. Reasons for this are complex, but for women and people assigned female at birth, the problem is compounded by a lack of representation in autism research, leaving healthcare services ill-equipped to meet their specific needs. Alisha speaks with Dr Aimee Grant about a groundb…
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Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Jeremy Kahn, award-winning journalist and AI Editor at Fortune, for a conversation about the transformative potential and societal risks of artificial intelligence. They discuss opportunities for AI to accelerate medical breakthroughs and personalize education, as well as the threat of overreliance on AI to critical thinki…
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We know that singing, painting and other creative outlets can boost our mental health. But how do we harness the therapeutic power of the arts? Alisha speaks with UK researcher Professor Daisy Fancourt, whose work is helping to establish the arts as a key ingredient in conversations about mental wellbeing, alongside diet and exercise. She also meet…
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When Science Finds a Way is back! Join botanist-turned-Hollywood actor Alisha Wainright as she meets the scientists and communities turning bold ideas into real world impact. This season, you'll hear about how new medical imaging tools are helping us see our bodies in ways we never could before, meet the team using climate data to predict and preve…
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In this episode, I interviewed Abbie Clary, executive director of Health for All at CannonDesign. We discussed how healthcare spaces and products have traditionally not been designed with women in mind — and what needs to change. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissaplescia/ Conn…
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Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Regina Dugan, CEO of Wellcome Leap, for a conversation about how to tackle complex global challenges through bold innovation. They discuss why emotional engagement is essential to achieving scientific progress, how high-risk, high-reward models can translate to health research, and the importance of addressing underfunded …
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In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Keith Berkle, chair of Privia Women's Health. We discussed the need for value-based care in women's health and the ways Privia is supporting OBGYNs. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissaplescia/ Connect with Keith Berkle https://virginiawomensce…
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Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes JPMorganChase Vice Chairman Peter Scher for a conversation about the evolving role of corporate responsibility and its intersection with business strategy. They discuss Scher’s leadership in JPMorganChase’s $200 million investment to revitalize the city of Detroit, as well as the firm’s work in other urban environments sup…
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I interviewed Amani Bright, senior program manager of Springboard Enterprises, and Julia Lasater, management consulting analyst at Accenture, about Part 2 of their State of Women's Health report. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissaplescia/ Connect with Amani Bright and Julia La…
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I interviewed Margaret Malone, principal at Flare Capital Partners. We discussed the latest investment trends in the women's health space. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissaplescia/ Connect with Margaret Malone https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretgmalone/…
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Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington for a conversation about the connection between mental health and physical health and how tiny changes to behavior can have a profound impact. They discuss the transformative moment that led to Arianna’s pivot to wellness in 2016, and they explore the potential for AI to democratize per…
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Hearing voices is a challenging symptom of psychosis that treatments have often failed to address effectively - until now. Introducing AVATAR therapy, a remarkable approach using digital technology to help patients engage with distressing voices and regain control. Alisha meets Dr Vaughan Bell to explore the therapy's potential, talk about findings…
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Genomics has revolutionised cancer research, offering new hope for cancer diagnosis and treatment. But there are challenges ahead. Alisha is joined by Dr Peter Campbell and researchers Dr Solomon Rotimi and Sara Gómez Trillos to discuss the breakthroughs and the issue of ensuring fair access to advancements for patients worldwide. When Science Find…
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Despite efforts to eliminate cholera by 2030, it remains a formidable global threat. Could technology hold the key to combating this deadly disease? Alisha sits down with Professor Iruka Okeke to talk about the factors driving cholera's spread and the innovative mapping techniques being used in Kenya to identify hotspots. When Science Finds a Way i…
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In this episode, I interviewed Maggie McCullough, CEO of PolicyMap. We discussed the ways the federal government can improve the collection of maternal health data. Episode Resources Connect with Marissa Plescia [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissaplescia/ Connect with Maggie McCullough https://www.policymap.com/about/our-te…
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Over the years, the reluctance to include pregnant participants in vaccine trials has been increasingly challenged. That's because their inclusion can make vital medications available during pregnancy and provide data that could improve survival rates for both parent and baby. Alisha is joined by Dr Flor M Munoz, a global expert in maternal immunis…
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As rising temperatures challenge vulnerable regions, could 'cool roofs' be the affordable, sustainable solution? Alisha joins Dr. Aditi Bunker to talk about the remarkable health benefits uncovered in Burkina Faso's trial, hearing firsthand accounts of how this simple intervention significantly reduces indoor temperatures, lowers heart rates, and i…
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Exercise is more than just fitness – it can be a powerful tool for mental health. But what actually occurs in the brain during a workout, and how can it help in treating mental health issues? Alisha meets Dr Jonathan Roiser and his team of researchers to uncover insights from a groundbreaking pilot study exploring brain activity during exercise, in…
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In a special episode recorded in front of a live audience, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Stanford’s legendary women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer for a discussion about her extraordinary 40-year career. They discuss the coaching philosophy that led her teams to three NCAA Championship titles and an Olympic gold medal, along with her approach to de…
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Wildfires are intensifying globally, posing threats to health and Indigenous communities. Join Alisha and Dr Nicole Redvers as they explore cultural burning, a traditional Indigenous technique offering a potential solution to modern wildfire challenges and hear from those bridging traditional practice and science. A fascinating conversation on the …
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Diseases like dengue, yellow fever and Zika claim over 700,000 lives a year. But a breakthrough from the most unlikely of places could be about to change all that. Travel to Colombia to see how Professor Scott O'Neill, founder of the World Mosquito Program, is using mosquitoes infected with a naturally occurring bacterium as part of a game changing…
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More incredible stories of how scientists and communities are leading the charge against urgent health challenges. Join botanist-turned-Hollywood actor Alisha Wainwright as she explores groundbreaking research and pioneering innovations transforming the science of health. From traditional wildfire management approaches — rooted in Indigenous practi…
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