Best Elsevier Publishing Podcasts (2025)

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A look inside the RELX business culture: learn what drives performance for leaders, managers and employees alike 38:19

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In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Rose Thomson, RELX chief human resources officer, to explore the RELX business culture. They unpack the elements underpinning the culture that unites our teams, making customer centricity, continuous improvement and innovation possible. This is a fascinating discussion at the intersection of purpose, strategy and…

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Under the Microscope: An open-source approach to upcycling 23:28

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As the right to repair gained political momentum, it obliged companies to share design files and repair guides with every new device. But what about the right to upcycle older technologies? With the power of machine learning, computerised microscopes are increasing efficiency and accuracy in scientific research. However, commercially available micr…

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A truly unique contribution: We shake things up and put the questions to YS Chi 34:41

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In this episode, we turn the tables on our usual host YS Chi, who becomes our guest for the week. Join us as Márcia Balisciano, RELX Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, poses the questions to reveal fascinating insights from 20 years of curiosity, learning and working with great people at RELX. YS Chi, RELX Dir…

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OHT: Is Open-source 'Disrupting' MedTech? Ft. OpenFlexure, OSI2. and Openinsulin. 48:35

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MedTech has an accessibility problem. Life-saving medicine, groundbreaking diagnostics technologies and much-needed lab equipment at the hands of profit-driven companies and oligopolies. What are the consequences of betting human health on proprietary markets, and what alternatives can open-source offer? In this Open Hardware Talks, Lukas Winter (O…

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Combatting Chronic Wounds: Elevating patient care in Nepal through open-source technology 16:43

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How can we elevate life quality for patients in some of the world's most underserved regions? Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is a proven and efficient method for treating chronic wounds. This is particularly useful in low- and middle-income countries, where diseases like leprosy, limited healthcare, low infrastructure and poverty combine to…

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Open Hardware Talks: How To NOT Reinvent the Wheel 38:47

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Open Hardware Talks is back. This series invites interdisciplinary experts and advocates to a roundtable discussion on the most relevant topics in open-source hardware. Discoverability: How To NOT Reinvent the Wheel. Open and collaborative development promises to accelerate innovation by allowing individuals and teams to share new ideas, build on t…

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Research integrity, AI, open access - how Elsevier is navigating the hot topics of scientific publishing 25:37

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In this episode, YS Chi interviews Laura Hassink, Managing Director of Elsevier journals. Elsevier publishes 17 percent of the world's research output across its 3,000 journals. This gives it a unique vantage point on some of the biggest issues currently discussed in the research and scientific communities: research integrity, trust in science, AI,…

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Data, trust and rising premiums: Insights from LexisNexis Risk Solutions 32:08

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In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Bill Madison, CEO of our insurance business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions to explore the dynamics within the insurance industry and why premiums keep rising across the board. To understand the challenges consumers and insurance carriers are facing today, Bill takes us back to 2020, right at the beginning of the pa…

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Unmasking digital fraud: How AI and biometrics are changing the game. Insights from LexisNexis Risk Solutions 29:47

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In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Kimberly Sutherland, vice president of fraud and identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Banks and businesses need to constantly adapt to our need for fast and secure online transactions, while having to detect and stop online fraud. This is a complex task since scammers are increasingly sophisticated and operate …

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Customer-centric technology in the events industry: a discussion with RX leaders 39:52

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In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Brian Brittain, Chief Operations Officer, and Gaby Appleton, Chief Product Officer at RX, the global events business. The events industry is all about connecting buyers and sellers and bringing people together to enable them to grow their business. Far from being a threat to in-person events, as many feared, the …

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Reducing CO2: Using open-source technologies to scale the power of nature 26:39

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Much like plants can turn carbon into energy, researchers have been striving to scale the potential of photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Promising as the technology may be, little progress has been made to scale its potential. If the net human-caused CO2 reduction target of 45 % from 2010 levels is to be reached by 2030, the science must be shared. Tha…

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AI diplomacy: the difficult balancing act between innovation and regulation 25:04

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YS Chi speaks with Philippa Scarlett, RELX global head of government affairs. As a child of diplomats, Pippa has a unique background which gives her cross-cultural competency in a role that requires global thinking. She shares her insights on how different governments think about AI and the opportunities and challenges they face when leveraging AI …

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Meet the editors of A Clinician's Survival Guide to District Nursing! 13:07

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Join us as Neesha Oozageer Gunowa, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), DN, RN, SFHEA, QN and Michelle McBride, MSc, BSc (Hons), DN, RN, SFHEA, QN talk about their phenomenal book; A Clinician's Survival Guide to District Nursing. If you are considering a career in district nursing or you are just looking to sharpen your skills in community care, the A Clinician'…

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Generative AI and the law: how customers are adopting this new technology and creating value. Insights from LexisNexis 34:04

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In this first episode of Season Four, YS Chi speaks with Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of LexisNexis North American, UK & Ireland. In June 2023, YS interviewed Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a few months after introducing generative AI at scale to the legal profession. Fast forward to 2025 and thousands of small and large legal firms a…

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Tagging 6000 Bees: An Open-source System for Species Monitoring 32:52

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Did you know that honey bees dance? When honey bees return to the colony from foraging, they share info about their journey with their fellow honey bees by dancing. Besides getting the boogie on, however, little is known about how far honey bees go foraging and what ecological factors impact their journey, e.g. pesticide exposure. In this episode o…

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Democratising Air Quality: An Open-source Solution to Filling Data Gaps in the Global South 24:22

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The advancement of low-cost sensors has sparked a boom in air quality monitoring devices. From backpack add-ons to citizen bicycles, air quality devices are enabling citizens to get involved in monitoring local air quality. When looking at global air quality maps, however, the data for South America and Africa remain scarce. As primarily consumer-b…

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Building A Better Mousetrap: Scaling animal wellbeing with open-source hardware 23:18

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What if research labs didn't have to reinvent the wheel all the time? Rodents like mice and rats play a pivotal role in neuroscientific research. Through a process known as 'head fixation', scientists surgically implant cannulas and electrodes to measure neurophysiological activity. As mice share roughly 95% of our DNA, head fixation experiments gr…

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Meet the editors of The Child Protection Handbook in this brand new mini-series discussing safeguarding children and young people 14:20

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Editors of the The Child Protection Handbook gather for this insightful and illuminating first episode in their new podcast. They discuss their book which explains how to recognise abuse and protect at-risk children for those working with children and young people aged under 18, including in social care, education, health services, and sport and le…

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A Co-benefits Approach: Preserving more than one species with open-source hardware 27:46

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Did you know that our understanding of basic functions such as memory, learning and sleep is largely thanks to a giant sea slug? For more than 50 years, Aplysia Californica, a type of slug also known as the California Sea Hare, has been important for understanding how the nervous system works and for investigating the cellular and molecular basis o…

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Microwaves Against Malaria: Life-saving technologies and the question of patenting. 31:52

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Urgent needs require urgent solutions, but is open-source always the answer? The UN aims to eradicate malaria in all countries by 2030. However, in some parts of the world, incidents are increasing as the parasites transmitting the disease grow increasingly tolerant to treatment drugs. A novel treatment method using microwaves to kill the parasite …

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High-tech Prosthetics: Granting locomotion to all with open-source robotics. 28:30

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How inclusive are advanced prosthetics technologies? The global demand for prosthetics and orthotics is only expected to rise. Yet, access to affordable and innovative solutions varies greatly at local, national and international levels. And while 3D printing has greatly contributed to making prosthetics available in low-income and developing regio…

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Drones for Data Gathering: How open-source hardware is making environmental research more viable 23:18

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What does it take to make research catch up with climate change? The Arctic regions hold crucial information about the environmental impact of rising temperatures. Calving glaciers and treacherous territories make it a life-threatening mission to collect it though. As autonomous technologies improve, drones, boats and rovers are increasingly being …

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The Future of Food: (Re)growing vertical farming with open-source automation 33:16

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Why did high-tech farming go bust? Vertical Farming was one of the big new technologies of the early 2010s. By growing crops vertically with less water and no pesticides, big vertical farms promised to revolutionise food production. So why are the same vertical farms going bust across Europe and the US just ten years after they boomed? In this epis…

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Open Hardware Talks: Validating openness (with OSHWA and Open Source Ecology Germany) 35:46

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Welcome to a new HardwareX podcast series: Open Hardware Talks. In addition to our regular episodes exploring open-source hardware projects, we're launching a new deep-dive series. Open Hardware Talks explores key concepts of open-source hardware in casual conversations with experts and practitioners from across the ecosystem. For the first episode…

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From Gaza to Ukraine: Exploring the Glia open-source tourniquet and scaling decentralised manufacturing during conflict 32:22

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How can we make life-saving medical equipment more accessible in areas under blockade, with low infrastructure, or with limited resources? In a time where almost every region in the world is seeing a rise in conflict, tourniquets have become increasingly necessary for avoiding excessive civilian casualties. Yet, proprietary tourniquets remain large…

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Meet Hugh Jones, the CEO reinventing RX events 29:36

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Hugh Jones joined RX as CEO in February 2020, and within a month, was facing the implications of the global Covid pandemic. The business, like many others, was seriously impacted. But three years on, recent shows are now performing on average better than their pre-Covid versions. So what has happened? What innovations have been implemented that mak…

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Generative AI and the law: what will legal work look like in years to come? 27:09

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Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Professional, and part of RELX, takes a deep dive into the subject of generative AI and the law. What are the opportunities and risks for lawyers? What are the use cases? What will legal work look like in years to come? LexisNexis Legal & Professional recently launched a generative AI platform designed to trans…

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How do you access financial services when you're 'invisible'? 33:37

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Imagine an American single mother of two teenagers living in Indianapolis who decides it is time to buy her first family home. With no debt, a college degree and a steady job, one would think it would be easy to secure a mortgage. Except she can’t. What about a British national in his mid-thirties moving back to the UK after spending some time in H…

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“I am lucky to be alive” – Alicia Kozak, child abduction survivor and online safety campaigner shares her story. 34:08

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Alicia’s story is a rare story of survival. Twenty years ago, Alicia was abducted and raped by a man she met in an online chatroom. She was just 13 at the time. Her ordeal lasted four days, which was the time it took for the FBI to track down her kidnapper. Since her rescue, Alicia has devoted her life to fighting child predators and educating chil…

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The biggest heist in American history 27:45

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Our largest and most vital US public government programs — food stamps (SNAP), Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), unemployment insurance and even the tax system — are being systematically plundered by domestic and transnational criminals who are intent on disrupting our way of life. Woody Talcove knows this because for 14 yea…

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The new people trends post Covid - a perspective 41:06

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As a global organisation with 33,000 people across 40 countries, how do we make sure we continue to attract, retain and develop talent? How do we adapt to new employee expectations? How do we create a working environment that is inclusive, embraces diversity of thought and allows people to have long and rewarding careers? In this episode, Rose Thom…

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Responsible AI and Ethics - what it means in practice, with Kirk Borne, AI Influencer 36:54

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In this second episode, YS Chi explores the subject of Artificial Intelligence and Ethics, also sometimes called Responsible AI. Like any technology gaining prominence, there is both substance and fuzziness to be found in discussions around AI. There are also many grey areas that are sometimes presented as black and white. Vijay Raghavan, chief tec…

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Is there a Rule of Law crisis? 38:12

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To mark the launch of our third series of Unique Contributions, our host, YS Chi, explores the issue of the Rule of Law and how to make it universal and relevant for everyone. YS Chi asks Ian McDougall, general counsel of LexisNexis Legal & Professional and president of LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, if there's a Rule of Law crisis? And if so, …

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Episode 2: Thriving at Medical School with the Finalists of the ClinicalKey Student Global Challenge 31:38

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In this second episode in our ‘Student Voices’ series, the finalists of Elsevier’s ClinicalKey Student Global Challenge will be continuing to share their top study resources and addressing common misconceptions surrounding medical school. Joining the panel today are Michaela-Zoi Psarommati from the Democritus University of Thrace, Octavi Casals Far…

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Episode 1: Thriving at Medical School with the Finalists of the ClinicalKey Student Global Challenge 41:12

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In this first episode in our ‘Student Voices’ series, the finalists of Elsevier’s ClinicalKey Student Global Challenge will be sharing their top tips for establishing a healthy work-life balance and managing mental health at medical school. Joining the panel for this discussion are Michaela-Zoi Psarommati from the Democritus University of Thrace, O…

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You Can Be a Leader In Nursing with Heather Henry and Natalie Elliott 21:53

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In this episode, Heather Henry, RN MBA Queen’s Nurse, nurse entrepreneur, founder of Brightness Management Limited, BreathChamps CIC, Honorary senior lecturer, University of Salford, and Author is in conversation with newly registered nurse, and editor of the video series, Virtual Mentor: Leadership, which accompanies Heather’s book, Be a Leader in…

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Building Confidence and Developing Leadership Skills in a Clinical Setting with Heather Henry and Natalie Elliott 23:50

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In this second instalment of their podcast, nurse entrepreneur, lecturer, and author, Heather Henry is joined again by newly registered nurse, Natalie Elliott, to share their advice on how to build confidence and develop leadership skills in a clinical setting. Heather and Natalie address student anxiety concerning networking, mental health, and un…

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HILO Studio for Innovations in Textile Manufacturing (with Sara Diaz Rodriguez, Natalija Krasnoperova, and Lukas Schattenhofer from Berlin, Germany) 41:58

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In this episode, we talk to the creators of Studio HILO that offers open source technologies for local yarn production, along with remote workshops and vocational training to facilitate user-driven experimentation. Our three guests are Sara Diaz Rodriguez (co-founder of Studio HILO, textile design and technologies consultant), Natalija Krasnoperova…

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Music Composition and Environmental Sensing (with Chet Udell) 44:24

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In this fourth episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our guest is Chet Udell who is an Assistant Professor of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University (USA). Dr. Udell is the Director of the Openly Published Environmental Sensing (OPEnS) lab at his university. His lab is an NSF and USDA funded Makerspace led by a staff of …

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Why no university is an island: research leaders on the rise of the engaged civic institution 24:58

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For this compilation episode, we’ve delved into our archives to explore how the role of universities in their communities is evolving and the many factors driving that change. Find our full show notes here. You will hear clips from the following Research 2030 episodes (listed in order of appearance): Societal Impact, SDG Research & Universities fea…

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Portable, open-source wireless spectrophotometer (with Katrina Laganovska from Riga, Latvia) 24:18

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In this third episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our guest is Katrina Laganovska from the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Riga LV-1063, Latvia . She is the first author of an HardwareX article titled “Portable low-cost open-source wireless spectrophotometer for fast and reliable measurements” along with co-authors Aleks…

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Open-source pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (with Diego Lagos-Susaeta from Santiago, Chile) 16:51

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In this second episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our guest is Diego Lagos-Susaeta who is affiliated with the Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (CeBiB), Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Our guest is the first author of an HardwareX article titled “openPFGE: An open…

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HardwareX in the Limelight (with Editors-in-Chief Joshua Pearce and Todd Duncombe, and Associate Editor Santosh Pandey) 17:35

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In this first episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our new host is Dr. Sanli Faez who is the Assistant Professor (tenured) of Physics at Utrecht University. Our guests are Dr. Joshua Pearce and Dr. Todd Duncombe who are the Editors-in-Chief of HardwareX and have edited the Special Issue: COVID-19 Medical Hardware. We also invite Dr. Santosh Pand…

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Blending societal impact and research strategy – two experts explain what needs to change and why 35:22

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In this episode, Director of AESIS Anika S. Duut van Goor and senior institutional capacity builder Toñi Caro, discuss the nuts and bolts of societal impact. They consider: What it will take to build a true societal impact culture Who can play a key role The importance of patience and perseverance The power of ambassadors of change "[For societal i…

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Surviving General Practice Nursing with Karen Storey and Rhian Last 16:43

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How is the role of a general nurse practitioner changing? Poppy Garraway talks to Karen Storey and Rhian Last about their newly published book, A Nurse's Survival Guide to General Practice Nursing, general nursing practice as a career and how and why all royalties will go to the Cavell Trust. A Nurse's Survival Guide to General Practice Nursing, by…

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Covid-19: A Critical Care Textbook with Chris Carter and Joy Notter 13:55

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Fascinating insight from the authors Chris Carter and Joy Notter on how they developed Covid-19: A Critical Care Textbook to meet the needs of nurses working on and redeployed to critical care wards. They discuss their capacity building work in Zambia both before and during the pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on nursing practice and systems…

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Research strategy: A conversation with Lesley Thompson & Holly Falk-Krzesinski 44:08

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In this episode, Elsevier’s Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski, PhD, and Lesley Thompson, PhD, talk all things research strategy. During a wide-ranging discussion, they look at what’s changing for universities and the myriad factors driving those changes, including: Shifts in funding The growth of open science An increased focus on societal impact, including…

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Author Interview: Low-cost, open-source 3D printed antibody dispenser (with Dr. Joong Ho Shin) 15:06

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In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Dr. Joong Ho Shin and Won Han. Dr. Shin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pukyong National University, South Korea. Dr. Shin is an expert in microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, biosensors, diagnostic devices, biotechnology and molecular biology. His work has been publi…

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HardwareX and Open Source Hardware with co-Editor-in-chief (Joshua Pearce, PhD) 25:35

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In this episode of HardwareX podcast, we talk to Professor Joshua Pearce who is the co-Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX. Dr. Pearce is the Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation, cross-appointed in the Richard Ivey School of Business and Western University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Pearce is a renowned ex…

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The Journey of HardwareX with co-Editor-in-chief (Todd Duncombe, PhD) 17:38

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In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Todd Duncombe who is the co-Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX. Todd is a Postdoctoral researcher at the renowned ETH Zurich, Department of BioSystems Science and Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. He has published several impactful papers and inventions on Droplet Microfluidic, Analytical Chemistry, Mass…