Behind the Microscope

Dr. Robin Lorenz is the Senior Director of Research Pathology at Genentech. Dr. Lorenz got her MD-PhD from Washington University in St. Louis where she also received her residency training in clinical pathology. She later moved to the University of Alabama where she served as the Director of the MD-PhD program and physician scientist development office, and received her master’s degree in healthcare quality and safety, before moving to Genentech.

Credits:

This episode sponsored by an American Society for Cell Biology COMPASS Outreach Grant!

More about ASCB COMPASS here: https://www.ascb.org/member-news/compass-who-are-we/

Our thanks to Dr. Lorenz for being on the podcast and sharing her wisdom and advice.

Check out her faculty page here: https://www.gene.com/scientists/our-scientists/robinna-lorenz

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer, Social Media Coordinator, and BTMblog Editor-in-Chief – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

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That’s Dr. John Lowe, today on Behind the microscope.

Dr. John Lowe, MD, is the retired Senior Director of Pathology at Genentech inc. Dr. Lowe got his MD from the University of Utah, went to residency at Washington University in St. Louis, was an HHMI investigator at the University of Michigan, chair of pathology at case western reserve University and ultimately the Senior director of pathology at Genentech before his retirement in 2018.

Credits:

This episode sponsored by an American Society for Cell Biology COMPASS Outreach Grant!

More about ASCB COMPASS here: https://www.ascb.org/member-news/compass-who-are-we/

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

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer, Social Media Coordinator, and BTMblog Editor-in-Chief – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

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Dr. Alberto Espay is a Professor of Neurology and the Director of the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder. Dr. Espay got his MD from the Central University of Venezuala, received his residency training at Indiana University, and fellowship at the University of Toronto. He is also the author of the book “Brain Fables: The Hidden History of Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Blueprint to Conquer Them”

released just this month in the United States. Today, we discuss a broad range of topics with Dr. Espay, from the structures in place to fund and advance science and scientific careers, to his own experiences navigating that system, to his excitement and frustrations with his field of neurodegenerative disease.

Credits:

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

Follow Dr. Espay on Twitter: @AlbertoEspay

Dr. Espay’s Faculty Page: https://www.uchealth.com/physician/alberto-espay/

Pick up a copy of “Brain Fables” here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088T85GMF/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_ka7qFbM9JDNE9

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer, Social Media Coordinator, and BTMblog Editor-in-Chief – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

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Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Cervantes-Barragan for being on the show.

Dr. Cervantes-Barragan’s Faculty Page: https://www.med.emory.edu/directory/profile/?u=LCERVAN

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer, Social Media Coordinator, and BTMblog Editor-in-Chief – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

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Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy and Assistant Dean for Mentoring at Weill Cornell Medical College. She has spent more than 25 years involved in physician and physician scientist education at Weill Cornell and was the administrative director of the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program. Dr. Gotian received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her Ed. D from Columbia University. Today, Dr. Gotian shares some of her incredible insights into what makes successful physician scientists tick, and how we can begin to teach those attributes of resilience to rising trainees.

Credits:

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

Follow Dr. Gotian on Twitter: @RuthGotian

Dr. Gotian’s Faculty Page: http://vivo.med.cornell.edu/display/cwid-rgotian

Check out some of Dr. Gotian’s publications:

How to develop a mentoring team:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2020/07/06/how-to-cultivate-a-mentoring-team-in-five-easy-steps/#297631d5244a

Why you need a support team:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00992-3

Mentoring during the covid 19 pandemic:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01028-x

Five power skills for becoming a team leader:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00178-2

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer, Social Media Coordinator, and BTMblog Editor-in-Chief – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

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Dr. Curtis Henry is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University. Dr. Henry received his BS from Florida A&M, his PhD from Wake Forest University, and did a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus before joining the faculty at Emory University in the Department of Pediatrics. He was also recently featured in a cell press article highlighting 100 inspiring black scientists in America. Today, Dr. Henry shares his journey, his wisdom, and his advice for success and happiness in a career in academic research.

Credits:

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

Dr. Henry’s Faculty Page: https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/bios/faculty/henry-curtis.html

Cell Press article: http://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/100-more-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer, Social Media Coordinator, and BTMblog Editor-in-Chief – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

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Dr. Pearl Ryder is a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Dorothy Lerit at Emory University. Dr. Ryder received her BA from the University of Chicago and her MD-PhD from Emory University. Today, Dr. Ryder shares with us her journey to finding her passion in research and her perspective on MD-PhD training and the role of physician scientists.

Credits:

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

Follow Dr. Ryder on twitter: @pearl_ryder

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_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

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Dr. Daniel Moore: The final installment of our 5 Part feature on Vanderbilt University. Dr. Moore is an assistant professor of pediatrics and the director of Vanderbilt’s Pediatrician Physician Scientist Training Program. Dr. Moore received his Bachelor’s degree from Harvard, his MD-PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and then went to Vanderbilt to complete a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in Pediatric endocrinology. Today, Dr. Moore shares his story, his experience in training and starting his own lab, and the structure and vision of the Vanderbilt Pediatrician Physician Scientist Training Program.

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

Follow Dr. Moore on twitter: @armyofdan

Dr. Moore’s faculty page: https://www.vumc.org/viiii/person/daniel-j-moore-phd-md

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_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1

Website: behindthemicroscope.com

Dr. Christine Lovly: Episode 4 of our 5 Part feature on Vanderbilt University. Dr. Lovly is an Associate Professor of Medicine, co-leader of the translational research and interventional oncology research program, and an alumnus of the Vanderbilt PSTP. Dr. Lovly received her BA from Johns Hopkins, and her MD-PhD from Washington University in St. Louis before coming to Vanderbilt. Today, Dr. Lovly shares with us her path to this unique career, her experiences within the Vanderbilt PSTP, and her perspective on the role of physician scientists in research and medicine.

Credits:

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

Follow Dr. Lovly on Twitter: @christine_lovly

Dr. Lovly’s faculty page: https://www.vicc.org/member/christine-m-lovly

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_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

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Website: behindthemicroscope.com

Today we catch up with our colleague and friend, Victoria (Vicky) Avanzato, a 5th year MD/DPhil student in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) MD/PhD Partnership Training Program. Vicky discusses her unique physician-scientist education which consists of medical school training at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia), and graduate school training at the University of Oxford (U.K.) and the National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Labs (Hamilton, Montana) as part of the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program (OxCam). Vicky also discusses her research on Nipah viruses, the impact of COVID19 on her own dissertation work and subsequent pivot to study COVID19. Enjoy!

This episode sponsored by an American Society for Cell Biology COMPASS Outreach Grant!

More about ASCB COMPASS here: https://www.ascb.org/member-news/compass-who-are-we/

Twitter: @vickyavocado

NIH Profile: https://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov/current-students/student-professional-profiles/2017#avanzato

Emory Profile: https://med.emory.edu/MDPHD/trainees/current_students/avanzato_victoria.html

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-avanzato-39b76193

More info on Vicky's Graduate Labs:

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/vincent-j-munster-phd

https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/principal-investigators/researcher/thomas-bowden

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