Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Wesley Greenblatt, a pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital and PhD candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Dr. Greenblatt tells us the story of the Yellow Berets, a group of medical researchers who trained during the Vietnam War at the National Institute of Health's Associate Training Program. After an unexpected discovery of notecards detailing the names of applicants who were not accepted into the program, Dr. Greenblatt and his team were able to compare the careers and accomplishments of those who were trained in the program with those who were not. Their results will both surprise and fascinate you!

Read more about the Yellow Berets here and here.

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Dr. Josh Belfer continues his discussion with Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, cardiologist and evolutionary biologist, about the concept of One Health. They discuss how we can learn about mental illness from animals, and why medical students are spending more time learning about medicine at the zoo.

Read more about Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and her work here.

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, cardiologist and evolutionary biologist, about a species-spanning approach to health. Dr. Natterson-Horowitz explains the concept of One Health, and how studying animal health can help shed light on how we treat medical and psychiatric disease in humans. She provides countless examples of the health connection between humans, animals, and their shared environments.

Read more about Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and her work here.

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Malinda McPherson, a postdoctoral associate in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and member of this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Dr. McPherson studies pitch perception and the interpretation of sound, and has set out to answer the question of whether we interpret sound and combination of notes in the same way as other cultures.

Read Dr. McPherson's study here, and watch the visual abstract here.

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Joel Fish, Director of the Center for Sport Psychology. Dr. Fish, a nationally renowned sports psychologist, discusses his experience working with athletes of all ages and levels. He sheds light on the mental side of sport, how athletes become elite, and the impact of fans on professional athletes.

Find out more about Dr. Joel Fish and the Center for Sports Psychology at https://www.psychologyofsport.com/

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Iryna Kyporenko, a journalist currently reporting from Ukraine. She talks about the reality of the situation in Ukraine.

Read Iryna's article on the children's hospital in Kyiv here.

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Dmytro Ishchenko, a neurosurgeon at Kyiv's Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital. He describes the devastation that is taking place in his home country, and his efforts to take care of patients at the hospital.

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Susan Landau, professor in cybersecurity and policy at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Dr. Landau discusses the utility of contact tracing apps in public health efforts around the COVID-19 pandemic, and the important questions around equity and privacy that need to be considered.

Check out Dr. Landau's book titled "People Count: Contact-Tracing Apps and Public Health" HERE

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Joseph Maroon, the team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dr. Maroon discusses what the NFL has done to make the game of football safer, and the changing perceptions of concussions and mental health in professional football.

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Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Joseph Maroon, a neurosurgeon who serves as the medical director of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Dr. Maroon discusses his path from youth athlete to neurosurgeon, the unique challenges that WWE wrestlers pose as a patient population, and what the WWE is doing to protect the health and safety of their wrestlers.

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