Empowered Patient Podcast

Brinda Rana PhD is participating in the analysis of data from the NASA Twins Study that focused on identical twins Scott and Mark Kelly. Scott recently become the first US astronaut to spend a year in space while Mark, also an astronaut, remained on earth. The study is beginning to shed light on the physical effects of extremely stressful space travel which seem to correlate to the aging process and the onset of certain diseases. In addition to learning about how the human body might respond to a long trip to Mars, scientists are also learning about how to identify molecular markers for better treatment and prevention of diseases on earth.

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NASA Twins Study

Stein Institute for Research on Aging UCSD

Kim Walpole reports on the recent Clinical Trials Patient Experience Summit where there was a recognition that clinical trials really need to be more patient-centric. Stories from patients and those who design and manage trials reveal burdens that can be overcome by using technology and the Internet of things. One key take-away--the medical research industry needs to make it easier for people to want to participate in clinical trials.

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Clinical Trials Patient Experience Summit

Trials.ai

Brad Ellison, Head of the Healthcare Practice at Phone2Action has a deep understanding of what drives protests about healthcare issues having previously worked as legislative counsel to a member of the House of Representatives. We talk about recent protests by scientists and doctors and how healthcare activists need to educate and identify stories that will drive home their messages. Key to creating a successful protest is growing a community that responds to a call to action.

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Phone2Action.com

Dr. Dilip Jeste is a geriatric neuropsychiatrist, Director of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the University of California San Diego. He reflects on the need to have more conversations about successful dying in addition to our focus on successful aging. Part of that conversation needs to consider what digital messages are left for loved ones and the public. While we can not control death, we can control our legacies and how we are remembered. It looks like there is an emerging industry for documenting and preserving our digital afterlife.

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HealthSciences.ucsd.edu/research/aging

Dr. Este Geraghty, Chief Medical Officer and Health Solutions Director, Esri talks about how GIS tools are mapping opioid-related mortality, prescription rates, and use by patients to help public health officials and medical care providers better understand abuses, triggers for use, and ways to safely dispose of unwanted drugs. Este also gives a little preview of topics to be covered at the July 10-14 2017 Esri International Users Conference.

@Esri_health

Esri.com

Laura Mitchell, Laura Mitchell Consulting, is an expert on the convergence of technology and the aging population. We talk about the move from one-to-one care to a zone-care giving environment augmented by sensors and wearables, how use of technology can be encouraged by caregivers or dismissed as not relevant, and the move towards continuous monitoring.

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LMCllc.us

Ryan Leung one of the winners in the recent University of California San Diego HealthHack talks about the need to grow nutrient rich vegetables in refugee camps. Working with his team, Ryan came up with the idea for Rooted in Refugees: A Hanging Garden Project that would provide a smart solution for using limited land and water and give the refugees the satisfaction of growing of their own food to supplement other provisions.

UCHealthHack

Pranav Singh is an undergraduate in the department of Bio-Engineering at the University of California San Diego and the winner of the recent UCSD HealthHack. Pranav's team came up with a plan, Blueprints for Life: Design Solutions for Refugee Health. Their central idea is to allow the community of refugees in camps to organize and tap into expertise that can improve the life of all. Pranav is excited about the tools that bio-engineering is bringing to addressing global health challenges and encouraged by their success in the HealthHack.

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UCSD HealthHack

Ben Tien is a graduate student in the department of bio-engineering at the University of California San Diego and a winner in the refugee category at the recent UCSD HealthHack. Ben talks about how his team came up with the solution of a sexual assault alarm bracelet that would provide light, an emergency siren and a way to mark an assailant. Ben also explains his passion for improving global health through the use of bio-engineering to come up with cost-effective innovative solutions.

UCSD HealthHack

Paul Knoepfler PhD, Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis is also the author of the new book GMO Sapiens: The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies and talks with me about what stem cells can do to help create new cancer therapies as well as grow organoids in the lab to test drugs. I heard Paul speak at the recent Future of Genomic Medicine Conference produced by the Scripps Translational Science Institute.

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GMO Sapiens: The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies