Empowered Patient Podcast

Ed Boyden PhD, Associate Professor, Media Lab and McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology is exploring how light can be used to treat neurological diseases using non-invasive devices and genetic engineering. He talks about the emerging field of neurotechnology, bringing together problem experts and solutions experts to find cures and treatments for brain diseases, and the need for more investigation of the mind/body connection. I talked with Ed at the recent Future of Genomic Medicine Conference held in La Jolla CA by the Scripps Translational Science Institute.

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Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, is assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, physician at Columbia University Medical Center and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer and the recently published The Gene: An Intimate History. I heard Sid speak at the 10th Annual Future of Genomic Medicine Conference and in this short interview he admits that he is surprised that his books have become so popular with general audiences but that scientists need to talk up to people and assume they can understand more about the implications of genetic breakthroughs.

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Sher Ali Butt, CEO, CB Therapeutics was presenting at a recent University of California San Diego IGNITE Innovator & Entrepreneur conference. He was there to highlight their novel way of producing cannabinoids in yeast bypassing the need for land, water and other elements involved with growing cannabis plants to extract the cannabinoids. Using biosynthesis technologies they are able to produce CBD isolate with a high level of purity in under 6 days costing on average $5/gram of pure compounds. Now it is up to the medical profession to find new ways to use CBD instead of opiates and other pain medications.

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CB Therapeutics

Niranjanaa Jeeva talks about the March 4-5 UC Health Hackathon that will focus on improving health in low-resource communities and creative ways to address health care needs of refugees. Now in it's third year, this competitive event mixes individuals with medical and technology expertise and awards prize money to teams that show the most innovative solutions to critical medical problems.

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UC Health Hack

Jefferson McMillan, Manager, Healthcare Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University is an expert in geo-spatial visualization and getting data tools into the hands of a wide variety of people. He takes delight in working with end-users when they realize that by looking at patient data in new ways they can find early warning signs of disease outbreaks and see relevance to social media chatter to community health.

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Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University

Jonathan Mack PhD, Program Coordinator Health Care Informatics Program, University of San Diego is excited about the diversity of skills that are needed in the ever expanding health care information technology industry. He shines a light on the increased risk from cyber attacks on health information, the reduction of medical errors thanks to electronic records, and the kinds of jobs that are being created for health care providers with strong technology experience.

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Ruth Bush PhD, Associate Professor, Beyster Institute for Nursing Research at the University of San Diego talks about changing expectations for patient portals by care providers and patients, who really has access to online health information, and possibilities for new approaches to clinical trials. Ruth also talks about the kinds of skills that are needed in the health care informatics industry.

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University of San Diego Beyster Institute

CJ Barton, VP Sales, Kinvey talks about why clients who have tried to design apps most appreciate the value Kinvey brings to the development of HIPAA and security compliant mobile apps being used by hospitals, pharmaceuticals, insurance companies and other healthcare providers. He also talks about innovative mobile health apps for pets that their humans seem to enjoy and that are not required to meet all the standards for moving electronic health information of their owners.

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Fintan Connolly, founder, TakeTen, a start-up in Belfast Northern Ireland is addressing the growing problem of children of all ages who are experiencing stress and anxiety. This innovative app is particularly useful for kids with learning, social, and emotional disabilities by having the camera in a mobile device detect heart rhythm, giving the user visual feedback about how their body is reacting, and providing a language for expressing feelings. TakeTen is working with teachers and parents to give kids a strategy for dealing with failure and stress brought on by life as well as social media.

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Eros Lazzerini Denchi PhD, Associate Professor, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) talks about his exciting discovery of a protein that fine-tunes the cellular clock and impacts aging and the development of cancer. The novel protein TZAP binds the ends of chromosomes and controls a process called telomere trimming. Eros provides a little perspective about the long journey in our understanding of telomeres and telomerase and the intriguing questions that this new discovery opens up.

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TZAP: A telomere-associated protein involved in telomere length control Science January 12, 2017 Eros Lazzerini Denchi and Julia Su Zhou Li

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