In this episode, Bryan guides us through a case study of a patient with retrograde ejaculation. This is when semen travels backwards into the bladder instead of through the urethra. We also spoke to Bryan about National Fertility Awareness Week, which takes place from 31 October to 4 November.

Our October podcast guest is Consultant Reproductive Scientist, Dr Bryan Woodward. Listen in to the first of Dr Bryan Woodward’s podcast episode to find out about his incredible career, which has resulted in him setting up clinics in several countries to help couples conceive through IVF.

In episode two, we explore the past, present and future of neurodegenerative diseases linked to misfolded proteins, namely, Alzheimer’s disease and prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

This month, as part of World Alzheimer’s Month, we spoke with Honorary Consultant Neuropathologist Dr Zane Jaunmuktane. In this episode, find out why Zane is so passionate about neuropathology, what brought her to the UK from Latvia and about her research on neurodegenerative diseases.

In this episode, we speak with Consultant Clinical scientist in Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics(H&I), Dr Arthi Anand. Find out about Arthi’s career so far, which has taken her from India to the UK. Arthi also tells us about how she coped with fitting into a new country and culture and about the importance of diversity in pathology.

In part two, Arthi guides us through a case study of a 5 year old patient from Afghanistan who required a transplant, highlighting how histocompatibility and immunogenetics teams work together with other healthcare teams.

In this episode, Ben guides us through two cases studies of patients who underwent cellular immunotherapy for lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

Ben didn’t particularly enjoy pathology at university. In this episode, we find out what changed his mind, how he became a consultant haematologist and about his work on cellular immunotherapy for cancer.

In part two, Brendan talks us through a case of a patient with hepatitis C and speaks about developments in testing and screening, and how his team are using mobile phones to help improve compliance in hepatitis C patients.

Brendan started out wanting to be a big game vet. In this episode, find out what made Brendan change his mind and inspire him to pursue a career in medicine, specialise in microbiology and infectious diseases and go on to work in Africa as well as in the UK.