In this special episode, Jerry Cai and Dr. Thomas Mallouk, a renowned Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, explore current approaches to scaling up hydrogen fuel production and long-term storage, desalination approaches to supplement potable water, and Dr. Mallouk's interests in guitars and glassblowing. 

Join Dzung Than and Dr. Ping Wang, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, for a discussion on next-generation technologies that advance precision diagnosis and prognosis using bioengineering, nanotechnology, chemistry, and microfluidics. 

In this podcast, Special Initiative members Advait Thaploo and Roshan Pillai chat with Dr. Marco Ruella of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies to discuss coming up in the CAR-T space, spinning off a biotech company, and advice and outlook for the future of biotechnology.

University of Pennsylvania undergraduates Grace Dai, Alisha Kumar, and Ishaan Jindal sit down with Vital Start CEO Kirthika Parmeswaran to explore entrepreneurship and innovation in maternal mental health.

In this episode, SI committee member Sylvanne Braganza speaks with Dr. Dominic A. Sisti about what constitutes and how to address the most relevant issues in the field of mental health ethics and the possibilities for mental health research going forward in the future.

In Episode 1, co-hosts John Ainslie and Chunda McCain sit down with Riju Datta and Sanya Mehta to discuss Biogen's Aducanumab in the news. Episode recorded 11/27/20.