Radio Life Sciences

Radio Life Sciences

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Radio Life Sciences episodes

  • General Research Profile

    In today's episode, Bea talks about the General Research Profile with three guests. Our first guest is Tania Moran Luengo, policy advisor and Research Project coordinator at the Graduate School of Life Sciences. Also joining this episode is Elianne, a former student who completed this profile a few months ago and is now a Lab technician at the same lab where she ended up doing her research. Our last guest is Manuel, a Regenerative Medicine and Technology student currently following this profile. 

    37 min
  • Pass-fail system

    In today's episode, we have a conversation with a Bio Inspired Innovation Master student, Heleen van Leur. She wrote an opinion article on why the major research project should be graded pass/fail instead of numerically back in July 2022. Also, a guest at our podcast table is Dr. Renske de Kleijn, an assistant professor at UMC Utrecht. Her work focuses on conducting and supervising educational research on feedback and self-regulation in higher education.

    30 min
  • Well-being special

    In today's extra long and special episode, we look back on the series and well-being with one of our newest GSLS alumni, Jacco Bakx and author Marian Donner of the guide to self-destruction book. Donner studied Psychology in Amsterdam and majored in love and passion later on. 

    59 min
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion and well-being

    In today's episode, we have a conversation on diversity, equity, inclusion in relation to well-being with two experts today. First expert is Dr. Gisella van der Velden, she is an assistent professor at the Biomedical Sciences department of the GSLS, and Dr. Leoniek Wijngaards is Professor Data use for innovation in Higher Education, and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. 

    45 min
  • Impact of the system on well-being

    In today's episode, we have a conversation on the influence of the system on well-being with a Master's student of the GSLS, Lieke Gol, who studies on the programme "Biology of Disease", and our expert Dr. Bert Arets. Dr. Bert Arets works at Wilhelmina Children's Hospital as a Pediatric pulmonologist in which he focuses on cystic fibrosis, difficult-to-treat asthma, and congenital lung diseases. 

    36 min
  • Education and Covid-19

    In today's episode, we are talking about education and Covid-19. We do so together with Gijs Teunis, a One Health Masters student, and Prof. Dr. Berent Prakken (MD, PhD) vice-dean and director of the biomedical education centre and professor of pediatric immunology at the Utrecht Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU). 

    35 min
  • Well-being and our brain
    In todays episode we have a conversation with Prof. Erik Scherder. He is a Dutch professor of neuropsychology affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (VU) and professor of Movement Sciences at the University of Groningen. We discuss the importance of physical activity in correlation to our well-being, as well as its long-term importance. Besides […]
    34 min
  • How we see well-being
    What are different perspectives on the issue of mental well-being? A talk with a professor Floortje Scheepers (her main line of research is: innovation in medical health care) and a student of the GSLS Lieke Gol, who studies on the programme “Biology of Disease” and works in a lab at the “Experimental Neurology” department of […]
    28 min
  • Episode 18 – The first episode of the “Well-being series”
    To what extent is mental health issues widespread amongst students in the Netherlands? What does statistics show and what can we to tackle these issues? A talk with a full professor in innovation in medical health care Floortje Scheepers and a student Lieke Gol, who studies on the programme “Biology of Disease” and works in […]
    28 min
  • Introducing “Well-Being Series”
    This is the introduction episode to the “Student Well-Being Series” of the Radio Life Sciences (RLS). The podcast series will consist of five episodes. Meet our hosts – prof. Harold van Rijen and Eveline Kallenberg, MSc. They introduce themselves, share their personal stories and explain, why addressing the topic of student well-being is especially relevant […]
    15 min

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RADIO LIFE SCIENCES – a podcast produced by the GSLS for the GSLS. LISTEN to educators, policy makers, researchers, fellow students, and others share their perspectives. LEARN about the inner workings…