Science Never Sleeps

The "War" on Cancer: Are We Winning? A Conversation with Dr. Denis Guttridge

The public has been hearing for months about the clinical trials conducted by various institutions and pharmaceutical companies related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but what does it mean to be involved in a clinical trial, and why would the public want to participate? What is the importance of clinical trials, what are the safeguards surrounding any clinical trial, and what do clinical trials offer the public?

Dr. Patrick Flume, is a professor of Medicine in Pediatrics with specialties in pulmonology and critical care medicine at the Medical University. He serves as the Powers- Huggins endowed chair for cystic fibrosis, and is the director of the Adult MUSC Cystic Fibrosis Center. Dr. Flume is heavily involved in MUSC's research enterprise, including the way MUSC manages clinical trial safety and protection of all those engaged in any clinical trial. Dr. Flume, along with many other clinical scientists at MUSC, has been instrumental in several very successful clinical trials, most recently the implementation and success of the COVID-19 trials.

COVID-19: Is Our Past Our Future? A conversation with Dr. Mike Schmidt 

Dr. Lucinda A. Halstead is the Vice Chairman for Resident Education in the department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and the Medical Director of the MUSC Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing. Dr. Halstead founded the MUSC Voice Center in 1987 to support research and advanced care in laryngology, swallowing, voice, pediatric otolaryngology, and performing arts medicine. In 2000, she became the medical director of the Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing

She is the laryngologist for the internationally renowned Spoleto Festival USA, and president of the Performing Arts Medicine Association.

Getting to the Genetic Heart of the Matter. A Conversation with Dr. Daniel Judge

Aging Doesn't Have to Scare You! A conversation with Dr. Heather Boger, Associate Director of the Institute for Healthy Aging

Looking Back/Moving Forward: The Neurobiology of Addiction | A conversation with MUSC Distinguished University Professor, Dr. Peter Kalivas 

Eric R. Powers, M.D., FACC and other partners are assisting in the implementation of an advanced clinical and training program in cardiovascular disease at the Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania—the first advanced cardiac and catheterization center in the country.

Dr. Eric Powers is a Professor of Medicine and the Peter C. Gazes M.D. Endowed Chair in Clinical Cardiology, is a board-certified physician of internal medicine, cardiovascular care, and interventional cardiology. He's a graduate of Harvard Medical School, and completed his residency and fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He has received numerous awards for his work as a clinician and scientist, and has been named one of America's top doctors.