ThinkResearch

In the latest episode of ThinkResearch, BWH senior epidemiologist Dr. Julie Buring, ScD, explains the techniques behind using clinical trials to determine the efficacy of health treatments and provide potentially life-saving answers to research questions.

Vitamin D is known for promoting bone health, and now Dr. JoAnn Manson believes it could also reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. Hear how she started a nationwide clinical trial with nearly 26,000 participants to determine the additional benefits of vitamin D and omega-3s.

What do discoveries made by the German aircraft industry have to do with the treatment of kidney stones? Dr. Peter Steinberg explains the connection and how kidney stones impact the economy on the next episode of ThinkResearch.

Join us as we talk with Dr. Jeffrey Karp, a top medical innovator, who draws on his engineering training and nature’s own ingenuity to create products and devices that improve human health. This is his story.

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Join us as we discuss with Dr. Laura Riley, the “ins and outs” of a growing international epidemic, Zika virus. How is it transmitted? If I get the virus, what information is available about the short and long term effects?

Dr. Charles Deutsch, Director of the Population Health Research Program of Harvard Catalyst, recounts his journey through academia and how he created success in the research world.

Dr. Enrico Cagliero discusses his journey in the field of Diabetics Research. Dr. Cagliero is a Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; and the Director of the Harvard Catalyst Research Subject Advocacy Program. You can find the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud and our website www.catalyst.harvard.edu/thinkresearch

In our first episode Dr. Elliott Antman, Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research at Harvard Medical School, shares the fascinating story of how medical issues in cows led to the discovery of one of the most widely used drugs in America today. For more information please visit our site: http://catalyst.harvard.edu/services/thinkresearch/

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