University of California Video Podcasts (Video)

Francois Binette, PhD

Lineage Cell Therapeutics

Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36354]

Almost 6 million people worldwide die from traumatic injuries every year. A quarter of those injuries result from traffic accidents and mostly affects young adults who provide for their families. The team from the UCSF Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology provide training to surgeons around the world. The result have shown a 93% surgical success rate in preventing amputations. Series: "The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36422]

Traumatic injuries are the largest health crisis in the world today. UCSF's Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology provides advanced surgical education for surgeons in developing countries to improve the level of orthopedic care. Series: "The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36423]

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a genetically inherited disease that affects the photoreceptors at the back of the eye, leads to blindness. Kristin Macdonald was told she had RP at age 31 - a diagnosis that vaulted her into advocacy. She shares her story of living with blindness, participating in clinical trials, and hope for the future. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36433]

Jeanne F. Loring, PhD

Aspen Neuroscience Series: "Women in Science" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36321]

This lecture features Rashad Robinson, the President of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. The organization helps people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, they move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America. Color Of Change uses an innovative combination of technology, research, media savvy and local community engagement to build powerful movements and change the industries that affect Black people’s lives: in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Wall Street, Washington, prosecutor offices, capitol hills and city halls around the country.

This lecture ends with a brief discussion of the September 29 presidential “debate” between Trump and Biden, considering what was revealed in this event and how it will impact the ongoing campaigns.  

Series: "UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 36282]

Matt Beane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Research Affiliate with MIT's Institute for the Digital Economy. Matt studies deviance in work involving machine intelligence - and specifically robotics. He asks questions like "How do workers, organizations and even AI engage in deviance, and what happens when they do?" Matt has done extensive field research on robotic surgery, robotic materials transport, and robotic telepresence in healthcare, elder care and knowledge work. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 36438]

Mark Tuszynski MD, PhD

UC San Diego

Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36353]

Diana Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS

UC Davis

Series: "Women in Science" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36344]

Aileen Anderson, PhD

UCI

Series: "Women in Science" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36355]