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I have a special guest with me, Dr. Mitzi Joy Williams. She is a board certified neurologist and fellowship trained multiple sclerosis specialist who serves as the founder and CEO of the Joy Life Wellness Group Multiple Sclerosis Center. On today's episode, we're diving into the ins and outs of fatigue. You'll finish this episode feeling prepared with actionable steps to help improve your energy and therefore do more in your daily life. Mitzi Joi Williams is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellowship trained Multiple Sclerosis Specialist who serves as the Founder & CEO of the Joi Life Wellness Group Multiple Sclerosis Center in Smyrna, GA. She is considered a subject matter expert in Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis, and Health Disparities. Dr. Williams has over 15 years of experience in the field of Multiple Sclerosis. She received her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and received her Doctor of Medicine Degree from Morehouse School of Medicine also in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed her Internal Medicine Internship, Neurology Residency, and Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship at Georgia Health Sciences University (formerly MCG) in Augusta, GA, where she received numerous accolades and served as Chief Resident of the Neurology Residency Program. Dr. Williams has spearheaded and participated in multiple steering committees and work groups to further research in underserved populations with MS with a focus on the African American population. She has recently joined efforts to increase diversity in clinical trials and educate the community about the importance of research participation. Through collaborations with national and international committees, she advocates for people living with MS to share in the decision-making process with their healthcare teams to combat this disease. Most recently, her collaborative efforts as one of the founders of the National African American Multiple Sclerosis Registry (NAAMSR) was published in the Journal of Neurology. Dr. Williams is the author of “MS Made Simple: The Essential Guide to Understanding Your Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis.” She continues to live out her mission to provide personalized Multiple Sclerosis Care delivered with expertise, compassion and joy. Connect with Dr. Williams: The Nerdy Neurologist - https://www.instagram.com/thenerdyneurologist/ The Nerdy Neurologist – Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheNerdyNeurologist The Nerdy Neurologist – Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdyNeurologist/ Dr. Mitzi's book – You Can Live Well With Multiple Sclerosis https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSJ6DKTM?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_VTRK36E98CJ3TT25A60M Additional Resources: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/insider Reach out to Me: hello@doctorgretchenhawley.com Website: www.MSingLink.com Social: ★ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mswellness ★ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctor.gretchen ★ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/doctorgretchenhawley?sub_confirmation=1 → Game Changers Course: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/GameChangersCourse → Total Core Program: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/TotalCoreProgram → The MSing Link: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/TheMSingLink

“Climate change is a matter now of extreme urgency.  Our failure to act is a failure of imagination but recent developments suggest the pace is picking up. Within asset management, climate change and specifically carbon emissions are central factors within the broader sustainability/ESG approach. Finance is a key conduit and asset managers now need to assess the climate risk within their investments.   The need to extract this information from the companies in which they invest will not only create greater transparency in terms of disclosing climate risk but it also  will force change on companies who are not making the necessary adjustments.” Jean-Jacques Barrow   Jean-Jacques Barrow, a member of the Harvard and Radcliffe class of 1992, shares his journey since graduating from Harvard. He began his career as an English major and moved to Paris for a four-month contract as an editorial assistant with the International Herald Tribune, which has since been rebranded the International New York Times. He learned about how journalism functions and how it is required that one serves their time on the periphery and provinces. One of his tasks was transcribing key data from the Bloomberg terminal for the financial section, so he began educating himself about the world of finance. After this position ended, he moved back to Geneva during a recession and took many jobs, including working at a construction work removal company. He eventually secured a job as an editor at Capital International, one of the world's largest asset managers where his job was to take minutes and write reports on investment meetings.    Working in Swiss Private Banking He was initially impatient to secure an opportunity in the investment industry, but eventually landed a job at Swiss private banking. The Swiss private banking industry was built around tax evasion and tax optimization, but over the last 20-25 years, the industry has changed due to pressures from the European Union and the US following many scandals. The industry has become more regulated, open, and legitimate, with a focus on decoding assets and legitimate tax optimization. He believes that the key driver for change in the industry is the pressure from the US around undeclared funds from people who had not survived the Second World War, particularly Jewish, deposited in Switzerland. This pressure has led to a shift in the industry's focus on decoding assets and legitimate tax optimization. Jean-Jacques shares what he learned about tax evasion when he moved to the investment desk and started his apprenticeship, knowing very little and learning on the job. He worked for Bankers Trust, which was a pivotal moment in his career, but it ended up collapsing due to the Russia bond crisis and Korea's aggressive approach. He learned the basis of implementation and focused on discretionary portfolio management. His experience in private banking was interesting, and he talks about the many interesting developments he witnessed. He was also involved in the world of events and geopolitical forces.  He later moved to the Royal Bank of Canada, where he was assigned to the French Canadian market and North American markets. However, due to the Canadian bank's regulated status, there was limited investment content based in Switzerland.    Investment Management, Social Entrepreneurship, and Microfinance Jean-Jacques decided to pivot towards investment management and pursued an executive MBA at INSEAD. He became interested in social entrepreneurship and microfinance. After graduating, he found himself in the midst of a potential slowdown in 2008, which was a challenging time for job opportunities. He found a disconnect between what microfinance was supposed to be and the reality. However, the initial concept has evolved, and he was inspired by the business model developed by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, who aimed to help the poor with micro loans.   Sustainable Investing as a Growing Trend JJ talks about sustainable investing as a growing trend in the financial sector. This shift has been driven by the changing regulatory environment in Europe, which is becoming more strict about financial reporting on portfolio content. The screening process has evolved, with companies now actively screening companies within sensitive sectors, such as the extraction industry and energy banking. The process has also been refined, with a global climate 2035 portfolio focused on names and companies related to fighting climate change. This  approach is a reaction to the increasing regulatory environment in Europe, which is becoming more strict about financial reporting on portfolio content. He talks about investing in secondary markets and how investing in companies with technology can help support the emergence of technology in the mainstream. However, when investing in secondary markets, the capacity to generate changes may be muted. The regulators are pushing companies to be more explicit about their environmental risks and more detailed about the externalities they generate. This will drive change, if companies are not open about their environmental risk, they may face punishment from shareholders and public challenges in general meetings. In Switzerland, the collapse of a major Swiss bank, Credit Suisse, was a prime example of how minority shareholders pushed companies to exit investment banking to stop funding fossil fuels. This has led to the closure of investment banks and the need for companies to be more transparent about their environmental risks.   ESG Investing and Shareholder Power Jean-Jacques mentions the importance of ESG investing and its potential to drive change in the energy sector. He explains that ESG investing has outperformed the broader market over the last five years, with a natural quality bias and exposure to tech. However, the recent increase in enthusiasm for this style of investing in 2022 has led to delays in good intentions. He discusses the evolution of ESG investing in Europe, with companies realizing that stricter regulations will require more disclosure of information. This has led to companies realizing they need to be more open or push back. The energy sector is experiencing a shift towards clean energy from companies like Macau and BP, and moving towards electric generation and grid technologies. Despite the pessimistic mood in Europe, he believes there are reasons to be hopeful about the scale of investment and deployment. He points out that banks can add value by engaging and challenging major companies to change their remuneration policies and CEOs. He also emphasizes the importance of shareholder cooperation and the power of shareholders to influence corporate behavior. He cites the example of a company that failed to listen to dissenting shareholders, but he believes that if shareholders work together, they can make a significant difference in the industry.    The ESG Scorecard and How it Works JJ explains that analysts typically have a scorecard across ESG, with different industries having different weights. For example, in the mining industry, the environmental side is higher, and there are subset segments in terms of water usage, pollution risk, and other externalities. To have an ESG rating, a company must meet a certain score. The industry has a lot of topsy-turvy stuff going on, and some analysts don't consider Tesla to be eligible because of the GE and Tesla, the government side is diabolical, and Exxon has extraordinarily good governance. Companies with good ESG attract good talent, draw upon a broader pool of talented individuals, and have better employer loyalty. The urgency around emissions has led to a sense of urgency in engagement in company response, investment, fairs, exchanges, and industry discussions. He  explains that he played his cards differently in his first job at Capitol International by keeping his big mouth shut and being less confrontational. He learned to respect rules and respect rules in the American corporate environment, and he learned to source his views from different areas. He also appreciates that he has a different educational and career route, having attended Harvard and a level of intellectual curiosity. He emphasizes the importance of going off the intellectual print, orthodoxy, and looking beyond traditional sources. He advises interns and juniors to listen to other reports and sources, as it helps him understand viewpoints from classmates in different areas and doing different things.   Influential Courses and Professors at Harvard JJ discusses his time at Harvard and the two key takeaways he learned from his time there. He highlights the expository writing course he took as a freshman year and the masters swimming course, which he found to be a valuable source of learning. He also highlights the importance of being clear, concise, and succinct in his daily work, especially when dealing with an audience not necessarily in English. These two key takeaways have shaped his future, particularly in terms of his interests and the core curriculum. He mentions the Behavioral Biology and Evolution courses, as well professor Neil Wilson and professor Raymond Siever's class on geology, which exposed him to the world's cycles of physical life and the impact of man on the planet.    Recommended Reads: Saving the Plant without the Bullshit, Assaad Rarrock. Don't let the title put you off, this is good starting point. How the World Really Works, Vaclav Smil Makes clear the scope of the transition. Great reality check and myth buster.  Petroleum Papers. Geoff Dembicki  The role of energy companies in the current climate debate. I would not be long oil stocks… Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Ray Scranton Bleak but an eye opener on the worst case scenario. Five Times Faster. Simon Sharpe. The author is active within government, policy making and the COP meetings. Very insightful, and great primer on why we are where we are. There is still time but we need to move five times faster. Useful Sources: Bloomberg Green, MSCI ESG. In terms of sustainability disclosure,  ISSB has launched  IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standard (S1 General disclosures, S2 Climate related).   Timestamps: 02:16 The start of his career in finance 09:11 Pursuing a career in social entrepreneurship and micro finance 18:09 The evolution of sustainable investing 21:09 How sustainable investing makes a difference 25:51 ESG reporting requirements 27:42 The current state of the energy sector 30:55 How banks can add value to their shareholders 37:40 The ESG scorecard   CONTACT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-jacques-barrow-710a606/

Some animal species exhibit certain behaviors before natural disasters. A research project is equipping animals with sensors in the hopes the data can be used to create an early warning system for natural disasters.

On today's episode, we're diving into the ins and outs of spasticity. You'll finish this episode feeling prepared with actionable steps to improve your mobility and muscle tightness to improve your energy and therefore, do more in your daily life. Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellowship trained Multiple Sclerosis Specialist who serves as the Founder & CEO of the Joi Life Wellness Group Multiple Sclerosis Center in Smyrna, GA. She is considered a subject matter expert in Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis, and Health Disparities. Dr. Williams has over 15 years of experience in the field of Multiple Sclerosis. She received her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and received her Doctor of Medicine Degree from Morehouse School of Medicine also in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed her Internal Medicine Internship, Neurology Residency, and Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship at Georgia Health Sciences University (formerly MCG) in Augusta, GA, where she received numerous accolades and served as Chief Resident of the Neurology Residency Program. Connect with Dr. Mitzi: IG: @thenerdyneurologist FaceBook: @thenerdyneurologist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmitzijoimd/ Website: https://joilifewellness.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/You-Live-Well-Multiple-Sclerosis/dp/B0BSJ6DKTM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30GV487RN869W&keywords=you+can+live+well+with+multiple+sclerosis&qid=1677878626&sprefix=You+Can+Live+Well+%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1 Additional Resources: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/insider Reach out to Me: hello@doctorgretchenhawley.com Website: www.MSingLink.com Social: ★ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mswellness ★ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctor.gretchen ★ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/doctorgretchenhawley?sub_confirmation=1 → Game Changers Course: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/GameChangersCourse → Total Core Program: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/TotalCoreProgram → The MSing Link: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/TheMSingLink

Welcome Sausage of Science's newest host Dr. Mallika S. Sarma! Mallika joins Chris as co-host while Cara is out on sabbatical. In this episode, Mallika and Chris chat with Dr. Paula Tallman about several aspects of water insecurity, notably an important overlap with gender-based violence. Dr. Paula Skye Tallman is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago. Her research examines the drivers of health inequities among marginalized populations in South America and Southeast Asia, with a focus on connecting this scholarship to environmental and social policy. Dr. Tallman received her B.A. in Behavioral Biology from Johns Hopkins University, her Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Northwestern University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship focused on indigenous well-being and conservation at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Her recent publications discussed on the show can be found at the following links, titled: Water insecurity, self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health in the Peruvian Amazon https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23805 Water insecurity and mental health in the Amazon: Economic and ecological drivers of distress https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12144 -------------------- Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Mallika Sarma, Website: https://mallikasarma.com/ Eric Griffith, HBA Junior Fellow, SoS producer: E-mail: eric.griffith@duke.edu

In clinical research settings around the world, there is renewed investigations taking place on the use of psychedelic substances for treating illnesses such as addiction, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The Conscious Physician, Dr. Lida Fatemi, a Physician in psychedelic medicines and expert in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, joined Gayle Guyardo, the host of the global health and wellness show, Bloom, to discuss the indications for psychedelics, and how it's fast becoming a game changer for people struggling with their mental health.

Kirsten "Kisi" Bohn is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the David S. Olton Program in Behavioral Biology and the PI and director for the NSF funded REU Site: Biological Basis of Behavior. Kisi is interested in the evolution of vocal and social complexity, primarily dealing with bats. Bats are diverse with over 1,200 species, extremely social, very vocal and have a highly specialized audio-vocal system for echolocation. This sonar system requires neurocircuitry for using incoming echoes to rapidly modify outgoing vocalizations. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Dr. Lida Fatemi, DO MPH, is a Physician Faculty as an Academic Hospitalist at a major University program in the Southwest. She and her immediate family immigrated from Iran to the US when she was 14 years old. She received her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University, Atlanta, with an interest in neuroplasticity. She received her Masters from Rollins School of Public Health with a concentration in Global Health and Infectious Disease. She finished her Doctor of Osteopathy from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in GA.Her passion for the coming years blossomed into better understanding the causes and interventions for past trauma, severe depression, addiction, severe anxiety, severe burnout, compassion fatigue, turning her to becoming a physician coach in June 2020. Later, creating Conscious Physician to coach and hold retreats for burned out physicians. She developed Conscious Practices through her coaching with great successhttps://www.instagram.com/fatemi.lida/

Claudia talks to Denise Herzing about her decades of fieldwork with Atlantic Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas. They touch on some of what she has learnt about dolphins in the wild and the ways in which they communicate using sound. They also talk about the significance and challenges of doing extended field studies.  Date Recorded: 23 March 2022 Denise Herzing is the Founder and Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project. Denise has spent decades working with Atlantic spotted dolphins in Bahamian waters. She has a B.S. in Marine Zoology, an M.A. in Behavioral Biology and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Biology/Environmental Studies. Denise is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. In addition to becoming a Guggenheim Fellow in 2008, Denise is a fellow with the Explorers Club, a scientific advisor for the Lifeboat Foundation and the American Cetacean Society, and on the board of Schoolyard Films. Over and above her numerous academic articles, Denise is the author of Dolphin Diaries: My 25 years with Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas and The Wild Dolphin Project as well as the co-editor of Dolphin Communication and Cognition. You can learn more about Denise and her on the Wild Dolphin Project Website.  Claudia (Towne) Hirtenfelder is the founder and host of The Animal Turn. She is a PhD Candidate in Geography and Planning at Queen's University and is currently undertaking her own research project looking at the geographical and historical relationships between animals (specifically cows) and cities. She was recently awarded the AASA Award for Popular Communication for her work on the podcast. Contact Claudia via email (info@theanimalturnpodcast.com) or follow her on Twitter (@ClaudiaFTowne). Featured: The Wild Dolphin Project by Denise Herzing; The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau; The Dolphin Defender by Hardy Jones; all sound files were supplied by Denise Herzing;  The Animal Turn is part of the  iROAR, an Animals Podcasting Network and can also be found on A.P.P.L.E, Twitter, and Instagram Thank you to Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E) for sponsoring this podcast; the Sonic Arts Studio and the Sonic Arts of Place Laboratory (SAPLab) for sponsoring this season; Gordon Clarke (Instagram: @_con_sol_) for the bed music, Jeremy John (Website) for the logo, and Hannah Hunter for the Animal Highlight. 

Bio:   Mitzi Joi Williams is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellowship trained Multiple Sclerosis Specialist who serves as the Founder & CEO of the Joi Life Wellness Group Multiple Sclerosis Center in Newnan, GA.   Dr. Williams is considered a subject matter expert in Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Health Disparities. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of Multiple Sclerosis. She received her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and received her Doctor of Medicine Degree from Morehouse School of Medicine also in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed her Internal Medicine Internship, Neurology Residency, and Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship at Georgia Health Sciences University (formerly MCG) in Augusta, GA, where she received numerous accolades and served as Chief Resident of the Neurology Residency Program.   Dr. Williams has spearheaded and participated in multiple steering committees and work groups to further research in underserved populations with MS with a focus on the African American population. She has recently joined efforts to increase diversity in clinical trials and educate the community about the importance of research participation. Through collaborations with national and international committees, she advocates for people living with MS to share in the decision-making process with their healthcare teams to combat this disease. Dr. Williams is the author of “MS Made Simple: The Essential Guide to Understanding Your Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis.” She continues to live out her mission to provide personalized Multiple Sclerosis Care delivered with expertise, compassion, and joy.    Questions:   Welcome to the program Dr. Williams, and thanks so much for joining us on Living Well with MS. Let's dive right in. Your background is stellar. You have established quite a prestigious career as a neurologist and MS specialist. Can you share a little about your background as a medical professional? What inspired you to focus on MS in your training and practice? Let's chat about Joi Life Wellness Group. That's the MS center you founded and lead in Georgia. What are your core principles in this practice? Given that you see a steady stream of people with MS, you must encounter certain common obstacles people have in dealing with their diagnosis all the way to sound MS management and treatment. What are these in your view, and what's your take on overcoming them? As you may know, the organization behind this podcast – Overcoming MS – promotes evidence-based lifestyle modification for better health and MS management. What's your take on how lifestyle factors fit into treating MS? Our content theme for April is ‘advocacy', so in that spirit, and in your experience as a neurologist specializing in MS, what are some key strategies people with MS can use to discuss lifestyle factors and effective lifestyle modification with their healthcare professionals? What if someone encounters resistance from a doctor or other healthcare professional – how should a patient approach that, or handle that? Do you have any essential tips for people who are newly diagnosed and just entering the complex world of treating their MS in the medical arena? On another note, you're also quite involved in researching MS's impact on the African American community. There is much to learn about the prevalence and penetration of MS in different communities. Do you have any insights to share about your work to date? Finally, what is your vision for how you'd like your practice and work in the MS field to evolve and grow? Thanks so much for being our guest on Living Well with MS, Dr. Williams. We are excited about and grateful for the amazing work you're doing in the MS community.   Links:   Learn more about Dr. Williams' practice, Joi Life Wellness Group Check out Dr. Williams' Facebook alter ego, The Nerdy Neurologist Follow Dr. Williams on Twitter Learn more about Dr. Williams' professional background on LinkedIn Watch some of Dr. Williams' informative videos on her YouTube channel   Coming up next:   On April 18, unpack your curiosity about our diverse global OMS community for the premiere of Living Well with MS Coffee Break #30, where we travel to Devon, England to meet Tessa Jane Miles, an artist who raises awareness of MS through her creative oeuvre. You'll also learn about Tessa's involvement in the Delamore Arts exhibition, for which OMS is a charity partner.   Don't miss out:   Subscribe to this podcast and never miss an episode. You can catch any episode of Living Well with MS here or on your favorite podcast listening app. For your convenience, a full episode transcript is also available on all platforms within about 72 hours of each episode's premiere. If you like our program, don't be shy and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you tune into the show. And feel free to share your comments and suggestions for future guests and episode topics by emailing podcast@overcomingms.org.   S4E50 Transcript Introducing Lifestyle Change to Your Healthcare Practitioner   Geoff Allix (00:01): Welcome to Living Well With MS, the podcast from Overcoming MS, the world's leading multiple sclerosis healthy lifestyle charity celebrating its 10th year of serving the MS community. I'm your host, Geoff Allix. The goal of our organization and this podcast is to inform, support, and empower people with MS to lead full and happy lives. We're excited you could join us for this new episode. Make sure to check out this episode's show notes for more information and useful links. You can find these on our website at www.overcomingMS.org/podcast or in whichever podcast platform you use to tune into our program.   Geoff Allix (00:39): If you enjoy the show, please spread the about us on your social media channels or leave a review wherever you tune into our podcast. Have questions or ideas to share? Email us at podcast@overcomingMS.org, or you can reach out to me directly on Twitter @Geoff Allix. We'd love to hear from you. Finally, don't forget to subscribe to Living Well with MS on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode.   Geoff Allix (01:05): Now let's meet our guest for this episode. Joining me this week on the Living Well with MS podcast is Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams. Dr. Williams is a board-certified neurologist and fellowship-trained multiple sclerosis specialist who serves as the founder and CEO of the Joi Life Wellness Group Multiple Sclerosis Center in Union, Georgia, USA.   Geoff Allix (01:30): Through collaborations with national and international committees, she advocates for people living with MS to share in the decision-making process with our healthcare teams to combat this disease. Dr. Williams is the author of MS Made Simple, The Essential Guide to Understanding Your Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis. She continues to live out her mission to provide personalized multiple sclerosis care delivered with expertise, compassion, and joy. Welcome to the program Dr. Williams, and thank you so much for joining us on Living Well with MS.   Dr. Williams (02:01): It is my absolute pleasure to be here with you.   Geoff Allix (02:05): To dive right in, you've got a very impressive background and listeners can get more detail of that in the show notes. You've established a prestigious career as a neurologist and MS specialist. Could you share a bit about your background as a medical professional?   Dr. Williams (02:22): Absolutely. I've been an MS specialist for upwards of 15 years, really because I have a passion for helping people to kind of navigate this journey. I like the fact that I have close contact with my patients, so that I grow to know them and their family, so almost like I'm a part of their family. I like that and that was one of the reasons that I chose MS as a subspecialty within neurology.   Dr. Williams (02:48): As my career has evolved, I've really found that there needs to be a focus on education. I began to focus on teaching people about the disease process, because I found that many people would come to see me and they still wouldn't know what MS was, even after they had it for like 10 years. They couldn't really articulate what they thought it was and what it was doing to their body and why they were on the medications they were on. That really started my passion for educating about the disease process, and also in empowering people to do the things that they can, to help their brain health and help their overall health as well.   Geoff Allix (03:26): Why MS as a specialization? What got you to particularly pick MS?   Dr. Williams (03:32): I get that question a lot. I think for me, it's the challenge that I like. It's the challenge as well as my fascination with the neurologic process. In many other aspects of neurology, people would have damage to the brain or to the spine, and there was really nothing that we could do to modify that disease.   Dr. Williams (03:54): The thing that I loved about MS is that every person was different, which made it a bit challenging, but that there also were things that I could do to potentially modify the disease or affect change. Since I started my career, those options have grown exponentially. It's a whole different ballgame now than it was when I started practicing. The other thing that I like is that I really felt like this was a full focus of medicine that was really on the frontier of the scientific exchange.   Dr. Williams (04:26): Meaning, it wasn't something where everybody had it figured out down to the receptor, like diabetes or high blood pressure, that there was still a lot more to discover. That's also what attracted me to the field of neuroscience, but specifically to MS. I love the patients. I love spending time with them and getting to know them.   Geoff Allix (04:43): I think it is quite an exciting time now. My father had MS and there wasn't very much treatment, but now it's just every month, there's another treatment. There's some more research being done. There's something found out about causes. It is a highly active area, isn't it, of research and change?   Dr. Williams (05:05): Absolutely. Our meetings, when I first started practicing, our big neurology meetings would have maybe two or three classes about MS. You start on a Saturday with one class and stay until the next Thursday for one more class, but now, much of the conference has MS classes every day. That just really goes to show how much the science has advanced and how much we're trying to improve our understanding to help treat people with MS.   Geoff Allix (05:34): To get a bit of an understanding about the Joi Wellness Group. You founded this MS center in Georgia in the USA. What are the core principles of your practice?   Dr. Williams (05:47): Yeah, so really, my core principles are, I love to engage, educate, and empower my patients to make them active participants in their treatment process. By doing that and starting my own center, I'm really able to spend the time with my patients, educating them about their disease process, helping them understand, and also empowering them with tools to adjust lifestyle or to make lifestyle changes, to improve their overall health.   Dr. Williams (06:17): We talk a lot about things like mindfulness, diet, exercise, yoga. I'm a huge yoga advocate. It really affords me that ability to treat people how I see fit to really spend and invest that time so that people understand what's going on and know what they can do to improve their health.   Geoff Allix (06:36): With all these people that you see with MS, you must see certain common obstacles that people have in dealing with MS, all the way from their diagnosis through to the management and treatment of MS. What obstacles do you think that you see most commonly and how would they overcome those?   Dr. Williams (06:57): Yeah, so some of the most common obstacles are number one, just kind of wrapping your mind around the diagnosis and looking at, kind of thinking about what the future will look like. That part is difficult because I can't predict how someone will do in five years or 10 years.   Dr. Williams (07:15): But I think that oftentimes through education, and for many, through things like mental health services, counseling, et cetera. As they begin to kind of adapt to that diagnosis and maybe what that new normal is, then we can move forward with looking at treatment options and trying to make the best of the time that we have, and the function that we have.   Dr. Williams (07:40): For some people it's difficult because they don't have any symptoms. They're like, well, why should I do treatment because I'm fine? Then for some people, it's just kind of the devastation of maybe having some type of impairment where they didn't recover from that first symptom, and now they're having to adjust their lifestyle or career, et cetera. Lots of psychological issues are difficult in the beginning, and at transition periods during the journey with MS.   Dr. Williams (08:07): I focus a lot on mental health, stress reduction, and psychological services for those that need them. If some need medication, then we talk about that as well. I think the other obstacle, especially in a global pandemic or endemic or whatever we are calling it at the moment is isolation. That part is very difficult. For some of my patients who maybe have mobility problems or mobility impairment, and maybe different types of meetings and functions in the MS community, where it was their way of interacting with the world and now we're not able to do that.   Dr. Williams (08:44): The isolation has been difficult. We deal, again, a lot with mental health services, looking at ways people can get involved virtually. Trying to troubleshoot to find ways to bring people back into the community, even though they can't physically be there.   Geoff Allix (09:02): Okay. Overcoming MS, as you might know, is an evidence-based lifestyle modification charity. The tagline is whatever it takes, but with an evidence basis. It's looking at what evidence is out there scientifically, founded by a professor. Yeah, it's very much looking at that evidence base and bringing lifestyle into that. Trying to have better health and MS management through every available method. What's your take on how lifestyle factors fit into MS treatment?   Dr. Williams (09:41): It's huge. Lifestyle factors play a huge part in an MS treatment plan. When we talk about, or when I talk with my patients about things like medications, I don't talk about those on an island without talking about the other things that they need to do. My motto is that medication plays a part, but you play a part. There's no medication that gets rid of the part you play in improving your overall health.   Dr. Williams (10:11): There are studies that suggest, for instance, exercise can do things like boost mood, also can help with multiple MS symptoms like spasticity, like depression, like constipation. We talk about the evidence, and we talk about all the different ways that these things like exercise and diet can help aside from just helping your cardiovascular health.   Dr. Williams (10:38): I think the other thing that there's a lot of attention being brought to is really the effects of stress. There's not a lot of research that we have that directly links stress to MS exacerbations like brain lesions, but certainly we know intuitively that stress can worsen a person's function overall, whether it's with MS or any other chronic disease.   Dr. Williams (11:00): We spend a lot of time also focused on stress reduction, mindfulness, meditation, things that increase their overall health practices that will help people to live a less stressed life overall. I think there is more evidence emerging, but we still have a lot of work to do where lifestyle modification is concerned in terms of having hard scientific evidence that supports it.   Geoff Allix (11:28): I think if you ask anyone with MS about stress, then we all know that stress is a factor because some things are really slow to make changes. I remember early on George Jelinek, who's behind Overcoming MS, said, it's like turning around an oil tanker. Making some of these changes is very slow to have an effect. You may not notice say anything for six months, but it's slow. But stress is the one I think anyone with MS will tell you, if you get stressed, then those symptoms come back really fast, but they go away fast if you can calm yourself down, and you feel better.   Geoff Allix (12:12): There is a definite ... All these things, it's like, oh, have we done double blind placebo trials and all these things? But actually people with MS say, yeah, they know that stress is-   Dr. Williams (12:23): Absolutely.   Geoff Allix (12:23): ... Is one of those factors. Really quickly ... If I get really stressed out, then suddenly I'm limping all over the place. I know. I can tell I'm stressed because my body doesn't work fully.   Dr. Williams (12:37): Yeah. I have a lot of patients that report that as well. Again, that's why it's so important for us to continue to discuss lifestyle modification, to talk to people about it. But also for those of us in the scientific community to really kind of put our money where our mouth is and look at some of this research so we can better understand it on a biologic basis as well.   Geoff Allix (12:56): Yeah, because that's the thing. I'm saying it affects me instantly, but I can solve it instantly by calming down, but equally, is it causing long-term damage or is it literally instant and it's gone? There is obviously ...   Dr. Williams (13:10): There's a lot we need to understand.   Geoff Allix (13:12): Yeah. The content theme for the month is advocacy. A lot about patient advocacy and so on. In that spirit, in your experience as an MS specialist, what strategies could people with MS use to discuss lifestyle factors specifically, and lifestyle modification with their healthcare professionals, because it's a very different thing depending on who your MS specialist is, and it depends where you are geographically.   Geoff Allix (13:45): I think certainly in the UK, you probably have less choice about who the person is, but having said that, then it's based on how much you could afford. Different healthcare regimes are going to be different in different places. I'd say actually in the UK as well, we have less specialists. It's unusual to have an MS specialist. You would normally have a general neurologist. Maybe only if you're in a really big city. I know in London they have a few, but it's rare in the UK to have that specialist.   Geoff Allix (14:20): Some of them are very old-fashioned. I know that there are some people, and they literally are told, take the pill, have the injection, whatever it might be. Nothing else you can do. Then there are more forward-thinking people who are saying, actually no, a healthy diet and lifestyle will benefit you. How would you suggest people discuss introducing lifestyle factors, whether that be diet, exercise, or mindfulness with their healthcare professional?   Dr. Williams (14:53): I think the first thing is to recognize that it is okay to have an agenda of things that you'd like to discuss when you see your neurologist, whether it's an MS specialist or general neurologist, because oftentimes you get in that visit, the doctor has things they want to cover. I very much encourage people to write down the things that are very important to you to discuss at that visit. Maybe write down like your top two, because if you have 20, you're probably not going to get through 20.   Dr. Williams (15:23): But if lifestyle modification is at the top of that list and they say, hello, Mr. so-and-so, how are you doing? You can tell them how you're doing in terms of your MS, but today I really am interested in hearing about what things I can do lifestyle-wise that would help me. Opening the conversation with that often can get that provider thinking about how to answer that question.   Dr. Williams (15:48): Also, in this day of technology, if you don't have a specialist, there are resources that you can find that talk about lifestyle management. Of course, you have your podcast, you have your educational resources. There are other specialists in different parts of the world who are kind of talking on these topics. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to educate yourself.   Dr. Williams (16:12): In a perfect world, your neurologist would be knowledgeable about everything, but very much like your experience in the UK and the US, many people with MS are cared for by general neurologists. Some of those general neurologists have a special interest in MS and learn about it. Some of them not so much. You may not always have that specialist who has a lot of knowledge of the latest research on these types of things, but it's okay to have an agenda. It's okay to have a list of questions that you want to ask. If that's at the top of your list, just saying, I want to know what I can do to improve my health, and that's a great way to lead in talking to your specialist about lifestyle modification.   Geoff Allix (16:58): Are there any tips to anyone getting resistance to managing things themselves?   Dr. Williams (17:06): Yeah. Again, in some cases you have choices about who you can see. We certainly do have a little bit more leeway or some leeway in terms of choices in the US. I have not necessarily encouraged my patients to fire their doctors, but I've had some where I said, well, it's kind of like with any relationship. If it's not working or you don't feel like you're being heard, explore if there are other options.   Dr. Williams (17:37): For some people, it may be a matter of maybe seeing a specialist once a year. What if you could see a specialist once a year, and then go to your general doctor the other times? Or see a specialist and have this list of questions and say, okay, I'm going to try to get as many of these questions answered that my general person can't, and make a special visit to see a specialist just for that purpose.   Dr. Williams (18:02): There are some ways to work around it. Some are not quite as ideal, but I think that it is okay to have an agenda. If your questions are not answered, it's okay to circle back and say, okay, well can we get back to this question that I had to better understand how I can help myself?   Dr. Williams (18:22): The other thing is that bringing it up from a topic of brain health. Lifestyle modification for MS is something that is becoming more frequently talked about, but brain health is also something that's globally talked about by neurologists. It may be a question of bringing up, well, what can I do to help my brain health? That may elicit the same type of information, but maybe not specifically what lifestyle modification can I do to help MS. Helping MS and improving brain health kind of go hand in hand.   Geoff Allix (18:55): I think there's another thing that's come to me is litigation can be an issue. Certainly in this country, neurologists or any doctors are very reluctant to say things which are not proven because they are then potentially at risk of saying something that's not, in our case, the NHS line. They will only tell you the absolute ... And that tends to be quite a long way behind the evidence. It takes a long ... They are now ... I mean, I've already seen this in the sort of five or six years I've had MS, that they're sort of catching up with you should increase your vitamin D levels. You should do more exercise. It's sort of like catching up with things that I thought, well, there's loads of evidence for that five years ago.   Geoff Allix (19:45): They're like, well, yeah ... But they're sort of very slow to change. One of the questions I found that was really useful for my neurologist is what would you do? Because then I've sort of turned it around to another question. It's like, well, I'm not saying what's the official advice, but if you were in my situation, what would you do? That really changed the conversation. He said, well, in that situation, then I'd eat whole foods diet and I'd exercise. I was like, all right.   Geoff Allix (20:15): He said the official advice ... He said, that's not proven, and the official advice is to take your medication, do these official NHS guidelines. But yet if I was in your situation, I can't see there's a risk in having a healthy lifestyle, at least as much as anything, it would probably lower your chance of having heart disease and other comorbidities that aren't a good idea if you've got MS anyway.   Dr. Williams (20:44): Absolutely. I do often get that question. I usually get it from a family member. If this were your family member, how would you approach this? That's a way often people will say, well, what would you do if you were me? Or their family member will say, well, what would you do if this was your family member?   Dr. Williams (21:04): Again, that'll get you a different perspective. I think everyone's going to say, well, we don't have a lot of scientific evidence to back this up, but this is the general thought, or there's some research that suggests this. But the goal ultimately is to try to help people. We definitely don't want to give anybody bad advice, but we do have to be clear about what's not necessarily supported by a lot of research and what areas still have some work that needs to be done.   Geoff Allix (21:35): This is a bit of a can of worms question, but it's, do you have any essential tips for people who are newly diagnosed for treating their MS in the medical arena? That could be something that goes on for weeks, that question. Tips for the newly diagnosed though.   Dr. Williams (21:57): The first thing is to work with your healthcare provider to establish a plan that works for you, because everybody with MS is different. Everybody's plan will look a little bit different. The treatment that may work for you may not work for somebody else. I think also it's important to think about what your goals are. There are multiple studies that have been done looking at what healthcare providers' top goals are with treatment and patients' top goals of treatment, and sometimes they don't match up.   Dr. Williams (22:30): Thinking about what you want to accomplish if the way that the medication is given is important to you, if how frequent it's done is important to you. Just kind of writing down those priorities. It may not be where we're able to meet every one of those, but certainly that gives your healthcare team an idea of kind of what the top things are that are important to you.   Dr. Williams (22:54): I think the other piece is connecting with the community because support is extremely important. As much as I try to empathize with my patients, I don't understand what it feels like to have MS. I think it's very important to connect with others in the MS community who know exactly what you're going through. Maybe not exactly, but who maybe has overcome some of the challenges that you have, and kind of help you walk through that process. Connection to the community is extremely important, setting those goals, what you would like to accomplish, and then as much as feasible, communicating with your healthcare team to come up with that plan that works best for you.   Geoff Allix (23:38): Just to change tack a little bit, on another note, you are involved in researching MS's impact on the black and African American community. There's a huge amount to learn about prevalence and penetration of MS in different communities. Going back to, I think a lot of people with MS will have seen maps of where the prevalence of MS is and saying, well, there's obviously a connection with vitamin D and sunlight.   Geoff Allix (24:03): But then equally, that could be an aspect of the ethnicity of the people. It could be that the diets are different. It could be that it tends to be the more developed world is further away from the equator in most areas of the world, so that could be a factor. There are so many variables, I think. However, having said this, almost impossible to work out, do you have any insights to share about your work on MS in the black and African American communities?   Dr. Williams (24:41): Absolutely. MS is traditionally ... Globally, MS is still a disease that's considered most prevalent in people of Northern European descent. However, I live in the southern part of the United States where a large portion of the black and African American community lives. When I would go out in my waiting room at my various practices, I was in academic practice and I was in a large eight partner multiple sclerosis center, now to my own practice. A majority of the people that I see were black. It didn't match up with what I had learned in my training.   Dr. Williams (25:14): Then also we began to see that maybe some of the outcomes were a little bit different. People had a little bit more walking disability. Some people had more aggressive disease, not across the board. That really led me to begin to look at the literature and the research to see what I could find out. Unsurprisingly, there wasn't very much to look at. I was able to participate in a review article when we looked at the black and Hispanic Latino populations here in the US.   Dr. Williams (25:44): When you looked at the amount of literature back in 2014 at least, out of 50,000 articles written in English, there were only about a hundred about black people with MS. There were 20, less than 20 for people who were Hispanic Latino. That really was what spurred me on to try to do more research focused on this population, to better learn and understand.   Dr. Williams (26:10): Also, if there were some people who were doing worse, what could that teach us about the whole MS population? How could we take this knowledge and apply it to the broader population? We've learned so far that there are some people who tend to do a little bit worse, but we don't know what parts of that are related to things like social determinants of health, ability to access a doctor, ability to access better food choices, things like that, and what part of that may or may not be biologic.   Dr. Williams (26:41): We still have a long way to go, but there are many of us that are working on trying to better understand, and also increase the diversity in our clinical trials so that people have access to cutting edge medicine, which is often the case with our trials, but also so that we better understand MS so we can treat everyone better and help to make treatments more specific for everyone.   Geoff Allix (27:03): Just to put it out there then, if you have someone who is born in, let's say Nigeria and lives their whole life in Nigeria, would you think that they would have a different outcome to someone who is born in the United States with Nigerian parents? They are genetically the same, but one person lives their life in the United States and one person lives their life in Nigeria.   Dr. Williams (27:35): That's the very question we're trying to answer. If you look at older studies that suggest that if you move from a low-risk area to a high-risk area before the age of 15, that you take on the risk of the high-risk area. But we haven't really identified what environmental factors may be related to that. Is it things like Epstein-Barr virus, which is a really hot topic with MS right now? Is it some other environmental factor? Is this some dietary factor? Everyone's talking about the gut microbiome. These are very complex associations.   Dr. Williams (28:10): The other issue when you look at the continent of Africa, there's been very little research about MS that has come out of that area. We see more NMOSD or neuromyelitis optical spectrum disorder in people who are considered African. However, some of that could be potentially because of access to care. I'm fortunate to be involved in a very large clinical trial that's looking at black and Hispanic Latino populations here in the US. We also have a cohort in Africa of 10 patients, which is the largest cohort that's ever been reported.   Dr. Williams (28:50): Again, we may be finding out more and more as we are getting access to different resources and learning more about MS in different parts of the world. The honest answer is, I don't know. That was a long way to say, I don't know. But certainly, we are trying to figure out some of the answers to these questions as we get more data on a variety of populations.   Geoff Allix (29:15): Okay. It is fascinating the amount of research that's going on, I think. Finally, what's your vision on how you'd like your practice and work in the MS field to evolve and grow? What do you see as a positive future?   Dr. Williams (29:29): What I would really love to see is the holistic management of multiple sclerosis. I think that as a scientific community, we've been so focused on treatments because our treatments in the past have been very limited. When I first began practicing, we had the platform therapies and we had maybe one or two IV therapies, one of which we don't really use anymore. I think that now that we have over 20 different options, it's not that we give up on trying to find new ways to treat MS medically, but now I think it's time to kind of take a step back and say, how do we look at this holistically?   Dr. Williams (30:10): We know that there's a part that medications can play in modifying the disease, but what are the other pieces that lead to someone living well with MS? Because I think all of us have seen people who are on medication, but still not doing well. How do we begin to look at these things that really affect the people that we get to serve on a day-to-day basis? Like their diet, like their ability to exercise, like stress, which can potentially exacerbate or make symptoms worse. How do we begin to work on these things so that we're not just looking at one piece of the puzzle, and instead looking at the whole person and how we can really treat them and make their everyday life better with MS?   Geoff Allix (30:50): With that, thank you so much for joining us and being our guest on Living Well With MS, Dr. Williams, and we're excited and grateful for the amazing work that you are doing with the MS community.   Dr. Williams (31:02): Absolutely. Thank you so much. It's been my pleasure.   Geoff Allix (31:11): Thank you for listening to this episode of Living Well with MS. Please check out this episode's show notes at www.overcomingMS.org/podcast. You'll find all sorts of useful links and bonus information there. Do you have questions about this episode or ideas about future ones? Email us at podcast@overcomingMS.org. We'd love to hear from you. You can also subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform, so you never miss an episode.   Geoff Allix (31:40): Living Well with MS is kindly supported by a grant from the Happy Charitable Trust. If you'd like to support the Overcoming MS charity and help keep our podcast advertising free, you can donate online at www.overcomingMS.org/donate. To learn more about Overcoming MS and its array of free content and programs, including webinars, recipes, exercise guides, OMS Circles, our global network of community support groups, and more, please visit our website at www.overcomingMS.org.   Geoff Allix (32:11): While you're there, don't forget to register for our monthly e-newsletter so you can stay informed about the podcast and other news and updates from Overcoming MS. Thanks again for tuning in and see you next time.   Geoff Allix (32:28): The Living Well with MS family of podcasts is for private non-commercial use and exists to educate and inspire our community of listeners. We do not offer medical advice. For medical advice, please contact your doctor or other licensed healthcare professional. Our guests are carefully selected, but all opinions they express are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Overcoming MS charity, its affiliates, or staff.  

Today, we chatted with William Faria, the co-founder of the ADX Project. He brings 20 years of designing and deploying data collection systems, generally supporting medical research and operations. His interest in UAP led him to create the ADX project, whose goal is to create a standardized set of databases and variables to organize better data related to anomalous observations. He holds a degree in Behavioral Biology from Johns Hopkins University and has worked at various private companies and academia, including at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute. Come aboard, let's get weird!

In this podcast, Dr. Sarah Raskin uses her hippocampus to recall what ignited her interest in neuropsychology. She walks us down memory lane and explains why she chose Johns Hopkins University for her B.A. in Behavioral Biology and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center for her Ph.D. in Neuropsychology. She also discusses her ReMIND Lab, her recent research, and offers practical advice to those interested in getting a graduate degree in neuropsychology. From the time she took her first class with David Olton called Physiological Psychology, Dr. Raskin was hooked. During our discussion, Dr. Raskin revealed that she actually teaches the same class now at Trinity College, but it is called Brain and Behavior. Continuing our walk down memory lane, she recalls jumping at the chance to enroll in Dr. Olton's newly created program called Behavioral Biology which Dr. Raskin believes might have been “one of the very first programs in what we would now call Neuroscience.” Ever since then, she has been enthralled with blending psychology and neuroscience. Apparently, she is not the only one as more and more fields of study are now incorporating a component of neuroscience or psychology (or both) into their lines of research. What is clear during my discussion with Dr. Raskin is her love for her students, her research, and her career at Trinity College. She states “I really fell in love with Trinity” because “…it felt like the right fit for me. It felt like a life where I could be happy.” Dr. Raskin is the Director of the Neuroscience program at Trinity College, and she has a joint appointment (half neuroscience and half psychology), so she is always thinking about increasing awareness of both programs and how to help students. Therefore, it was no surprise to me that she offered practical advice to those interested in psychology or neuroscience throughout our discussion. In fact, she took a few minutes to highlight how the neuroscience program at Trinity College is really unique. Dr. Raskin explains how neuropsychology is different from the other branches of psychology. She also discusses the ReMIND Lab and some of her recent work on prospective memory and the tests she and her colleagues created specifically to measure this concept. Dr. Raskin and I then highlighted some of the organizations and resources available to those interested in neuropsychology including APA Division 40: The Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, International Neuropsychological Society (INS), KnowNeuropsychology, the upcoming NEURON Conference 2022, and the ReMIND prospective memory training page. One of Dr. Raskin's favorite theories is Hebb's rule and Hebbian theory from 1949. The idea that learning something new actually changes your brain physiologically, at the synaptic level, way before anyone could test it, was “so prescient.” Near the end of the podcast interview, Dr. Raskin revealed that she is writing a book on what she is conceptualizing as preventable brain injuries. She is Co-writing each chapter with someone who has lived the experience. For example, one chapter is with a woman who had a severe brain injury from domestic violence, and it includes her medical history, personal history and experiences, and her neuropsychology assessment. Another chapter is with a man who experienced a gunshot wound to the head. Given Dr. Raskin's passion and drive, I am sure the book and remaining chapters will be powerful and moving. Connect with Dr. Sarah Raskin: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedInConnect with the Show: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn https://vimeo.com/667013727 Interests and Specializations Dr. Sarah Raskin's research focuses on better understanding neuroplasticity and its applications in creating cognitive interventions for people with brain injury. She is particularly interested in prospective memory which is the ability to remember to do things in the future. She and her colleagues developed specific test...

LET’S VIBE: .So grateful to have Bill Dovel on the podcast sharing his knowledge and healing with us. He is an RN Emeritus and one of the 14 Pro EFT™ Master Practitioners certified by Lindsay Kenny, creator of Pro EFT™. He has a background of running Partial Hospitalization Programs in psychiatry for much of his nursing career. He studied Acupressure, Massage at the Acupressure Institute in Berkley CA. He studied Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Interpersonal therapy with Dr David Burns while being clinically supervised by Dr. John White and Dr. Alan Friedman. He studied Behavioral Biology which is the science of learning the many disciplines in human behavior. .Combining this with 6 years of college and clinical training in both nursing and psychology he saw a glaring deficit in the way mental and emotional health was being treated. The imprints left in people from their traumas and lives were not being reversed for almost all the patients. He is passionate about people really healing from their hurts, grief and traumas, not just coping with them. When he found EFT he knew he had found the technique that would empower his clients to direct their OWN HEALING. Bill provides expert coaching in how to use tapping combined with many scientific disciplines in order to be truly successful in changing the patterns in your life. You won't want to miss this amazing episode, listen NOW! .Ready to Tap? Tapping on your body’s super comforting points.Turning on the body’s record button.Tapping out the thoughts, emotions, reactions, and body sensations you don’t want. Tapping in the thoughts, emotions, reactions, and body sensations you do want..CONNECT WITH HIM: tinyurl.com/z49wpmc8. Vibe and Thrive, Kerri . LET'S GET SOCIAL: . JOIN MY VIP FB GROUP: tinyurl.com/zsszppw8 . CONNECT WITH ME: highvibemama.com Insta: https://tinyurl.com/y9xea744 FB: tinyurl.com/uhuywf7y

Dr. Christof Koch, Ph.D. (https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/christof-koch/) is Chief Scientist of the MindScope Program at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, originally funded by a donation of more than $500 million from Microsoft founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen. With his B.S. and M.S. in physics from the University of Tübingen in Germany and his Ph.D. from the Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Dr. Koch spent four years as a postdoctoral fellow in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT, and from 1987 until 2013, was a professor at Caltech, from his initial appointment as Assistant Professor, Division of Biology and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, to his final position as Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive & Behavioral Biology. Dr. Koch joined the Allen Institute for Brain Science as Chief Scientific Officer in 2011 and became it's President in 2015. Dr. Koch's passion are neurons, or what he refers to as the atoms of perception, memory, behavior and consciousness, including their diverse shapes, electrical behaviors, and their computational function within the mammalian brain, in particular in neocortex, and he leads the Allen Institute for Brain Science effort to identify all the different types of neurons in the brains of mice and humans – known as their cell census effort. Dr. Koch's writings and interests integrate theoretical, computational and experimental neuroscience with philosophy and contemporary trends, in particular artificial intelligence, and he has authored more than 300 scientific papers and multiple books including, The Feeling of Life Itself – Why Consciousness is Everywhere But Can't be Computed, Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist, The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach, Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons, and Methods in Neuronal Modeling: From Ions to Networks. He has also served as editor for several books on neural modeling and information processing.

Dr. Zenobia Bryant has a PhD in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from Walden University. She also has a BS degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University. Dr. Bryant is passionate about mental health, adolescent health, the health of young black women, financial health, and the barriers and structural racism that hinder fulfillment in these areas.  She is the founder and CEO of Black Health Black Wealth, LLC that envisions optimal wellness and true health equity for young black and brown women. Her organization disseminates mental health, public health, and financial health stories and information to black and brown women with the hope of giving voice to the issues they face, improving wellbeing, and empowering them. She believes that black mental health, black physical health, and black financial health is wealth!  Black Health Black Wealth also offers customized and expert consulting to nonprofit and for-profit organizations related to the following topics: 1) identifying gaps in the quality of care for minorities, 2) Black mental health care, 3) Black maternal health, 4) racial inequality, 5) diversity, equity, and inclusion, and 6) Black health equity. She specializes in helping organizations with literature reviews, survey development, data analysis, baseline analysis, reviewing and analyzing current programs and policies, developing strategies to improve current programs and policies, and presenting findings and opinions.  In This Episode We Cover: Her public health journey Why she started Black Health Black Wealth, LLC and how she came up with the name The services that Black Health Black Wealth offers and her goal of empowering organizations to achieve excellence by delivering programs, products, and services that eliminate health disparities and remove health inequities Her priority population of young black and brown women who are interested in connecting with their personal identity and straying from societal or religious labels Importance of self-care and self-advocacy Breaking generational cycles and curses Her “Rise-up” affirmations initiative that explores a new affirmation each month to help women truly overcome struggles and negativity Her upcoming book club, “Knowledge is Power” (happening on June 26th 11am-1pm EST), that will empower participants through discussion by identifying self-care, self-expression, and self-advocacy strategies. Registration includes: The book club pick mailed to your place of residence (continental US only) One 2-hour online Zoom session that consists of instruction, interactive discussion, workbook activities, feedback and Q+A A self-guided workbook to use in the Zoom session The option to attend a 30-minute bonus one-on-one session with Dr. Zenobia Bryant to share work and discuss any discoveries or progress following the book club discussion Register for the Book Club: https://blackhealthblackwealth.org/knowledge-is-power-book-club/p/transcendent-kingdom  Advice for Public Health Professionals: You are never finished learning. Always be willing to educate yourself, seek information, and explore new topics. Always keep your target community at the focus. Listen to their needs and wishes. Connect: www.blackhealthblackwealth.org  Book Club: https://blackhealthblackwealth.org/knowledge-is-power-book-club  Blog: https://blackhealthblackwealth.org/blog  Rise Up Affirmations: https://blackhealthblackwealth.org/rise-up-affirmations  Instagram: @blackhealthblackwealth

Diese Woche fast live! 10. Folge - Im heutigen mini Jubiläum führen die beiden Podcaster ihre dritte Kategorie ein. Geplant waren Theoretiker, geworden sind es soziale Phänomene! Die selbsterfüllende Prophezeiung und der Mere-Exposure-Effekt (Darbietungshäufigkeitseffekt) sollen es für heute sein. Nach den ersten Recherchen zu den beiden Phänomenen aus der Sozialpsychologie mussten die Vielredner sich eingestehen, dass viele Entscheidungen aus dem Alltag, doch stärker beeinflusst werden als gedacht - besonders wenn man sich einbildet, eigenständig und unabhängig zu sein. Nach dem ersten Schock konnte man sich aber doch noch gut und auf gewohnt verwirrte Art und Weise auf das Thema einlassen, um nebenbei die Tipps und Tricks der Erfolgscoaches und Pick-Up Artists zu enttarnen. __________ Hier gibt es mehr: - Instagram multiinteressiert: https://www.instagram.com/multiinteressiert/ - Instagram Stephen: http://www.instagram.com/stephen.schueller/ - Instagram Friederike: http://www.instagram.com/friederikehenz/ Quellen: - Aussehen auf Fotos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jVGRkZmcTg - Mere-Exposure-Effekt: https://lexikon.stangl.eu/1281/mere-exposure-effekt - Wahlumfragen abschaffen: https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-09/meinungsforschung-wahlumfragen-prognosen-einflussnahme-fuenf-fisch-d17 - Küken Studie: D. W. Rajecki: Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Auditory or Visual Stimulation on Postnatal Distress Vocalization in Chicks. Behavioral Biology 11, 1974, S. 525–536 __________ Grüße gehen raus! Euer Stephen, eure Friederike

Today’s episode is about an important topic that hasn’t yet been addressed on the podcast: bleeding disorders. Find out how bleeding disorders affect women, and why they often go undiagnosed. You won’t want to miss my interview with Dr. Fiona Bethea and Jhon Velasco. Dr. Fiona Bethea is a Health Scientist on the Bleeding Disorders Team in the Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch of the Division of Blood Disorders (DBD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She joined DBD in 2009 and served as the project coordinator and technical advisor for a study of hemophilia inhibitors, a serious treatment complication. Since 2016, she has worked with community partners to develop evidence-based health promotion and education programs to reduce and prevent complications of bleeding disorders. She also collaborates in the monitoring and evaluation of the Community Counts bleeding disorders surveillance program. Dr. Bethea has been privileged to serve this community and contribute to the scientific evidence base to help prevent and reduce complications of bleeding disorders. She received her PhD in Epidemiology at Georgia State University. She also has a BS in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and an MPH in Global Health, Community Health and Development from Emory University. Jhon Velasco is the Manager of Education and Training at National Hemophilia foundation, where he focuses on women with bleeding disorders, the Spanish speaking community and mental health. He earned his Masters in Health Education from Columbia University, where he focused on health education focusing on marginalized communities. A consistent theme in his career has been the development, implementation and analysis of new and existing public health projects for a variety of international communities, specifically undeserved populations. A common theme among these projects is his commitment to working with individuals and groups to improve their lives through education, mentorship and empowerment. Jhon is also a certified yoga and meditation instructor, having practiced throughout the Americas, Europe and South East Asia. Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 8 week group coaching program!  We start on May 4th! Will you be joining us? Click here to register now!   Topics discussed in today's episode: Dr. Bethea's background and what drew her to the study of bleeding disorders Jhon’s background and what drew him to the study of bleeding disorders What are bleeding disorders How a woman would detect she had a blood disorder in terms of her menstrual cycle Signs or symptoms of bleeding disorders Signs that a woman has a bleeding disorder over other health related causes Types of screenings that would take place to rule out bleeding disorders Importance of tracking your menstrual cycle in determining if you have a bleeding disorder Steps to follow if you are trying to differentiate a bleeding disorder versus a heavy menstrual cycle What is Von Willebrand disease, the different types and how it can affect the menstrual cycle What is Hemophilia and the most common symptoms What is a joint bleed The most common bleeding disorders Treatment for women after being diagnosed with a bleeding disorder Bleeding disorders are heriditary  Connect with Dr. Bethea & Jhon: You can connect with Dr. Bethea on LinkedIn and John on LinkedIn. Resources mentioned: https://betteryouknow.org Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship (FAMM) Class of 2021 The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book) | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program Related podcasts & blog posts: FFP 246 | Heavy Flow | Managing the Complexities of Menstruation | Amanda Laird FFP 230 | Essure Problems | The Bleeding Edge | Angie Firmalino and Amanda Rusmisell FFP 127 | What Does a Normal Period Look Like? | How Much Am I Supposed To Bleed During My Period? | Lisa | Fertility Friday Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors: Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now! The Fertility Awareness Charting Workbook This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.

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Yasmin El Hady (also known as Yasguru) is a lawyer, comedian, and retired matchmaker. She has a BS in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology from Emory University, but she read the most about relationships after experiencing a divorce back in 2012. She’s also been matching since 2007, and learned a lot doing that about compatibility & reverse engineering her process. We talk about everything from the need for counseling to toxic wedding culture in the Muslim community. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unfazedwithtazzyphe/support

Alyssa Forsyth is an Emory Undergraduate Senior (Class of 2021) who is also on the pre-medical track taking Neurological and Behavioral Biology and Spanish and Portuguese majors. She dives into what makes you a compelling student for medical school and higher education, shares her favorite anthropology topics, and yeah... Bonobo Balls. (IYKYK... #clowntake). CLICK BELOW FOR MORE (hyperlinked): Follow my LinkedIn Page for exclusive show notes Book / Guest Recommendation, Be a Guest Form, and more... Check out my website here Wanna share a link to everything? Wanna give me a Rating and Review on Apple? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shivadhana/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shivadhana/support

This week we delve into fish parenting with true natural history stories every bit as interesting as Finding Nemo! The Pebble Mine podcast episode is coming soon. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this mini-episode and are inspired to share your own fish stories: https://fisherwomenpod.wordpress.com/creature-feature Resources (Open access listed first; *indicates paywall) Berra, Tim M., and Francisco J. Neira. 2003. "Early life history of the nurseryfish, Kurtus gulliveri (Perciformes: Kurtidae), from northern Australia." Capoiea: 384-390. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240775561_Early_Life_History_of_the_Nurseryfish_Kurtus_gulliveri_Perciformes_Kurtidae_from_Northern_Australia Bernardi, G., and A. Vagelli. 2004. "Population structure in Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, a coral reef species lacking a pelagic larval phase." Marine Biology 145(4): 803-810. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225718806_Population_structure_in_Banggai_cardinalfish_Pterapogon_kauderni_a_coral_reef_species_lacking_a_pelagic_larval_phase Confirmation of Slope Sea spawning in Atlantic Blue-fin Tuna: https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/the-secret-tuna-nursery/ *Nelson, Stephen G. and C. O'Neil Krekorian. 1976. "The dynamics of parental care of Copeina arnoldi (Pisces, Characidae)". Behavioral Biology 17(4): 507–518. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091677376909196?via%3Dihub *Kume, Gen, Atsuko Yamaguchi, and Ichiro Aoki. 2002. "Dummy egg production by female cardinalfish to deceive cannibalistic males: oogenesis without vitellogenesis." Environmental biology of fishes 65(4): 469-472. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1021106504726 *Bakker, Theo, and Beat Mundwiler. "Pectoral fin size in a fish species with paternal care: a condition‐dependent sexual trait revealing infection status." Freshwater Biology 41.3 (1999): 543-551. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652427/1999/41/3 *Stein, Laura R., and Alison M. Bell. "Paternal programming in sticklebacks." Animal Behaviour 95 (2014): 165-171. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347214002863 Credits: Cover photo of the sub-species and sexual dimorphism in Three-spined Stickleback from the public domain; illustrated by Alexander Francis Lyndon in British Fresh Water Fishes 1879. Theme mixed by me, using sounds sourced from sfxgo, orangefreesound, and freesound. Please see website for full credits.

Brooke Stanicki is a rising senior pre-med student at Johns Hopkins University, studying Behavioral Biology. Brooke has been an EMT for 6 years in her home state of New Jersey. Although every EMT works with all sorts of calls, she has been working closely with local teenage patients who have struggled with mental health issues. Brooke is the incoming Head Volunteer of Johns Hopkins Hospital Adult Emergency Department volunteering program. She is also the founder of a new nonprofit, Masks for Many, which provides masks for those in nursing homes and soup kitchens in New Jersey and New York City. At Johns Hopkins, Brooke is a varsity athlete on the fencing team, winning the 2020 Conference Championship in Women’s foil. She serves as President of the Eta Epsilon of Kappa Kappa Gamma, an organization that has raised at least $2000 in support of COVID-19 front line workers.

  Charlotte Blank is one of the world’s first “chief behavioral officers.” As CBO of Maritz, Charlotte leads Maritz’s practice of behavioral science and innovation. She forges the connection between academic theory and applied business practice, by elevating the use of field research to advance our understanding of human behavior in the modern marketplace.  Charlotte has led programs in consumer psychology and global branding during her ten years in the media and automotive industries, including various marketing roles for General Motors, and new product innovation for Turner Broadcasting. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Ever-curious about what “makes us work,” Charlotte is a frequent contributor to PeopleScience.com.     

World renowned biological anthropologist Mel Konner examines the nature of human nature, including and especially in his new book the nature of religiosity. In Believers, Konner, who was raised in an orthodox Jewish home but has been an atheist his entire adult life, responds to attacks on faith by some well-meaning scientists and philosophers, most notably the “new atheists” Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens―known for writing about religion as something irrational and ultimately harmful. Konner explores the psychology, development, brain science, evolution, and even genetics of the varied religious impulses we experience as a species. Konner and Shermer discuss:   the nature of human nature what is religion? what is faith? is religion and faith adaptive or the byproduct of some other evolved adaptation? his experience living among hunter-gatherers how hunter-gatherers conceive of religion vs. modern peoples the “Big Gods” theory of religion the “God Module” theory of religion the group selection theory of religion why faith is not for everyone the rise of the nones, but why religion will never completely die out the upside of religion … and the downside were our paleolithic ancestors warlike or peaceful? would you want to switch places and live in a hunter-gatherer society? why for at least a large minority of humanity, the belief in things unseen neither can nor should go away. Melvin Konner, MD, is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. He is the author of Believers, Women After All, Becoming a Doctor, and The Tangled Wing, among other books. Listen to Science Salon via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn. You play a vital part in our commitment to promote science and reason. If you enjoy the Science Salon Podcast, please show your support by making a donation, or by becoming a patron.  

Angela is a writer and an actress with a degree from Emory University in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. In 2012, Angela founded Charley Bear Productions Inc, with a vision to affect change through art, showcasing the female perspective in front of and behind the camera. Charley Bear produced the dramatic short film, Without Grace, starring Angela alongside award winning actress Ann Dowd. It is wonderful and you should watch it. In fact, you should watch it today, as it is in the All Voices Film Festival on Amazon through June 17th. Finalists are based upon the numbers of views in the time period. Angela would love to recoup her angel investor's generous contribution in making this film and stir your heart with emotion in the process. It's 18 minutes- you have 18 minutes!   Here's the link to watch Without Grace. Tell your friends!  Angela is fascinated with the brain and the overlap of art and science. The synergy of this will be actualized in her work in Virtual Reality, which she will tell us all about.      

This conversation is one of my absolute favorites. As someone who is constantly looking for ways to cultivate more joy AND more social change, these two are fostering a community that fosters a space to breed just that in a FUN and INTENTIONAL way. And I can’t wait to introduce you to this badass married duo who are making waves. Melanie C. Klein, M.A., is an empowerment coach, thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. She is also a successful writer, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies. Her areas of interest and specialty include media literacy education, body image, and the intersectional analysis of systems of power and privilege. She is the co-editor of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery + Loving Your Body (Llewellyn, 2014) with Anna Guest-Jelley, a contributor in 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics and Practice (Horton & Harvey, 2012), is featured in Conversations with Modern Yogis (Shroff, 2014), a featured writer in Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Mindful Living (Llewellyn, 2016), co-editor of Yoga, the Body and Embodied Social Change: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis with Dr. Beth Berila and Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016) as well as the editor of the new anthology, Yoga Rising: 30 Empowering Stories from Yoga Renegades for Every Body. She co-founded the Yoga and Body Image Coalition in 2014. She has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1996 and currently lives in Santa Monica, CA. Marc Cordon, MPH, is a positive psychology coach, professional speaker, and author of the book "Beyond Resilient: The Coach's Guide to Ecstatic Growth." He has received coaching accolades from the Institute for Professional and Excellence in Coaching including an Energy Leadership Index - Master Practitioner, Certified Professional Coach, and specialties in transitions, leadership, performance, and wellbeing. Before co-founding the Joy Revolution, Marc served as the Associate Directors of the Office of Health Promotion and the Office of Multicultural Programs & Services at Emory University where he developed programs and curriculum on social justice, positive psychology and community engagement. He also received a BS in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and a Masters in Public Health in Policy & Management. For over two decades, he has assisted countless people in self-development through speaking engagements, retreats, mini-courses, and 1-on-1 advising and mentoring.    Things we discuss in today’s episode: Shiny penny syndrome The importance of practicing what we preach Simple tangible ways of experiencing true joy Hedonic happiness What the Joy Revolution is all about Using personal narrative as a form of empowerment Legacy in today’s day and age being all about our own agenda and far removed from true social movement Fostering a collective for joy & change Self care as an act of political warfare Using social media for social good Positive psychology, intersectional feminism, legacy and beyond And…a shit ton of poop references…’cause would you expect anything BUT that?

Religion and the religious experience through the lens of social sciences and evolutionary biology. Dr. Melvin Konner, MD, Ph.D. is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor at Emory University, where he teaches Anthropology, Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, and Jewish Studies. He attended Brooklyn College, CUNY, and his MD and PhD are from Harvard. Konner's books include: Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews and The Jewish Body (Nextbook “Jewish Encounters”; An American Library Association Brody Award “Honor Book”), The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit; Becoming a Doctor; The Evolution of Childhood (one of The Atlantic’s Five Best Books of 2010), Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy, among other books. In addition to his many books, Konner has had regular columns in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and has written for Newsweek, The Forward, Nature, Science and The New England Journal of Medicine. He has also translated the African poems of the great Yiddish poet Avraham Sutzkever. Konner has visited Israel 13 times and lectured around the country as a Fulbright Senior Specialist for six weeks in 2011. In 2016 he was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and past fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

This episode begins differently than any other as I throw Marc under the bus! Neither one of us had any idea that we were recording, but once it was out in the Universe, it was exactly how this episode needed to start. Marc’s energy is contagious, and when we get together, the most epic things happen. Marc opens up about his spiritual journey from religion to joy and everything in between. His honesty, openness and vulnerability is truly a testament to how incredible he is as a human. We dive deep, and I mean deep. In this episode we talk about coming out of the spiritual closet (this one hits you first thing) joy, happiness and universal oneness finding and then running from joy The dark decade What living in joy really means And this is just the tip of the iceberg. The hour flew by and both of us could not believe how much we still had to say. You don’t want to miss listening to this incredible episode! Also… should Marc and I do a podcast together? Let us know on Facebook or Instagram by tagging us @tamaraarnoldauthor and @marc.cordon More about Marc: Marc Cordon, MPH, is a positive psychology coach, co-founder of The Joy Revolution, and author of the book "Beyond Resilient: The Coach's Guide to Ecstatic Growth." He has received coaching accolades from the Institute for Professional and Excellence in Coaching and specialties in transitions, leadership, performance, and wellbeing. Marc served as the Associate Directors of Health Promotion and of Multicultural Programs & Services at Emory University where he developed programs and curriculum on social justice, positive psychology, and community engagement. He also received a BS in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and a Masters in Public Health in Policy & Management. And BTW he skates under the roller derby name, Manila Ice. To reach out to Marc and continue the conversation, you can find him on: Twitter: eudaemaniac LinkedIn: mcordon Website: http://marccordon.com

Jennifer Hill interviews Chief Behavioral Officer, Charlotte Blank, and speaks with her about tips to tackle work place biases. Charlotte discusses the science behind understanding our biases and offers procedures and systems so that employers can create a more diverse and unbiased workplace. peoplescience.maritz.com Charlotte Blank leads Maritz’s practice of behavioral science and innovation. She forges the connection between academic theory and applied business practice, by elevating the use of field research to better make sense of human behavior in the evolving marketplace. Charlotte has led programs in consumer psychology and global branding during her ten years in the media and automotive industries, including various marketing roles for General Motors. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Charlotte is obsessed with experiments, ever-curious about what “makes us tick,” and a frequent contributor to PeopleScience.com.

Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology and explains the basic premise of the course and how he aims to avoid categorical thinking. Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu Stanford Department of Biology http://biology.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/stanford Body Sourced From: https://youtu.be/NNnIGh9g6fA Public Access America 
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Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology and explains the basic premise of the course and how he aims to avoid categorical thinking. Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu Stanford Department of Biology http://biology.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/stanford Body Sourced From: https://youtu.be/NNnIGh9g6fA Public Access America 
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Please join us on November 8, 2017 for a live interview with host Denise Messenger and her special guest Dr. Elliot Hirsch. We will be talking about how the FDA has linked breast implants to breast cancer. Dr. Elliot Hirsch is a board certified plastic surgeon who practices the full spectrum of plastic and reconstructive surgery, specializing in both cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery including breast reconstruction, breast reduction, and breast implant removal and revision.  Dr. Hirsch’s primary office is in Sherman Oaks, and treats patients from not only Los Angeles but from all over California and beyond. Dr. Hirsch grew up in Westlake Village, Los Angeles and attended the prestigious Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland where he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honors, and also received the Kurt P. Richter award for outstanding research in the field of Behavioral Biology. After his undergraduate studies, Dr. Hirsch returned to Southern California for medical school at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, where he graduated with highest distinction and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society as well as the Order of Arete. Dr. Hirsch completed his integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at the prestigious Northwestern Memorial Hospital program in Chicago, Illinois where he received several awards for his research and teaching. Since entering medical school, Dr. Hirsch has been an active researcher in the field of plastic surgery and has co-authored over 40 manuscripts and book chapters, and has received several grants for original research projects and holds patents for wound care devices.  Dr. Hirsch is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His books include “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion” and, forthcoming in 2017, “Three Stories about Capitalism: The moral psychology of economic life.” Melvin Konner is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. His books include “The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit” and “The Evolution of Childhood.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Jonathan Haidt and Melvin Konner — Capitalism and Moral Evolution: A Civil Provocation.” Find more at onbeing.org.

Dr. Denise Herzing is Director and Founder of a non-profit scientific research organization called The Wild Dolphin Project, as well as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biological and Psychological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University. She received her B.S. in Marine Zoology from Oregon State University, her M.A. in Behavioral Biology from San Francisco State University, and her Ph.D. in Behavioral Biology and Environmental Studies from the Union Institute Graduate School. Denise is author of the book Dolphin Diaries which details her experiences studying dolphins, and she recently co-edited a book called Dolphin Communication and Cognition. Denise is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a fellow of the Explorers Club. She is with us today to tell us all about her journey through life and science.

Last week we learned the importance of a single cell. We learned the structure and function of the cells and the necessity of having all the players symphonize. On Monday, 9/22/15 at 8PM eastern, we interview THE CONDUCTOR. Nutritional Biochemist Bill Downs will tell us how to conduct the cellular Symphony. From 1990 to 1996, Bill Downs, a nutritional biochemist, served as the staff nutritionist in a medical practice in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Because of his clinical experience there, he developed an approach to understanding and nutritionally managing the functions of biological systems he refers to as “Behavioral Biology.” This approach was the result of his investigations into the most fundamental causes of chronic degenerative diseases; the underlying nutritional inadequacies and biochemical imbalances that existed; and the body’s extreme defensive response measures to survive. This paradigm evolved to encompass epigenetic and nutrigenomic principles of nutrition and how they affect the ‘behavior’ of biological systems and overall health.  Bill was co-founder and CEO of LifeGen, Inc., a nutrigenomic company.  Downs is also co-founder of Impact Genomics and a Partner of IGENE, LLC. In January of 2014, Downs founded Victory Nutrition International, Inc. (VNI).  He co-developed the liposome breakthrough absorption technology (now patent-pending), trademarked as ‘Prodosome®’, which achieves unprecedented rapid (within 5 minutes) and sustained prolonged absorption of its nutraceutical payload.  Join us and learn how proper and high-level absorption is the key to healing. Bill is a great speaker and is knowledgeable in all aspects of health from the treatment of chronic illness to maximizing the perfomance of elite athletes!  

Trent Smith (Washington State University) gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th Novmber 2009

Title: “Behavioral biology and endocrinology of wild baboons and geladas in East Africa" Abstract: Maternal care is the most significant measure of successful adaptation among female mammals. Understanding the predictors of individual differences in offspring care is a major objective of mammalian reproductive biology. In this talk, I will evaluate the impact of maternal and infant characteristics, maternal hormones, and friendships with males on the mother-infant relationship in wild baboons, and discuss the potential fitness consequences of variation in these variables for mothers and infants. I will also discuss the results of my more recent research on reproductive biology in a wild gelada monkey population inhabiting one of the coldest and highest elevation environments of any non-human primate.

Title: “Behavioral biology and endocrinology of wild baboons and geladas in East Africa" Abstract: Maternal care is the most significant measure of successful adaptation among female mammals. Understanding the predictors of individual differences in offspring care is a major objective of mammalian reproductive biology. In this talk, I will evaluate the impact of maternal and infant characteristics, maternal hormones, and friendships with males on the mother-infant relationship in wild baboons, and discuss the potential fitness consequences of variation in these variables for mothers and infants. I will also discuss the results of my more recent research on reproductive biology in a wild gelada monkey population inhabiting one of the coldest and highest elevation environments of any non-human primate.

Melvin Konner, a biological anthropologist, is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. He earned his PhD (1973) and MD (1985) from Harvard. Dr. Konner is a globally recognized expert on how evolution, biology, and culture together shape child development and human nature. He also was among the first to recognize the importance of evolution to contemporary health, and published The Paleolithic Prescription: A Guide to Diet and Exercise and a Design for Living (1988) with S. Boyd Eaton and Marjorie Shostak. Dr. Konner is an active public communicator and advocate, testifying twice before the US Senate on health care reform and end-of-life care, appearing in two public television series, and writing for (among others) Newsweek, The Sciences, The American Prospect, and The New York Times Magazine.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Christof Koch, (Lois & Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive & Behavioral Biology, Caltech) talks about the neural correlates of consciousness in a discussion hosted by Fidel Santamaria. Duration: 44 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA) Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

How do our brains construct a world from a confounding and often conflicting mass of visual cues? According to Koch, professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at Caltech, understanding how we see helps us understand how we arrive at a sense of a conscious "self."This series made possible by a generous contribution from K&L Gates.