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In this episode of The Beat, host Sandy Vance sits down with Solventum's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Travis Bias, to explore how ambient clinician documentation is transforming healthcare. As AI-powered solutions continue to evolve, clinicians are under increasing pressure to deliver high-quality care while managing growing administrative demands. Dr. Bias shares how Solventum is leveraging artificial intelligence to support ambient listening tools that streamline documentation, without replacing the human touch. Together, they discuss the technology's accuracy, its role in clinical workflows, and why physicians who don't adapt may find themselves falling behind. Tune in to learn how ambient documentation has evolved, how it's being measured, and what it means for the future of care delivery.Learn More about Solventum HEREIn this episode, they talk about:What Solventum is doing with AI these daysHow clinicians can use ambient listening for documentation Clinicians are being asked to do more with less these daysAmbient documentation is a tool, not a replacementMeasuring accuracy by comparison and instances when they are usedThe evolution of ambient clinician documentation since its conceptionPhysicians will find themselves behind if they are not using itA Little About Travis:Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP, is a family medicine physician, chief medical officer, and business director of clinician productivity solutions for Solventum's Health Information Systems business. He is also co-director of a Comparative Health Systems course at the University of California, San Francisco Institute of Global Health Sciences.

Today we are joined by Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins and Jess Ghannam, who comment on a devastating new report authored by Stamatopoulou-Robbins. This report, “Costs of War,” reviews data gathered in Palestine since October 7, 2023. In that year alone, the report finds that the US has spent at least $22.76 billion on military aid to Israel and related US operations in the region. The number of direct deaths, but also so-called “indirect deaths” (and such a term forces us to project such deaths well into the future due to Israel's massive destruction of the infrastructure and environment necessary to sustain even the barest forms of life), leads this report to claim that “the scale and rapidity of Gaza's destruction … is unprecedented, not only in Palestinian history, but in recent global history.”  Today we review but a small portion of the information that supports this terrible claim.Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins is an anthropologist and film-maker with research interests  in infrastructure, waste, the environment, platform capitalism, the home, food, disability, and neurodivergence. Her first book, Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine (Stanford University Press, 2019), won five major book awards and explores what happens when, as Palestinians are increasingly forced into proximity with their own wastes and with those of their occupiers, waste is transformed from “matter out of place,” per prevailing anthropological wisdom, into matter with no place to go--or its own ecology.  Her second book, which explores the impacts of Airbnb on property ownership in Athens, Greece, is under contract with Duke University Press. And she is currently beginning work on a next project on the rise of "demand avoidance" as diagnosis and lived experience for autistic people. She serves on the editorial teams of Cultural Anthropology and Critical AI. More on her scholarship and film-making can be found here: https://sophiastamatopoulourobbins.com/.  Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities and the psychological and psychiatric effects of armed conflict on children. Dr. Ghannam has developed community health clinics in the Middle East that focus on developing community-based treatment programs for families in crisis. He is also a consultant with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Reprieve and other international NGO's that work with torture survivors. Locally he works to promote and enhance the health and wellness of refugee, displaced, and immigrant populations from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia and has established a community-based Mental Health Treatment Programs to support these communities. 

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins and Jess Ghannam, who comment on a devastating new report authored by Stamatopoulou-Robbins. This report, “Costs of War,” reviews data gathered in Palestine since October 7, 2023. In that year alone, the report finds that the US has spent at least $22.76 billion on military aid to Israel and related US operations in the region. The number of direct deaths, but also so-called “indirect deaths” (and such a term forces us to project such deaths well into the future due to Israel's massive destruction of the infrastructure and environment necessary to sustain even the barest forms of life), leads this report to claim that “the scale and rapidity of Gaza's destruction … is unprecedented, not only in Palestinian history, but in recent global history.” Today we review but a small portion of the information that supports this terrible claim.Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins is an anthropologist and film-maker with research interests in infrastructure, waste, the environment, platform capitalism, the home, food, disability, and neurodivergence. Her first book, Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine (Stanford University Press, 2019), won five major book awards and explores what happens when, as Palestinians are increasingly forced into proximity with their own wastes and with those of their occupiers, waste is transformed from “matter out of place,” per prevailing anthropological wisdom, into matter with no place to go--or its own ecology. Her second book, which explores the impacts of Airbnb on property ownership in Athens, Greece, is under contract with Duke University Press. And she is currently beginning work on a next project on the rise of "demand avoidance" as diagnosis and lived experience for autistic people. She serves on the editorial teams of Cultural Anthropology and Critical AI.Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities and the psychological and psychiatric effects of armed conflict on children. Dr. Ghannam has developed community health clinics in the Middle East that focus on developing community-based treatment programs for families in crisis.He is also a consultant with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Reprieve and other international NGO's that work with torture survivors. Locally he works to promote and enhance the health and wellness of refugee, displaced, and immigrant populations from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia and has established a community-based Mental Health Treatment Programs to support these communities.www.palumbo-liu.comhttps://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20www.instagram.com/speaking_out_of_place

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins and Jess Ghannam, who comment on a devastating new report authored by Stamatopoulou-Robbins. This report, “Costs of War,” reviews data gathered in Palestine since October 7, 2023. In that year alone, the report finds that the US has spent at least $22.76 billion on military aid to Israel and related US operations in the region. The number of direct deaths, but also so-called “indirect deaths” (and such a term forces us to project such deaths well into the future due to Israel's massive destruction of the infrastructure and environment necessary to sustain even the barest forms of life), leads this report to claim that “the scale and rapidity of Gaza's destruction … is unprecedented, not only in Palestinian history, but in recent global history.” Today we review but a small portion of the information that supports this terrible claim.Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins is an anthropologist and film-maker with research interests in infrastructure, waste, the environment, platform capitalism, the home, food, disability, and neurodivergence. Her first book, Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine (Stanford University Press, 2019), won five major book awards and explores what happens when, as Palestinians are increasingly forced into proximity with their own wastes and with those of their occupiers, waste is transformed from “matter out of place,” per prevailing anthropological wisdom, into matter with no place to go--or its own ecology. Her second book, which explores the impacts of Airbnb on property ownership in Athens, Greece, is under contract with Duke University Press. And she is currently beginning work on a next project on the rise of "demand avoidance" as diagnosis and lived experience for autistic people. She serves on the editorial teams of Cultural Anthropology and Critical AI.Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities and the psychological and psychiatric effects of armed conflict on children. Dr. Ghannam has developed community health clinics in the Middle East that focus on developing community-based treatment programs for families in crisis.He is also a consultant with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Reprieve and other international NGO's that work with torture survivors. Locally he works to promote and enhance the health and wellness of refugee, displaced, and immigrant populations from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia and has established a community-based Mental Health Treatment Programs to support these communities.www.palumbo-liu.comhttps://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20www.instagram.com/speaking_out_of_place

New episode alert! Tune in as we sit down with the brilliant Maeve Mulchrone alongside Krish. Maeve shares her insights into completing MSci Public and Global Health Sciences. We delve into her unique experiences navigating medical school, the transition to an intercalation, and tips for medical students thinking about intercalating. Get inspired by her insights and practical tips!

We're hurtling towards a post-antibiotic world, as the overuse of antibiotics has given rise to dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. Can we fight back using viruses as weapons? An obscure medical therapy uses certain viruses called bacteriophages to treat infection. For a century attempts to turn phage-therapy into a life-saving treatment have faltered, but today there's renewed interest in this approach. Can we use phages to forestall the antibiotic crisis?  Guests: Claas Kirchhelle – Medical historian at the University College, Dublin Tom Ireland – Journalist, editor of The Biologist and author of “The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage” Steffanie Strathdee – Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California San Diego Tom Patterson – Professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're hurtling towards a post-antibiotic world, as the overuse of antibiotics has given rise to dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. Can we fight back using viruses as weapons? An obscure medical therapy uses certain viruses called bacteriophages to treat infection. For a century attempts to turn phage-therapy into a life-saving treatment have faltered, but today there's renewed interest in this approach. Can we use phages to forestall the antibiotic crisis?  Guests: Claas Kirchhelle – Medical historian at the University College, Dublin Tom Ireland – Journalist, editor of The Biologist and author of “The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage” Steffanie Strathdee – Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California San Diego Tom Patterson – Professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:08 — Antonia Juhasz, senior researcher on fossil fuels in the Environment and Human Rights division of Human Rights Watch, just out with a new report entitled “We're Dying Here: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone.” 0:33 — Ted Franklin, an organizer with No Coal in Oakland, for whom he attended and wrote up most of the court proceedings. 0:48 — Doctor Nida Bajwa, a family medicine resident at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF.   The post Biden administration extends review of new LNG terminals; Plus, The Oakland Coal Terminal is back from the dead ; Bay Area Health Workers Protest L3Harris Weapons Development for Israel appeared first on KPFA.

We have been devastated to see intentional attacks on Gaza's medical infrastructure by Israel and even more mortified to see western medical communities response of indifference and even in some cases support for what zionists say is Israel's right to defend itself. Not all medical professionals however have taken that stance. Joining us to discuss is Dr Jess Ghannam, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post UCSF Leadership Create Hostile Environment for Staff Over Gaza w/ Dr Jess Ghannam appeared first on KPFA.

Today Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at UC San Diego and Co-Director at the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics, will chat with us about how bacteriophages—viruses that attack bacteria—changed her life and are becoming part of our future. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Steffanie Strathdee Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode A fun video about bacteriophages. A pretty solid overview about bacteriophages. An article about the history of bacteriophages. An article about a truly prophetic  book—“Arrowsmith”--- from 1925, by Sinclair Lewis, about using bacteriophages to fight disease. A wonderful TED talk about the rise of antibiotic resistant pathogens by Maryn McKenna. A nice overview of ESKAPE pathogens and antimicrobial resistance.  A link to a recent talk given by Dr. Strathdee. A link to Dr. Strathdee's recent book, “The Perfect Predator.” A super recent and quite wonderful review article about phage therapy by Dr. Strathdee. The SEAPHAGES program (which I always wanted to be part of!!) Ry Young's laboratory website. Dr. Strathdee's faculty website. Dr. Strathdee's Wikipedia page! A link to the website of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH).   Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com

We recorded this episode of Speaking Out of Place on Saturday the 18th of November, 2023, as Israel's massive attack on Gaza passed the 40-day mark. Almost immediately after the deadly October 7 Hamas attack, the image of the child, both Israeli and Palestinian, began to dominate the media's coverage, and appeals to international humanitarian law were made to “save the children.” Azeezah Kanji and I decided to create this podcast to coincide with November 20, International Children's Day, in order to take a deeper look at why such appeals to the law must be contextualized both historically and politically. Hedi Viterbo is an associate professor of law at Queen Mary University of London in the UK. His research examines legal issues concerning childhood, state violence, and sexuality from an interdisciplinary and global perspective. His latest book is Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine (Cambridge University Press, 2021).Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities and the psychological and psychiatric effects of armed conflict on children. Dr. Ghannam has developed community health clinics in the Middle East that focus on developing community-based treatment programs for families in crisis.  He is also a consultant with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Reprieve and other international NGO's that work with torture survivors. Locally he works to promote and enhance the health and wellness of refugee, displaced, and immigrant populations from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia and has established a community-based Mental Health Treatment Programs to support these communities.

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with Hedi Viterbo and Dr. Jess Ghannam. This episode was recorded on Saturday the 18th of November, 2023, as Israel's massive attack on Gaza passed the 40-day mark. Almost immediately after the deadly October 7 Hamas attack, the image of the child, both Israeli and Palestinian, began to dominate the media's coverage, and appeals to international humanitarian law were made to “save the children.” Azeezah Kanji and I decided to create this podcast to coincide with November 20, International Children's Day, in order to take a deeper look at why such appeals to the law must be contextualized both historically and politically.Hedi Viterbo is an associate professor of law at Queen Mary University of London in the UK. His research examines legal issues concerning childhood, state violence, and sexuality from an interdisciplinary and global perspective. His latest book is Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine (Cambridge University Press, 2021).Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities and the psychological and psychiatric effects of armed conflict on children. Dr. Ghannam has developed community health clinics in the Middle East that focus on developing community-based treatment programs for families in crisis. He is also a consultant with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Reprieve and other international NGO's that work with torture survivors. Locally he works to promote and enhance the health and wellness of refugee, displaced, and immigrant populations from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia and has established a community-based Mental Health Treatment Programs to support these communities.https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/viterbo.htmlhttps://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/law/human-rights/problematizing-law-rights-and-childhood-israelpalestinewww.palumbo-liu.com https://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20

In recognition of World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), Steffanie Strathdee, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, joined the AMR Action Podcast to share the story of how her husband's case of “Iraqibacter” led her to find a phage therapy that saved his life. Steffanie also shares her thoughts on opportunities for Canada to lead on AMR innovation, and the resources and regulations required to make phage therapy available as an alternative to antimicrobials in health settings across the United States, Canada and the world.Read Steffanie's book: The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A MemoirLearn more about Phage Canada.

0:08 — Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities. He is active in numerous non-governmental organizations and in carrying out humanitarian work, particularly in the Gaza Strip. 0:33 — Rosa De Anda is a writer and visual artist. She is the founder and Director of the San Francisco Day of the Dead Festival of Altars. She created it in 1991 while acting as Education Director at the Mission Cultural Center. 0:43 — Emilio Silva, is a Spanish citizen whose grandfather was executed by the forces of General Francisco Franco in 1936. Mally Rodriguez Gil, is a Spanish citizen searching for her uncle's body who was killed in an unmarked grave under the Franciso dictatorship. The post Bay Area Doctors Call for Ceasefire in Solidarity with Gaza; San Francisco Honors Dia De Los Muertos; Spain Marks Anniversary of Law Making Amends for Crimes During 40 Years of Fascist Rule  appeared first on KPFA.

In light of the recent Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel and subsequent Israeli military action in Gaza, The Burn Bag is re-releasing several episodes A'ndre and Ryan recorded during the 2021 Israeli-Palestinian crisis, aiming to assess the history of the broader Israeli-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli conflicts, highlighting a multitude of perspectives. We hope that you listen to all of these re-releases, in an effort to gain a deeper understanding of this conflict.[Originally released 5/29/21] In this special release, A'ndre and Ryan speak with Dr. Jess Ghannam, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences at the UCSF School of Medicine, about post-conflict trauma and the importance of incorporating this trauma into larger conversations about national security. Dr. Ghannam, who is Palestinian-American and hails from Detroit, speaks on how "the juxtaposition of pain and curiosity" motivated him to learn about and work on the impact of trauma, in order to address health inequalities at home and abroad.  Dr. Ghannam recounts his on-the-ground experience in working in creating medical clinics in Gaza and the public health crises he observed there as a starting point to contextualize the broader conversation from a global standpoint. We have a conversation on the different types of trauma that children and adolescents experience, how mental health gives way to physical and other symptoms, and why Western ways of thinking about PTSD may not be adequate in describing the heavy trauma that civilians in conflict zones face. We discuss how a focus on chronic illnesses (non-communicable) and mental illnesses, such as depression, do present a security risk for the United States and the global community, and the interventions that the public health sector is engaging in to address these huge health issues.NOTE: In A'ndre's introduction, he mentioned that Professor Rashid Khalidi was a negotiator for the PLO. The correct statement is that he was an advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations from October 1991 until June 1993. 

As the world continues to evolve toward advances in technology, the sciences, and globalization, it's important to reflect on the real-world gains of such progressions as well as the future opportunities that exist. In the case of this episode, the gains are associated with saving lives and combating the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic resistant infections, which have been deemed by The World Health Organization as one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. This episode is Part 2 of a series that focuses on AMR and the innovations in science and technology that are helping to tackle the challenge. The episode also points toward the connection between the issues of climate change and AMR as well as the opportunities to combine forces and develop collaborative efforts in addressing these threats. The episode digs deeper into innovations happening within healthcare to defeat superbugs as shared from the perspective of this episode's guest, Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, who is an Epidemiologist, Distinguished Professor, Global health solution-seeker, TEDx speaker, and Author of The Perfect Predator, a memoir of her effort to save her husband's life and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. Steffanie also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications & Therapeutics at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine as well as the Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences. Other topics range from the importance of advocacy and collaboration to tackle global health problems to how phages can help to evolve personalized medicine to how technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can be used to advance Phage Therapy. Also, is there a need for more health solutions to connect the dots when traveling abroad? For more details visit TechLink Health @ https://www.techlink.health or connect with Dr. Strathdee @ The Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. This episode was hosted by Rob McBride, Co-Founder and CEO of Felix Biotechnology and Dr. Sarah Samaan. The episode is packed with valuable insights and points to several references, including a direct email for those in need and interested in Phage Therapies as an alternative treatment:

Amy is joined by academic and advocate Dr. Veronica Fynn Bruey to discuss her book, Patriarchy and Gender in Africa, and discuss the impacts of patriarchy on the African continent.Dr. Veronica Fynn Bruey is a multi-award winner and a passionate academic and advocate. Holding six academic degrees from four continents, she has researched, taught, consulted, and presented at conferences in over thirty countries. She's authored five books, several book chapters, and journal articles. She's the founder and editor in chief of the Journal of Internal Displacement, the co-lead of Law & Society's collaborative research network, she is the lead of Law & Society Association's international research collaborative, Disrupting Patriarchy and Masculinity in Africa, the founder of The Voice of West African Refugees in Ghana at the Buduburam refugee settlement in Ghana. She is also the Australian National University International Alumna of the Year in 2021, and the president of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, and a co-chair of Africa Interest Group American Society Of International Law. Currently she is an Action Canada Fellow, from 2022 to 2023, and the director of The Flower School of Global Health Sciences and an assistant professor of legal studies at Athabasca University. Veronica is a born and bred indigenous Liberian War survivor.

Ben is joined by two giants of global health diplomacy, Ambassadors Mark Dybul and Eric Goosby, to take stock of how resilient the world is in sustaining existing infectious disease responses and preparing for future pandemic threats, by building on existing infrastructure - particularly optimized lab-based diagnostic networks. A Shot In the Arm Podcast is a member of the Health Podcast Network, and is a project of the Global Health Reporting Center. This episode is brought to you with the kind support of Roche Diagnostics.  Guests Ambassador Mark Dybul, Co-Director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact and Professor in the Department of Medicine at Georgetown University Ambassador Eric Goosby, Professor of Medicine and Director of Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy, Institute for Global Health Sciences, UCSF. https://cghpi.georgetown.edu https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu https://theindependentpanel.org https://www.state.gov/pepfar https://www.theglobalfund.org/en https://cop27.eg #pandemics #HIV #AIDS #TB #Malaria #COVID #climatecrisis #onehealth #COP27 #WHO #UNAIDS #GlobalFund #PEPFAR #Diagnostics #Vaccines #Treatments #Laboratories #PointOfCare #Monitoring #Infectiousdisease #globalhealthdiplomacy #resilience

Disclaimer: In this episode, we speak about eating disorders, exercise addiction, and body dysmorphia. Please take care if choosing to listen to the podcast.In this episode of the MyoMinds Podcast I speak with Dr Jason Nagata, who is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and affiliated faculty with the Institute for Global Health Sciences and the Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health. Jason is one of the researchers spearheading research around muscularity-oriented disordered eating (Hence the title of this episode) and a personal research hero of mine!Listen to this episode to hear about:What is muscularity oriented disordered eating? How does it differ from muscle dysmorphia/bigorexia?Who is most at risk of developing these issues and why?Are these conditions serious? What happens to people who experience this?Is help available and if so, where?and more!The Devils Advocate Question: 'A lot of these people are just trying to build muscle, be the best they can be, and get healthier. Aren't you just labeling muscle building behaviours as bad and discouraging healthy choices?'You can Follow Jason and his work on Twitter: @jasonmnagataPlease remember that no episode of the MyoMinds Podcast can be used as a replacement for medical advice and/or care.

In the newest episode of Infectious Conversations, Candace chats with Dr. Steffanie Strathdee: an infectious disease epidemiologist, the Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and Co-director at the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH). Dr. Strathdee relied on her extensive knowledge of infectious diseases to help save her husband's life using phage therapy after he developed a life-threatening, drug-resistant infection in 2016. The couple later wrote a book together titled “The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug,” which was published in 2019. To contact IPATH, email ipath@ucsd.edu. 

Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down with a stomach bug. What at first seemed like a case of food poisoning quickly turned critical, and by the time Tom had been transferred via emergency medevac to the world-class medical center at UC San Diego, where both he and Steffanie worked, blood work revealed why modern medicine was failing: Tom was fighting one of the most dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world.Steffanie joins Greg this episode to discuss solving her husband's medical crisis, and what she learned from this horrific experience. They also discuss how Covid has ramped these trends up, how critical phages are for our bodies, and the open mindedness of PhDs vs MDs.Steffanie is Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins and Simon Fraser Universities. She co-directs UCSD's new center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH), Global Health Institute and the International Core of UCSD's Center for AIDS Research. Stefanie has co-authored her memoir all about her husbands illness titled, “The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug.”Episode Quotes:The need for a phage library[30:40] What we need to do is build a phage library that maps onto a superbug library. And, of course, these are going to be constantly needing to be updated because these are organisms that are co-evolving to attack one another.What's the future looking for the advancement of phage[37:55] I can imagine a situation in the future, though, where, because we have, sequencers that are portable and cheaper than ever before, that you'd be able to sequence a phage and sequence a bacteria and be able to have a database to say, okay, you know, this phage will match that bacterium or to even genetically modify or synthesize a phage. So in a 3D printing model, some of my colleagues in Belgium have, you know, been working on that. So, I think that there's going to be advances that are going to help us make this work. But right now, we need phage libraries. We need more investment in clinical trials.Pushing beyond boundaries leads to discovery[39:49] When your back is up against the wall, whether it's you as an individual, us as a society, or a planet, we can sometimes have creative ideas to come up with solutions that we wouldn't otherwise do. And that's what I'm hoping that we'll do now because both climate change and antimicrobial resistance are colliding.Show Links:Guest Profile:Faculty Profile at UC San DiegoFaculty Profile at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthProfessional Profile at Canadian Association for Global HealthSteffanie Strathdee on LinkedInSteffanie Strathdee on TwitterSteffanie Strathdee on InstagramSteffanie Strathdee on TEDxNashvilleHer Work:Steffanie Strathdee on Google ScholarThe Perfect Predator Website

A new report penned by Pamela Spence, EY's Global Health Sciences and Wellness Industry, explores how heath care in the future will be transformed by a living, intelligent ecosystem that enables care delivery anytime and anywhere, and how pharmacists can utilize AI technologies to make health care even more human.   According to EY, there is no single new technology that holds the key to the future of health care. Rather, as technologies such as sensors, cloud computing, AR/VR and 5G continue to evolve and converge with more advanced technologies, like quantum computing and the metaverse, they are enabling the creation of a growing internet of medical things (IoMT), which will extend itself everywhere – beginning with sensors in and on our bodies, to our homes and working environments, and beyond, to smart specialist care facilities. The result: unprecedented growth (36% CAGR over the next three years) in quantity and quality of health data available. Data – particularly the disparate, often unstructured data generated from our daily lives, which is often relevant to health outcomes – requires new analytical tools to turn it from raw information into actionable insights.   EY identified two key areas for pharmacists to focus in order to create value in this intelligent health ecosystem of the future:   ·       Personalized insights through artificial intelligence – AI offers a means to connect, combine and interrogate unstructured data differently and unlock actionable insights. With the power of AI, pharmas can begin to link the huge volumes of data generated and the vast array of technological tools being developed into a comprehensive, integrated smart health system. This data-driven smart system enables the breakdown of silos between care settings and optimizes decision-making across the patient journey.   ·       User experience defines the value – The explosion in data and technological innovation offers pharmas a way to reinvent care as a patient-centered, personalized health experience. To succeed in this reinvented world companies will need to consider not only traditional clinical metrics, but also the non-clinical measures which capture the subjective reality of the patient's own experience. Use of these measures to generate actionable insights via AI will be the pivot for the move from data to value and thus, for BioPharma companies to gain fair reimbursement for innovation and new products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new report penned by Pamela Spence, EY's Global Health Sciences and Wellness Industry, explores how heath care in the future will be transformed by a living, intelligent ecosystem that enables care delivery anytime and anywhere, and how pharmacists can utilize AI technologies to make health care even more human.   According to EY, there is no single new technology that holds the key to the future of health care. Rather, as technologies such as sensors, cloud computing, AR/VR and 5G continue to evolve and converge with more advanced technologies, like quantum computing and the metaverse, they are enabling the creation of a growing internet of medical things (IoMT), which will extend itself everywhere – beginning with sensors in and on our bodies, to our homes and working environments, and beyond, to smart specialist care facilities. The result: unprecedented growth (36% CAGR over the next three years) in quantity and quality of health data available. Data – particularly the disparate, often unstructured data generated from our daily lives, which is often relevant to health outcomes – requires new analytical tools to turn it from raw information into actionable insights.   EY identified two key areas for pharmacists to focus in order to create value in this intelligent health ecosystem of the future:   ·       Personalized insights through artificial intelligence – AI offers a means to connect, combine and interrogate unstructured data differently and unlock actionable insights. With the power of AI, pharmas can begin to link the huge volumes of data generated and the vast array of technological tools being developed into a comprehensive, integrated smart health system. This data-driven smart system enables the breakdown of silos between care settings and optimizes decision-making across the patient journey.   ·       User experience defines the value – The explosion in data and technological innovation offers pharmas a way to reinvent care as a patient-centered, personalized health experience. To succeed in this reinvented world companies will need to consider not only traditional clinical metrics, but also the non-clinical measures which capture the subjective reality of the patient's own experience. Use of these measures to generate actionable insights via AI will be the pivot for the move from data to value and thus, for BioPharma companies to gain fair reimbursement for innovation and new products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She co-directs UCSD's new center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH), Global Health Institute and the International Core of UCSD's Center for AIDS Research. An infectious disease epidemiologist, she has spent the last two decades focusing on HIV prevention in marginalized populations and has published over 600 peer-reviewed publications. She has recently begun working to move bacteriophage therapy into clinical trials at IPATH. She has co-authored her memoir, The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug. In this podcast we talk about Dr. Strathdee's experiences learning about bacteriophage (phage) therapy treatment through a personal experience where her husband became extremely ill from antimicrobial resistant bacteria. She learned that stigma in part was how phage therapy had become forgotten in North America--stigma toward scientists with different beliefs and training than the mainstream, stigma toward viruses that maybe perceived "at the borderline of life", and stigma toward research based on geopolitics (including the "Russian taint"). Steffanie inspires listeners with her discussion of the power of global collaboration, advocacy in healthcare, and the importance of making (rather than waiting for) miracles to happen. Episode hosted by Dr. Carmen Logie. Supported by funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Canada Research Chairs program. Original music and podcast produced by Jupiter Productions, who have various production services available to support your podcast needs.

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Adi Rosario, a scientist, and lieutenant in the U.S. Public Health Services, serving in the office of the U.S. Surgeon General. Dr. Rosario provides the latest information on the Omicron variant and explains why vaccines and booster shots are vital for preventing severe illness from COVID-19. Dr. Kelly Sanders, Technical Lead of the Pandemic Response Initiative at the UCSF Institute of Global Health Sciences, also checks in to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on children and to assess our country's response to the pandemic.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Adi Rosario, a scientist, and lieutenant in the U.S. Public Health Services, serving in the office of the U.S. Surgeon General. Dr. Rosario provides the latest information on the Omicron variant and explains why vaccines and booster shots are vital for preventing severe illness from COVID-19. Dr. Kelly Sanders, Technical Lead of the Pandemic Response Initiative at the UCSF Institute of Global Health Sciences, also checks in to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on children and to assess our country's response to the pandemic.

In this special release, A'ndre and Ryan speak with Dr. Jess Ghannam, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences at the UCSF School of Medicine, about post-conflict trauma and the importance of incorporating this trauma into larger conversations about national security. Dr. Ghannam, who is Palestinian-American and hails from Detroit, speaks on how "the juxtaposition of pain and curiosity" motivated him to learn about and work on the impact of trauma, in order to address health inequalities at home and abroad.  Dr. Ghannam recounts his on-the-ground experience in working in creating medical clinics in Gaza and the public health crises he observed there as a starting point to contextualize the broader conversation from a global standpoint. We have a conversation on the different types of trauma that children and adolescents experience, how mental health gives way to physical and other symptoms, and why Western ways of thinking about PTSD may not be adequate in describing the heavy trauma that civilians in conflict zones face. We discuss how a focus on chronic illnesses (non-communicable) and mental illnesses, such as depression, do present a security risk for the United States and the global community, and the interventions that the public health sector is engaging in to address these huge health issues.

Los consejeros del Instituto Nacional Electoral anoche confirmaron por seis votos a favor y cinco en contra, la cancelación del registro del morenista Félix Salgado, como candidato a gobernador de Guerrero por no presentar el reporte de sus gastos de campaña. Javier Aparicio, economista, politólogo y profesor-investigador del CIDE, nos da su punto de vista. En otros temas: Mientras México anuncia los primeros ensayos clínicos de la vacuna Patria, un estudio del Institute for Global Health Sciences advierte que si el país hubiera tenido una respuesta promedio, se habrían evitado alrededor de 190 mil muertes en 2020./ Pausan en Estados Unidos la aplicación de la vacuna Johnson & Johnson.

El mal manejo de la pandemia ha costado -al menos- 190 mil muertes que podían haberse evitado. Eso sugiere, entre tantas otras cosas, el estudio de caso del Institute for Global Health Sciences del UCSF.

Before this episode, if someone asked me what could be done to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes, one of the last things on my mind would have been “kindness” because that part should be obvious, right? Wrong. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Afulani and Dr.Walker, two faculty members in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and affiliates with the Institute of Global Health Sciences at UCSF. They share information about the disparities in women’s health and the importance of patient-centered care across the globe, particularly in these pandemic times, where navigating patient interactions with physicians can be varied and complex.

"This is the worse superbug you can get," said her husband's doctors when diagnosing him with a life-threatening multidrug resistant bacterial infection.  But Steffanie Strathdee put her research skills to work and eventually was able to convince doctors to treat him with an experimental phage therapy that ended up saving his life. Listen and learn Why no other solution was working to cure her husband of this superbug, How the history of phage therapy versus antibiotics has played out, and Why the problem of antibiotic resistance may be addressed by utilizing bacteriophages. Steffanie A. Strathdee is the Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and the Harold Simon Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She helped found and co-directs UCSD's new center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) and also works with the Global Health Institute and the International Core of UCSD's Center for AIDS Research.  An infectious disease epidemiologist, she's also the author of The Perfect Predator, which tells the story of her husband's struggle with a superbug and the successful effort to help him recover with phage viruses. Phages are viruses that infect bacteria, and are emerging as a potential winner as scientists struggle with how to prevent superbugs from causing deadly infections.  She gives listeners a fascinating history of how politics and war kept phage therapy out of American medicine for decades. First discovered by a French Canadian microbiologist, their adoption by Russians pre-World War II marked them as off-the-table for the American medical field. But they are emerging again as having great potential, and Steffanie Strathdee helps enlighten listeners by describing the process and why they can be effective. First, scientists are able to pick and choose their phages, testing to make sure what bacteria the phages will infect. They can get specific, killing only the bacteria they want to target. Ideally, they'll collect a couple of different phages for the best chances of success, then make isolates of them.  The most difficult stage is the purification, she says. Scientists are moving ahead, designing clinical studies. Listen in for more exciting news about this life-saving treatment. For more, see the Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) website. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

We had a conversation with Jess Ghannam about his work as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. We also discussed  his research on the consequences of war on displaced communities.Created & Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikraEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek YamaniAbout the afikra conversation series:Our long-form interview series, hosted on Zoom, featuring academics and arts ‎and media experts who are helping document and/or shape the history and culture of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with new ‎found curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into head first. ‎Following the interview there is a moderated town-hall style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp  Follow afikra:‎Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/afikra/Patreon: https://patreon.com/afikraInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/afikra_/‎Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afikra.official/‎Twitter: https://twitter.com/afikraWebsite: afikra.comAbout afikra:‎afikra is a grassroots movement that has evolved into a global community dedicated to exploring the history and ‎culture of the Arab world. Starting in 2014 in NYC, our mission has always been two-pronged: cultivate curiosity and ‎to build community. We've hosted intimate salon-style events all over the world that feature in-depth presentations on ‎topics related to the Arab world, given by members of our community. What makes afikra different is that our ‎programs and platform is designed to engage our community to ask their own questions, and provide an open ‎community of peers who support each other as we all look for the answers together. Our vision is to build a global ‎community of curious minds who are interested in promoting intellectualism and deepening our communal ‎knowledge of the Arab region.‎

This is episode 47,  “The U.S. Pandemic Response and How to Improve It.”  My guest, James G. Kahn, MD, MPH, is Emeritus Professor in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, the Institute for Global Health Sciences, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. He has published widely on the cost and cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention and treatment in the developing world, as well as on other health conditions.  Dr. Kahn researches and educates on the costs and financing of single payer / Medicare-for-All. In 2005, he quantified that U.S. health care administration costs funded through private insurance account for nearly 25% of the costs of physician and hospital care. In 2014, he led a team that estimated potential savings of at least $400 billion per year from simplifying insurance-related administration in the U.S.  Dr. Kahn also served for two years as President of the California chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Do not miss the episode as Dr. Kahn discusses our response to the pandemic and how we can improve our response in the future.

In Superbug Slayer we are joined by Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, to chat about superbugs and how to treat them. In this episode Steffanie shares with us the incredible story of how she helped resurrect a little known, but highly effective, treatment for antibiotic resistance bacteria and, in the process, saved her husband’s life. What is phage therapy and how can it reduce our reliance on antibiotics? Which infections can be treated with phage therapy? What can you do to prevent superbugs becoming the next global health crisis? All this and much more in Superbug Slayer with Dr. Steffanie Strathdee!

Global Health in the Time of COVID is a miniseries from the Institute for Global Health Sciences at UCSF produced by Carry the One Radio. Each week, we speak to health experts at UCSF to learn more about them, their work, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed their practice and research. In this week's episode, we talk to Dr. Madhavi Dandu, a clinician and professor of medicine at UCSF who directs the Master’s Program in Global Health, and Dr. Elizabeth Fair, an infectious disease epidemiologist who directs UCSF’s PhD Program in Global Health. We discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the course of Global Health education, why the US’s pandemic response has fallen short, and what we can learn from looking abroad. This interview took place on May 28th, 2020 and reflects the state of the news and scientific literature at that time. This episode was produced by Ben Mansky and Nancy Cai. Music used in this episode: Slow Lane Lover, Dance of Felt, San Diego Sunday, and Hundred Mile by Blue Dot Sessions. News clips used in the introduction are courtesy of Cleveland Clinic via the CDC.

Global Health in the Time of COVID is a miniseries from the Institute for Global Health Sciences at UCSF produced by Carry the One Radio. Each week, we speak to health experts at UCSF to learn more about them, their work, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed their practice and research. In this week's episode, we talk to Alexandra Keir, Jane Fieldhouse, Dr. Lucia Abascal, and Maeve Forster, who are students and staff in the UCSF Global Health Sciences program. Since March, they have been working as part of the team behind Research Watch, a project to rapidly summarize new COVID-19 research and communicate it to healthcare workers, scientists, and policy makers. In our interview, we discuss the project, the challenges associated with staying up to date in an ever-changing field, the differences between responses to COVID-19 across the globe, and the major takeaways of the research that's been done so far. To learn more about Research Watch and sign up for their newsletter, head to https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/covid-19/ucsf-ighs-covid-19-research-watch This interview took place on May 20th, 2020 and reflects the state of the news and scientific literature at that time. This episode was produced by Katie Cabral and Ben Mansky. Music used in this episode: Slow Lane Lover and Hundred Mile by Blue Dot Sessions. News clips used in the introduction are courtesy of Cleveland Clinic via the CDC.

Global Health in the Time of COVID is a miniseries from the Institute for Global Health Sciences at UCSF produced by Carry the One Radio. Each week, we speak to health experts at UCSF to learn more about them, their work, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed their practice and research. Our first episode features Dr. Kim Baltzell, a professor of nursing at UCSF and director of Global Action in Nursing (GAIN), a project that promotes clinical training in sub-saharan Africa. This episode was written and produced by Kanchi Mehta and Devika Nair with editing help from the rest of the CTOR team. Music used in this episode includes: Slow Lane Lover, San Diego Sunday, Dance of Felt, Dusting, and Hundred Mile by Blue Dot Sessions. News clips used in the introduction are courtesy of Cleveland Clinic via the CDC.

No story of antibiotics would be complete without the rise of resistance. As promised in our last episode, this week we dive into what the WHO calls ‘one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today’ - antibiotic resistance. In the decades since their development, misuse and overuse of antibiotics has led to many becoming all but useless, and our world seems on the verge of plunging into a post-antibiotic era. How does resistance work? Where did it come from? Why did it spread so far so rapidly? Is there any hope? In this episode, we answer all these questions and more. First, we explore the many ways bacteria evade the weaponry of antibiotic compounds. Then we trace the global spread of these resistant bugs by examining the major contributors to their misuse and overuse. And finally we assess the current global status of antibiotic resistant infections (spoiler: it’s very bad) and search for any good news (spoiler: there’s a lot!). To chat about one super cool and innovative alternative to antibiotics, we are joined by the amazing Dr. Steffanie Strathdee (Twitter: @chngin_the_wrld), Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Co-Director at the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. Dr. Strathdee provides a firsthand account of helping her husband, Dr. Tom Patterson, fight off a deadly superbug infection by calling on a long-forgotten method of treating bacterial infections: phage therapy.   To read more about phage therapy and Dr. Strathdee’s incredible experiences, check out The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir. 

En el primer debate virtual de En Esta Esquina cuatro expertos argumentan si el gobierno mexicano ha actuado bien o no frente a la crisis del coronavirus. Se conectarán desde distintas partes del mundo Jaime Sepúlveda, director del Institute for Global Health Sciences de la Universidad de California San Francisco; Viridiana Ríos, doctora en Gobierno por Harvard; Miguel Betancourt, presidente de la Sociedad Mexicana de Salud Pública y Alejandro Barroso, secretario de la Comisión de Salud en la Cámara de Diputados, para hablar sobre la epidemia en México. .

Antimicrobial resistant infections are a major threat to global public health. In this month's episode, we explore using bacteriophages to combat these deadly infections. Niki Spahich from The Scientist's Creative Services team spoke with Jason Gill, associate director of the Center for Phage Technology at Texas A&M University, and Steffanie Strathdee, associate dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, to learn more. The Scientist Speaks is a podcast produced by The Scientist's Creative Services Team. Our podcast is by scientists and for scientists. Once a month, we bring you the stories behind news-worthy molecular biology research.   Special thanks to Dr. Steffanie Strathdee and Dr. Jason Gill for sharing their experiences. Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson's book about his illness is "The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir." More information can be found at ThePerfectPredator.com.   If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to The Scientist Speaks on your favorite podcast platform.

On this episode, we are taking a closer look at the extremely real, human threat of antibiotic resistant infections, and discussing how momentum for beating these harmful bugs can start from just one person with a determination to find a solution. Co-host Matthew Wellington from U.S. PIRG interviewed Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, co-author of the book The Perfect Predator - A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug. Dr. Strathdee is the Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor at the University of California San Diego School (UCSD) of Medicine and Co-Director at the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. In this episode, she tells the story of how her husband, Tom Patterson, was infected with a bacteria that was resistant to all available antibiotics and how doctors and researchers from around the world saved his life with a hundred year old forgotten cure—phage therapy—that shows promise as a weapon to tackle the global superbug crisis. Her husband co-authored the book with her and is also a renowned scientist at UCSD. To wrap up, Matt will dive into the news and updates currently chiming across the world of antibiotic resistance.

We can't say we weren't warned. More than 75 years ago, bacteriologist Rene Dubos cautioned that misuse of antibiotics could breed drug-resistant bacteria – and he has been proved prescient. In this episode: the rise of superbugs, why we ignored the warnings about them, how some are enlisting an old therapy to fight back, and whether we'll heed history's lessons in the face of a future pandemic. Plus, a weird unforeseen effect of antibiotics being investigated at the Body Farm.  Guests: Fred Turek - Director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobology, Northwestern University Jennifer DeBruyn - Microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who also works at the Anthropology Research Facility, a.k.a. the Body Farm   Steffanie Strathdee - Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, and co-author (with Tom Patterson) of  “The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug” Tom Patterson - Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and co-author (with Steffanie Strathdee) of “The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug” Mark Honigsbaum - Medical Historian, journalist, and lecturer at City University, London, and author of “The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can’t say we weren’t warned.  More than 75 years ago, bacteriologist Rene Dubos cautioned that misuse of antibiotics could breed drug-resistant bacteria – and he has been proved prescient.  In this episode: the rise of superbugs, why we ignored the warnings about them, how some are enlisting an old therapy to fight back, and whether we’ll heed history’s lessons in the face of a future pandemic.  Plus, a weird unforeseen effect of antibiotics being investigated at the Body Farm.  Guests: Fred Turek - Director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobology, Northwestern University Jennifer DeBruyn - Microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who also works at the Anthropology Research Facility, a.k.a. the Body Farm   Steffanie Strathdee - Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, and co-author (with Tom Patterson) of  “The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug” Tom Patterson - Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and co-author (with Steffanie Strathdee) of  “The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug” Mark Honigsbaum - Medical Historian, journalist, and lecturer at City University, London, and author of “The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris”

Absolute honour to have Dr. Steffanie Strathdee as my guest for episode 19. Dr. Strathdee is an infectious disease epidemiologist, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Co-Director at the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. Herself and husband; Thomas Patterson, are also authors of the book 'The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug'.On the podcast we talk about Phage Therapy, what it is and the difference it can make in the Superbug Epidemic, the struggle Dr. Strathdee and her husband faced, recovery and everything that happened in between. I really hope you find it as fascinating and important as I did. Follow Dr. Strathdee on:Twitter - https://twitter.com/chngin_the_wrldInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/chngin_the_wrldCheck out Dr. Strathdee's University Profile here: https://profiles.ucsd.edu/steffanie.strathdeeFor more information on 'The Perfect Predator' head here: https://theperfectpredator.comPurchase the book: https://amzn.to/2Q50tnPFind out more about IPATH (Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics):Website: https://bit.ly/2kGpg2HFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/IPATH/Twitter: https://twitter.com/IPATHContact IPATH: IPATH@ucsd.eduMake sure to give us a follow and give this episode a share, it helps the world and this is a topic which completely deserves it! Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/miztrujillo)

What makes a successful sexual encounter?What defines a successful vs. a non-successful sexual encounter? What factors must be in place in order to ensure that all parties are happy and satisfied at the end of the session?What if there was an app that could help you address issues that may be preventing you from having the sexual connection you desire?Guess what? There is!Join Devi Ward Erickson and her guest, Juicebox app Founder, Brianna Radar as they discuss the secrets to satisfying sexual encounter that her sex tech app Juicebox has helped her discover.Find out:The secret recipe for successful sexual encountersExpert suggestions for straight men who struggle with online datingTips for closing the “orgasm gap”How women can experience more self-empowerment through pleasure.And much more!Join us live @7pm on CTR Network!BRIANNA RADER | FOUNDER OF JUICEBOXBrianna Rader is the Founder of Juicebox. She has worked in the field of sex education for five years and has a masters in Global Health Sciences.Her goal is to create a more sexually free and pleasurable world.Juicebox is an iOS app that provides 1-on-1 sex, dating, and relationship coaching anonymously. Juicebox is free to download and has free features, Spill and Snoop, where you can share stories and get simple questions answered for free. The 1-on-1 coaching is only $24/week, making it affordable and accessible.CONNECT WITH BRIANNA!Website: juiceboxit.comFacebook: @juiceboxappTwitter Handle: @juiceboxit

Is there a risk for the epidemic of legal and illegal opioid consumption to extend to Mexico? Is this risk only a Mexican problem or would a Mexican epidemic have consequences in the United States too? My interviewees are Dr. David Goodman-Meza, from the Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Professor Larry Palinkas, Chair, Department of Children, Youth and Families, at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work of the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, and Professor Steffanie Strathdee, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Lauren Suchman is Evaluation Director at the Institute for Global Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Lauren earned her PhD from the Anthropology Program at the Graduate Center. The post Anthropology in Program Evaluation (trans. Lauren Suchman) appeared first on Career Planning and Professional Development.

Half of all countries in the world have eliminated malaria, mostly since the Second World War. Ambitious strategies are now being put in place to eradicate human malaria worldwide by 2050 and to eliminate malaria in the Asia Pacific region by 2030. The Asia Pacific goal has recently been discussed at the East Asia Summit in Myanmar. Sir Richard presented the historical progress with malaria elimination and the prospects and requirements for global eradication by 2050. He focused on recent dramatic progress in Asia Pacific and the Asia Pacific goal of malaria freedom by 2030. Sir Richard drew attention to the successful elimination (re-elimination) in Sri Lanka, and the striking progress in countries such as China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Outstanding challenges, such as artemisinin resistance in the Mekong Region and malaria caused by Plasmodium knowlesi, was discussed. The political and financial requirements for malaria elimination in Asia Pacific was also elaborated. Sir Richard Feachem is Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF Global Health Sciences, Professor of Global Health at both the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley, and former Executive Director of Global Health Sciences. He is also a Visiting Professor at London University and an Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued new clinical guidelines recommending against screening pelvic examination in asymptomatic, nonpregnant adult women. The college describes the recommendation as strong, with moderate-quality evidence. What are the new guidelines? What does this mean for the general practitioner? Joining host Dr. Brian McDonough is Molly Cooke, MD. FACP, Professor of Medicine and inaugural Director of Education for Global Health Sciences at UCSF. Dr. Cooke serves on the ACP Clinical Guidelines Committee. She reviews the guidelines from the perspective as a general practitioner and the choices she must make during the time she has with patients. The guidelines were published online July 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Explore the current state of global HIV/AIDS. Panelists discuss what progress has been made in fighting this global epidemic, how research findings are being translated into improved clinical outcomes, and how the Bay Area research community is working to address the questions that remain. Panelists: Eran Bendavid, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Stanford; Stefano Bertozzi, Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley; Diane Havlir, Professor and Chief of the HIV/AIDS Division & Positive Health Program, UCSF; Michael Larimore, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Paul Volberding, Director, AIDS Research Institute and Director of Research, Global Health Sciences, UCSF, moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27756]

Explore the current state of global HIV/AIDS. Panelists discuss what progress has been made in fighting this global epidemic, how research findings are being translated into improved clinical outcomes, and how the Bay Area research community is working to address the questions that remain. Panelists: Eran Bendavid, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Stanford; Stefano Bertozzi, Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley; Diane Havlir, Professor and Chief of the HIV/AIDS Division & Positive Health Program, UCSF; Michael Larimore, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Paul Volberding, Director, AIDS Research Institute and Director of Research, Global Health Sciences, UCSF, moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27756]

Explore the current state of global HIV/AIDS. Panelists discuss what progress has been made in fighting this global epidemic, how research findings are being translated into improved clinical outcomes, and how the Bay Area research community is working to address the questions that remain. Panelists: Eran Bendavid, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Stanford; Stefano Bertozzi, Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley; Diane Havlir, Professor and Chief of the HIV/AIDS Division & Positive Health Program, UCSF; Michael Larimore, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Paul Volberding, Director, AIDS Research Institute and Director of Research, Global Health Sciences, UCSF, moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27756]

Explore the current state of global HIV/AIDS. Panelists discuss what progress has been made in fighting this global epidemic, how research findings are being translated into improved clinical outcomes, and how the Bay Area research community is working to address the questions that remain. Panelists: Eran Bendavid, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Stanford; Stefano Bertozzi, Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley; Diane Havlir, Professor and Chief of the HIV/AIDS Division & Positive Health Program, UCSF; Michael Larimore, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Paul Volberding, Director, AIDS Research Institute and Director of Research, Global Health Sciences, UCSF, moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27756]