Podcast appearances and mentions of Heidi Williams

Intuitively, research and development is a building block of a productive future. But exactly how important is it, and can we put a number on it? Heidi Williams is a professor of economics at Dartmouth College, and an expert on innovation policy. She is also a visiting fellow at the Congressional Budget Office. Today on the show, she joins Soumaya Keynes to discuss public and private funding for R&D, how the two sources interact, and what we can know about how much it's all worth to the economic future of a country. Soumaya Keynes writes a column each week for the Financial Times. You can find it hereSubscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For tickets to the convergence 2025 to hear Ina May Gaskin go to www.melaniethemidwife.com We speak with Dr Kate Levett and Heidi Williams about the use of acupuncture and acupressure in pregnancy. We discover the weight of evidence on the side of acupuncture and Kate and Heidi explore novel ways of integrating it within the maternity care system and acuneedling for midwives. Kate website: https://drkatelevett.com/ https://drkatelevett.com/video-resources-acupressure-for-labourDr Kate Levett: https://www.instagram.com/dr_kate_levett/Kate Levett acupuncture: https://www.instagram.com/katelevettacupuncture/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.levett.14 Heidi Williams Acuneedling and Me @acuneedling and @central_coast_homebirth Facebook https://www.facebook.com/acuneedlingaustralia?mibextid=LQQJ4d https://www.facebook.com/centralcoastmidwives?mibextid=LQQJ4d Websites www.acuneedling.com www.centralcoasthomebirth.com There are a huge amount of resources in this weeks resource sheet, for all the resources, just join the podcast mailing list at www.melaniethemidwife.com To get on the mailing list for the podcast and to access the resource folders for each episode, visit www.melaniethemidwife.com Premium podcast members Hub Being a premium podcast member gives you access to the transcript and additional resources for each episode AND the 'ask Mel a question' button so you can submit questions for the monthly 'Ask me anything' episode. Only available in the premium podcast members hub Find out all the details here You can find out more about Mel @melaniethemidwife Disclaimer: The information and resources provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice. Instead, all information provided is intended for education, with it's application intended for discussion between yourself and your care provider and/or workplace if you are a health professional. The Great Birth Rebellion podcast reserves the right to supplement, edit, change, delete any information at any time. Whilst we have tried to maintain accuracy and completeness of information, we do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or currency of the information. The podcast accepts no liability for any loss, damage or unfavourable outcomes howsoever arising out of the use or reliance on the content. This podcast is not a replacement for midwifery or medical clinical care.

Muitos termos nos vêm à cabeça quando falamos de inovação: «startups», unicórnios, «venture capital», «business angels», entre outros. Mas antes de explorarmos o que significam, importa compreender o que é realmente inovar. Quem inova? Pessoas ou empresas? O setor público ou o setor privado? Quem financia a inovação? Será Portugal um país que acolhe boas ideias? A radialista Mariana Alvim estreia-se com este tema na dupla da Economia, com a curiosidade de quem quer traduzir o significado de todos aqueles termos em ‘economês' para português.  Com a ajuda do economista José Alberto Ferreira, vamos ficar a conhecer a diferença entre inovações incrementais e radicais, qual o papel do Estado no incentivo às (boas) ideias, e que o falhanço – de que gostamos tão pouco em Portugal – é quase parte do verbo inovar. Talvez isso explique porque inovamos tão pouco no nosso país. REFERÊNCIAS E LINKS ÚTEISLivros:Acemoglu, D., & Johnson, S. (2023). «Power and progress: Our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity». John Murray Press. Mazzucato, M. (2018). The entrepreneurial state: Debunking public vs. private sector myths (2nd ed.). Penguin Books. Artigos científicos:Bloom, Nicholas, John Van Reenen, and Heidi Williams. 2019. «A Toolkit of Policies to Promote Innovation», Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33 (3): 163-84. Bruland, K., & Mowery, D. C. (2006). «Innovation through time». In J. Fagerberg & D. C. Mowery (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of innovation (online edn, 2009). Oxford University Press. Aghion, Philippe, Ufuk Akcigit, and Peter Howitt. 2015. «Lessons from Schumpeterian Growth Theory», American Economic Review, 105 (5): 94-99. Boldrin, Michele, and David K. Levine. 2013. «The Case against Patents.», Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (1): 3-22. Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and Murat Alp Celik. 2022. «Radical and Incremental Innovation: The Roles of Firms, Managers, and Innovators.», American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 14 (3): 199-249. Links úteis:Estudo da FFMS sobre o financiamento do empreendedorismo em Portugal e o papel do programa «Montante Único».A Inteligência Artificial: substituto ou complemento dos trabalhadores?Inovação e impostos (artigo de opinião, de Ricardo Reis). Project Syndicate: o papel dos governos da direção da inovação em IA. A inovação e o desaparecimento da NOKIA.BIOSMARIANA ALVIM É locutora da rádio RFM há 15 anos. Depois de quase 10 a fazer o «Café da Manhã», agora leva os ouvintes a casa, com Pedro Fernandes, no «6PM». É autora de livros para adolescentes e criou o podcast «Vale a Pena», no qual entrevista artistas enquanto leitores.JOSÉ ALBERTO FERREIRADoutorando em Economia no Instituto Universitário Europeu, em Florença. Trabalhou no Banco Central Europeu, com foco na investigação em modelos de política monetária e macroprudencial.

Why isn't there a solution for cancer? Is there an incentive problem in the economy? What are exclusivities? To hear about these questions and for more, join us in this episode! For your questions and comments: @POID_cast (X) and lsepoidcast@gmail.com (email) Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

“Have integrity, do the right thing, and the rest of it falls into place.” This episode is sponsored in part by The Urban Cat League, Doobert.com, and Maddie's Fund. This week, Stacy sits down with Heidi Williams, director of the Ingham County Animal Control & Shelter in Mason, Michigan. Ingham County is a municipal shelter that takes in approximately 3,000 animals per year. The county launched a TNR program in 2023 to provide support to the estimated 50,000 community cats that call Ingham County home. Stacy and Heidi talk about her background as a first responder, and how she came to find herself in animal control and sheltering. They discuss her unique perspective as the director of a municipal shelter, and how they worked with the community to build support for a county-supported TNR program. They also discuss the role of managed intake, the importance of empowering and supporting your staff, and the other important changes Heidi has made during her tenure to help her organization become a well-respected destination adoption location.  For more information about Ingham County Animal Control & Shelter or to get in touch with Heidi, visit snipandclip.org or AC.ingham.org. 

Within economics, there's a semi-famous quote from the economist Paul Krugman: “Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run, it's almost everything.” Krugman's point is that ultimately, how much productivity climbs each year—roughly speaking, how much more efficient an economy's workers become at producing goods and services—is also what determines how much our living standards also rise from year to year. And so in the long run, there really is almost nothing that matters more. Unfortunately, since about the early 1970s productivity has climbed much more slowly than in the earlier postwar decades. We have been stuck in a period that economists have labeled The Great Stagnation. And a big reason why is that the pace of innovation—the kind of scientific and technological innovation that leads to fast productivity growth—has also been slow. But now, there's now a lot of people—including Cardiff!—who are optimistic that maybe the Great Stagnation is ending. That we'll get back to the faster productivity growth of the past. Among other reasons why: The economy in the last few years has become more dynamic. There's been a boom in the number of startups that entrepreneurs launch every month. There has been quite a bit of experimentation in the workplace for how to get things done, most obviously the rise of remote work. Incredible new technologies like mRNA vaccines have emerged. These also include things like GPT-4 and other language learning models, suggesting that artificial intelligence could soon have a noticeable effect on the economy. And finally, an intellectual shift, partly brought on by higher inflation, has compelled many people (including policymakers) all across the ideological spectrum to really emphasize the importance of expanding the economy's capacity for growth, and to figure how best to do that. Which policies and institutional designs can best lead to new technologies and innovations? How do we reform public institutions like the National Institutes of Health, with its $47 billion budget, to fund the kind of science research and development that leads to transformative new technologies? What have we learned about the way science is actually done now?In other words, how do we get right the economics of innovation? That effort is where today's two guests come in. Heidi Williams is an economist and the director of science policy at the Institute for Progress, a think tank. Caleb Watney is the co-founder and co-CEO of the Institute for Progress. They discussed with Cardiff not only the Great Stagnation, but also recent industrial policies passed by the US government, like the Chips and Science Act (which is aimed at developing a domestic semiconductor industry) and the Inflation Reduction Act (which will spend money to develop new clean technologies, among other things). And they discussed new ideas for how the country's existing scientific institutions—its commercial labs, universities, and public bodies—should approach the process of scientific discovery.Related links: Heidi's page and work at the Institute for ProgressCaleb's page and work at the Institute for Progress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Lauren Hendrix and Heidi Williams came back on the podcast this week to talk about women's health issues in endurance athletes. All from personal experience and research, they talked about disordered eating issues, athlete body image, mental, among some much more, even good for men to listen as they have some of the same issues. This is good for coaches, parents, friends and athletes to all listen to. We even talked how Lauren and Heidi have so much fun racing against each other. Dr. Lauren Hendrix DC, MS: West Country Spine and Joint: http://www.westcospineandjoint.com/ Heidi Williams MPH, RD, LD, NSCA-CPT, CPPC: Real Nutrition and Health: https://www.realnutritionandfitness.com/ Support the podcast on Patreon: Patreon.com/theendurancehousepodcast Follow the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/theendurancehousepodcast/ or https://www.facebook.com/theendurancehousepodcast Join the podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1350616692426509 Check out our producer and sponsor Bellflys Endurance Coaching: BellfysEndurancecoaching.com,  Jeff@bellflysendurancecoaching, or call/text 636-492-2808 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theendurancehouse/support

This week Jeff talks with Sports Dietitian, Mom, Wife, and Rockstar Ultra Runner, Heidi Williams.  Hear how Heidi juggles family, full time job, pregnancy and training.  She even gives out some awesome nutritional race advice and how she keeps herself from bonking, and how her and her husband biked across the US for their honeymoon.   You can follow Heidi at: IG: @heidimwilliams or her business IG @realnutritionfitness/ or  FB: /realnutritionandfitness  Website: https://www.realnutritionandfitness.com Her blog of her bike trip across the US: https://newlypeds.wordpress.com If have someone you would like to nominate for an interview or have a race you'd like to do an audio race report on please reach out to Bellflysendurance@gmail.com  This podcast is produced and sponsored by Bellflys Endurance Coaching.  If you need a little help or accountability to meet or surpass your running goals, give them a call or email.  636-541-2639 or bellflysendurance@gmail.com

In this episode, we discuss frameworks & strategies for building a “startup-within-a-startup” with Heidi Williams, Head of Engineering for Grammarly Business @ Grammarly! She shares stories about her leadership style while revealing the benefits of & considerations for creating a startup-within-a-startup, sourcing ideas & hosting knowledge-sharing meetings, identifying adjacencies in your user base, communicating challenges between individuals & teams, developing leading indicators, and more.ABOUT HEIDI WILLIAMSHeidi Williams (@Heidivt73) is Head of Engineering for Grammarly Business, our product offering for professional teams and organizations.At Grammarly, Heidi is inspired by the potential impact the product can have as a platform, with the opportunity to help reduce conflicts and misunderstandings in communication and educate people on how to be more inclusive and equitable.Before coming to Grammarly, Heidi served as VP of Platform Engineering at Box, founded WEST Diversity and Inclusion, and was co-founder and CTO of tEQuitable, a confidential platform addressing issues of bias, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace. Heidi was at Adobe for 17 years and most notably was a founding engineer on Dreamweaver, which democratized web development in the late 1990s.Heidi volunteers as a technical advisor for PaymentWorks and Raise For Good. Her expertise and perspective have been featured in Built In SF and the podcasts Stayin' alive in Technology, Dev Interrupted, and CTO Connection.As a lifelong soccer player, Heidi's often on the pitch; she's also an avid hiker, bicyclist, and kayaker. She once hiked with her husband across England, 192 miles coast to coast (with B&Bs and pub stops along the way).Heidi studied at Brown University, where she earned a BS in computer science. She also attended Stanford University's Executive Institute.And so now you have this chasm where we'd have these weird conversations around what machine learning features should we build for Grammarly business? And neither side could understand what the other person's context was to come up with an idea.We struggled with that for a little bit until we really just put people in a room and, and it did exactly that. We said, "Here is the user research, five critical communication challenges within a company. You know what technology you have. You know how organizations work. Get together and just talk about, you know, your peanut butter, your chocolate. What can we make here? Let's have a Reese Peanut butter cup...!"-Heidi WilliamsInterested in joining an ELC Peer Group?ELCs Peer Groups provide a virtual, curated, and ongoing peer learning opportunity to help you navigate the unknown, uncover solutions and accelerate your learning with a small group of trusted peers.Apply to join a peer group HERE: sfelc.com/peerGroupsSHOW NOTES:Heidi's favorite “startup-within-a-startup” moments with Grammarly & Grammarly Business (1:56)What you can learn from the “PDF as MVP” approach (4:36)How early conversations impacted the final product & eng team functions (5:40)The benefits of building a startup-within-a-startup (9:21)Considerations when making the decision to become a multi-product company (11:19)Identifying the adjacencies within your current user base (13:24)The difference between discovering a new market & building the next feature (14:32)How to source new ideas & encourage innovation in your eng team (15:31)Frameworks for communicating challenges across different teams / individuals (21:02)Strategies for facilitating knowledge-sharing meetings (24:55)Fostering a culture of healthy, positive idea jams (26:50)Heidi's advice on the cadence of idea jams for a startup-within-a-startup (28:15)What the execution / maturity pathway process looks like (29:49)Heidi's hypothesis behind merging a product with the greater business (33:04)How to navigate dependencies when your product is in the incubator phase (35:51)Keys for determining the end game of a product – pathway to success or time to wind down? (40:09)Why it's important to develop leading indicators to determine your product's success (42:16)Rapid fire questions (43:40)LINKS AND RESOURCES99% Invisible - 99% Invisible is a sound-rich, narrative podcast hosted by Roman Mars about all the thought that goes into the things we don't think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.Code Switch - This podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. They explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between.Freakonomics Radio - Discover the hidden side of everything with host Stephen J. Dubner , co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn't) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything, plus the true stories of minimum wage, rent control, and the gender pay gap.Hidden Brain - This podcast explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world.

Sometimes being there is what matters most

When a family is referred to Child Protective Services, they're often treated a lot like criminals on parole. But, the administrative work required to keep their families together can actually make it even harder to parent successfully. Christa Moore says that our child welfare system should operate more like collaborative care and less like bureaucratic punishment. Plus: How does having a parent who is incarcerated affect young people as they get older? Heidi Williams is talking to 18 - 25 year olds whose parents were incarcerated at some point during their childhood. She found that many of them were extra-motivated to succeed and, particularly, to help younger siblings. Later in the show: George Mason University has a new farm lab. They're not planting flowers or vegetables–they're planting bodies. Mary Ellen O'Toole and Anthony Falsetti are professors in the Forensic Science Program at GMU and using their extensive careers uncovering crime to direct the new body farm. And: When you hear “organized crime” you might think Al Capone or Pablo Escobar. But what about Aunt Judy who gave you that fake Prada bag? Jay Albanese says that the average consumer should pay more attention to their own role in propping up organized crime. Albanese was named an Outstanding Faculty by the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia.

Heidi Williams of Grammarly shares thoughts on the differences between building a Grammarly for consumers versus businesses. She also shares how the company approached creating inclusivity in AI. Heidi's Past podcast interviews:  How to Handle Hypergrowth w/ Grammarly's Heidi WilliamsShort Byte: Heidi WIlliams - Building a startup within a startupPast speaking:https://events.bizzabo.com/349632/agenda/speakers/1341894 Social Links:LinkedInTwitterHeidi Williams biographyHeidi Williams is Head of Engineering for Grammarly Business, our newest product offering for professional teams and organizations. At Grammarly, Heidi is inspired by the potential impact the product can have as a platform, with the opportunity to help reduce conflicts and misunderstandings in communication and educate people on how to be more inclusive and equitable.  Before coming to Grammarly, Heidi served as VP of Platform Engineering at Box, founded WEST Diversity and Inclusion, and was co-founder and CTO of tEQuitable, a confidential platform addressing issues of bias, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace. Heidi was at Adobe for 17 years and most notably was a founding engineer on Dreamweaver, which democratized web development in the late 1990s.  Heidi volunteers as a technical advisor for PaymentWorks, Raise For Good, and CaregivingHQ and is a mentor for FastForward.org's tech nonprofit accelerator program. Her expertise and perspective have been featured in Built In SF and the podcasts Stayin' alive in Technology, Dev Interrupted, and CTO Connection.  As a lifelong soccer player, Heidi's often on the pitch; she's also an avid hiker, bicyclist, and kayaker. She once hiked with her husband across England, 192 miles coast to coast (with B&Bs and pub stops along the way).  Heidi studied at Brown University, where she earned a BS in computer science. She also attended Stanford University's Executive Institute.

Join me as I talk with Heidi Williams, a business coach and full-time travel Youtuber, who shares her best (step by step) strategies for making all businesses as passive as possible.    Straight out of high school Heidi became one of four founders of the surf and athleticwear company, Mona. Once she realized her favorite part of running Mona was teaching other start-ups how Mona scaled so rapidly, she left the company to start her now six-figure coaching business. Now she travels the world and teaches other business owners how to work smarter, not harder, on the road.   Like what you hear? Leave us a review on iTunes @ When I Grow Up Pod.   Guest: Heidi Williams   Leave a 5 star review on iTunes!    Times to Check Out: 1:22 Meet Heidi 3:03 Heidi's journey 8:56 Knowing when to pivot 15:45 Growing her business 17:57 Heidi's niche 20:11 Heidi's coaching superpower 25:00 The different facets of Heidi's business 27:43 Making money on YouTube 31:15 Best advice to a new entrepreneur   Join this free training on how to easily pivot your life and business: https://www.kelseymarieknutson.com/pivot-workshop  Send us podcast ideas at info@kelseymarieknutson.com    Links: Show notes: https://www.kelseymarieknutson.com/podcast   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelseymarieknutson/  Hangout on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelseymarieknutson  Join the online community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kelseymarieknutson  FREE Workshop to take the guess work out of “what's next?” https://www.kelseymarieknutson.com/pivot-workshop    Work with Kelsey: Ready for your next big pivot? Maybe it's launching that new side hustle or growing your existing business, whatever the chapter Kelsey's here to help you bridge the gap between new idea and achieving your goals!   VIP Coaching: https://www.kelseymarieknutson.com/vip-coaching Grow Academy: https://www.kelseymarieknutson.com/grow-academy  Start Smart: https://kelseymarieknutson.mykajabi.com/offers/aoAuAe7M/checkout  Check out Heidi here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidi.ann.williams/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/241106176957607/?source=unknown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heidi.ann.williams  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMT0_pJRUeGSTBIU2NEi0wA 

Today Jordan welcomes a remarkable young woman with boundless energy, creativity and a keen business sense. Heidi Williams is an ex-competitive rock climber and parttime ski-patroller who loves the outdoors.   She is a highly popular  vlogger in the travel space  with thousands of international followers.  Heidi combines her love for the outdoors with prowess in business.  She founded  Mona, a successful surf and athletic wear company.  Realizing her talent in running her own business she launched a career as a business-life coach, helping others run their start-up businesses.  Along with her flourishing coaching work, she recently founded  LeadTalko a lead generation  agency that harnesses the power of organic conversation to gain start-ups 30 to 40 new leads per day via SMS and direct message marketing. She has never let dyslexia  slow her down. She is determined to learn and grow despite the odds.  Heidi Williams is a fine example of Dyslexics getting it done! If you have a story worth sharing on this podcast, write to jordan@chartproductions.com. If you'd like to discover ways to support and become involved with the Webb Innovation Center for Dyslexia, please visit our website at dyslexicswanted.org.

The Prospect Park Disc Golf Course opened in Troy in August of 2020 after a group of disc golf enthusiasts gathered signatures, raised funds, and petitioned the city for a permit. Today, dozens of disc golfers flock to the course in all kinds of weather to play. HMM correspondent Corinne Carey spoke with Sam Wechsler and Jeff Daniels (pictured here)-- two disc golfers who worked to get the course up and running -- as well as disc golfers out on the course. Carey also spoke with the founder and proprietor of New York Disc Golf Supply, Heidi Williams, who opened her shop in downtown Troy after trying her hand on the course and finding there was no way to buy supplies from a store within a 100-mile radius.

Pomegranate peel has protective effects against enteropathogenic bacteria US Department of Agriculture, August 31, 2021 A recent study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed that pomegranate peel extract contains bioactive compounds that have potential antibacterial activity. The study's findings were published in the journal Nutrition Research. Pomegranate fruit peel is considered an agricultural waste product. However, it is a rich source of polyphenols like punicalins, punicalagins and ellagic acids. Earlier studies have shown that products derived from pomegranates have health benefits, including antibacterial activity, in vitro. There is limited evidence, however, of their antibacterial activity in vivo. For this study, researchers sought to determine the antibacterial properties of pomegranate peel extract in vivo. In particular, they focused on the punicalin, punicalagin and ellagic acid present in the peel extract. The researchers infected C3H/He mice with the bacterial pathogen Citrobacter rodentium, a bacterium that mimics the enteropathogenic bacterium, Escherichia coli. Prior to infection, the mice were orally treated with water or pomegranate peel extract. Twelve days after infection, the researchers examined C. rodentium colonization of the colon and spleen, as well as changes in tissue and gene expression. Fecal excretions were also analyzed for C. rodentium. The results revealed that the pomegranate peel extract reduced weight loss and mortality induced by C. rodentium infection. The extract also reduced C. rodentium colonization of the spleen. Additionally, pomegranate peel extract decreased the extent of damage in the colon caused by C. rodentium infection. In sum, pomegranate fruit peel extract contains bioactive compounds that can help reduce the severity of C. rodentium infection in vivo.   Vitamin D may protect against young-onset colorectal cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard  School of Public Health, September 1, 2021 Consuming higher amounts of Vitamin D - mainly from dietary sources - may help protect against developing young-onset colorectal cancer or precancerous colon polyps, according to the first study to show such an association. The study, recently published online in the journal Gastroenterology, by scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and other institutions, could potentially lead to recommendations for higher vitamin D intake as an inexpensive complement to screening tests as a colorectal cancer prevention strategy for adults younger than age 50. While the overall incidence of colorectal cancer has been declining, cases have been increasing in younger adults - a worrisome trend that has yet to be explained. The authors of the study, including senior co-authors Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, of Dana-Farber, and Edward Giovannucci, MD, DSc., of the T.H. Chan School, noted that vitamin D intake from food sources such as fish, mushrooms, eggs, and milk has decreased in the past several decades. There is growing evidence of an association between vitamin D and risk of colorectal cancer mortality. However, prior to the current study, no research has examined whether total vitamin D intake is associated with the risk of young-onset colorectal cancer. “Vitamin D has known activity against colorectal cancer in laboratory studies. Because vitamin D deficiency has been steadily increasing over the past few years, we wondered whether this could be contributing to the rising rates of colorectal cancer in young individuals,” said Ng, director of the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center at Dana-Farber. “We found that total vitamin D intake of 300 IU per day or more - roughly equivalent to three 8-oz. glasses of milk - was associated with an approximately 50% lower risk of developing young-onset colorectal cancer.” The results of the study were obtained by calculating the total vitamin D intake - both from dietary sources and supplements - of 94,205 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study II (NHS II). This study is a prospective cohort study of nurses aged 25 to 42 years that began in 1989. The women are followed every two years by questionnaires on demographics, diet and lifestyle factors, and medical and other health-related information. The researchers focused on a primary endpoint - young-onset colorectal cancer, diagnosed before 50 years of age. They also asked on a follow-up questionnaire whether they had had a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy where colorectal polyps (which may be precursors to colorectal cancer) were found. During the period from 1991 to 2015 the researchers documented 111 cases of young-onset colorectal cancer and 3,317 colorectal polyps. Analysis showed that higher total vitamin D intake was associated with a significantly reduced risk of early-onset colorectal cancer. The same link was found between higher vitamin D intake and risk of colon polyps detected before age 50. The association was stronger for dietary vitamin D - principally from dairy products - than from vitamin D supplements. The study authors said that finding could be due to chance or to unknown factors that are not yet understood. Interestingly, the researchers didn't find a significant association between total vitamin D intake and risk of colorectal cancer diagnosed after age 50. The findings were not able to explain this inconsistency, and the scientists said further research in a larger sample is necessary to determine if the protective effect of vitamin D is actually stronger in young-onset colorectal cancer. In any case, the investigators concluded that higher total vitamin D intake is associated with decreased risks of young-onset colorectal cancer and precursors (polyps). “Our results further support that vitamin D may be important in younger adults for health and possibly colorectal cancer prevention,” said Ng. “It is critical to understand the risk factors that are associated with young-onset colorectal cancer so that we can make informed recommendations about diet and lifestyle, as well as identify high risk individuals to target for earlier screening.”     Choosing personal exercise goals, then tackling them immediately is key to sustaining change University of Pennsylvania, September 1, 2021 When people set their own exercise goals – and then pursue them immediately – it's more likely to result in lasting positive changes, according to a new study at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The results of this research are especially important because they were found among an underserved population that is at particularly high risk of having or developing heart conditions. The study was published in JAMA Cardiology. “Most behavior change programs involve goal-setting, but the best way to design that process is unknown,” said lead author Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, an associate professor of Medicine at Penn and vice president for Clinical Transformation at Ascension. “Our clinical trial demonstrated that physical activity increased the most when patients chose their goals rather than being assigned them, and when the goals started immediately rather than starting lower and gradually increasing over time. These findings are particularly important because the patients were from lower-income neighborhoods and may face a number of challenges in achieving health goals.” This study consisted of 500 patients from low-income neighborhoods, mainly in West Philadelphia but also elsewhere in and outside of the city. Participants either had a cardiovascular disease or were assessed to have a near-10 percent risk of developing one within a decade. These high-risk patients stood to greatly gain from increased physical activity. Patel's previous work at the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit often focused on the use of gamification, a concept used to create behavioral change by turning it into a game. The work usually tested whether playing a game attached to physical activity goals could make significant increases against not playing a game, or between different versions of a game. As with past studies, every participant was given a wearable step tracker that recorded their daily step counts through Penn's Way to Health platform. But what set this study apart from many of its predecessors was that the main outcomes of the research were less about participation in the games themselves and more about how goals were established, as well as when participants were encouraged to pursue them. Once every participant got their wearable step counter, they were given a week or two to get used to it. This time period also functioned as a baseline-setting period for everyone's pre-intervention daily step count. After that, participants were randomly assigned to the control group, which didn't have step goals or games attached, or one of the gaming groups with goals. Those in the gamified group also went through two other sets of random assignments. One determined whether they'd have input on their step goal, or whether they'd just be assigned a standard one. The second decided whether each participant would immediately start working toward their goals (for the entire 16-week intervention), or whether they'd ramp up to it, with minor increases in goals, until the full goals kicked in at week nine. After analyzing the results, the researchers saw that the only group of participants who achieved significant increases in activity were those who chose their own goals and started immediately. They had the highest average increase in their steps compared to the group with no goals, roughly 1,384 steps per day. And, in addition to raw step counts, the study also measured periods of sustained, high activity, amounting to an average increase of 4.1 minutes daily. Comparatively, those who were assigned their goals or had full goals delayed for half the intervention only increased their daily steps above the control group's average by between 500 and 600 steps. “Individuals who select their own goals are more likely to be intrinsically motivated to follow through on them,” said Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics. “They feel like the goal is theirs and this likely enables greater engagement.” The study didn't end when the researchers turned the games off. Participants kept their activity trackers, and in the eight weeks following the intervention, the group that chose their goals and started immediately kept up their progress. In fact, they achieved almost the exact same average in steps – just three less than during the active games. “It is exciting to see that the group that increased their activity levels by the most steps maintained those levels during follow-up,” Patel said. “This indicates that gamification with self-chosen and immediate goals helped these patients form a new habit.” Many programs, whether offered through work or by health insurance companies, offer incentives for boosts in physical activity. But these goals are often fairly static and assigned based on round numbers. Patel, Volpp, and colleagues believe this research suggests that adjusting goal setting in these programs can have a significant impact. And if these adjustments lead to gains among people with lower incomes, whom cardiovascular disease kill at 76 percent higher rates, that could be particularly important.           “Goal-setting is a fundamental element of almost every physical activity program, whether through a smartphone app or in a workplace wellness program,” Volpp said. “Our findings reveal a simple approach that could be used to improve the impact of these programs and the health of their patients.”   Comparing seniors who relocate long-distance shows that where you live affects your longevity Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1, 2021 Would you like to live longer? It turns out that where you live, not just how you live, can make a big difference. That's the finding of an innovative study co-authored by an MIT economist, which examines senior citizens across the U.S. and concludes that some locations enhance longevity more than others, potentially for multiple reasons. The results show that when a 65-year-old moves from a metro area in the 10th percentile, in terms of how much those areas enhance longevity, to a metro area the 90th percentile, it increases that person's life expectancy by 1.1 years. That is a notable boost, given that mean life expectancy for 65-year-olds in the U.S. is 83.3 years. "There's a substantively important causal effect of where you live as an elderly adult on mortality and life expectancy across the United States," says Amy Finkelstein, a professor in MIT's Department of Economics and co-author of a newly published paper detailing the findings. Researchers have long observed significant regional variation in life expectancy in the U.S., and often attributed it to "health capital"—tendencies toward obesity, smoking, and related behavioral factors in the regional populations. But by analyzing the impact of moving, the current study can isolate and quantify the effect that the location itself has on residents. As such, the research delivers important new information about large-scale drivers of U.S. health outcomes—and raises the question of what it is about different places that affects the elderly's life expectancy. One clear possibility is the nature of available medical care. Other possible drivers of longevity include climate, pollution, crime, traffic safety, and more. "We wanted to separate out the role of people's prior experiences and behaviors—or health capital—from the role of place or environment," Finkelstein says. The paper, "Place-Based Drivers of Mortality: Evidence of Migration," is published in the August issue of the American Economic Review. The co-authors are Finkelstein, the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at MIT, and Matthew Gentzkow and Heidi Williams, who are both professors of economics at Stanford University. To conduct the study, Finkelstein, Gentzkow, and Williams analyzed Medicare records from 1999 to 2014, focusing on U.S. residents between the ages of 65 and 99. Ultimately the research team studied 6.3 million Medicare beneficiaries. About 2 million of those moved from one U.S. "commuting zone" to another, and the rest were a random 10 percent sample of people who had not moved over the 15-year study period. (The U.S. Census Bureau defines about 700 commuting zones nationally.) A central element of the study involves seeing how different people who were originally from the same locations fared when moving to different destinations. In effect, says Finkelstein, "The idea is to take two elderly people from a given origin, say, Boston. One moves to low-mortality Minneapolis, one moves to high-mortality Houston. We then compare thow long each lives after they move." Different people have different health profiles before they move, of course. But Medicare records include detailed claims data, so the researchers applied records of 27 different illnesses and conditions—ranging from lung cancer and diabetes to depression—to a standard mortality risk model, to categorize the overall health of seniors when they move. Using these "very, very rich pre-move measures of their health," Finkelstein notes, the researchers tried to account for pre-existing health levels of seniors from the same location who moved to different places. Still, even assessing people by 27 measures does not completely describe their health, so Finkelstein, Gentzkow, and Williams also estimated what fraction of people's health conditions they had not observed—essentially by calibrating the observed health of seniors against health capital levels in places they were moving from. They then consider how observed health varies across individuals from the same location moving to different destinations and, assuming that differences in unobserved health—such as physical mobility—vary in the same way as observed differences in health, they adjust their estimates accordingly. All told, the study found that many urban areas on the East and West Coasts—including New York City, San Francisco, and Miami—have positive effects on longevity for seniors moving there. Some Midwestern metro areas, including Chicago, also score well. By contrast, a large swath of the deep South has negative effects on longevity for seniors moving there, including much of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and northern Florida. Much of the Southwest, including parts of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona, fares similarly poorly. The scholars also estimate that health capital accounts for about 70 percent of the difference in longevity across areas of the U.S., and that location effects account for about 15 percent of the variation. "Yes, health capital is important, but yes, place effects also matter," Finkelstein says. Other leading experts in health economics say they are impressed by the study. Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freeman Presidential Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Dartmouth College, says the scholars "have provided a critical insight" into the question of place effects "by considering older people who move from one place to another, thus allowing the researchers to cleanly identify the pure effect of the new location on individual health—an effect that is often different from the health of long-term residents. This is an important study that will surely be cited and will influence health policy in coming years." The Charlotte Effect: What makes a difference? Indeed, the significance of place effects on life expectancy is also evident in another pattern the study found. Some locations—such as Charlotte, North Carolina—have a positive effect on longevity but still have low overall life expectancy, while other places—such as Santa Fe New Mexico—have high overall life expectancy, but a below-average effect on the longevity of seniors who move there. Again, the life expectancy of an area's population is not the same thing as that location's effect on longevity. In places where, say, smoking is highly prevalent, population-wide longevity might be subpar, but other factors might make it a place where people of average health will live longer. The question is why. "Our [hard] evidence is about the role of place," Finkelstein says, while noting that the next logical step in this vein of research is to look for the specific factors at work. "We know something about Charlotte, North Carolina, makes a difference, but we don't yet know what." With that in mind, Finkelstein, Gentzkow, and Williams, along with other colleagues, are working on a pair of new studies about health care practices to see what impact place-based differences may have; one study focuses on doctors, and the other looks at the prescription opioid epidemic. In the background of this research is a high-profile academic and policy discussion about the impact of health care utilization. One perspective, associated with the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care project, suggests that the large regional differences in health care use it has documented have little impact on mortality. But the current study, by quantifying the variable impact of place, suggest there may be, in turn, a bigger differential impact in health care utilization yet to be identified. For her part, Finkelstein says she would welcome further studies digging into health care use or any other factor that might explain why different places have different effects on life expectancy; the key is uncovering more hard evidence, wherever it leads. "Differences in health care across places are large and potentially important," Finkelstein says. "But there are also differences in pollution, weather, [and] other aspects. … What we need to do now is get inside the black box of 'the place' and figure out what it is about them that matters for longevity."   Gut bacteria influence brain development Researchers discover biomarkers that indicate early brain injury in extreme premature infants University of Vienna (Austria), September 3, 2021 The early development of the gut, the brain and the immune system are closely interrelated. Researchers refer to this as the gut-immune-brain axis. Bacteria in the gut cooperate with the immune system, which in turn monitors gut microbes and develops appropriate responses to them. In addition, the gut is in contact with the brain via the vagus nerve as well as via the immune system. "We investigated the role this axis plays in the brain development of extreme preterm infants," says the first author of the study, David Seki. "The microorganisms of the gut microbiome - which is a vital collection of hundreds of species of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes - are in equilibrium in healthy people. However, especially in premature babies, whose immune system and microbiome have not been able to develop fully, shifts are quite likely to occur. These shifts may result in negative effects on the brain," explains the microbiologist and immunologist. Patterns in the microbiome provide clues to brain damage "In fact, we have been able to identify certain patterns in the microbiome and immune response that are clearly linked to the progression and severity of brain injury," adds David Berry, microbiologist and head of the research group at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CMESS) at the University of Vienna as well as Operational Director of the Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna. "Crucially, such patterns often show up prior to changes in the brain. This suggests a critical time window during which brain damage of extremely premature infants may be prevented from worsening or even avoided." Comprehensive study of the development of extremely premature infants Starting points for the development of appropriate therapies are provided by the biomarkers that the interdisciplinary team was able to identify. "Our data show that excessive growth of the bacterium Klebsiella and the associated elevated γδ-T-cell levels can apparently exacerbate brain damage," explains Lukas Wisgrill, Neonatologist from the Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine and Neuropediatrics at the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. "We were able to track down these patterns because, for a very specific group of newborns, for the first time we explored in detail how the gut microbiome, the immune system and the brain develop and how they interact in this process," he adds. The study monitored a total of 60 premature infants, born before 28 weeks gestation and weighing less than 1 kilogram, for several weeks or even months. Using state-of-the-art methods - the team examined the microbiome using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, among other methods - the researchers analysed blood and stool samples, brain wave recordings (e.g. aEEG) and MRI images of the infants' brains. Research continues with two studies The study, which is an inter-university clusterproject under the joint leadership by Angelika Berger (Medical University of Vienna) and David Berry (University of Vienna), is the starting point for a research project that will investigate the microbiome and its significance for the neurological development of prematurely born children even more thoroughly. In addition, the researchers will continue to follow the children of the initial study. "How the children's motoric and cognitive skills develop only becomes apparent over several years," explains Angelika Berger. "We aim to understand how this very early development of the gut-immune-brain axis plays out in the long term. " The most important cooperation partners for the project are already on board: "The children's parents have supported us in the study with great interest and openness," says David Seki. "Ultimately, this is the only reason we were able to gain these important insights. We are very grateful for that."     Amino acid supplements may boost vascular endothelial function in older adults: Study University of Alabama, August 28, 2021 A combination of HMB (a metabolite of leucine), glutamine and arginine may improve vascular function and blood flow in older people, says a new study. Scientists from the University of Alabama report that a supplement containing HMB (beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate), glutamine and arginine (Juven by Abbott Nutrition) increased flow-mediated dilation (FMD - a measure of blood flow and vascular health) by 27%, whereas no changes were observed in the placebo group. However, the researchers did not observe any changes to markers of inflammation, including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) “Our results indicate that 6 months of dietary supplementation with HMB, glutamine and arginine had a positive impact on vascular endothelial function in older adults,” wrote the researchers, led by Dr Amy Ellis in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition . “These results are clinically relevant because reduced endothelial-dependent vasodilation is a known risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. “Further investigation is warranted to elucidate mechanisms and confirm benefits of foods rich in these amino acids on cardiovascular outcomes.” The study supported financially by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Study details Dr Ellis and her co-workers recrtuited 31 community-dwelling men and women aged between 65 and 87 to participate in their randomized, placebo-controlled trial. The participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: The first group received the active supplements providing 3 g HMB, 14 g glutamine and 14 g arginine per day; while the second group received a placebo. After six months of intervention, the researchers found that FMD increased in the HMB + glutamine + arginine group, but no such increases were observed in the placebo group. While no changes in CRP or TNF-alpha levels were observed in the active supplement group, a trend towards an increase in CRP levels was observed in the placebo group, but this did not reach statistical significance, they noted. “Although no previous studies have examined this combination of amino acids on vascular function, we hypothesized that the active ingredients of the supplement would act synergistically to improve endothelial function by reducing oxidative stress and inflammation,” wrote the researchers. “However, although we observed a trend for increasing hsCRP among the placebo group (P=0.059), no significant changes in hsCRP or TNF-alpha were observed for either group. “Possibly, the effects of the supplement on reducing oxidative stress and inflammation were subclinical, or the high variability in these biomarkers, particularly hsCRP, among our small sample could have precluded visible differences.” The researchers also noted that an alternate mechanism may also be responsible, adding that arginine is a precursor of the potent vasodilator nitric oxide “Although investigation of this mechanism was beyond the scope of this study, it is feasible that the arginine in the supplement improved endothelial-dependent vasodilation by providing additional substrate for nitric oxide synthesis,” they added.     Moderate coffee drinking associated with lower risk of mortality during 11-year median follow-up Semmelweis University (Bulgaria), September 1 2021.  Research presented at ESC (European Society of Cardiology) Congress 2021 revealed a lower risk of dying from any cause during an 11-year median period among light to moderate coffee drinkers in comparison with men and women who had no intake. The study included 468,629 UK Biobank participants of an average age of 56.2 years who had no indications of heart disease upon enrollment. Coffee intake was classified as none, light to moderate at 0.5 to 3 cups per day or high at over 3 cups per day. A subgroup of participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart to assess cardiac structure and function.  Light to moderate coffee intake during the follow-up period was associated with a 12% decrease in the risk of dying from any cause, a 17% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality and a 21% reduction in the incidence of stroke in comparison with the risks associated with not drinking coffee.  “The imaging analysis indicated that, compared with participants who did not drink coffee regularly, daily consumers had healthier sized and better functioning hearts,” reported study author Judit Simon, of Semmelweis University in Budapest. “This was consistent with reversing the detrimental effects of aging on the heart.” “To our knowledge, this is the largest study to systematically assess the cardiovascular effects of regular coffee consumption in a population without diagnosed heart disease,” she announced. “Our results suggest that regular coffee consumption is safe, as even high daily intake was not associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality after a follow-up of 10 to 15 years. Moreover, 0.5 to 3 cups of coffee per day was independently associated with lower risks of stroke, death from cardiovascular disease, and death from any cause.”

In the mid-1990s, when Heidi Williams got her first job in Silicon Valley coding and developing software, she was not unlike most anyone else starting their career: she simply wanted to put her skills to work. But this is the world of tech, where evolution is rapid and industry-shifting changes can occur in the middle of your lunch hour. As you’ll hear, Heidi would end up “riding the wave from CD-ROMs to the web, to mobile, and to live video streaming” while working at some of the biggest and most prolific tech companies in the world.  This journey has given Heidi a profound experience with shifting sands after years of stability—whether it’s your company being acquired by a competitor, foundational technology behind most of your company’s products suddenly rendered obsolete, or dealing with the complexities of a company going from 500 employees to over 5,000 practically overnight.  LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY: “History Repeating” by Shirley Bassey  ABOUT THIS PODCAST Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Fiddlehead, a digital marketing intelligence firm based in San Francisco. We really appreciate your reviews, shares on social media, and your recommendations for future guests. And check out our Spotify playlist for all the songs we refer to on our show.

Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Glen discuss whether Educators should join the new social media app clubhouse, debate whether teaching is still an appealing profession, give you some news about an EPIC educational partnership and our guest this week is Educator and Author Heidi Williams.Guest: Heidi WilliamsOur guest is a passionate coding and computational thinking advocate with over thirty years of experience in education. She has served as a language, science, and mathematics teacher for grades 6–8 and held roles as a differentiation specialist, technology integration specialist, instructional coach, gifted and talented coordinator, elementary principal, and K–8 Director of Curriculum.She is a well-traveled speaker and the author of No Fear Coding: Computational Thinking Across the K-5 Curriculum which has recently been re-released in its second edition!Kristin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heidi_STRETChWebsite: nofearcoding.orgBUY THE BOOK!: https://my.iste.org/s/store#/store/browse/detail/a1w1U000004LphgQACNotes:ASK FOR STICKERS: https://twitter.com/MsThornborrowClubhouse and privacy: Disturbing privacy newsIs teaching still an appealing profession?: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-03-04-is-teaching-still-an-appealing-profession-a-growing-teacher-shortage-worries-expertsEPIC partnership between Games for Change and EPIC Games: bit.ly/G4C-EpicOnEducation is now on YouTube! Subscribe to the channel and listen to prior episodes as they are released!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu2fkhy9cnZZbggW8_K3FgQMike on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/misterwashburnGlen on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/irvspanishParticipate on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/insideparticipateToday's podcast is brought to you by:Participate: The presenting sponsor of OnEducation is Participate. The Sandbox is creating a learning ecosystem where educators can learn in weekly streams, bring ideas into their classrooms, collaborate with other educators and become Sandbox ambassadors. Join the community to learn more at go.participate.com/sandbox

Hammer is back! Today he sits down with Heidi Williams, featured athlete from Mudgear.com, Masters Elite competitor, and now Race Director. They talk about the upcoming Xtremefitgames she's hosting in Punta Gorda Florida on April 18th. Sign up here https://runsignup.com/x-tremefitgames and use code FITZONE by March 1st to save 50% Yes 50% off using that code. Kyle Jolliff and Heidi talk about everything that led up to her starting her own race and the partnership that's forming in Southern Florida between RDs from OCR Overload, Hildervat, and more to ensure safe and fun events happen in Florida this year. Heidi would like to send a shoutout to Allison Tai fitness(Grit Farm Fitness) , BleggFit -Deanna Blegg and Turbo Super foods Find Mudgear's Article about Heidi and other Senior Racers here: https://mudgear.com/blogs/news/senior-racers Want your own #raceLOCAL shirts? BeastNet has you covered: https://www.bonfire.com/beastnet-v2/ WANT FREE STUFF? Do us a favor and rate us and leave a review on your favorite Podcast Platform. Screenshot it and email the review to us at BeastNetPodcast@gmail.com and we will send you a sticker. www.ocr-strong.com/ www.BeastNetPod.com Music Info: https://beastnetpod.com/music #beastnetpod #OCRBuddy #OCRStrong #OCRaddix #OCRStrong2021 #raceLOCAL --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beastnetpod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beastnetpod/support

Building a startup within a startupThere are a unique set of constraints when you’re running an engineering team at a “startup within a startup” - from managing the planning cycle before you’ve hit product market fit, to customizing elements of your product and infrastructure designed for a very different audience. Join us to hear how Heidi Williams, Director of Engineering at Grammarly is working on these challenges by building out an enterprise offering for a traditionally consumer focused business.Special thanks to our global partner – Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS offers a broad set of global cloud-based products to equip technology leaders to build better and more powerful solutions, reach out to aws-cto-program@amazon.com if you’re interested to learn more about their offerings.And thanks to our sustaining partners:CodeClimate - Engineering leaders who are motivated to exceed 2021 goals know that gut-feel isn't enough to make performance-improving decisions. CTOs, VPEs and Directors at organizations like Slack, Gusto, Pizza Hut trust objective data from Code Climate Velocity to measure and improve productivity, efficiency and performance. Reach out to Code Climate and get a month free when you mention CTO Connection.Karat - Karat helps companies hire software engineers by designing and conducting technical interview programs that improve hiring signal, mitigate bias, and reduce the interviewing time burden on engineering teams. Check out this short video or visit Karat.com to learn how we can help you grow your team.LaunchDarkly - the Feature Management Platform Powering the Best Software ProductsOur vision is to eliminate risk for developers and operations teams from the software development cycle. As companies transition to a world built on software, there is an increasing requirement to move quickly—but that often comes with the desire to maintain control. LaunchDarkly is the feature management platform that enables dev and ops teams to control the whole feature lifecycle, from concept to launch to value. Learn more at https://launchdarkly.com/CTO Connection is  a community where senior engineering leaders can connect with and learn from their peers!If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to CTO Connection in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. It really helps others find the show. 

This week Brother Boggs talks with Heidi Williams, Featured athlete this week on Mudgear.com, Masters Elite competitor, and now Race Director. They discuss the 2020 Season and how it isn't cancelled. Heidi competed recently in the Grit Games in Texas, Spartan Jacksonville, and She will be taking on The Gauntlet here shortly. Boggs and Heidi also get into her love for competition at events like Dekafit, Hyrox, and more. She's designed her own OCR that will premiere later this year that will incorporate all the best things shes experienced and more. Follow her on Facebook for more info as it comes out next month. Heidi would like to send a shoutout to Allison Tai fitness(Grit Farm Fitness) , Bleggfit -Deanna Blegg and Turbo Super foods Find Mudgear's Article about Heidi and other Senior Racers here: https://mudgear.com/blogs/news/senior-racers Virtual races become the subject for a while and BeastNet has started Battle Miles, a virtual race that challenges you to push beyond your limits. Listen to the show, learn more and purchase yours here: https://battlemiles.com?sca_ref=279928.4LlBLLtbBv #beastnetpod #OCRBuddy #OCRStrong #OCRStrong2020 #raceLOCAL Have a listen, do us a favor and rate us and leave a review on your favorite Podcast Platform. Screenshot it and email the review to us at BeastNetPodcast@gmail.com and we will send you a sticker. Music Info: https://beastnetpod.com/music www.BeastNetPod.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beastnetpod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beastnetpod/support

Heidi Williams is the Director of Opioid Response for the Colorado Attorney General and is the former Mayor of Thornton. She also serves as board President for Ralston House Child Advocacy Center, is on the Board of Directors for Front Range Community College Foundation, and to support her children, she is vice-chair of the Valley District executive committee for Boy Scouts of America. Heidi graduated Summe cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 2017 and earned her master's degree in public administration from CU Denver in 2018.   On this week's show, Heidi discusses what led to her pursuit of and service in public office, disliking the "politics of politics," and how to work together to find solutions with people who have different values than herself. She also discusses her new role in addressing the opioid crisis as part of the Colorado Attorney General's office, how settlement money from opioid manufacturers and distributors is being used, and how the business community can contribute positively to ending this problem. Hosted by Colorado Business Roundtable President Debbie Brown.  

Geoffrey Lavell talks to team member High-rise Heidi about her epic career in high-rise real estate in Southern Nevada. Don't miss it and be sure to subscribe.

The National Institutes of Health is one of the crown jewels of American medicine. Among its services are clinical trials for patients with no where else to go. Often the patients have families for whom the trial is no less a hardship. That's where the nonprofit Friends of Patients at the NIH comes in. Director Heidi Williams joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more information about the organization, which is a recipient of Tom's upcoming Motorcycle Ride for Charity.

As the Jan. 1, ADS-B deadline draws closer, NBAA's Heidi Williams and Doug Carr answer operators' questions about how to maintain their privacy utilizing the FAA's new LADD and Privacy ICAO Address programs, both of which were advocated for by NBAA.

As the Jan. 1, ADS-B deadline draws closer, NBAA’s Heidi Williams and Doug Carr answer operators’ questions about how to maintain their privacy utilizing the FAA’s new LADD and Privacy ICAO Address programs, both of which were advocated for by NBAA.

The Williams family went through something all parents fear: a child who makes terrible decisions and descends down the depths of drug addiction and criminal behavior. Join us today as we talk with Roger and Heidi about their experience, the goodness of God, and how He brought about healing and redemption in their story.

Bogged down in buzzwords like Diversity and Inclusion? Lost on how to make real change in your office? This time, the Girl Geek X team is tackling intersectionality, from the language we use to the action we can take. Featuring speakers from Realtor.com and Atlassian. Hosted by Angie Chang and Sukrutha Bhadouria and Gretchen DeKnikker. Produced by Rachel Jones. Recorded by Eric Brown. Featuring Sarah Staley, Aubrey Blanche and Heidi Williams .Support the show (https://girlgeek.io/attend/)

ABC's George Stephanopoulos spends 30 hours with Michael Karlik, peering into the mind of the podcast's creator and listening back to some of the best interviews. Includes segments featuring Eva Murray, Samba Baldeh, Barbara Simpson, Heidi Williams, and "Tear It Down." City Council Chronicles provides reviews of city council meetings from across the world. Named a "Top 100 Local Government Influencer" in 2016, 2017, and 2018 by ELGL.org. Our sponsor is Dig Deep Research: GoDigDeep.com. Link: https://councilchronicles.com/ Twitter: @michaelkarlik. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citycouncilchronicles/. Graphic by Ben Wasserman: @benwassetweet. Listen to the newest project from City Council Chronicles, the eight-part "Tear It Down" audio story, available at www.tearitdownpodcast.com. Music credits: News Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attributionlicense (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://incompetech.com

Today we speak with Andrew Lewis and Heidi Williams from KPMG about the future of audit. We'll cover the skillsets that future auditor and technology CFOs need to know and the direction audits are headed.

Heidi Williams--Thornton, CO mayor--discusses why her council rejected prayer and a moment of silence, only to have one of her frequent public commenters initiate a moment of silence on their own! Plus, we talk about her frustrations with NIMBYs and the possibility of getting council videos stored for longer than a year. City Council Chronicles provides reviews of city council meetings from across the world. Named a "Top 100 Local Government Influencer" in 2016 and 2017 by ELGL.org. Our sponsor is Dig Deep Research: GoDigDeep.com. Link: https://councilchronicles.com/ Twitter: @michaelkarlik. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citycouncilchronicles/. Graphic by Ben Wasserman: @benwassetweet. Listen to the newest project from City Council Chronicles, the eight-part "Tear It Down" audio story, available at www.tearitdownpodcast.com. Music credits: News Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attributionlicense (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://incompetech.com

Meta-analyses—structured analyses of many studies on the same topic—were once seen as objective and definitive projects that helped sort out conflicts amongst smaller studies. These days, thousands of meta-analyses are published every year—many either redundant or contrary to earlier metaworks. Host Sarah Crespi talks to freelance science journalist Jop de Vrieze about ongoing meta-analysis wars in which opposing research teams churn out conflicting metastudies around important public health questions such as links between violent video games and school shootings and the effects of antidepressants. They also talk about what clues to look for when trying to evaluate the quality of a meta-analysis. Sarah also talked with three other contributors to our “Research on Research” special issue. Pierre Azoulay of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Ben Jones of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and MIT's Heidi Williams discuss the evidence for some hoary old scientific home truths. See whether you can guess who originally made these claims and how right or wrong they were: Do scientists make great contributions after age 30? How important is it to stand on the shoulders of giants? Does the truth win, or do its opponents just eventually die out? Read the rest of the package on science under scrutiny here. This week's episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Davide Bonazzi/@SalzmanArt; Show music: Jeffrey Cook; additional music: Nguyen Khoi Nguyen]

Meta-analyses—structured analyses of many studies on the same topic—were once seen as objective and definitive projects that helped sort out conflicts amongst smaller studies. These days, thousands of meta-analyses are published every year—many either redundant or contrary to earlier metaworks. Host Sarah Crespi talks to freelance science journalist Jop de Vrieze about ongoing meta-analysis wars in which opposing research teams churn out conflicting metastudies around important public health questions such as links between violent video games and school shootings and the effects of antidepressants. They also talk about what clues to look for when trying to evaluate the quality of a meta-analysis. Sarah also talked with three other contributors to our “Research on Research” special issue. Pierre Azoulay of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Ben Jones of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and MIT’s Heidi Williams discuss the evidence for some hoary old scientific home truths. See whether you can guess who originally made these claims and how right or wrong they were: Do scientists make great contributions after age 30? How important is it to stand on the shoulders of giants? Does the truth win, or do its opponents just eventually die out? Read the rest of the package on science under scrutiny here. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Davide Bonazzi/@SalzmanArt; Show music: Jeffrey Cook; additional music: Nguyen Khoi Nguyen]

My guest this week is Heidi Williams, Former VP of Engineering at Box. Heidi spent 17 years at Adobe working her way up from Engineer to Engineering Manager as well as leading product management and Strategic Engagements where she worked with NBC Sports and Adobe Primetime delivering an Emmy-nominated mobile video experience for the 2012 Olympics. Most recently, Heidi was the VP of Platform Engineering at Box. Last year, Heidi left Box and launched WEST, a cross-company mentorship program for mid-career women in tech. In this episode we cover:   How she went from being an Engineering IC to a Manager   How to advocate for a promotion Being an authentic leader Setting yourself up for success when going out on maternity leave  

Isaiah Vidal talks about injury, faith, and whether he's a jerk. Also, Coley checks in with Heidi Williams who continues to inspire others while conquering obstacles as a master age-class leader. Plus, hear what to expect from TMM in 2018!

The 2015 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and MIT professor joins host Cardiff Garcia to discuss her work on the incentive systems that drive innovation in medical technology, including the effect of patents on the development of early stage cancer drug treatments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 2015 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and MIT professor joins host Cardiff Garcia to discuss her work on the incentive systems that drive innovation in medical technology, including the effect of patents on the development of early stage cancer drug treatments. Visit FT.com/Alphachat for show notes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The World Health Organisation says the number of cancer cases will rise by 70% over the next 20 years. A huge amount of effort and money is spent fighting the disease. But are we getting that fight right? One leading oncologist, Vincent DeVita, tells us the nature of modern medical research and oversight means we are not able to benefit as much as we might from the extraordinary clinical tools we have at our disposal. Another expert witness, professor Heidi Williams from MIT, describes research which shows incentives for drug companies promote short term gains over treatments that could cure early stage cancers. Dr Christopher Wild from the WHO says it does not make sense to spend most of the cancer research budget on cures when up to 40% of cancers are preventable. And, Pekka Puska, a pioneer in the world of public health, explains how communities can make big changes and prevent many cases of lifestyle-related cancers. (Photo: Lab Technician preparing protein, Credit: Reuters Archive)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE, Mar.2, 2013. Heidi is a STRETCh (Striving To Reach Every Talented Child) Instructor and an Education Imagineer. Her goal is to create engaging curriculum that aligns with the CCSS, NETS, and 21st Century Learning. She is currently the K-12 Intervention Coach at Kewaskum School District, WI. She works with teachers and administrators to implement best practice, innovative curriculum options for ALL students. Her focus is shifting away from a traditional "Gifted & Talented" model and moving toward a "Talent Development" model called STRETCh - Striving To Reach Every Talented Child.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE, Mar.2, 2013. Heidi is a STRETCh (Striving To Reach Every Talented Child) Instructor and an Education Imagineer. Her goal is to create engaging curriculum that aligns with the CCSS, NETS, and 21st Century Learning. She is currently the K-12 Intervention Coach at Kewaskum School District, WI. She works with teachers and administrators to implement best practice, innovative curriculum options for ALL students. Her focus is shifting away from a traditional "Gifted & Talented" model and moving toward a "Talent Development" model called STRETCh - Striving To Reach Every Talented Child.