Podcasts about in science we trust

Our hosts Dr. Aparna Baheti and Dr. Michael Barraza talk with Dr. Mina Makary about what constitutes a conflict of interest, and how we can reduce bias in research without stifling innovation. Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/WV7gzp --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR RADPAD® Radiation Protection https://www.radpad.com/ --- SHOW NOTES In this episode, our hosts Dr. Ally Behati and Dr. Michael Barraza interview Dr. Mina Makary about his recent article with the Applied Ethics in IR Working Group about physician conflicts of interest and disclosures in image-guided research publications. Dr. Makary walks us through the study design. The analysis over one year of JVIR articles had two goals. Firstly, the study aimed to assess the prevalence of disclosures in US-based IR research. Additionally, the researchers inspected the level of agreement between disclosed financial relationships and open payment data for top-cited image-guided procedure research. Since 2013, the open payment data has been available on the CMS Open Payment database. Key results showed that disclosures were reported in 29% of JVIR publications in 2019. When comparing reported versus actual financial relationships, it was found that 97% of researchers failed to disclose at least one active financial relationship. Furthermore, there was an average of $58k in undisclosed payments for each publication. Finally, we discuss important takeaways from this study. While industry support is a necessary driver of IR device innovation and practice building, it can influence research agendas. Dr. Makary advises all IRs to be cognizant of the underreporting of financial relationships and how this could make authors implicitly or explicitly biased in their research. He advocates for the construction of an open global registry that automatically links payment information to research disclosures. --- RESOURCES Potential Bias in Image-Guided Procedure Research: A Retrospective Analysis of Disclosed Conflicts of Interest and Open Payment Records: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34756998/ In Science We Trust? (A response to the above study): https://www.jvir.org/article/S1051-0443(21)01446-9/fulltext CMS Open Payments Database: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

With the way technology keeps advancing, it's only a matter of time until we're able to edit the human race on a genetic level. Tune in to our final episode to learn just how far we've come with gene editing.

This week's episode features smart assistants as our stars for this episode. If you ever wanted to know just how much data these little helpers hold about us, tune in and find out!

Ever wondered what it would be like to have your own personal Uber driver at all times of the day? Today we're discussing the perks and drawbacks of self-driving cars, which include : the tech behind how they operate, cost, how they function, and liability in case of accidents. Stay tuned!

We often use fossil fuels to power our way of life. But what happens when our source of energy runs out? Tune into this week's episode where we discuss these and other issues connected to fossil fuels, including climate change, and other alternative fuel solutions.

Is Vice President Mike Pence delusional when he thinks Jesus is talking to him? Is a Georgia senator's proposed law (in response to FFRF victories) to allow public school teachers to pray with students constitutional? After discussing the recent Florida shooting, FFRF’s "In Science We Trust" billboard in Atlanta, and hearing a child prompted by parents to call FFRF to tell us we are "going to hell," we talk with novelist Tova Mirvis, whose newest book, The Book of Separation, is a moving memoir about divorcing not only her husband, but her entire Orthodox Jewish faith.

FFRF Senior Attorney Patrick Elliott tells us about the federal lawsuit we filed today demanding that HUD Secretary Ben Carson waive fees in our FOIA request for information related to White House Bible Studies. We discuss evangelical hypocrisy, Trump's racism, FFRF’s "In Science We Trust" billboard in Atlanta and Ron Reagan's FFRF ad running on MSNBC. Then we talk with 11-yr-old Bailey Harris and her father Doug Harris about their beautiful new book, I Am Stardust, introducing science to children.