Podcasts about infectious disease division

Dr. Daniel Stone speaks with Drs. Mario Mietzsch and Robert McKenna from the University of Florida to discuss a recent article published in the Biomanufacturing in Gene and Cell Therapy special issue of Molecular Therapy Methods & Clinical Development by Drs. Mietzsch, McKenna, and colleagues titled Production and characterization of an AAV1-VP3-only capsid: An analytical benchmark standard. If you enjoy today's conversation, you'll also enjoy the upcoming ASGCT Policy Summit in Washington, DC, September 23-24.  This can't-miss event brings together policymakers and gene and cell therapy experts, including FDA leaders Julie Tierney and Dr. Nicole Verdun, to discuss the latest policies impacting this rapidly evolving field.  Register now at https://www.asgct.org/PolicySummit for invaluable insights on navigating the regulatory landscape.  In This Episode: Dr. Daniel StoneAssociate Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Therapy Methods & Clinical Development and Senior Staff Scientist, Infectious Disease Sciences, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Dr. Mario MietzschAssistant Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida Dr. Robert McKennaProfessor and Director of the Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida 'Electric Dreams' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.www.scottbuckley.com.auShow your support for ASGCT!: https://asgct.org/membership/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Dr. Vincent Young of the University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease Division in Ann Arbor, joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about the ecology of the human gut as it relates to a serious bacterial disease caused by Clostridiodes difficile.  He will also discuss what it is like to be a medical scientist with both MD and PhD degrees. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Vincent Young Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode Backyard DNA sequencing—is this a possibility?  Here is a source of information.  And Sebastian Cocioba is a great source of information. The company Giant Microbes makes a  C. diff plush toy. An introduction to C. difficile the bacterium. An introduction to the disease caused by C. difficile. Some journal articles by Dr. Young and his colleagues and discussed in this podcast:  “Viewing Bacterial Colonization through the Lens of Systems Biology,” “Capturing the environment of the Clostridioides difficile infection cycle,” “Microbiome therapeutics for the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection,” and “Longitudinal genomic surveillance ofcarriage and transmission of Clostridioides difficile in an intensive care unit.” Dr. Young's colleague Dr. Madeline Barron, who writes wonderful essays about microbiology for the American Society for Microbiology. An informative interview with Dr. Young.  Here is another good interview.  A good biography of Dr. Young from ASM. Dr. Young's faculty website. Dr. Young's laboratory website. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com

Episode 27: The New Asthma Guidelines: What Were They Thinking?   https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10095727 The New Asthma Guidelines: What Were They Thinking?   FACULTY: Edward G. Brooks, MD serves on the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Expert Panel 4. He's the chief of UT Health San Antonio's Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Disease Division, and he sees patients at UT Health San Antonio's Adult and Pediatric Allergy Clinic on Medical Drive and at University Hospital.    OVERVIEW: On this episode of Pediatrics Now, host Holly Wayment interviews Dr. Ed Brooks, a pediatrician and allergist at UT Health San Antonio with 30 years of experience, who was on the national panel that set these guidelines.  Dr. Brooks is also division chief for allergy, immunology and infectious disease at the University of Texas Health Science Center.   DISCLOSURES: Ed Brooks, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.   The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Steven Seidner, MD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.    The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.   CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION STATEMENTS: The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   CREDITS: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50) Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.50)   In this insightful episode, Dr. Brooks shares advanced insights into the effective use of inhaled corticosteroids for intermittent yet severe symptoms, particularly during viral infections. He also introduces SMART therapy (Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy) - a new approach to managing moderate persistent asthma. Understand the practical implications of these changes and expert tips on how to communicate them effectively to parents and children. Gain a deeper understanding of the long-term side effects of corticosteroids and how these innovative guidelines could simplify care and reduce caregivers' stress. Don't miss out on the opportunity to earn free credits, including CME, MOC, or ethics credits, as you dive into this enlightening conversation.  

https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10095105 Cedar Allergy Update FACULTY: Edward G. Brooks, MD serves on the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Expert Panel 4. He's the chief of UT Health San Antonio's Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Disease Division, and he sees patients at UT Health San Antonio's Adult and Pediatric Allergy Clinic on Medical Drive and at University Hospital.  Dr. Brooks also sees rheumatology patients. OVERVIEW: Pediatrics Now Host and Executive Producer Holly Wayment talks with Edward G. Brooks, MD about cedar allergies in children. DISCLOSURES: Edward G. Brooks, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Steven Seidner, MD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.    The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.   CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION STATEMENTS: The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   CREDITS: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50) Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.50)    

In this first episode of the Health Around the World, a series focused on interviewing Stanford experts on topics such as global health, health disparities and health equity, we interview Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford's School of Medicine, Dr. Clea Sarnquist. We ask Dr. Sarnquist, who works in the Infectious Disease Division within the Department of Pediatrics, about her experiences and interest in the field of global health. Graphic: Michelle Fu Producer: Joy Molloy Managing Editor: Helena Getahun-Hawkins

  CME link for Episode 24: A is for Allergy: Allergy Update and Your Questions Answered - Part 2 https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092899 Allergy Update and Your Questions Answered – Part 2   FACULTY: Edward G. Brooks, MD has served on the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Expert Panel 4. He's the chief of UT Health San Antonio's Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Disease Division, and he sees patients at UT Health San Antonio's Adult and Pediatric Allergy Clinic on Medical Drive and at University Hospital.   OVERVIEW: Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment talks with Edward G. Brooks, MD about the latest in allergy updates, including cases and your questions answered, plus we discuss food allergies and more.   DISCLOSURES: Edward G. Brooks, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.   The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.     The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.   CONTINUING EDUCATION STATEMENTS: The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.   The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   CREDITS: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75) Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.75)  

A microbiologist by training, Sam Minot now works as a computational biologist helping other scientists understand the data between of human microbiome and health connections. In this podcast, he explains Why the complexity of bacteria and viruses is important in how scientists might approach infectious viruses and infectious diseases, Why is it difficult to culture "all" bacteria and what that means for microbiome study approaches, and How approaches that prioritize gene-level impact on human health can lead to microbiome-based therapeutics for diseases like cancer. Offer: Magnesium is integral for 600+ biochemical processes in the human body. The common misconception is that consuming more magnesium will automatically improve health and well-being. The truth is that there are various forms of magnesium, each of which is essential for a variety of physiological processes. Most people are inadequate in all forms of magnesium, while even those considered "healthy" typically only ingest 1 or 2 kinds. Consuming all 7 of magnesium's primary forms is the key to accessing all its health benefits.That's why we packed 7 forms of 450mg of elemental magnesium into each serving of  Wild Mag Complex. One dose a day is all you need. Learn more and grab a bottle today at WildFoods.co. Use code GENIUS for 10% off your order. Samuel Minot is a Staff Scientist with the Microbiome Research Initiative in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division of the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center. He begins this conversation with a foundational question in microbiology: how do the microbes on us impact our health?  He then discusses the complexity of the interaction of bacteria and the viruses that infect them, also called phages. He offers examples of new discoveries constantly upending our picture of what viruses and bacteria can do and ways infectious viruses impact some bacteria and cause disease. As an example, he discusses cholera, which is harmful because of a satellite virus that infects a bacterium: the two together make the disease. He then lays the ground for why it is important to prioritize a gene-level study of our microbiome by describing the impossibility of culturing every bacterium. He describes what functional annotation is and how that concept allows him to identify genes that affect human health and work to understand data at this level.  He talks about the big impacts in his field, namely newer findings on how the microbiome influences the treatment of cancer. Studies show that the kinds of microbes in our gut relate to our immune response's handling of different treatments to fight the cancer. In other words, the immune system is poised to respond to cancer treatment based on the microbiome. This is leading to hopeful microbiome-based therapeutic treatments for cancer. For more, see https://www.fredhutch.org/en/research/divisions/vaccine-infectious-disease-division.html and Sam Minot's blog at minot.bio. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

CME link for the Episode 18:   https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092821   Episode 18:  Allergy Update and Your Questions Answered – Part 1   FACULTY: Edward G. Brooks, MD has served on the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Expert Panel 4. He's the chief of UT Health San Antonio's Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Disease Division, and he sees patients at UT Health San Antonio's Adult and Pediatric Allergy Clinic on Medical Drive and at University Hospital.   OVERVIEW: Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment talks with Edward G. Brooks, MD about the latest in allergy updates, including cases and your questions answered, plus how to really tell the difference between allergies and a cold.   DISCLOSURES: Edward G. Brooks, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.   The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.     The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.   CONTINUING EDUCATION STATEMENTS: The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.   The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   CREDITS: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00) Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00)  

Drew Weissman, MD, PhD is a pioneer of mRNA technology, which has been used in more than 1 billion administered doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Weissman is the Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, Director of Vaccine Research in the Infectious Disease Division, and the Director of the Institute for RNA Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania and the Perelman School of Medicine. He co-developed the mRNA technology that made the COVID-19 vaccines possible. His inventions were used in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and have the potential to treat a range of medical conditions. He is also promoting global vaccine access by working with governments and universities around the world. Music by: Steven O'Brienhttps://www.steven-obrien.net/ "Making Progress" (Used for free under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Show your support for ASGCT!: https://asgct.org/membership/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join your cohosts, Dr. Starlin and Sarah, as they interview Dr. Gonzalo Bearman from Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. He is currently their Division Chief for the Infectious Disease Division and the Editor in Chief for the ASHE Journal. This podcast is brought to you by Nebraska ICAP. This team is grant funded to provide infection control and infectious disease support for facilities across Nebraska. You can find more information about Nebraska at https://icap.nebraskamed.com/ Don't forget to follow us on Twitter at @dirty_drinks and reach out to us if you want to be a guest on the show! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and hosts. These views do not represent the official standing of any public, state or federal entity.

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside…Omicron knocked on our door.In what felt like two weeks, this new Covid variant has reeked havoc on our societal systems and left nearly all of us in a state of confusion. With 1 in 4 New Yorkers contracting the variant –including the triple vaccinated – how do we protect ourselves?Today on Be the Change I am honored to have on Dr. Daniel Griffin to help us navigate this maze.Dr. Griffin is the Chief of the Infectious Disease Division at ProHEALTH NY, an Infectious Disease Specialist at Columbia Universityand President of Parasites Without Borders. Dr. Griffin's research career started at Memorial Sloan Kettering more than two decades ago and has focused on Cancer, Infectious Disease and Immunology. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and active in the clinical care of patients living in the New York area as well as immigrants and travelers with a multitude of different infectious diseases. You can listen to Dr. Griffin weekly on the podcast TWiV at https://www.microbe.tv, https://parasiteswithoutborders.com and on Twitter @DanielGriffinMDSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside…Omicron knocked on our door.In what felt like two weeks, this new Covid variant has reeked havoc on our societal systems and left nearly all of us in a state of confusion. With 1 in 4 New Yorkers contracting the variant –including the triple vaccinated – how do we protect ourselves?Today on Be the Change I am honored to have on Dr. Daniel Griffin to help us navigate this maze.Dr. Griffin is the Chief of the Infectious Disease Division at ProHEALTH NY, an Infectious Disease Specialist at Columbia Universityand President of Parasites Without Borders. Dr. Griffin's research career started at Memorial Sloan Kettering more than two decades ago and has focused on Cancer, Infectious Disease and Immunology. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and active in the clinical care of patients living in the New York area as well as immigrants and travelers with a multitude of different infectious diseases. You can listen to Dr. Griffin weekly on the podcast TWiV at https://www.microbe.tv, https://parasiteswithoutborders.com and on Twitter @DanielGriffinMDSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Two top public health experts, epidemiologist and Emory School of Medicine Associate Dean Dr. Carlos del Rio and Dr. Amber Schmidtke, the writer behind The COVID Digest, an informative newsletter covering COVID-19 trends in Georgia, joined our panel to answer questions about the current COVID-19 surge. Does the latest data tell us we've reached the peak in new cases of COVID-19 in the state? Are hospitals still facing a care crisis? How safe are people who are fully vaccinated? How long will their protection likely last and when might they need booster shots? If you are vaccinated, why should you wear a mask at the grocery store or a movie theater? The panel also discussed challenges faced by people behind the state's public health efforts. During a recent meeting of the state's public health board, Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey praised the resolve of health care and public health workers in the face of abuse and ridicule. Del Rio said he is noticing low morale among health care workers over a year into the pandemic. "At the beginning of this pandemic, people were applauding and they were cheering for health care workers and bringing food to hospitals," he said. "Right now, there's a protest outside hospitals. There's anger against health care workers. And many people are leaving the health care field as a result of that. And I think we need to really realize that this could have tremendous consequences, not just for COVID, but for many other diseases." Panelists: Dr. Amber Schmidtke — Chair of the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Saint Mary, and writer, The COVID Digest Dr. Carlos del Rio — Associate dean, Emory School of Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, at Emory University Greg Bluestein - Political reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dr. Steve Pergam, associate professor of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Infection Prevention Director at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses new guidance from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee, regarding a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for patients with cancer. 

Sarah Koster is Green and Red's public health guru and most frequent guest and we just had another great discussion about COVID with here. Despite government and media claims in June that the crisis of COVID was ending, we're seeing a resurgence in cases, especially due to the Delta variant, lagging vaccination rates, and less mask wearing. Sarah breaks down the nature of the new variant, the health risks it poses, and what we need to do to be as safe as possible. Prof. Sarah Koster is a Family Nurse Practitioner and also has Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle. Sarah worked in research and program evaluation for about 7 years with the Infectious Disease Division at the University of New Mexico Medical School and completed a fellowship in Infectious Disease Epidemiology with the University of Alabama at Birmingham while living in Southern Africa. Read more// NY Times: Delta Variant in Schools (https://nyti.ms/2Vjesdd) 7 Bay Area counties mandate masks indoors for everyone because of delta variant (https://bit.ly/3ylntke) Vaccinated People With Breakthrough Infections Can Spread The Delta Variant, CDC Says (https://n.pr/37iEmQy) Follow Green and Red at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Dr. Michele Andrasik is a senior staff scientist in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.C. Quinn and M.P. Andrasik. Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in BIPOC Communities — Toward Trustworthiness, Partnership, and Reciprocity. N Engl J Med 2021;385:97-100.

Dr. Roberta L. DeBiasi, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Diseases and Co-Director of the Congenital Zika Program at Children's National Hospital joins me to discuss COVID.

Scientists have been working non-stop to rid the world of Covid19. Amazingly, they achieved safe and effective vaccines in a mere 11 months. In this episode learn how and why the vaccines work to 1) protect us from infection, 2) reduce the threat of variants, and 3) wipe out highly infectious disease. Guest is Dr. L. Corey, a leader in the global strategic response to Covid. [312 char]   Guest:   Lawrence Corey, MD, Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington;  member of Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division of Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center; past president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

On February 21, 2021, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. James Baker and Dr. John Zurlo who provided an update on symptoms, testing, guidelines for returning to work after exposure, and answers to frequently asked questions about the vaccine.Dr. Baker is the founding Director of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center and the Ruth Dow Doan Professor at Michigan Medicine. For 20 years, Dr. Baker was the chief of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the U-M. He is also a professor of biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering and the Director of the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences. For the past 5 years, he was also the CEO and CMO of Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) the national food allergy foundation.Dr. Zurlo is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Infectious Disease Division at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.​Your Real Champion: Flower Power​Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Trisha Gallagher!Trisha is “The Flower Lady” who has created a “flowering” circle around greater Philadelphia. Before a store discards day-old flowers, Trisha collects and delivers free bouquets to people who are sad, hurting, sick, anxious, addicted, homeless, or anyone in need of a little kindness.

Dr. Jennie Crews & Andy Peet of SCCA In this edition of C-Sessions, your host, Randall Broad interviews Andy Peet, Telehealth Program Manager along with Dr. Jennie Crews, M.D., Medical Director, with SCCA. Telehealth has accelerated heavily since the COVID 19 Pandemic. SCCA has expanded Telehealth services significantly in the past year. Please join in and learn about the latest breakthrough and benefits of communication via phone and Zoom with treatment providers. Dr. Crews is Medical Director for the SCCA Network, Administrative / Medical Director for Community Sites and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington. Her clinical focus is Survivorship. She received her B.S. in Biology with highest honors from UNC- Chapel Hill and completed her MD and oncology fellowship at Duke University. Andy Peet is excited to be working at the intersection of technology and healthcare as the Telehealth Program Manager at SCCA. Prior to joining the Telehealth team, he was Manager of Medical Staff Services and Access in the Medical Director's Office of SCCA. A seasoned healthcare operations, project, and people manager, Mr. Peet has served in various operational and technical roles at SightLife, the largest global health NGO focused on eliminating corneal blindness. He also served as Project Manager in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/randall-broad/support

We're back! In our first episode of 2021, we're joined by our frequent guest Prof. Sarah Koster to discuss the outbreak of COVID-19 in California, virus mutations, whether vitamin D is a virus preventor, food scarcity and housing insecurity. Prof. Sarah Koster is a Family Nurse Practitioner and also has Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle. Sarah worked in research and program evaluation for about 7 years with the Infectious Disease Division at the University of New Mexico Medical School and completed a fellowship in Infectious Disease Epidemiology with the University of Alabama at Birmingham while living in Southern Africa. Read more// ICU capacity in California (http://bit.ly/38hCmJS) The Atlantic: The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb (http://bit.ly/3bcICUU) Check us out our new media publication on Medium (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). We'll be sharing episodes, blogs and articles on it. So please follow us on Medium! Follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed **Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac. Special thanks to Josie Sock (@JosieSock) and Jeff Ordower (@moredower) for contributing to this episode.

We're rejoined by our friend and comrade Prof. Sarah Koster of Samuel Merritt University to discuss the latest surge of COVID-19 cases. The U.S. is being hit hard by the latest surge of COVID cases. Last week, the country surpassed 250,000 deaths with over 2,000 deaths daily. The state of North Dakota has the worst COVID infection rate on the planet. NYC is closing it's schools once again. California is putting an "emergency brake" on it's re-opening. El Paso County, TX is having another massive outbreak and has brought in ten mobile morgues to hold bodies and is paying prisoners $2 a day to move bodies. Meanwhile, Trump plays golf and the federal government does very little in the way of relief from the pandemic or the economic crisis it's causing. We discuss the politics of the pandemic, the vaccines being flouted by pharmaceuticals Pfizer and Moderna and the failures of the U.S. healthcare system. We also discuss the need to avoid large gatherings and alternative ways to enjoy Thanksgiving. And much more. Plus we throw in our usual witty banter. Sarah is a Family Nurse Practitioner and also has Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle. Sarah worked in research and program evaluation for about 7 years with the Infectious Disease Division at the University of New Mexico Medical School and completed a fellowship in Infectious Disease Epidemiology with the University of Alabama at Birmingham while living in Southern Africa. She teaches Community Health at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, CA and is committed to involving students in conversations about the importance of structural determinants of health including how capitalism and various existing political systems, in the US and globally, continue to negatively affect health outcomes. Read more// Alexandra Mangili and Mark A Gendreau:Transmission of infectious diseases during commercial air travel (https://bit.ly/2UR6dB5) New Yorker: Biden's Covid-19 Mission (https://bit.ly/37382Rm) Guardian: Donald Trump appears to admit Covid is 'running wild' in the US (https://bit.ly/2HtoVvL) CNN: Trump's attempt to steal the election unravels as coronavirus cases surge (https://cnn.it/39a8jVm) Also, follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). "Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing extraordinaire by Isaac.

Friday on Political Rewind: There is a frightening uptick in COVID-19 numbers across the country. Though the worst numbers are currently seen in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, cases in Georgia of the virus continue an upward path. Public health experts warn that without proper mitigation efforts, an explosive increase in case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths is possible. Our panel is joined by one of the country's foremost public health leaders, Dr. Carlos del Rio. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger hopes an audit over the next week of nearly 5 million ballots will vindicate his performance running the state's elections. Panelists: Jim Galloway — Lead Political Writer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dr. Carlos del Rio — Associate Dean, Emory School of Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, at Emory University

Marie:Headlines: This week on the Minnesota Native News Health Report, indigenous ways of dealing with a virus that keeps spreading. I'm Marie RockPublic health officials are concerned about the growing number of cases since Labor Day and the start of school.  This is Kris Ehresman, Infectious Disease Division director with the Minnesota Department of Health.KE we knew it would take a while and now we  see the effect, and increase in Covid cases,  a function of what happened in the beginning of September. By far the highest rate of positive cases is in the 20 to 24-year-old age group.KE It's the impact of lots of social gatherings, lots of community transmission.Many of us are trying to figure out how to cope as cold weather approaches and we spend more time indoors. Indigenous scholars at the University of Minnesota are offering a way to learn from traditional ways of healing and resilience. Laurie Stern has more.[Laurie]The pandemic has forced us to rethink our place in the world – from our own personal boundaries to how we protect our communities and our planet. Indigenous leaders at the University of Minnesota  say we COULD take the  opportunity to stop, learn and listen to elders who live close to the land.WB: These are like doctors but they don't have any degrees. Their knowledge is sacred it's vast, and it's endangered.That's Wesley Ballinger, artist and linguist.My name is Wesley, Niiyogiizhig in the Ojibwe language. I'm from the Mille Lacs Band of non-removable Ojibwe and I'm Eagle Clan.Wesley Ballinger in in charge of community engagement for the department of American Indian Studies at the university.He is helping with a fall webinar program called “An Alliance Between Humans and Creatures": Indigenous Stories of Nature, Healing and Resilience.” The series is free, and interactive. Everyone is invited to participate. The idea is to learn from indigenous practices how to think about this very troubling time. In Anishinabe philosophy, we are stewards, we are connected, we are all in this Creator's stew. We are the weakest animal, we are animals, right? We don't have hides. We don't have the sharpest teeth. We don't have claws, our eyesight is poor. Our sense of smell, our sense of hearing is all very much diminished when compared to our relatives. And when I speak of our relatives, I'm talking about makwa the  bear. waawaashkeshi, the white tailed deer, migizi the eagle. And so we need their protection, we need their protection, to survive. And we're not talking about not only like the four legged but more importantly, the growers, the trees, the plants, the animals, the earth, our Mother Earth. we need all these, we need their blessing in their pity in order to survive. And that's kind of like an underpinning, starting point of like, how we wrap our, our epistemology, our our sense of who we are in the universe.Wesley Ballinger's partner in the webinar series comes from farming people in the Andes MountainsMy name is Elizabeth Sumida Huaman; I'm Wanka and Qechua from Central Peru….Professor Sumida Huaman teaches in the Department of Education at the unverisity. She says learning can and should happen outside classrooms in places where people are connected to the land.A lot of indigenous communities, whether they're located in a particular place for generations, or for millennia, or whether they migrated to that place, have stories and instructions regarding what it means to be in a place.The webinars will pair University of Minnesota professors with Native artists, conservationists, and scholars from all over. Scientists and indigenous people and everyone looking out their window was noticing the earth was also healing.And so this is our moment, and the webinar is part of that – this is our moment to step back and to reflect and to think about what is our part in that healing.The conversations are at noon Thursdays every few weeks through December. They will be recorded if you can't catch them online. For more information, visit the website of the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Change at the University of Minneosta. That's ICGC dot UMN dot EDU. For the MNNHR I'm LS     

Over 200,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. That number is expected to double in the next few months. The Trump Administration continues to put out misinformation about vaccines and tests the idea of "herd mentality" (we think he meant "herd immunity") as the only real solution. In this episode, we dive into these issues and more with returning guest Prof. Sarah Koster (@NotSoNormalNaCl) from Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, CA. We also talk reproductive health politics around Trump's supreme court nominee and the forced hysterectomies being carried out in ICE detention centers. Sarah is a Family Nurse Practitioner and also has Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle. Sarah worked in research and program evaluation for about 7 years with the Infectious Disease Division at the University of New Mexico Medical School and completed a fellowship in Infectious Disease Epidemiology with the University of Alabama at Birmingham while living in Southern Africa. She teaches Community Health at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, CA and is committed to involving students in conversations about the importance of structural determinants of health including how capitalism and various existing political systems, in the US and globally, continue to negatively affect health outcomes. Read more: Excess Mortality Data Shows Trump Is Lying About Covid-19 Being More Deadly in Europe (https://bit.ly/2SdGJg1) Hospital where activists say ICE detainees were subjected to hysterectomies says just two were performed there (https://wapo.st/3n2j0O6) Trump says overturning Roe v Wade 'possible' with Barrett on supreme court (https://bit.ly/3ng9mYq) Also, follow us on any of these social media channels: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast/ Donate to Green and Red Podcast! Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Scott (@sparki1969) and Bob (@bobbuzzanco). "Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

A microbiologist by training, Sam Minot now works as a computational biologist helping other scientists understand the data between of human microbiome and health connections. In this podcast, he explains Why the complexity of bacteria and viruses is important in how scientists might approach infectious viruses and infectious diseases, Why is it difficult to culture "all" bacteria and what that means for microbiome study approaches, and How approaches that prioritize gene-level impact on human health can lead to microbiome-based therapeutics for diseases like cancer. Samuel Minot is a Staff Scientist with the Microbiome Research Initiative in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division of the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center. He begins this conversation with a foundational question in microbiology: how do the microbes on us impact our health?  He then discusses the complexity of the interaction of bacteria and the viruses that infect them, also called phages. He offers examples of new discoveries constantly upending our picture of what viruses and bacteria can do and ways infectious viruses impact some bacteria and cause disease. As an example, he discusses cholera, which is harmful because of a satellite virus that infects a bacterium: the two together make the disease. He then lays the ground for why it is important to prioritize a gene-level study of our microbiome by describing the impossibility of culturing every bacterium. He describes what functional annotation is and how that concept allows him to identify genes that affect human health and work to understand data at this level.  He talks about the big impacts in his field, namely newer findings on how the microbiome influences the treatment of cancer. Studies show that the kinds of microbes in our gut relate to our immune response's handling of different treatments to fight the cancer. In other words, the immune system is poised to respond to cancer treatment based on the microbiome. This is leading to hopeful microbiome-based therapeutic treatments for cancer.  For more, see https://www.fredhutch.org/en/research/divisions/vaccine-infectious-disease-division.html and Sam Minot's blog at minot.bio. Available on Apple podcast: apple.co/2Os0myK

On March 29, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by John J. Zurlo, MD, Edward H. Jasper, MD, and Steven Alles, MD, MS, MFA for a discussion about COVID-19.Dr. Zurlo is the Director of the Infectious Disease Division at Jefferson University Hospital.Dr. Jasper is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson University Hospital.Dr. Alles is the Director of the Division of Disease Control at the city's Department of Public Health

There is so much information about COVID-19 out there, and I wanted to get information from a trusted source in person. It was an honor to interview Dr. Gonzalo Bearman. I'm extremely grateful that he found time out of his packed schedule to sit and talk to me about COVID-19 during these chaotic times. Please share this podcast to help spread better information about COVID-19. At times like this, we need to know what we are truly facing. This interview was done on March 11th! Time stamp: 2:00 -What is COVID-19, and how is it different from something like the flu? 3:02 -If someone is infected with the virus with mild to moderate symptoms, are there any at-home or over-the-counter treatments we can use to prevent more severe symptoms from developing? 4:28 - How long do you expect this virus to last? 4:51- If the virus continues to spread in densely populated areas, what are our options when facilities fill up? 5:23 - How much do people's “fear of the unknown” play a part in magnifying the dangers of COVID-19? 6:30 - The xenophobia that came along with the COVID-19 virus 7:40 - What are some severe and non-severe symptoms of COVID-19 10:00 - How do we de-cyphe the information overload we see in the news? 11:46 - What are our alternative protection options besides the normal gloves and mask? 13:10 - Final words about COVID-19 and what VCU health is doing?

On March 8, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by John J. Zurlo, MD, Edward H. Jasper, MD, and Steven Alles, MD, MS, MFA for a discussion about COVID-19.Dr. Zurlo is the Director of the Infectious Disease Division at Jefferson University Hospital.Dr. Jasper is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson University Hospital.Dr. Alles is the Director of the Division of Disease Control at the city's Department of Public Health