Episodes

Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Today my guest is Dr Sharla White, Director of Research and Development at ClearLight Biotechnologies
What we discuss with Dr White:
- Studying chemical engineering and pharmacognosy
- Her post doctoral work in vascular immunology and molecular biology
- Cancer immunotherapy and how that led her to join ClearLight
- The CLARITY system and its advantages over standard FFPE sections
- How this technology is used in 3D immunohistochemistry
- Her thoughts on the future of digital pathology
- Mentors and women is STEM
Links for this episode:
Dr Sharla White interview with Life Sciences Review
American Society of Pharmacognosy
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Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Today my guest is Pathology Fellow Dr Michael Williams
What we discuss with Dr Williams:
- His early interest in comic books, and the famous blue hat
- His experience studying chemical engineering, and how he carried those skills into pathology
- Medical school and how he first chose surgery as a specialty
- His switch to pathology and his subspecialty interests of neuropathology and forensic pathology
- Why he started the Diversify in Path Podcast
- How having conversations about diversity can help to promote it throughout the field
- The use of social media to promote pathology
Links for this episode:
Lab OPEX Live - Making and Cultivating Professional Relationships
Dr Michael Williams on Twitter
Dr Williams on Battle Cry Podcast
Challenging Stereotypes, Changing Medicine - An Interview with Dr Michael Williams from ASCP
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Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ivana Kholova
What we discuss with Dr Kholova:
- Her education in the Czech Republic and how she discovered pathology
- Her interest in photography and how that relates to pathology
- Her role as Adjunct Professor of Pathology at Tampere University and University of Eastern Finland
- How the pandemic affected teaching methods in Finland
- Problem-based learning and how she uses this method
- Her work in cytopathology with cervical cancer and HPV screening
- The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology
- The importance of getting involved in professional societies
Links for this episode:
Dr Kholova on Twitter
Application of the Milan System for Reporting Submandibular Gland Cytopathology
European Federation of Cytology Societies
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Monday Sep 13, 2021
Episode 77: Kimberly Fiock - The PathPhD, Neuropathology, and Tau Protein
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Today my guest is Pathology PhD Candidate Kimberly Fiock
What we discuss with Kimberly:
- The differences between a Pathology PhD and a Pathologist
- How a neuropathology internship led to her interest in pathology
- Her research in tau protein as part of her Masters degree work
- The Iowa Neurobank Core and her role there
- Some of her creative and volunteering activities
- Her Instagram page and how she uses it to educate others about pathology
- Why it is important to acknowledge burnout and some things we can do about it
Links for this episode:
Kimberly Fiock:
Increased Tau Expression Correlates with Neuronal Maturation in the Developing Cerebral Cortex
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Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Steffini Stalos
What we discuss with Dr Stalos :
- Molecular Pharmacology and how she got into this field
- How she chose pathology as a specialty
- Her foray into acting and what she learned from this experience
- Her fellowship in transfusion medicine and what interested her about this field
- Where she thinks pathology will be in the next five to ten years
- How she started Blood Associates and some of the services she provides
- The importance of lab compliance and some practical examples
- Her LinkedIn series on the role of the Lab Director
Links for this episode:
Blood Associates Website
Tune In Tomorrow Movie on Amazon
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Monday Aug 30, 2021
Episode 75: Olibrian Mallari - Medical Laboratory Science in The Philippines
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Olibrian Mallari
What we discuss with Olibrian:
- How a last minute decision steered him to the Medical Laboratory Science field
- His experience working with the Philippine Red Cross
- How he got involved with teaching
- His additional training in virology and HIV testing
- How he became a National Health Laboratory Network Assessor
- How educational programs adapted their teaching methods during the early part of the pandemic
- How thoughts on the visibility of the Medical Laboratory Science field in the Philippines
- How he promotes the field using Facebook and Instagram
Links for this episode:
Olibrian on Facebook
Slides and Lenses on Instagram
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Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Sarah Coupland
What we discuss with Dr Coupland:
- Her medical training in Australia, and how she relocated to Germany
- How she discovered pathology, and some of her subspecialty interests
- How she started the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group, and some of her projects there
- Her work with uveal melanoma and how that led her involvement with the Cancer Genome Atlas
- Her experience as Director of the Northwest Cancer Research Centre
- The article "From Pot to Print: Using 3D Scanning and Printing to Bring Back Pathology Specimens," which she coauthored
- Her involvement with the
- The Royal College of Pathologists Book Club
- The importance of getting students interested in pathology
Links for this episode:
Dr Coupland on Twitter
Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group
From Pot to Print: Using 3D Scanning and Printing to Bring Back Pathology Specimens from The Pathologist
Integrative Analysis Identifies Four Molecular and Clinical Subsets in Uveal Melanoma in Cancer Cell
Royal College of Pathologists Book Club - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Northwest Cancer Research Centre
What Is Uveal Melanoma? on YouTube
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Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Melissa Upton
What we discuss with Dr Upton:
- How her parents instilled in her the importance of access to education
- How she was inspired to become a doctor, and how she chose pathology
- Her experience in Tokyo as a research fellow
- How she became involved with ASCP and her term as president
- Some of her initiatives with ASCP in the area of diversity
- Her involvement in the editorial Reversing Historical Trends
- The importance of wellness, and what this means to her
- Her opinion on if pathology is making progress in diversity and inclusion
Links for this episode:
Dr Upton on Twitter
Reversing Historical Trends: The Crisis, the Challenge, and the Opportunity
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Monday Aug 09, 2021
Episode 72: Dr Jeremy Li - Deep Tissue Microscopy and Cision Vision
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Today my guest is Dr Jeremy Li
What we discuss with Dr Li:
- Studying physical chemistry and spectroscopy
- His work in super resolution microscopy and some of the applications
- Deep tissue microscopy and how it is used
- How he developed a new technology for visualizing lymph nodes
- How he investigated whether there was a clinical need for this technology
- How the technology was refined based on feedback from those in pathology
Links for this episode:
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Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist and Author Dr Barbarajean Magnani.
What we discuss with Dr Magnani:
- How she got involved with the See, Test, and Treat program
- The paper she coauthored on starting a See, Test, and Treat program at Tufts Medical Center
- How she decided to continue the Dr Lily Robinson story from The Queen of All Poisons
- The new book, The Power of Poison, and one of the themes of people not being what they seem
- How she uses dialogue between characters to explain scientific concepts in the book
- How pathologists are the supreme puzzle-solvers
- what we can expect from the third book in the series
- Some of her other writing projects
Links for this episode:
The Pathologist Power List 2021
Dr Magnani on Twitter
Dr Magnani's Website
The Queen of All Poisons on Amazon
The Power of Poison on Amazon
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