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Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Today my guest is Alexandra Giardina, Pathologists' Assistant student and Biorepository Consultant.
What we discuss with Alexandra:
- Her research experience in neurosignaling physiology
- Cancer research and how this introduced her to pathology and biobanking
- How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field while working in biobanking
- Her work with Audobon Bioscience
- Her thoughts on the role of a pathologists' assistant in biobanking
- Her experience as a pathologists' assistant student
- How the pandemic affected her program and how the program adapted
- Why she thinks it is important to diversify your skillset
Links for this episode:
Tulane University Pathologists' Assistant Program
Episode 6: Sarah Garner - Garner's Guide to Gross Anatomy
Episode 17: Heidi Wagner - Biobanking and Medical Ethics
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Today my guest is Forensic Pathologist Dr Douglas Posey.
What we discuss with Dr Posey:
- Why he decided to write his new book, From Mississippi to the Morgue: A Black Doctor's Journey From Rural Mississippi to Forensic Pathology
- His experience growing up in Mississippi
- How two mentors were influential in his life
- His experience in the Army which led to Medical Technology
- How and why he decided to go to medical school
- How he became a forensic pathologist
- How through sharing his own story he hopes to inspire others to be successful
Links for this episode:
From Mississippi To The Morgue on Amazon
Dr Posey's Website
National Association of Medical Examiners
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Today my guest is Associate Practitioner Hayley Pincott
What we discuss with Hayley:
- Biomedical Science Day and the importance of this day
- Her career path to becoming an Associate Practitioner in Oral Pathology and Microbiology
- Her work as a STEM Ambassador and why this is important to her
- How she co-founded Show Me The Science and some of their activities
- Her thoughts on how to raise awareness for the laboratory field
Links for this episode:
Kubtec Principles of X Ray Imaging Webinar
Hayley Pincott on Twitter
The Pathologist Power List 2020 Featuring Hayley
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist and Parasitologist Dr Zul Premji
What we discuss with Dr Premji:
- His early years and education in Tanzania
- His personal experience with malaria and how that helped to inspire his interest in parasitology
- Studying at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and at the Karolinska Institute
- The relationship between malaria and poverty
- Public health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
- The influence of politics on the fight against malaria
- Some of Dr Premji's mentors throughout his career
Links for this episode:
Malaria Memoirs on Amazon
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Today my guest is Barbara Day
What we discuss with Barbara:
- How she started her lab career as a phlebotomist
- Expanding her lab role as a Medical Technologist
- Her lab management roles, as some of her responsibilities in these roles
- How she left the clinical lab to become an Education Specialist in Companion Diagnostics
- How her lab experience helps her in her role in Companion Diagnostics
- What the future of Companion Diagnostics might be
Links for this episode:
Molecular Pathology and Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era in Companion Diagnostics
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Today my guest is Jeremy Schubert
What we discuss with Jeremy:
- The Human Condition Equation and how it applies to lab medicine
- His work in healthcare economics and public health
- His roles throughout his career at Abbott Labs
- The similarities between healthcare labs in other countries
- The Lab Relevance Compass and how he developed it
- How the LRC helps to identify areas for improvement in the lab
Links for this episode:
Dr Aleksandra Zuraw YouTube Channel
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Carla Ellis
What we discuss with Dr Ellis:
- Her journey from Pathologists' Assistant to Pathologist
- Her fellowships in Nephropathology and Genitourinary Pathology
- Her role as Director of Wellness, Diversity, and Inclusion, and creating a Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- How the Society of Black Pathologists was created
- How the ASCP and Dr Melissa Upton were early supporters of the SBP
- Some of the goals of the Society of Black Pathologists, including the importance of mentorship
- Future plans for the SBP
Links for this episode:
Dr Ellis on Twitter
Diversifying the Future of Pathology - Dr Ellis interview with ASCP
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Today my guest is Dr Heather Couture
What we discuss with Dr Couture:
- Her work in computer science and computer vision
- Her Masters program in robotics and and image analysis of images from Mars
- Her dissertation work in predicting tumor biomarkers in breast cancer
- How she founded Pixel Scientia and the works she does with it
- Transfer learning and how it applies to pathology
- Tissue segmentation in image analysis
- The Pathology ML Insights Newsletter
Links for this episode:
Pathology ML Insights Newsletter
Finding Prognostic Patterns in Gigapixel Images
A Deeper Understanding of Breast Cancer
Deep Learning-based Histology Biomarkers
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Brian Jackson.
What we discuss with Dr Jackson:
- How studying mathematics led to medical informatics
- How he chose pathology as a specialty
- His research in physician utilization of laboratory tests
- Corporate social responsibility in healthcare
- Ethics as it applies to healthcare and laboratory testing
- How the LabMind Podcast came to be
- How he structures his interviews and some of the challenges of being a podcast host
Links for this episode:
An Audit of Repeat Testing at an Academic Medical Center
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Kathryn Golab
What we discuss with Kathryn:
- How she discovered Medical Laboratory Science and her experience during the program
- Her experience giving outreach presentations at high schools
- The influence of mentors on her education and career
- Why it's important to get involved in professional organizations
- Why she decided to pursue a DCLS
- The Diagnostic Management Team and some examples of it's utilization
Links for this episode:
This Pathological Life - Episode 37
Kathryn Golab on Twitter
- Rutgers DCLS program
- ASCLS
- ASCP
- The Network that Never Sleeps article in Lab Medicine
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