Episodes

Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
My guest today is Anatomical Pathology Technologist Gemma Norburn
What we discuss with Gemma:
- What an Anatomical Pathology Technologist is, and how she chose this career
- The Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology and how Gemma is involved
- Some similarities between the UK Anatomical Pathology Technologist and the US Pathologists' Assistant
- Gemma's blog Mortuary Gem, and the inspiration for it
- Death Cafe and how she got involved
Links for this episode:
- Gemma Norburn on Twitter
- Mortuary Gem blog
- Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology website
- Gemma on the Partly Political Broadcast on Spotify
- Gemma on BBC Sounds Jacob Hawley's Job Centre podcast
- Gemma on BBC Radio 1xtra here
- Death Cafe website
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Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Today my guest is Bone and Soft Tissue Pathologist Dr Syed Hoda.
What we discuss with Dr Hoda:
- How he came to choose bone and soft tissue as a specialty
- His appearances on Doctor Radio and pathCast
- Family Connect - helping to communicate with families of COVID patients and how he became involved
- His thoughts on advocating for pathology and some things we can do
- His recent appearance on the Genius: Sciencing Our Human Potential podcast
- Being featured in the documentary film When the Shifts Change
Links for this episode:
- Dr Hoda on Twitter
- Doctor Radio episode here
- pathCast episode on YouTube
- When The Shifts Change trailer here
- Genius: Sciencing Our Human Potential episode
- Doctors Who Create website
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Cullen Lilley - Microbiology, Path Elective, and MicroMedEd
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Today my guest is Cullen Lilley, a second year medical student.
What we discuss with Cullen:
- His education in biological sciences and music
- Studying microbiology and working for the CDC
- Bioethics and health policy and why this is important
- His involvement as a cofounder of Path Elective
- How and why he started MicroMedEd
Links for this episode:
Cullen Lilley on Twitter
MicroMedEd on Instagram
MicroMedEd on the Path Elective website
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Today my guest is Dissection Room Technician Gina Bond.
What we discuss with Gina:
- How a human osteology course changed her career path
- Her job as a Dissection Room Technician
- Body donation and why this is important
- Restoring and cataloging a pathology specimen collection
- Her blog, The Donation Diaries
Links for this episode:
- Gina Bond on Twitter
- The Donation Diaries
- Barts Pathology Museum
- London Natural History Museum
- University of Sheffield Medical Teaching Unit
People of Pathology Podcast

Monday Sep 14, 2020
Dr Travis Brown - This Pathological Life in Australia
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
My guest today is Dr Travis Brown. Dr Brown is a Pathologist and the cohost of This Pathological Life podcast.
What we discuss with Dr Brown:
- How he became a pathologist and the medical school system in Australia
- How This Pathological Life podcast came to be, and what he and his cohost Stephen Davis are trying to accomplish with it.
- The differences and similarities between the Australian and US systems, including types of lab staff, billing, and insurance.
- The Australian response to COVID-19 and how it differs from the US.
- What we can learn from the COVID pandemic.
Links for this episode:
- Dr Brown on Twitter
- This Pathological Life podcast
- ClinPath Pathology
- Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
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Monday Sep 07, 2020
Dr Nicole R Jackson - Forensic Pathology, COVID-19, and Public Health
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
My guest today is Forensic Pathologist Dr Nicole R Jackson.
What we discuss with Dr Jackson:
- Her journey into pathology
- The University of New Mexico Fellowship program and her experience there
- Starting her career as a Medical Examiner in the the middle of the COVID pandemic
- Increasing the visibility of Forensic Pathologists as first responders
Links for this episode:
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Taryn Waraksa - Theranostics and Cytotechnology
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Today my guest is Cytotechnologist Taryn Waraksa.
What we discuss with Taryn:
- Her Specialist in Cytotechnology certification
- The International Academy of Cytotechnology
- Writing for ASCP's Lablogatory
- Theranostics in cytology
- Being named to the ASCP 40 Under Forty
- Her interest in scuba diving
Links for this episode:
- Taryn Waraksa on Twitter
- ASCP Lablogatory
- International Academy of Cytotechnology
- ASCP 40 Under Forty
- Taryn's 40 Under Forty Video

Monday Aug 24, 2020
The Megapod Crossover Episode
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
On this episode I team up with the hosts of Deeper Levels, Computationally Yours, PathPod, ScopeMD, and Dead Men Do Tell Tales for a crossover episode. We talk about podcasting, how we got started, and a few other things as well.
Links for this episode:
People of Pathology Podcast

Monday Aug 17, 2020
Dr Jonathan Dudley - Molecular Genetics
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Jonathan Dudley.
What we discuss with Dr Dudley:
- Being named to The Pathologist magazine's 2020 Power List in the Big Breakthroughs category
- His training in pathology and molecular genetics
- Cell free DNA and how it is used in research
- His research with bladder cancer and urine tumor DNA
- Next Generation Sequencing
- The Young Investigator Award and Benjamin Castleman Award
Links for this episode:
- Dr Dudley on Twitter
- The Pathologist Power List here
- Benjamin Castleman Award here
- Young Investigators Award here
- Detection and Surveillance of Bladder Cancer Using Urine tumor DNA paper on Researchgate.net
- Next Generation Sequencing paper
People of Pathology

Monday Aug 10, 2020
Dr Janna Andronowski - Forensic Anthropology
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Today my guest is Forensic Anthropologist Dr Janna Andronowski.
What we discuss with Dr Andronowski:
- How she became interested in forensic anthropology and the training that was involved.
- Her work at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center
- Her research involving bone imaging, osteon banding, and the effects of opioids on bone.
- The Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Histological Research
- Teaching anatomy at the University of Akron
Links for this episode:
Dr Andronowski on Twitter
American Board of Forensic Anthropology
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Histological Research
University of Tennessee Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center
Biological Anthropology and Human Anatomy Student Organization on Twitter

