Master Minds

Master Minds A podcast that explores medicine and technology through the eyes of experts.

We’re at the Activities Fair on Mudd Field this Friday! 🎙 🧪 🧫 🧬 Stop by to learn about our podcast, and for a chance to ...
01/09/2022

We’re at the Activities Fair on Mudd Field this Friday! 🎙 🧪 🧫 🧬 Stop by to learn about our podcast, and for a chance to earn free merch!

02/04/2022

🚨 New episode alert 🚨 start your weekend right with episode 13!

In this episode of Master Minds, we sit down with Dr. Graham Colditz, epidemiologist and public health expert. Dr. Colditz is the Associate Director for Prevention and Control at Siteman Cancer Center and Chief of the Division of Public Health Sciences in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr. Colditz is an internationally recognized leader and researcher in cancer and chronic disease prevention and is currently the 4th highest cited researcher in the world with an h-index of 299.

Throughout this episode, you will hear about Dr. Colditz’s background coming from Australia to the US, cancer epidemiology and prevention, and specific risk factors for cancer.

14/03/2022

Episode 12 is out just in time to keep you entertain spring break☀️🏝!!

In this episode of Master Minds, we sit down with someone who is somewhat of a celebrity among the pre-med students at WashU. Dr. Greg Polites is the founder of MedPrep, an emergency medicine physician, and the chair of the central subcommittee on the Admissions Committee for the Washington University School of Medicine.

Over the course of this episode, you will see how Dr. Polites’ love of medicine and love of teaching coevolved and led to his extensive career in both clinical practice and guiding students on their own journey into medicine.

Listen on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts!

05/02/2022

Hereeee comes Episode 1️⃣1️⃣ 👀

In this episode of the podcast, we’re taking a slight detour from our usual guest. Professor Rebecca Messbarge—Professor of Italian 🇮🇹 and Dir. of Medical Humanities at WashU—is an expert in how literature 📚 and art 🖼 inform modern medicine.

This episode is a fascinating dive into medieval history 🗺, Boccaccio’s Decameron, Frankenstein, and much more. Maybe after hearing Prof. Messbarger talk, you too will find yourself, a pious premed, making room in your schedule to dabble in the humanities.

Listen on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts!

05/02/2022

Introducing our 10th episode‼️

Are you a fan of the Mars Exploration Rover Missions? Want to know what the rovers can tell us about the history of Mars and how it helps us better understand our own planet? In this episode, we talk to Ray Arvidson, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of the Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory 🌎 at WashU.

Professor Arvidson conducts research on planetary surfaces such as Mars and Venus ☄️🔭 and has lead the science teams for multiple NASA missions to Mars 🚀. We talked about what the rovers on Mars have observed, such as hydrothermal vents and craters, and if they mean there was ever a suitable environment for carbon-based life 👽 on the now apparently vacant planet.

If you are a space travel fanatic 🛸 and want to know about the current progress on the search for extraterrestrial life, check out this amazing interview.

16/11/2021

Episode 9️⃣ is out now!

We are so excited to have the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Michael Kinch: author, scientist, and Associate Vice Chancellor at WashU. Dr. Kinch has a scientific background in cancer and immunological and infectious diseases. He founded and currently directs the Centers for Research Innovation in Biotechnology and Drug Development here at WashU.

Listen now to hear about Dr. Kinch’s contributions to the development of COVID-19 vaccines 🦠, his research on drug discovery and rollout 🔬, and his analysis on price increases 💰📈in the pharmaceutical industry.

Link in our bio!

16/11/2021

Featuring episode 8 with Dr. Leonard Green! 🎙

Dr. Leonard Green is Professor of Psychology and Economics and the director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at WashU. His research laid the groundwork for the field of behavioral economics: the study of the psychological factors that impact economic theories. Dr. Green did this in a rather unusual way; he performed studies on rats 🐭 and pigeons 🐦! 👀

What can the behavior of these nonhuman animals and how they react to “income” 💰 and other economic situations tell us about the ways humans interact in the economy?

Check out this episode if you want to learn about groundbreaking psychology, especially when it is told by a hilarious New Yorker living in the Midwest.

Link in our bio!

24/10/2021

We are so excited to have had the opportunity to sit down with Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis, Mark Wrighton. Wrighton made a name for himself in the world of chemistry by making major contributions to photochemistry 🧪 and energy research ⚡ that have grand implications for climate change mitigation.

Listen now to hear about the former Chancellor’s career in chemistry, his leading role in Washington University’s rise over the last twenty years, and why his colleagues at MIT knew him as 'Magic Mark'!

29/07/2021

Where should hospitals funnel the most money into? 💰 What is the most equitable payment model? 📈How do we make care more accessible across vulnerable populations? 🏥 If you have ever asked any of these questions, this episode is so for you.

Listen to our conversation with Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox wherever you get your podcasts!

24/02/2021

👀 New episode alert! 👀

Dr. Nupur Ghoshal is a physician-scientist and associate professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the WashU School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the tau protein, a molecule that forms neurofibrillary tangles in the brain and has shown to be a promising biomarker for Alzheimer’s. 🧠 In this episode, we discuss the exciting “final frontier”-like aspect of neuroscience and how WashU is revolutionizing care for patients with neurological diseases.

Check out our interview with Dr. G on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! 🎤

16/02/2021

Check out our latest episode with Dr. Abby Green!

Double board certified in infectious diseases and hematology-oncology, her practice and research focus on the etiology of genome instability in pediatric cancers and the resulting DNA damage responses that are central to them. 🧬 🔬 In this episode, we discuss everything from how leukemia is diagnosed to how COVID-19 is affecting patient care. Available on Apple and Spotify!

02/02/2021

Sorry for the long hiatus, guys! We’re coming back (hopefully!) more consistently this semester.

Check out this latest episode where I interview Dr. Julia López. A public health researcher and licensed social worker, Dr. López focuses her work on addressing gaps in research and clinical care in the areas of sexual and gender minority health, racial disparities, HIV care, and women’s health. Her goal is to provide a platform for these populations through practice, research and community collaboration.

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