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Welcome to this week’s episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha will share some of the most intriguing topics of the past week. Links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02216-7 https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(24)00079-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s415...

Professor Luciano Floridi and President Peter Salovey discuss Yale’s new Digital Ethics Center to research the governance, ethical, legal, and social implications of digital innovation and technologies like artificial intelligence.

In this episode of the ISM Fellows Podcast, Dr. Samantha Slaubaugh offers insights into her work on Douceline of Digne as a rare paradigm of liturgical practice among the Beguines of Marseilles. Dr. Slaubaugh also discusses the way in which Douceline of Digne, through her unique practice of liturgy, is situated in her medieval community that reveals the unexpected fragility of her sociopolitical c...

Father Lizzie and Mother Laura join us to talk about their vocation stories, how they each ended up doing digital ministry (accidentally), and why they joined forces to create their new podcast, “And Also With You.”

In this episode, Dr. Vishal Uppal, whose primary research interests are improving the safety and efficacy of regional anesthesia techniques in high-risk patient populations, discussed his article Consensus Practice Guidelines on Postdural Puncture Headache From a Multisociety, International Working Group: A Summary Report. Consensus guidelines https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37581893/ Atypical hea...

William Whitaker and Heather Isbell Schumacher talk about the life and work of Minerva Parker Nichols.

Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh’s family history is deeply intertwined with Yale Law School. For our bicentennial in 2024, Koh shares his family’s story and reflects on his tenure as Dean from 2004 to 2009, including his work to broaden the school’s focus to make Yale a global law school. Episode website and transcript: https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/podcast-professo...

As an ethnographer of art, Dr. Katie Dimmery's work focuses on the ways in which communities and identities are shaped by artistic ritual in the southwest region of China. Her research attends to the practices of indigenous ritualists and how these practices are situated in regional ethnic and social politics. This conversation traces the history of one particular valley in southwest China and how...

Academic Dean of Westcott House Karen O’Donnell joins us from Cambridge for an intro to feminist theology. Dr. O’Donnell describes what feminist theology and trauma theology are, talks about her own journey into these fields, and considers where we go from here. Brandon, Hannah, and Karen (of course) also talk prayer and hope.

In this episode, Dr. Tracey Vogel, an obstetric anesthesiologist who is very well-versed in a topic we should all know about, discusses trauma-informed care. What is trauma-informed care, and how can we become a trauma-informed care unit? These and many more questions are addressed during this Podcast. "A service that is not trauma-informed is trauma denied." Trauma-Informed Care on Labor and Deli...

Welcome to this week’s episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha will share some of the most intriguing topics of the past week. Links: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm9903 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-05869-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07130-8 h...

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, with talk with Wesleyan president Michael S. Roth about the history of the student, current crises facing higher education, and building pluralistic campuses.

As the Yale Institute of Sacred Music celebrates its 50th anniversary, ISM Director Martin Jean discusses the institute’s past, present and future; how to save the genre of classical music; and what’s lost for humanity if sacred practice declines. https://divinity.yale.edu/news/importance-sacred-quadcast-interview-martin-jean

Professor John Tsang and President Peter Salovey discuss the vast possibilities of the Yale-backed Chan Zuckerberg Biohub New York and its ambition to engineer immune cells for early disease prevention, detection, and treatment.

Want to learn more about neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, and how scientists learn to combat them? Join the YJBM Podcast for a conversation with Alison Chase, a graduate student in the Lim lab! In her research, Alison focuses on understanding astrocytes' role in SCA1 pathogenesis and the mechanisms underlying regional and neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases. Useful lin...

Welcome to this week’s episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha will share some of the most intriguing topics of the past week. Links: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07098-5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012036 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl6163

The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together. Continuing our talk with writer, producer, and on-air ESPN sports analyst, Mina Kimes '07. More info on Mina Kimes: https://espnpressroom.com/u...

The 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams joins Brandon and Hannah to talk about church unity in the face of difference, vocation, and prayer. He explains how to engage in contemplative prayer and offers hope for the future of the church.

In this episode, Dr. Mark Rollins and Dr. Chatterjee, two leading experts in anesthesia for maternal-fetal intervention, share their knowledge with us. Specifically, we discussed fetal benefits and preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management for this delicate procedure in which two patients are undergoing surgical intervention under our care. Should we provide analgesia directly or...

A conversation with Michael Beggs and Julie Thomson.

Welcome to this week’s episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha will share some of the most intriguing topics of the past week. Links: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2815361 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2815070 https://www.natur...

Iuliia Mendel, former Press Secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, discusses her personal and professional journey; takes us inside the stressful job of crafting a message for a new Ukrainian administration while handling crisis communications; untangles the disinformation threat and how to tackle it; and stresses what the stakes are in Ukraine – and the role of young Ukrainians in...

The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together. Check out our ranging talk with writer, producer, and on-air ESPN sports analyst, Mina Kimes '07. More info on Mina Kimes: https://espnpressroo...

Dr. Kasparova holds two Master’s degrees in Catholic Theology and Art History, as well as her PhD in Fine Art and Theology from Anglia Ruskin University. Presently, she is the Director of Studies at the Faraday Institute of Science and Religion, Cambridge University. She is also a Dominican nun, whose community is based in the Czech Republic. More about her can be found here: https://www.faraday.c...

To help listeners better understand what test scores can and can’t say about a student’s relative strengths, Mark outlines an analogy he devised that connects standardized tests to his favorite sport. Dean Quinlan joins to discuss how applicants often overemphasize testing, the many ways applicants can show academic preparedness, and famous New York Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.