Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow

In this special Season 1 roundup of Holy Shift!, host Angela Gill Nelms revisits standout moments from this season's conversations with researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Guests share their engineering solutions, the personal stories and unexpected paths that brought them to the lab, and why public funding for basic science and biomedical innovation is more critical than ever. This...

What if we could simulate your cancer on a computer and predict which treatment will work before you ever receive it? In this episode of Holy Shift!, host Angela Gill Nelms speaks with Dr. Melissa Kemp, a biomedical engineer and systems biologist using computational modeling to understand how cells behave and how diseases develop. By combining biology, engineering, and computer science, Dr. Kemp b...

What if we could stop vision loss before it starts? In this episode of Holy Shift!, host Angela Gill Nelms speaks with Dr. Machelle Pardue, a vision scientist working to protect one of our most precious senses. Dr. Pardue studies how diseases like diabetic retinopathy damage the eye and explores new ways to preserve sight for millions of people at risk. From the surprising ways diabetes affects vi...

What actually controls when you pee — and what happens when that system breaks down? In this episode of Holy Shift! , host Angela Gill Nelms speaks with Dr. Zachary Danziger, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgia Tech and Emory University, about how the nervous system coordinates the bladder and urethra — and why disruptions in those signals can lead...

What if we could watch the brain change in real time—and use that insight to personalize medicine?  In this episode of Holy Shift! , host Angela Gill Nelms speaks with Dr. Shella Keilholz, professor of biomedical engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech, about how advanced MRI imaging is reshaping our understanding of the brain. Dr. Keilholz explains how high-field MRI captures second-by-s...

It sounds like science fiction, but brain-powered technology is already here. In this episode of Holy Shift! , host Angela Gill Nelms sits down with Dr. Chethan Pandarinath, a neuroscientist and engineer who studies how we can read brain signals and turn them into action. From helping people communicate and move after injury to building technology that listens to the brain in real time, Chethan br...

Some of the most exciting innovations in medicine today are almost too small to see. In this episode, host Angela Gill Nelms sits down with Professor David Myers, a biomedical engineer who loves building tiny technologies that tackle huge health problems. From microscopic sensors to real-world medical tools, Dr. Myers shares how curiosity, creativity, and a few unexpected twists led him to a caree...

What if doctors could design medical devices made just for you? In this episode of Holy Shift! , host Angela Gill Nelms talks with Dr. Scott Hollister, a biomedical engineer at Georgia Tech and Emory, about how 3D printing is changing medicine in powerful ways. Dr. Hollister shares real stories of how custom-made, 3D-printed devices have helped children breathe, recover, and survive when no standa...

On this episode of Holy Shift! , host Angela Gill Nelms talks with Dr. Anant Madabhushi, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory and director of the Empathetic AI for Health Institute. Together, they explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping cancer diagnosis, identifying disease years before symptoms appear, and pushing personalized medicine from possibility to practic...

Can flickering light and sound help fight Alzheimer’s disease?    On this episode of Holy Shift! , host Angela Gill Nelms chats with Dr. Annabelle Singer from Georgia Tech and Emory University, whose groundbreaking research explores how carefully timed lights and sounds may help “tune” the brain, boost memory, and change the course of Alzheimer’s disease.  From building theater lights as a kid to...

What if the key to curing disease like Alzheimer’s lies in the tiny, invisible molecules inside our cells?   In this episode of Holy Shift!: Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow , host Angela Gill Nelms sits down with Dr. Felipe Quiroz, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Quiroz reveals how his lab engineers the invisible — proteins, cells,...

In this episode of Holy Shift!, host Zachary Danziger talks with Dr. Ming-fai Fong, a biomedical engineer at Georgia Tech and Emory University.  Dr. Fong discusses her work on the brain’s amazing built-in power to change and adapt itself, a process called neuroplasticity. Her research team is exploring how to use this ability of the brain to help people with vision loss, including those with ambly...

In this episode of Holy Shift! , host Angela Gill Nelms talks with Dr. Lena Ting, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Ting shares her work uncovering the connections between the brain and body that lead to movement — from walking and balance to dance and sports. She explains how understanding movement helps us tackle challenges...

In this episode of Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow, host Angela Gill Nelms talks with Dr. Mike Davis , a professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology at Georgia Tech and Emory University . Dr. Davis shares his research journey from catching bees at the Fresh Kills landfill to pioneering stem cell therapies for congenital heart defects and heart failure. Together, they d...

Welcome to Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow —your inside look at the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, one of the nation’s leading programs. What is biomedical engineering exactly? All you need to know is that it’s about engineering solutions that improve human health, from new medical imaging tools, better vaccines,...