Ira Pastor
Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show
Interviews and Discussions With Fascinating People Who are Creating A Better Tomorrow For All Of Us - Host - Ira S. Pastor
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Episodes
Dr. Juho Jalkanen, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Faron Pharmaceuticals - Tackling Cancers Via Novel Immunotherapies 12.09.2025 34:49
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Juho Jalkanen, M.D., Ph. D. is CEO and Founder of Faron Pharmaceuticals ( https://faron.com/ ), is a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on creating innovative cancer treatments that leverage the patient’s own immune system. The Company’s lead asset bexmarilimab is currently being investigated in clinical trials as a potential therapy for patients with he...
Annalee Kruger - President, Care Right Inc. - Navigating Family Caregiver Burnout 12.09.2025 1:12:08
Send us Fan Mail Annalee Kruger is the President of Care Right Inc. ( https://carerightinc.com/ ), a consultancy providing corporate training and consulting services for organizations wanting to learn more about aging, family caregiving, dementia, end-of-life, as well as direct to consumer family caregivers who are realizing caregiving without a plan is not safe, nor sustainable. Annalee has spent...
Dr. Torkil Færø, MD - The Pulse Cure: Balance Stress, Optimize Health, Live Longer 12.09.2025 50:44
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Torkil Færø, MD ( https://thepulsecure.com/ ) is a Norwegian medical doctor, author, documentary filmmaker and photographer whose work sits at the intersection of frontline medicine and practical preventive health. As a clinician who received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from University of Oslo, he’s served as both a general practitioner and emergency-room physician, and in 1...
Dr. Neal Baer, MD - Harvard Medical School - Media, Medicine & Global Health 10.09.2025 1:04:57
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Neal Baer, MD ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Baer ) is an award-winning showrunner, television writer/producer, physician, author, and a public health advocate and expert. Dr. Baer lectures on Global Health and Social Medicine and is the Co-Director of the master’s degree program in Media, Medicine, and Health at Harvard Medical School ( https://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/facu...
Dr. Michael Lebenstein-Gumovski, Ph.D. - Sklifosovsky Clinical and Research Institute for Emergency Medicine, Moscow - Spinal Cord Restoration, Head Transplants & Beyond 10.09.2025 2:08:02
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Michael Lebenstein-Gumovski, Ph. D. is Senior Scientific Officer and Neurosurgeon, in the Neurosurgery Department, of the Sklifosovsky Clinical and Research Institute for Emergency Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation ( https://sklif.mos.ru/ ), where his team is engaged in both neurosurgical and experimental practice, conducting advanced research in the field of spinal cord in...
Cristina Durán - President, Evinova - Accelerating Better Health Outcomes 08.09.2025 44:56
Send us Fan Mail Cristina Durán is President of Evinova ( https://evinova.com/ ), a healthtech company empowering global life sciences organizations to accelerate better health outcomes with a suite of globally scaled digital health solutions, empowering sites, sponsors and contract research organizations to optimize the entire clinical development lifecycle. Prior to launching Evinova in November...
Professor Dr. Anders Hviid - Statens Serum Institut - Reassuring The Public About Vaccine Safety With Rigorous, Evidence-Based Research 03.09.2025 54:32
Send us Fan Mail Professor Dr. Anders Hviid ( https://en.ssi.dk/about-us/contact/employees/a/anders-peter-hviid-aii ) is Head of Department and Professor of Epidemiology at the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark — one of the world’s foremost public health and infectious disease research centers. Professor Dr. Hviid has dedicated his career to using large-scale population data to answer...
Kurt Avery - Founder & President, Sawyer Products - Clean Water For The World 30.08.2025 38:09
Send us Fan Mail Kurt Avery is the Founder and Owner of Sawyer Products ( https://www.sawyer.com/) and currently serves as President. Sawyer is a leading provider of high-performance outdoor protection products, specializing in water filtration, insect repellents, sunscreens, and first aid solutions. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Safety Harbor, Florida, Sawyer is committed to safeguardin...
Courtney Barriger - Founder, Holding Court - Reimagining Fashion 30.08.2025 43:13
Send us Fan Mail Courtney Barriger ( https://www.courtneybarriger.com/ ) is a fashion expert, sustainability advocate, writer, and entrepreneur who has dedicated her career to reimagining the way we create and consume clothing. After building a successful career in the fashion world, Courtney shifted her focus to tackling the urgent environmental and ethical issues caused by fast fashion. She has...
Warren Roberts - CEO, Living Legacy Forest - Returning To Earth & Living On Through Nature 25.08.2025 44:34
Send us Fan Mail Warren Roberts is CEO and Founder of Living Legacy Forest ( https://livinglegacyforest.com/ ), an innovative profit-for-purpose company and leader in green memorialization reforestation, which is creating urban memorial forests by turning human (and pet) ashes into trees and living memorial forests, instead of cemeteries, with the ultimate goal of reforesting the planet. With the...
Dr. Jacob Lalezari, MD - CEO, CytoDyn - Next Generation of Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics 21.08.2025 39:20
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jacob Lalezari, MD is the Chief Executive Officer of CytoDyn ( https://www.cytodyn.com/ ), a biopharma company committed to enhancing the lives of patients through target specific medicine and a next generation of monoclonal antibody therapeutics. CytoDyn’s team is focused on developing leronlimab, a monoclonal antibody CCR5 receptor antagonist, to be used as a platform drug f...
Dr. Reynold Panettieri, MD - Rutgers University - Novel Therapeutic Approaches To Treat Airways Diseases 07.08.2025 37:50
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr, MD ( https://ritms.rutgers.edu/faculty/reynold-panettieri/ ) is the inaugural Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, and Vice Chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science, at Rutgers University, and previously served as the Director of the Airways Biology Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Panettieri’s...
Alex Reed - President & CCO, Yokogawa Fluence Analytics - Smart Polymer Manufacturing 07.08.2025 53:32
Send us Fan Mail Alex Reed is a Co-founder, President and CCO of Yokogawa Fluence Analytics ( https://www.fluenceanalytics.com/ ), a manufacturer of systems that produce continuous data streams enabling real-time optimization of manufacturing and R&D processes. The company, formerly known as Fluence Analytics, is a division of the Yokogawa Electric Corporation ( https://www.yokogawa.com/ ). Pr...
Dr. Paul Jaffe, Ph.D. - Tactical Technology Office, DARPA - Power Beaming and Space Solar 02.08.2025 1:03:53
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Paul Jaffe, Ph. D. ( https://www.darpa.mil/about/people/paul-jaffe ) is a Program Manager in DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, where he oversees the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay ( POWER - https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/power ) project, which aims to revolutionize energy distribution through airborne wireless power transfer, enabling high power beaming, r...
Martin Burns - CEO, Bruin Biometrics - Early Detection And Prevention Of Pressure Injuries 31.07.2025 49:17
Send us Fan Mail Martin Burns is the CEO of Bruin Biometrics, a platform company focused on digital solutions for pressure injury prevention and management, where since 2012 he has designed and led the successful journey of Bruin Biometrics’ Provizio SEM Scanner ( https://sem-scanner.com/) through the company’s concept-to-commercialization “formulas strategy”. Significant milestones along the way...
Jason Matuszewski - CEO, BioStem Technologies - Saving Limbs To Save Lives 30.07.2025 33:51
Send us Fan Mail Jason Matuszewski is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of BioStem Technologies ( https://biostemtechnologies.com/ ), a leading innovator focused on harnessing the natural properties of perinatal tissue in the development, manufacture, and commercialization of allografts for regenerative therapies. Jason brings a wealth of experience in strategic operations plannin...
Dr. Luis Pizarro, MD - Executive Director, DNDi - The Best Science For The Most Neglected Patients 30.07.2025 1:03:00
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Luis Pizarro, MD is Executive Director of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative ( DNDi - https://dndi.org/ ), the international, not-for-profit research and development organization focused on discovering, developing, and delivering affordable and patient-friendly treatments for neglected patients around the world. Dr. Pizarro is a medical doctor and global health leader...
Dr Ashwin Gopinath, PhD - CTO, Biostate AI - Transforming Healthcare Through Next-Gen RNAseq & GenAI 30.07.2025 52:16
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ashwin Gopinath, Ph. D. ( https://ashwingopinath.com/ ) is Co-Founder and CTO of Biostate AI ( https://biostate.ai/ ), a startup building generative AI that predicts the evolution of human disease and drug response based on RNA sequencing data. Its patented wet lab technologies, including BIRT (Barcode-Integrated Reverse Transcription), allow affordable and scalable collection...
Bill Taranto - President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund - Scaling Impactful Innovation 28.07.2025 45:13
Send us Fan Mail Bill Taranto is President of the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund ( MGHIF - https://www.msdghifund.com/ ). The Merck Global Health Innovation Fund was established in late 2010 as a strategic response to the challenges surrounding Merck’s core business of discovering, developing and marketing innovative drugs and vaccines. Bill has more than three decades of experience in the he...
Dr. On-Yee (Amy) Lo - Marcus Institute for Aging Research - Functional Independence For Older Adults 24.07.2025 38:00
Send us Fan Mail Dr. On-Yee (Amy) Lo, Ph. D. is Assistant Scientist II at the Marcus Institute for Aging Research ( https://www.marcusinstituteforaging.org/who-we-are/profiles/yee-amy-lo-phd ) and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ( https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/147630 ). Dr. Lo is a physical therapist a...
George Vradenburg - Founding Chairman, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative - Advancing Brain Health 24.07.2025 1:00:08
Send us Fan Mail George Vradenburg is Founding Chairman of the Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative ( DAC - https://www.davosalzheimerscollaborative.org/ ), a pioneering worldwide initiative to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, seeking to mirror the success of global efforts against infectious diseases. DAC is extending global research beyond its current focus on traditional Western European ethnic pop...
Dr. Lara Nyman, Ph.D. - VP, Research & Discovery, AG1 - Clinically Backed Foundational Nutrition 22.07.2025 33:00
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Lara Nyman, Ph. D. is the Vice President of Research & Discovery at AG1 ( https://drinkag1.com/learn/research/scientific-research ), responsible for leading the company's innovative research efforts to develop cutting-edge nutritional products. In this role, she oversees the research and development of new formulations, ensures the scientific integrity of product clai...
Pedro Sanchez de Lozada - CEO, Canid - Streamlining Pediatric Vaccine Management 19.07.2025 49:44
Send us Fan Mail Pedro Sanchez de Lozada is Co-Founder and CEO of Canid ( https://www.canid.io/ ), a company which is modernizing every aspect of providing vaccines in pediatrics, from operations, to finances, to maximizing care. Canid focuses the details of executing a vaccine program so that pediatricians can instead focus on the children. Pedro is a seasoned CEO with a background in early-stag...
Dr. Marc Salzberg, MD - CEO, Airway Therapeutics - Novel Biologics For Severe Respiratory Diseases 17.07.2025 38:58
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Marc Salzberg, MD is President, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Medical Officer of Airway Therapeutics ( https://www.airwaytherapeutics.com/ ), a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of biologics to break the cycle of injury and inflammation for patients with respiratory and inflammatory diseases. Dr. Salzberg has more than 25 years of academic and pharmaceutic...
Paul Keable - CSO, Ashley Madison - Technology, Culture And Future Relationships 16.07.2025 35:48
Send us Fan Mail Paul Keable is Chief Strategy Officer at Ashley Madison ( https://www.ashleymadison.com/ ) - the global online dating and social networking platform, specifically catering to individuals in committed relationships seeking discreet connections. As Chief Strategy Officer, Paul oversees the strategic direction of Ashley Madison, emphasizing discretion, authenticity, and innovation wi...
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