Talking About Blood

In this podcast, Megan Conboy and Dr. Paula James talk with Helen Osborne about: A patient's (Megan) personal experience with being diagnosed and living with vWD A physician's perspective of diagnosing, treating vWD, and explaining how it affects patients

We're taking a short break from recording new episodes for TAB while we work on other initiatives for The Blood Project. Stay tuned and we will be back in May with exciting new topics and guests! In this podcast, Dr. Adir Shaolov discusses the role of palliative care in patients with hematological diseases.  

In this episode, Dr. Toby Richards talks with Helen Osborne about: The important distinction between iron deficiency and anemia, explaining why iron deficiency is the underlying disease process and anemia is often just one of its manifestations, and why this changes how clinicians should evaluate and treat patients. How identifying and correcting iron deficiency before major surgery can improve pa...

In this episode, Dr. John Chilton talks with Helen Osborne about: How visual storytelling, cartoons, and humor can be used to communicate complex concepts in hematology and biomedical science without trivializing the underlying science, and why communication is central to teaching and research. His transdisciplinary journey from laboratory research to teaching, illustration, and digital modeling,...

In this episode, Don Ingber talks with Helen Osborne about: How organ-on-chip and “human body on chips” technologies are built and how they realistically mimic human organ function by combining living cells, blood flow, and mechanical forces like breathing and stretch. The implications of these chips for hematology and clinical care, including modeling coagulation and thrombosis, predicting drug r...

In this podcast, Dr. Ahmar Zaidi talks with Helen Osborne about: His journey from pediatric hematologist to pharmaceutical medical director and advocate for people living with sickle cell disease. The biological and social dimensions of sickle cell disease, from its genetic origins to the ongoing need for global advocacy and education. Innovative ways to expand patient understanding—through podcas...

Adam Weiss interviews Randy Rodriguez, Project Manager for The Blood Project.

Dr. Tabea discusses a new model for multidisciplinary care for people during transitional life stages—especially during pregnancy, childbirth, and the interface between pediatric and adult medicine.

Dr. Carsten Lundby discusses the value of measuring hemoglobin mass in clinical medicine. 

Dr. Mary Higby Schweitzer, a paleontologist. discusses what dinosaurs can teach us about science and medicine

A podcast with Dr. Brian Carney on sickle cell trait, inequity, and the need for change.

A podcast with Dr. Leila Larson and Dr. Sera Young on pica

A podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Guinan on serial killers and blood.

A podcast with Heidi Lawrence and Jessica Wiggins on vaccine rhetoric and blood transfusion

Bryan Fry talks about how venom has evolved as both a defensive and lethal weapon, often targeted against the coagulation pathway. 

A podcast with host Helen Osborn and guest Shenglin Liu about the vampire bat. 

Listen to Jeremy Chernick talk about the challenges of crafting stage blood for the theatrical world. 

Dr. Massberg discusses his exciting new findings from studies of hibernating bears and how they inform the human condition. 

In this highlight episode, we review interesting, informative and entertaining snippets from Talking About Blood podcasts over the last year with host Helen Osborne.