To kick off our content following YJBM’s March 2021 Issue on Preventative Medicine, Wes interviews Dr. Emma Pierson. Dr. Pierson is a computationalist and multidisciplinary scientist pairing novel methodologies with equally novel datasets to understand human health disparity and racial and economic inequality. Dr. Pierson is also a repeat contributor to science in the news, … Continue reading YJBM Preventative Medicine Issue: Interview with Dr. Emma Pierson →

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YJBM Preventative Medicine Issue: Interview with Dr. Emma Pierson

In this episode, co-hosts Kelsie and Victoria Harries discuss “what makes a good mom” from pregnancy to birthing choices. They cover how the definition of a good mom has changed over the past century and how the standards for moms has only increased, along with the number of choices a mother/soon-to-be mother has to make. … Continue reading YJBM Does Sex Ed: What Makes a Good Mother →

YJBM Does Sex Ed: What Makes a Good Mother

In this episode, co-hosts Carrie Ann and Emma discuss six steps in the basic biology of fertilization. They also discuss the history of fertilization research and the often overlooked active role of the egg in the process.

Six Steps to Fertilization

In this installment of our YJBM Sex Education series, hosts Felicia and Chelsea bust some myths surrounding sex for pleasure and go into why humans have sex, the biology and evolution behind orgasms, sex differences in experiencing pleasure, the biochemistry behind pleasure, and the importance of conversations around pleasure in sexual health research and sex … Continue reading YJBM Sex Ed- Episode 1: Sex for Pleasure →

YJBM Sex Ed- Episode 1: Sex for Pleasure

How do animals use their skin? Why can their skin be so weird? And why can lizards regrow their tails? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this episode of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Podcast, where hosts Elizabeth Nand, Kelsie Cassell, Carrie Ann Davison, and Devon Wasche discuss the skin … Continue reading Skin Episode 1: Non-Human Skin →

Skin Episode 1: Non-Human Skin

Most people appreciate that studying for a PhD in public health is a very difficult and often frustrating endeavor. However, most students don’t anticipate getting a PhD at a time when so many people clearly disregard public health experts. In this episode, Mallory Ellingson, a 2nd-year PhD student at the Yale School of Public Health, … Continue reading Getting a PhD in public health is frustrating →

Getting a PhD in public health is frustrating

In celebration of 150 years of women at the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and 50 years of women at Yale College, hosts Kelsie, Carrie Ann, and Emma highlight the first seven women to receive PhDs at Yale, the life and scholarship of Otelia Cromwell, the first African American woman to receive a … Continue reading Special Episode: 50WomenatYale150: The First Female PhDs at Yale →

Special Episode: 50WomenatYale150: The First Female PhDs at Yale

In this episode, hosts Kelsie, Carrie Ann, and Emma highlight six women in science who have inspired them. These women are Janaki Ammal, Barbara McClintock, Rachel Carson, Gladys West, Mae C. Jemison, and Marci Bowers. The work of these scientists spans botany, cytogenetics, science communication, computer programming, space travel, and surgical advancements.

Special Episode: 50WomenatYale150: Six Women in Science

In this episode, hosts Mallory and Kelsie discuss the challenges and history of including women in clinical trials. Particularly focusing on the lack of female inclusion in early PreP drug trials and what this means for the future of women in clinical trials.

Special Episode: 50WomenatYale150: Women in Clinical Trials

In this episode, Kelsie interviews Dr. Jordan Sloshower, a psychiatrist and researcher at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Sloshower co-founded the Yale Psychedelic Science Group and is currently an investigator and therapist in two clinical trials of psilocybin-assisted therapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder and a clinical trial for the use of MDMA … Continue reading Medicinal Plants: Interview with Dr. Jordan Sloshower →

Medicinal Plants: Interview with Dr. Jordan Sloshower

In this episode, Kelsie and Felicia interview the authors of an Essential Oils and Health Review, featured in YJBM’s June 2020 Medicinal Plants issue. Tyler Ramsey, Tibor Nagy, Kevin Chambers and Carrie Shropshire discuss both the benefits and concerns regarding essential oils and the role they might play in medicine. As medical students at Campbell … Continue reading YJBM Medicinal Plants Issue: Tyler Ramsey et al. Interview →

YJBM Medicinal Plants Issue: Tyler Ramsey et al. Interview

Although we typically cover topics that address the biomedical sciences, epidemiology, and healthcare practice, it is no secret that the systemic biases, residential segregation, violent responses to protesting, and further injustices that we see today all drive healthcare inequality and inform the topics and methods of research/practice for our audience. In light of the recent … Continue reading YJBM Special Series: Racism and Health – Episode 2: Interview with Dr. Monica Bell →

YJBM Special Series: Racism and Health – Episode 2: Interview with Dr. Monica Bell

In this episode, Wes interviews Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder. Dr. Loizaga-Velder is a German-Mexican clinical psychologist and psychotherapist who has investigated the therapeutic potential of psychedelics in both indigenous and modern mental health contexts for over 25 years. She is also a founding member and director of research and psychotherapy at the Institute for Intercultural Medicine … Continue reading YJBM Medicinal Plants Issue: Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder Interview →

YJBM Medicinal Plants Issue: Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder Interview

Remaining productive while staying at home can be difficult for graduate students who live and breathe experimental science. In this episode, Mai Ly overcomes that challenge by exercising her scientific skills through the art of cooking. Similar to the scientific method, Mai Ly envisions a dish with certain characteristics, does some prior reading on ingredient … Continue reading Cooking your way through the COVID-19 lockdown →

Cooking your way through the COVID-19 lockdown

In this episode of our special series, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Podcast host Felicia interviews Dr. Raja Staggers-Hakim about pathways to adverse health in African-Americans due to racism and police brutality as a public health concern. Dr. Raja Staggers-Hakim is a Social & Behavioral Sciences lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health … Continue reading YJBM Special Series: Racism and Health – Episode 1 →

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