Archives: Podcasts
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Intervening Earlier in Mental Healthcare for Kids with Lauren Wakschlag, PhD
A new $11.7 million award from the National Institute of Mental Health aims to help Northwestern Medicine investigators move the dial on the youth mental health crisis by targeting early warning signs of mental health risk in toddlers, rather than waiting until diagnosable and severe conditions are present later in childhood. In this episode, Lauren…
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How Alzheimer’s Drugs Work with David Gate, PhD
A Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Medicine used a new technique called spatial transcriptomics to examine the brain’s response to Alzheimer’s therapies, revealing new molecular targets that could enhance the effectiveness of current therapies and not just slow the disease, but potentially improve patient outcomes. David Gate, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology in the…
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Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD
Women are living longer, healthier lives, but ovarian aging still impacts fertility and hormone production as it always has. In this episode, Francesca Duncan, PhD, discusses novel research into maintaining ovarian function, longer. This work could someday help prevent or slow down age-related changes to the ovaries, offering hope for better health as women age.
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Pursuing Precision Medicine for Rare Diseases with Gemma Carvill, PhD
Scientists from Northwestern Medicine, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have uncovered the first rare genetic disorder linked to a long non-coding RNA gene. In this episode, Gemma Carvill, PhD, explains how this discovery, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, came to be and the critical roles non-coding regions of the genome…
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What Makes Someone a SuperAger?
Emily Rogalski, PhD, has been studying SuperAgers for a decade and reveals some fascinating findings about their brains and lives.
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Earn CME credits for Listening to the Breakthroughs Podcast
Did you know that you can claim Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit for listening to the Breakthroughs podcast? At Feinberg, we are driven by our mission to impact human health beyond the individual patient. We believe better answers come from discovery. Breakthroughs aims to broadcast these discoveries to contribute to the larger conversation surrounding human[…]
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Medical School in a Wheelchair with Samantha Schroth, MD/PhD Student
When an accident that summer left her with a serious spinal cord injury, Samantha Schroth, a MD/PhD student at Feinberg, realized her true passion lay in medicine.
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Laughter in Oncology with Suneel Kamath, MD
Suneel Kamath, MD, has perfected the art of letting people know that it is not as depressing as they think and that there is much joy, even laughter, in his work as an oncologist.
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Stroke Recovery as a Doctor with Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD
When Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, had a stroke, he found himself in need of rehabilitation and discovered a renewed pride in his work.
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The Political Landscape and LGBTQ Health with Brian Mustanski, PhD
In 2015, the same year the Supreme Court struck down state bans on same-sex marriage, the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing was founded at Northwestern. Center Director Brian Mustanski, PhD, recalls 2015 and the new battles his community faces in 2019.
