In the very first bitesize research highlights episode of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Podcast, podcast host Ellen brings you a summary of an exciting research article from the 2022 December Antimicrobial Resistance issue of the YJBM. In this article, Franziska Winzig and colleagues from Yale University examine the possibility of treating antimicrobial resistant achromobacter infections using phage therapy. Find the full article here: Focus: Antimicrobial Resistance: Inhaled Bacteriophage Therapy for Multi-Drug Resistant Achromobacter – PMC (nih.gov)
Ep. 51 – Novelist Ned Beauman on venomous lumpsuckers and the price of extinction
Fiction can provide the most profound, incisive truths about the absurdities of our reality. In his most recent novel, Venomous Lumpsucker, Ned Beauman, a master of finding the humor and the fantastical in even the most devastating facets of human nature, has crafted a chilling—and deeply funny—look into what our future relationship with animals might hold. Imagining a not-so-distant future world, in which ‘extinction credits’ allow companies to eradicate entire species for a minor cost, Beauman’s novel explores where complacency and indolent market approaches to saving the world’s biodiversity might lead. In the process, through the voices of his two engaging protagonists, Beauman explores the depths of humans’ relationship to animals, and what cost, or even penance, we should pay for the eradication of Earth’s miraculous biodiversity. In our latest episode, Beauman tells us about his career-long fascination with the systems that entrap us, how animal conservation became the centerpiece for his book, and the future implications of humanity’s self-centered perception of consciousness and worth.
Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Ivetty Estepan, Yale college alum and current Yale Law School student, discuss fearlessness and levity in hard moments.
Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Abdul-Rehman Malik, Director of Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall and Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Yale Divinity School, discuss gathering through storytelling and family example as a place of call.
Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Elizabeth Conklin, Yale’s Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity, Accessibility, and Belonging and University Title IX Coordinator, discuss work as a call and vocation.
Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler sets the table for Time for the Soul’s second season, with a particular focus on vocation.
Look for new episodes each Monday, starting April 10th.
A quintessential Addy Hour conversation with Dr. Thema Bryant, president of the American Psychological Association (APA), psychologist, practitioner, minister, trauma expert and author. In this reflective discussion, we explore the ways psychology continues to fill a void in society and the ongoing needs these perspectives can address. We also contemplate how psychological approaches impact society, our schools, faith communities, businesses and non-profit organizations, as well as the implications for health care, health care access, climate change and policy.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Bryant graciously reveals her leadership principles as the current president of the 130,000-member APA. She highlights the important role of mentorship and sponsorship in her path to becoming the second Black woman to lead this premier psychological organization. With keen insights from her years of clinical practice, research, leadership and advocacy, she also provides helpful perspectives on the guiding psychological principles that impact both individuals and systems.
We’ll hear Dr. Bryant’s powerful inspiration and witness from working with trauma survivors and the offenders who’ve inflicted the trauma. As a “bridgebuilder” and the daughter of two pastors, Dr. Byrant also shares ways we can all thrive and bear witness amidst the joys and challenges of daily life. Finally, we consider the important role of the creative arts in holistic psychological approaches.
Join us for a rich and dynamic conversation, full of helpful perspectives and vital tips on how we can successfully navigate each day as individuals and a society.
Secretary Janet Yellen on Modern Supply Side Economics and the Tobin Center
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Yale President Peter Salovey discuss one of the driving themes of the federal administration’s economic agenda: modern supply side economics. Modern supply side economics has vast implications for American policy from climate, innovation, tax policy, and infrastructure to workforce training, housing, health, and childcare. Secretary Yellen and President Salovey’s conversation includes context of Yale Tobin Center’s research and policy work across these areas – much of which has had national impact – as well as Tobin’s founding mandate to enhance diversity in the study of economics, where greater emphasis on modern supply side issues is credited with expanding interest in the field.