Month: February 2024

Medical Device Cybersecurity with Oleg Yusim

Medical Device Cybersecurity with Oleg Yusim

Our guest is Mr. Oleg Yusim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/olegyusim/) who is a currently vice-president and Chief Product Security Officer at Illumna. At the time we recorded this video, he was Senior Director of Information Security at Edwards Lifesciences. He has many years of experience in the area cybersecurity in medical devices. This video was recorded Dec 11, 2023.

Further Reading:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality Systems and Premarket Submissions. Sep 2023. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cybersecurity-medical-devices-quality-system-considerations-and-content-premarket-submissions

Healthcare Vulnerability Scoring System (HVSS) Version 1.0 Calculator: https://hvss.online/

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 13

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 13

Welcome to this week’s episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha will share some of the most intriguing topics of the past week.

Links:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2815361
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2815070
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00170-5

Iuliia Mendel on Ukraine

Iuliia Mendel on Ukraine

Iuliia Mendel, former Press Secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, discusses her personal and professional journey; takes us inside the stressful job of crafting a message for a new Ukrainian administration while handling crisis communications; untangles the disinformation threat and how to tackle it; and stresses what the stakes are in Ukraine – and the role of young Ukrainians in rebuilding the country.

Craft & Career – Mina Kimes, YC ’07, writer, producer, on-air sports analyst – Part 1

Craft & Career – Mina Kimes, YC ’07, writer, producer, on-air sports analyst – Part 1

The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

Check out our ranging talk with writer, producer, and on-air ESPN sports analyst, Mina Kimes ’07.
More info on Mina Kimes:

https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/mina-kimes/

http://twitter.com/MinaKimes

https://www.youtube.com/@minakimes

https://www.instagram.com/mina_kimes/

The Mina Kimes Show: https://tr.ee/H0-aQTe7Hc

OCS Craft & Career Podcast (full episode list) – https://ocs.yale.edu/podcast

Creative Nun: perceptions of art and Spirituality

Creative Nun: perceptions of art and Spirituality

Dr. Kasparova holds two Master’s degrees in Catholic Theology and Art History, as well as her PhD in Fine Art and Theology from Anglia Ruskin University. Presently, she is the Director of Studies at the Faraday Institute of Science and Religion, Cambridge University. She is also a Dominican nun, whose community is based in the Czech Republic. More about her can be found here: https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/about/people/dr-pavlina-kasparova/
And at her website: https://www.creativenun.com

Bonus Episode: Standardized Tests and the Baseball Analogy

Bonus Episode: Standardized Tests and the Baseball Analogy

To help listeners better understand what test scores can and can’t say about a student’s relative strengths, Mark outlines an analogy he devised that connects standardized tests to his favorite sport. Dean Quinlan joins to discuss how applicants often overemphasize testing, the many ways applicants can show academic preparedness, and famous New York Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.

Standardized Tests: How We Got Here

Standardized Tests: How We Got Here

Part 3 in a 3-part series on Yale’s test-flexible policy. Over four years, Yale’s admissions office went from requiring the ACT or SAT, to being fully test-optional, to adopting a new test-flexible policy. Hannah and Mark give a quick history of the factors that led to those changes and an overview of what happened to Yale’s applicant pool in the wake of the pandemic. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan joins to discuss the data and analyses that persuaded the admissions office to update its testing policy in early 2024.

Standardized Tests: The Details

Standardized Tests: The Details

Part 2 in a 3-part series on Yale’s test-flexible policy. Hannah and Mark reveal the details of Yale’s newly announced test-flexible policy, which goes into effect for first year and transfer applicants for fall 2025 admission. They explain how applicants will fulfill Yale’s requirement and describe the questions that will appear on Yale’s application. They address concerns and questions about the new policy and share advice for how applicants can put their best foot forward with their available scores.