Category: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

YJBM Big Data: Interview with Deputy Editors

YJBM Big Data: Interview with Deputy Editors

Have you ever wondered what’s going on behind the curtains of the newest YJBM issue? Join our host Samantha as she interviews the deputy editors Ryland Mortlock and Conrad Safranek, and learn about the process of putting the issue together, as well as their thoughts on the future of big data and AI in science and medicine.

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 5

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 5

Welcome to the fifth 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 discuss three of the most intriguing topics of the past week. Instead of a regular collection of several stories, this week we will cover two intriguing research papers in neurobiology.

Links:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42353-9
https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/trc2.12431
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2811150

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 4

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 4

Welcome to the third 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 discuss three of the most intriguing topics of the past week. Instead of a regular collection of several stories, this week we will cover two intriguing research papers in neurobiology.

Links:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi1617
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf3786

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 3

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 3

Welcome to the third episode of YJBM Science News, back after a break, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha discuss three of the most intriguing topics of the past week.

Links:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi7829
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307721120
https://www.cell.com/cell-chemical-biology/fulltext/S2451-9456(23)00332-X
https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(23)00426-3/fulltext

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 2

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 2

Welcome to the second episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Hopefully, you’re enjoying this October Recess! Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha discuss three of the most intriguing topics of the past week.

Just a heads up, our next episode will come out Oct 30th and will cover the past two weeks.

Links:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2809900
https://seas.yale.edu/news-events/news/researchers-find-clues-obesitys-impact-breast-cancer
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2023/09/18/JNEUROSCI.0916-23.2023
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.123.030331
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/large-nih-grant-supports-crispr-based-gene-therapy-development-for-brain-diseases

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 1

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 1

Welcome to the very first 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 discuss three of the most intriguing topics of the past week.

Useful resources:

Estimating Breast Cancer Risk


https://www.annfammed.org/content/21/5/408

Global Warming’s Hidden Toll: The Growing Threat of Emerging Diseases

Global Warming’s Hidden Toll: The Growing Threat of Emerging Diseases

In this episode of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Podcast, our hosts dive into the profound and often overlooked consequence of global warming: the rising threat of emerging diseases. Join us as we uncover the intricate relationship between climate change and the proliferation of new, potentially deadly illnesses. We’ll explore how shifts in temperature, habitat disruption, and the movement of disease vectors are paving the way for previously unknown health risks, and how we as a society should adapt to these new risks.

Treating under-represented patient populations: Women recovering from heart bypass surgery and veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts.

Treating under-represented patient populations: Women recovering from heart bypass surgery and veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts.

In this episode of the YJBM Podcast, hosts James and Ellen discuss an article examining how we might improve recovery among women following heart bypass surgery, and an article examining the factors linked to suicidal thoughts among veterans throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Inhaling Bacteriophages to Treat Antimicrobial Resistant Bacterial Infections

Inhaling Bacteriophages to Treat Antimicrobial Resistant Bacterial Infections

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)

Rare Diseases: Interview with Carrie Flynn

Rare Diseases: Interview with Carrie Flynn

In this episode, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Podcast hosts Emma and Elizabeth interview Carrie Flynn, a MD/PhD candidate in Yale’s Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, on her perspective on rare diseases both as a physician scientist studying rare amoeba born-diseases and as a rare disease patient.