People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 73: Dr Melissa Upton – Education, Opportunity, Empathy, and Inclusion
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Melissa Upton
What we discuss with Dr Upton:
- How her parents instilled in her the importance of access to education
- How she was inspired to become a doctor, and how she chose pathology
- Her experience in Tokyo as a research fellow
- How she became involved with ASCP and her term as president
- Some of her initiatives with ASCP in the area of diversity
- Her involvement in the editorial Reversing Historical Trends
- The importance of wellness, and what this means to her
- Her opinion on if pathology is making progress in diversity and inclusion
Links for this episode:
Dr Upton on Twitter
Reversing Historical Trends: The Crisis, the Challenge, and the Opportunity
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Episode 72: Dr Jeremy Li – Deep Tissue Microscopy and Cision Vision
Today my guest is Dr Jeremy Li
What we discuss with Dr Li:
- Studying physical chemistry and spectroscopy
- His work in super resolution microscopy and some of the applications
- Deep tissue microscopy and how it is used
- How he developed a new technology for visualizing lymph nodes
- How he investigated whether there was a clinical need for this technology
- How the technology was refined based on feedback from those in pathology
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Episode 71: Dr Barbarajean Magnani – The Power of Poison, and See, Test, and Treat
Today my guest is Pathologist and Author Dr Barbarajean Magnani.
What we discuss with Dr Magnani:
- How she got involved with the See, Test, and Treat program
- The paper she coauthored on starting a See, Test, and Treat program at Tufts Medical Center
- How she decided to continue the Dr Lily Robinson story from The Queen of All Poisons
- The new book, The Power of Poison, and one of the themes of people not being what they seem
- How she uses dialogue between characters to explain scientific concepts in the book
- How pathologists are the supreme puzzle-solvers
- what we can expect from the third book in the series
- Some of her other writing projects
Links for this episode:
The Pathologist Power List 2021
Dr Magnani on Twitter
Dr Magnani’s Website
The Queen of All Poisons on Amazon
The Power of Poison on Amazon
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Episode 70: Alexandra Giardina – Biobanking and the Pathologists’ Assistant
Today my guest is Alexandra Giardina, Pathologists’ Assistant student and Biorepository Consultant.
What we discuss with Alexandra:
- Her research experience in neurosignaling physiology
- Cancer research and how this introduced her to pathology and biobanking
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field while working in biobanking
- Her work with Audobon Bioscience
- Her thoughts on the role of a pathologists’ assistant in biobanking
- Her experience as a pathologists’ assistant student
- How the pandemic affected her program and how the program adapted
- Why she thinks it is important to diversify your skillset
Links for this episode:
Tulane University Pathologists’ Assistant Program
Episode 6: Sarah Garner – Garner’s Guide to Gross Anatomy
Episode 17: Heidi Wagner – Biobanking and Medical Ethics
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Episode 69: Dr Douglas Posey – Forensic Pathologist, Author of From Mississippi To The Morgue
Today my guest is Forensic Pathologist Dr Douglas Posey.
What we discuss with Dr Posey:
- Why he decided to write his new book, From Mississippi to the Morgue: A Black Doctor’s Journey From Rural Mississippi to Forensic Pathology
- His experience growing up in Mississippi
- How two mentors were influential in his life
- His experience in the Army which led to Medical Technology
- How and why he decided to go to medical school
- How he became a forensic pathologist
- How through sharing his own story he hopes to inspire others to be successful
Links for this episode:
From Mississippi To The Morgue on Amazon
Dr Posey’s Website
National Association of Medical Examiners
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Episode 68: Hayley Pincott – STEM Ambassador, Show Me The Science, and Biomedical Science
Today my guest is Associate Practitioner Hayley Pincott
What we discuss with Hayley:
- Biomedical Science Day and the importance of this day
- Her career path to becoming an Associate Practitioner in Oral Pathology and Microbiology
- Her work as a STEM Ambassador and why this is important to her
- How she co-founded Show Me The Science and some of their activities
- Her thoughts on how to raise awareness for the laboratory field
Links for this episode:
Kubtec Principles of X Ray Imaging Webinar
Hayley Pincott on Twitter
The Pathologist Power List 2020 Featuring Hayley
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