People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 67: Dr Zul Premji – The Malaria Memoirs, My Life Journey as a Public Health Doctor in Tanzania
Today my guest is Pathologist and Parasitologist Dr Zul Premji
What we discuss with Dr Premji:
- His early years and education in Tanzania
- His personal experience with malaria and how that helped to inspire his interest in parasitology
- Studying at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and at the Karolinska Institute
- The relationship between malaria and poverty
- Public health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
- The influence of politics on the fight against malaria
- Some of Dr Premji’s mentors throughout his career
Links for this episode:
The Malaria Memoirs on Amazon
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Episode 66: Barbara Day – Laboratory Medicine and Companion Diagnostics
Today my guest is Barbara Day
What we discuss with Barbara:
- How she started her lab career as a phlebotomist
- Expanding her lab role as a Medical Technologist
- Her lab management roles, as some of her responsibilities in these roles
- How she left the clinical lab to become an Education Specialist in Companion Diagnostics
- How her lab experience helps her in her role in Companion Diagnostics
- What the future of Companion Diagnostics might be
Links for this episode:
Molecular Pathology and Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era in Companion Diagnostics
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Episode 65: Jeremy Schubert – Healthcare Strategy and Lab Relevance Compass
Today my guest is Jeremy Schubert
What we discuss with Jeremy:
- The Human Condition Equation and how it applies to lab medicine
- His work in healthcare economics and public health
- His roles throughout his career at Abbott Labs
- The similarities between healthcare labs in other countries
- The Lab Relevance Compass and how he developed it
- How the LRC helps to identify areas for improvement in the lab
Links for this episode:
Dr Aleksandra Zuraw YouTube Channel
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Episode 64: Dr Carla Ellis – Society of Black Pathologists, Diversity, and Inclusion
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Carla Ellis
What we discuss with Dr Ellis:
- Her journey from Pathologists’ Assistant to Pathologist
- Her fellowships in Nephropathology and Genitourinary Pathology
- Her role as Director of Wellness, Diversity, and Inclusion, and creating a Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- How the Society of Black Pathologists was created
- How the ASCP and Dr Melissa Upton were early supporters of the SBP
- Some of the goals of the Society of Black Pathologists, including the importance of mentorship
- Future plans for the SBP
Links for this episode:
Dr Ellis on Twitter
Diversifying the Future of Pathology – Dr Ellis interview with ASCP
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Episode 63: Dr Heather Couture – Machine Learning and Image Analysis in Pathology
Today my guest is Dr Heather Couture
What we discuss with Dr Couture:
- Her work in computer science and computer vision
- Her Masters program in robotics and and image analysis of images from Mars
- Her dissertation work in predicting tumor biomarkers in breast cancer
- How she founded Pixel Scientia and the works she does with it
- Transfer learning and how it applies to pathology
- Tissue segmentation in image analysis
- The Pathology ML Insights Newsletter
Links for this episode:
Pathology ML Insights Newsletter
Finding Prognostic Patterns in Gigapixel Images
A Deeper Understanding of Breast Cancer
Deep Learning-based Histology Biomarkers
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Episode 62: Dr Brian Jackson – Labmind Podcast, Informatics, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Brian Jackson.
What we discuss with Dr Jackson:
- How studying mathematics led to medical informatics
- How he chose pathology as a specialty
- His research in physician utilization of laboratory tests
- Corporate social responsibility in healthcare
- Ethics as it applies to healthcare and laboratory testing
- How the Labmind Podcast came to be
- How he structures his interviews and some of the challenges of being a podcast host
Links for this episode:
An Audit of Repeat Testing at an Academic Medical Center
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