People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 55 – Lori Marini – Pathologists’ Assistant, Coach, and Cancer Warrior
My guest today is Pathologists’ Assistant Lori Marini
What we discuss with Lori:
- Her journey to becoming a pathologists’ assistant
- Her work in genomics and immunotherapy
- Her experience battling cancer
- How that experience led her in part to become a coach
- Her podcast Conversations With Courageous Cancer Warriors
- The book she coauthored, Women Who Boss Up
Links for this episode:
Lori Marini
- Website
- Conversations With Courageous Cancer Warriors Podcast
- Women Who Boss Up book
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Episode 54: Karen Fleming – Forensic Art and Facial Reconstruction
Today my guest is Forensic Artist Karen Fleming
What we discuss with Karen:
- How she discovered the field of forensic art
- The training program at the University of Dundee
- The four main areas of forensic art
- Facial reconstruction using the Manchester Method
- The technologies involved in forensic art
- Her involvement in the facial reconstruction from the remains of a druid woman
- Her project with Surgeons Hall Museum in Edinburgh
Links for this episode:
Karen Fleming’s website
- University of Dundee Forensic Art and Facial Imaging program
- Surgeons Hall Museum
- Face of Iron Age Female Druid Recreated – The Archaeology News Network
- Amazing Digital Reconstructions Show 16th Century Scottish Woman Scarred by Leprosy in Live Science
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Episode 53: Dr Aleksandra Zuraw – Digital Pathology, Veterinary Pathology, and the Digital Pathology Podcast
Today my guest is Veterinary Pathologist Dr Aleksandra Zuraw
What we discuss with Dr Zuraw:
- Her journey into veterinary pathology
- How she became interested in digital pathology
- Her blog, Digital Pathology Place
- Why she created the Digital Pathology Crash Course
- Her podcast, The Digital Pathology Podcast
Links for this episode:
Dr Zuraw on Twitter
- Digital Pathology Podcast
- Digital Pathology Place blog
- Digital Pathology Crash Course Subscription Page
- Podcast episode with Thomas Westerling-Bui, who recommends different AI resources
- “Developing a Qualification and Verification Strategy for Digital Tissue Image Analysis in Toxicological Pathology” article
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Episode 52: Diane Spicer – Pediatric and Cardiac Pathology
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Diane Spicer
What we discuss with Diane:
- How she became a PA
- Her role in the creation of the Handbook of Pediatric Autopsy Pathology with Dr Enid Gilbert-Barness
- How she became curator of the Van Mierop Congenital Heart Archive
- Working with Dr Robert Anderson, and their webinar series for the Congenital Heart Academy
- Attitudinal orientation of the heart and why this is important
Links for this episode:
- Congenital Heart Academy Youtube channel
- University of Cincinnati Heart University
- What Is The Real Cardiac Anatomy? published in Clinical Anatomy
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Episode 51: Dr Ritcha Saxena – Pathology Education, Past, Present, and Future
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ritcha Saxena
What we discuss with Dr Saxena:
- Her medical training in pathology and hematology
- How she became interested in teaching
- Her role as Course Director at Medical University of the Americas
- Adapting teaching methods to the COVID pandemic
- Burnout in medical students and how to combat it
- What the future of pathology education may bring
Links for this episode:
Dr Saxena on Twitter
- Medical University of the Americas
- Burnout: The Other Epidemic in The Pathologist
- Learning Digitally in a Pandemic in The Pathologist
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Episode 50: Dr Rodney Rohde – COVID-19 Variants, Vaccines, and Vaccine Strategies
Today my guest is Microbiologist and Professor Dr Rodney Rohde.
What we discuss with Dr Rohde :
- The difference between Variant Of Concern and Variant Under Investigation
- The known COVID-19 variants, and how they are similar and different
- Dr Rohde’s article Why Herd Immunity May Be Impossible Without Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19
- Vaccination strategies and contact tracing in other countries
- The effect of the pandemic on lab professionals
Links for this episode:
Have You Heard article in The Pathologist
Top 20 Pathology Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021 from Feedspot
Dr Rohde on Twitter
- What Does a SARS-CoV-2 Variant Mean? in Healthcare Hygiene Magazine
- Why Herd Immunity May Be Impossible Without Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19 article in The Conversation
- ASCP Inside The Lab Podcast
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