Send us a Text Message. Dr. Lily Brown, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and Director at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Perelman School of Medicine, at University of Pennsylvania ( https://www.med.upenn.edu/ctsa/LilyBrownPhD.html ). Dr. Brown received her Bachelors of Science Degree in Psychology at D…

Send us a Text Message. Professor Dr. Dan Blumberg, Ph.D. is the Vice-President for Regional and Industrial Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ( BGU - https://www.blumberg.bgu.ac.il/ ), an elected Member of the International Academy of Astronautics, and Chair of the Israel Space Agency ( https://www.space.gov.il/en ), a position he w…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Parag Mallick, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Stanford University ( https://profiles.stanford.edu/parag-mallick ) and Co-Founder of Nautilus Biotechnology ( https://www.nautilus.bio/ ), a development stage life sciences company, engaged in creating a platform technology for quantifying and unlocking the complexity of…

Send us a Text Message. Ronnie Vasishta is Senior Vice President, Telecom at NVIDIA ( https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/author/ronniev/ ), where he leads all aspects of NVIDIA's telecom business from business management to product go-to-market strategy. His organization is responsible for defining and architecting next-generation virtualized, open 5G a…

Send us a Text Message. Prof. Dr. Alan Widgerow, MBBCh, FCS, MMed, FACS, is Division Chief, Research, Center for Tissue Engineering ( https://sites.uci.edu/ctelab/team/ ) and Adjunct Professor Plastic Surgery, Dept of Plastic Surgery, University of California, Irvine ( https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=6048 ) and Chief Scientific Officer a…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Ryan Potts, Ph.D. is Vice President and Head, Induced Proximity Platform at Amgen ( https://www.amgen.com/science/research-and-development-strategy/multispecifics-and-other-modalities ) which is focused on novel ways to bring two or more molecules in close proximity to each other to tackle drug targets that are currently…

It's been a long time but I have some things on my mind. I'm returning to the podcast with some off-the-cuff shorts, still all about my thoughts on civilization, society, science, and the future. This first one is my thoughts on the current incarnation of Elon Musk. https://panfuture.org/ https://medium.com/@guitarsean https://zirk.us/@guitarsean…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD is the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ( https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/about-doh/the-commissioner.page ). Dr. Vasan is a primary care physician, epidemiologist and public health expert with nearly 20 years of experience working to improve physical and m…

Send us a Text Message. The Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative ( DAC - https://www.davosalzheimerscollaborative.org/ ) is a pioneering worldwide initiative to cure Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, seeking to mirror the success of global efforts against infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Covid, and Malaria. Absent effective action at scale around t…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Andrea Choe, MD, Ph.D. is the CEO and Co-Founder of Holoclara ( https://www.holoclara.com/ ), a company focused on creating novel, safe, orally bioavailable worm-derived therapeutics with a focus on indications such as allergies and autoimmune disorders. While pursuing her doctorate at the California Institute of Technol…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Abdulelah Alhawsawi, MD is the CEO of Novo Genomics ( https://novogenomics.sa/ ), a company located in KSA with a vision of being the regionally trusted, globally recognized biotech leader in the field of genomics & multiomics. Dr. Alhawsawi is the former Founding Director General of the Saudi Patient Safety Center ( SPS…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Vanúsia Nogueira, Ph.D. is Executive Director of The International Coffee Organization ( ICO - https://icocoffee.org/ ), an organization focused on strengthening the global coffee sector and promoting it’s sustainable expansion in a market-based environment for the benefit of all actors in the Global Coffee Value Chain. …

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Oren Milstein, Ph.D. is CEO and Board Member of StemRad ( https://stemrad.com/ ), a world leader in the provision of personal radiation protection solutions and is the first company to offer life-saving protection from penetrating ionizing radiation and is making the lives of first responders, military personnel, utility…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Jeffrey DellaVolpe, MD is Medical Director of the Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program at Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas. He is also the Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at Methodist Healthcare System and the Texas IPS Critical Care Service Line ( https://texasips.com…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. William Padula, PhD, MS, MSc, is Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical & Health Economics and Fellow, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, at the Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California ( https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/author/william-padula-phd/ ). His researc…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Raj Yavatkar, Ph.D. is Chief Technology Officer at Juniper Networks ( https://www.juniper.net/us/en/the-feed/topics/raj-yavatkar.html ), where he has responsibility for charting the company’s technology strategy, leading and executing the company’s critical innovations and products for intelligent self-driving networks, …

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Jasneet Bhullar, MD, MS, is a colorectal surgeon and member of the general surgery team, Ascension Providence Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine ( https://healthcare.ascension.org/find-care/provider/1316177876/jasneet-bhullar ), where he provides both surgical and non-surgical treatments for a …

Send us a Text Message. Cary Claiborne is CEO of Adial Pharmaceuticals ( https://www.adial.com/ ), a clinical-stage biopharma company focused on developing therapies for the treatment of addiction and related diseases, specifically Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). In the U.S. alone, an estimated 35 million people suffer from AUD, resulting in significan…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Ph.D. ( https://www.energy.gov/eere/person/valerie-sarisky-reed ) is the Director of the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE). In this role, she manages efforts to improve performance, lower cos…

Send us a Text Message. Prof. Noga Kronfeld-Schor, Ph.D. is Principal Investigator and Chair, Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University ( https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/profile/nogaks ) where her research centers on environmental physiology with a focus on biological rhythms of diverse vertebrate species. Her research asks questions regarding the …

Send us a Text Message. Dr. David Boucher, Ph.D. is Director, Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( https://aspr.hhs.gov/Pages/Home.aspx ). The HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) leads the nation's medical an…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Eliah Overbey, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Bioastronautics at The University of Austin ( UATX - https://www.uaustin.org/people/eliah-overbey ) where she is involved in pioneering research in the field of astronaut health, specializing in spaceflight-induced genomic changes. Her work focuses on mapping changes in the …

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Xiaorong He, Ph.D., MBA is Senior Vice President, Head of Global Development Sciences and U.S. Site Head of Non-Clinical Development at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us ), where with over two decades of experience, her leadership focus lies in advancing transformative m…

Send us a Text Message. Maj. Gen. Dr. Paul Friedrichs, MD is the Inaugural Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, at the White House ( OPPR - https://www.whitehouse.gov/oppr/ ), a permanent executive office aimed at leading, coordinating, and implementing actions to prepare for and respond to pathogens that could lead …

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Priya Basu ( https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/p/priya-basu ) is the Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund ( https://www.thepandemicfund.org/ ) at the World Bank ( https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/financial-intermediary-fund-for-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-ppr-fif ), which has a focus of fina…

Send us a Text Message. Tiara Green is President of Accessia Health ( https://accessiahealth.org/ ), a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) patient assistance organization that supports individuals living with rare or chronic health conditions. Ms. Green leads the organization through strategic organizational growth that expands the nonprofit’s programs an…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Jack Hoppin, Ph.D. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ratio Therapeutics ( https://ratiotx.com/ ), a discovery through early clinical phase pharmaceutical company, employing a suite of innovative technologies to develop best-in-class targeted radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers. Dr. Hoppin holds a Ph.D…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Michael Platt, Ph.D. ( https://www.drmichaelplatt.com/ ) is the James S. Riepe University Professor, University of Pennsylvania, where he has appointments as Professor of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine ( https://plattlabs.rocks/our-team/michael-platt ), as Professor of Psychology at the School of Arts an…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Masayuki Goto, MD, PhD is Director and President of the Space Medical Accelerator ( https://space-healthcare.jp/ ), an organization founded in 2022 in Japan with a mission to keep people healthy in space and to develop terrestrial medicine by utilizing space technology and research. Dr. Goto is a Medical Doctor, a Neuros…

Send us a Text Message. Joseph Ferra is CEO of Elevation Oncology ( https://elevationoncology.com/ ), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision oncology products, specifically antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs), for patients with genomically defined cancers, where he brings over 20 years of financial, strategic…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Kevin Bugin, Ph.D. is Deputy Director of Operations in the Office of New Drugs ( OND - https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder/office-new-drugs ) in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ( CDER - https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder…

Send us a Text Message. Episode Disclaimer - The views presented in this episode are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the views of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) or its components. Dr. Diane DiEuliis, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Research Fellow at National Defense University ( NDU - https://www.ndu.edu/ ), an instit…

Send us a Text Message. Ms. Rita El Zaghloul is Director of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People Secretariat ( HAC - https://www.hacfornatureandpeople.org/ ), an intergovernmental group of more than 100 countries, co-chaired by Costa Rica and France, and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair, championing a global deal for nature and pe…

Send us a Text Message. Elizabeth Reynolds is Managing Director, US of Starburst Aerospace ( https://starburst.aero/ ), a global Aerospace and Defense (A&D) startup accelerator and strategic advisory practice championing today’s aerospace renaissance, aligning early-stage technology innovators with government and commercial stakeholders and investo…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Roland Roesch, Ph.D. is Director, Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC), of the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA - https://www.irena.org/ ) where he oversees the Agency’s work on advising member countries in the area of technology status and roadmaps, energy planning, cost and markets and innovation policy…

Send us a Text Message. Prof. Isabel Oliver is the Director General of Science and Research & Chief Scientific Officer, at the UK Health Security Agency ( UKHSA - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency ). The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a government agency in the United Kingdom, responsible since April 2021 f…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Arti Garg, Ph.D. is Head of Technology Strategy & Evaluation, Office of the CTO and HPE Sr. Distinguished Technologist, at Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( https://www.hpe.com/us/en/home.html ). Previously Dr. Garg served as Deputy, Global CTO for Data & AI and Lead Sustainability & Edge Innovation Architect, as Chief Strate…

Send us a Text Message. Jill Pellegrino is CEO of AutoCruitment ( https://www.autocruitment.com/ ), a company with a focus on identifying, targeting, and qualifying patients for clinical trials with direct-to-patient recruitment, technology, and engagement services and which has to date been involved in randomizing over 12,000 patients into clinica…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Jonas Hannestad, M.D., Ph.D. is Chief Medical Officer of Gain Therapeutics ( https://www.gaintherapeutics.com/ ), a company focused on the discovery and development of groundbreaking medicines that transform lives and provide hope and improved quality of life to people suffering from debilitating neurodegenerative diseas…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. David Latshaw, Ph.D. is Co-Founder and CEO of BioPhy ( https://www.biophy.ai/ ), a Philadelphia based artificial intelligence company which has developed a set of platforms that provide quantitative metrics to drug company partners about what drugs and clinical trials will ultimately succeed. Dr. Latshaw is a computation…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Joshua Gonzalez, M.D. is Co-Founder of Popstar Health ( https://popstarhealth.com/ ), a physician-founded sexual wellness company focused on promoting the importance of sexual health for all. Dr. Gonzalez is a board-certified urologist who is fellowship trained in Sexual Medicine and specializes in the management of male…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Jaime Yassif, Ph.D. serves as Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs, at the Nuclear Threat Initiative ( https://www.nti.org/about/people/jaime-yassif-phd/ ) where she oversees work to reduce global catastrophic biological risks, strengthen biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and drives progress in ad…

Send us a Text Message. Bill Taranto is President of both the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund ( MGHIF - https://www.merckghifund.com/ ), and Merck Global Health Private Equity (GHIPE). He is the founder of MGHIF and is responsible for leading the global health capability for Merck ( https://www.merck.com/ ). The Merck Global Health Innovation F…

Send us a Text Message. Captain (ret) Dr. Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo, Ph.D. is Director, Emerging Technologies and Architectures - Space Sector at Northrop Grumman ( https://www.northropgrumman.com/space ), where he is focused on leveraging new and emerging technologies and manufacturing process to shape the future of civil and national security space.…

Send us a Text Message. Danielle Halstrom is President of the GE HealthCare Foundation ( https://www.gehealthcare.com/foundation ), a philanthropic foundation arm of GE HealthCare that supports nonprofit organizations aimed at making healthcare more accessible, personal, human, and flexible – and ultimately, strives to remove barriers that separate…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. is Owner of Nonlinear Solutions LLC., an advisory group that provides strategic scientific and intelligence consulting services, with a focus on emerging science and technology trends, to clients in both the defense and intelligence communities. Dr. Kirkpatrick recently retired from federal Senior…

The relationship between Pastor and church staff is one that is rarely mentioned and often overlooked. As a result, many leaders are unaware of what their staff experiences in the work space. Dr. Cobbs and Breakthrough Ministry Consulting is conducting research on church staff members to identify areas of strength and areas of growth to ensure high…

Across the country church attendance has dwindled. There are practical reasons people have chosen to stay at home and worship. This episode revisits the projections made during the pandemic in episode 17 and updates the possible reasons people have still not returned to in-person worship. Previous episode referred to: https://www.buzzsprout.com/111…

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed, MD, PhD is Executive Director of the icddr,b ( https://www.icddrb.org/ - formerly known as the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh), an organization committed to solving public health problems facing low- and middle-income countries through innovative scientific research – incl…

Send us a Text Message. Professor Dr. Thomas Rademacher, MD, PhD, is CEO and Co-Founder of Emergex ( https://emergexvaccines.com/ ), a company that has developed a novel nanoparticle-based vaccine technology to deliver synthetic viral fragments via microneedles on a skin-adhesive patch. Emergex’s approach works on the principle of priming immune T-…