Progress, Potential, and Possibilities
Interviews and Discussions With Fascinating People Who are Creating A Better Tomorrow For All Of Us Host - Ira S. Pastor
Episodes
552 episodes
Dr. Rasha Hammamieh, Ph.D., Director, Medical Readiness Systems Biology, Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research - Molecular-Based Solutions For Military-Relevant Health Performance, Resilience And Readiness
Dr. Rasha Hammamieh, Ph.D. is Director, Medical Readiness Systems Biology (MRSB), at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research ( https://wrair.health.mil/Biomedical-Research/Center-for-Military-Psychiatry-and-Neuroscience/Medical-Readiness-Sys...
•
49:15
Dr. Francis Collins - Former Director, U.S. National Institutes Of Health (NIH); NIH Distinguished Investigator, Center for Precision Health Research, National Human Genome Research Institute - The Road To Wisdom
Dr. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., ( https://www.francisscollins.com/ ) is the former Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), where as the longest serving director of NIH (spanning 12 years and three presidencies) he oversaw...
•
55:15
Dr. Benjamin Oakes, Ph.D. - CEO, Scribe Therapeutics - Engineering The Future Of Genetic Medicine
Dr. Benjamin L. Oakes, Ph.D., is Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Scribe Therapeutics ( https://www.scribetx.com/ ), a molecular engineering company focused on creating best-in-class CRISPR-based therapies that permanently ...
•
46:28
Ben Zimmer - CEO, Priovant Therapeutics - Novel Therapies For Severe Autoimmune Diseases
Ben Zimmer is CEO of Priovant Therapeutics ( https://www.priovanttx.com/ ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on delivering novel therapies for autoimmune diseases associated with the greatest morbidity and mortality. Priovant is d...
•
56:29
Rocky Batzel - CEO, SnapSlide - Addressing The Unmet Needs Of Medication Accessibility & Adherence
Rocky Batzel is CEO of SnapSlide ( https://www.snapslide.com/ ), a company that recently introduced to the market the First Child-Resistant Closure with Single-Handed Opening for RX and OTC medication Bottles. This patented solution, of which M...
•
42:20
Dr. Angie Burnett, Ph.D. - Program Director, Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) - Synthetic Plants For A Sustainable Future
Dr. Angie Burnett, Ph.D. is Program Director at the Advanced Research and Invention Agency ( ARIA - https://www.aria.org.uk/ ), a UK organization created by an Act of Parliament, and sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Tech...
•
48:00
Dr. Deborah Sesok-Pizzini, MD, MBA - Chief Medical Officer & SVP, Labcorp Diagnostics; Global Head of Quality And Discipline Director, Immunohematology - Innovative Diagnostic Solutions To Enhance Patient Experiences And Health Provider Decisions
Dr. Deborah Sesok-Pizzini, MD, MBA, is Chief Medical Officer And Senior Vice President, Labcorp Diagnostics, and Global Head of Quality And Discipline Director, Immunohematology, Labcorp ( https://www.labcorp.com/deborah-sesok-pizzini-md-mba ),...
•
52:18
Vid Desai - Chief Information Officer, Office of Digital Transformation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Unlocking Potential, Leading Transformation
Vid Desai is Chief Information Officer, Office of Digital Transformation (ODT), at the U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA), where he sets and leads the agency’s Information Technology (IT) strategy, as well as the agency’s enterprise IT, da...
•
1:04:26
Dr. Lily Brown, Ph.D. - Director - Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania - World Leading Anxiety Disorder Research
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/LilyBrow...
•
54:19
Prof. Dr. Dan Blumberg Ph.D. - Vice-President for Regional and Industrial Development - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Chair, Israel Space Agency - Planetary Science Innovation For All Humanity
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...
•
1:04:37
Dr. Parag Mallick, PhD - Co-Founder, Nautilus Biotechnology - Unlocking The Complexity Of The Proteome For A New Era Of Scientific Discovery
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...
•
54:36
Ronnie Vasishta - Senior Vice President, Telecom, NVIDIA - Intelligently Connecting Intelligence - Accelerating Development Of 6G Technologies For A Hyper-Intelligent World
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 organiza...
•
41:41
Prof. Dr. Alan Widgerow - Division Chief, Center for Tissue Engineering, University of California, Irvine - Chief Scientific Officer, Galderma - Innovation At The Frontiers Of Aesthetic And Regenerative Medicine
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 ...
•
1:03:10
Dr. Ryan Potts, Ph.D. - VP and Head, Induced Proximity Platform, Amgen - Leading The Next Wave Of Innovation In Drug Discovery, To Modulate Any Target, Every Time
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 mo...
•
58:32
Dr. Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD - Commissioner - NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene - Strengthening Public Health Systems For Heathier And Longer Lives
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 ...
•
1:01:15
Dr. Tim MacLeod & Dr. Vaibhav Narayan - Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative - Ending Alzheimer’s Disease Everywhere
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 diseas...
•
1:12:38
Dr. Andrea Choe, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Holoclara - Worm-Derived Therapeutics For Debilitating Diseases
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 autoimm...
•
49:22
Dr. Abdulelah Alhawsawi, MD - CEO, Novo Genomics, Saudi Arabia - Personalized And Safe Healthcare And Wellness
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.D...
•
1:07:20
Dr. Vanúsia Nogueira, Ph.D. - Executive Director - The International Coffee Organization - Strengthening The Global Coffee Sector And Promoting Sustainable Expansion
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-...
•
45:23
Dr. Oren Milstein, PhD - CEO, StemRad - Personal Radiation Protection Solutions For Earth And Space
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 ...
•
1:02:06
Dr. Jeffrey DellaVolpe, MD - Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas - Saving Lives With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Technology
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 Hea...
•
37:37
Dr. William Padula, PhD - Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical & Health Economics and Fellow, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC - Assessing Healthcare Value To Improve Outcomes
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 o...
•
57:42
Dr. Raj Yavatkar, Ph.D. - Chief Technology Officer, Juniper Networks - Innovation In Networking with AI, Quantum Security And Energy Efficiency
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 c...
•
38:27
Dr. Jasneet Bhullar, MD - Cornerstone Medical Group / Ascension - Neuromodulation Technologies For Colorectal Health And Well-Being
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/jas...
•
36:40
Cary Claiborne - CEO, Adial Pharmaceuticals - Treatment And Prevention Of Addictions
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...
•
31:14