BEaTS Research Radio's Podcast
Each week on BEaTS Research Radio at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, early-career scientists and investigators deep dive into the ever-changing, rapidly evolving world of Science in one-on-one conversations with some of the planet's most brilliant Scientists, breaking down the science in terms you can understand
Episodes
270 episodes
Research That Changes Health Care: uOttawa Epidemiology with Dr. Beth Potter
Want to generate the evidence that shapes health care and health policy? In this episode, Dr. Beth Potter, Program Director of uOttawa's Epidemiology and Applied Health Research graduate program, explains how its shared core and six MSc ...
Microbes, Immunity and Curiosity: uOttawa Microbiology and Immunology with Dr. Michele Ardolino
Fascinated by viruses, bacteria or the immune system? In this episode, Dr. Michele Ardolino, Director of uOttawa's Microbiology and Immunology graduate program, explains how the program trains curious, critical thinkers through broad res...
The Big Picture: Graduate Studies at uOttawa Medicine with Dr. Nadine Wiper-Bergeron
Thinking about grad school in health research, and wondering where to start? In this episode, Dr. Nadine Wiper-Bergeron, Vice-Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at uOttawa's Faculty of Medicine, gives the big picture on the Facult...
From Molecules to Medicine: uOttawa Biochemistry with Dr. Erin Mulvihill
Want to turn fundamental discoveries into real-world health solutions? In this episode, Dr. Erin Mulvihill, who leads uOttawa's Biochemistry graduate program, explains how the program combines fundamental and translational research, inte...
Fail, Troubleshoot, Discover: uOttawa TMM with Dr. Keith Wheaton
What if your undergrad felt more like an apprenticeship in research? In this episode, Dr. Keith Wheaton, Director of uOttawa's Translational and Molecular Medicine (TMM) undergraduate program, explains how TMM uses small classes, active ...
Learning to Teach Anatomy: uOttawa Anatomical Sciences Education with Dr. Christopher Ramnanan
Want to master anatomy and learn how to teach it? In this episode, Dr. Christopher Ramnanan, Director of uOttawa's Master of Applied Science in Anatomical Sciences Education, explains how the program combines hands-on cadaveric anatomy w...
Disease From Every Angle: uOttawa Cellular and Molecular Medicine with Dr. Balwant Tuana
What does it take to understand disease from every angle? In this episode, Dr. Balwant S. Tuana, Director of uOttawa's Cellular and Molecular Medicine graduate program, explains how the program brings several disciplines together to stud...
Public Health, Made in Ottawa: Inside uOttawa's MPH with Dr. Tara Elton-Marshall
Are you passionate about safeguarding the well-being of entire communities? In this episode, Dr. Tara Elton-Marshall, an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, provide...
Special Episode - Bodies, Borders & Breakthroughs with Dr. Bryce Mulligan
In this episode, we sit down with Bryce, a clinical psychologist and musician whose work crosses the borders of mind and body, science and art, structure and improvisation. From assessing cognitive function in the Epilepsy unit to composing and...
Special Episode - Bodies, Borders & Breakthroughs with Dr. Madhukar Pai
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Madhukar Pai, a physician, researcher, and global health leader whose work has consistently crossed borders of geography, disciplines, and institutions to shape medical education and health equity globally....
Special Episode - Bodies, Borders & Breakthroughs with Professor Vishna Devi V Nadarajah
In this episode, we explore the work of Dr. Vishna Devi V Nadarajah, a global leader in health professions education whose career crosses borders of science, pedagogy, and geography. From biomedical research to institutional leadership, her wor...
Special Episode - Bodies, Borders & Breakthroughs with Dr. Saleem Razack
In this episode, we’ll be exploring the work of Dr. Saleem Razack, an innovator in changing discriminatory practices and systems in health education and healthcare. His work exists at the intersection of academic and clinical work - from leader...
Special Episode - Bodies, Borders & Breakthroughs with Dr. Lorenzo Madrazo
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Lorenzo Madrazo, a General Internist and Clinical Scholar whose journey to medicine was shaped by his deep roots in music and education. We explore his research on resident leadership, physician wellness, a...
Special Episode - Bodies, Borders & Breakthroughs with Dr. Foluso Ishola
In this episode, we’ll be exploring the work of Dr. Foluso Ishola, an internationally trained physician helping to transform global health and health systems through education, research, and policy. She has unique insights into how systems at v...
Special Episode - Bodies, Borders & Breakthroughs with Sheena Doyle
In this episode, we speak with Sheena Doyle, a Master of Science in Nursing student at McGill University and a Labor and Delivery Nurse Clinician. We explore how she uses the arts as a powerful tool for critical reflection and health advocacy. ...
Special Episode - Seeing cancer in a different light
Ryan Tu from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr. Sangeeta Murugkar. Dr. Murugkar is an associate professor in the department of medical physics at Carleton University, where she established the Laboratory for Laser-Assisted Medical Physics ...
Special Episode - A Patch in a Syringe : Healing the Cornea From the Inside Out
Chris Kachi from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr. May Griffith and Andrés Mercado as part of the TMM4950 Science Communication course, exploring cutting-edge advances in bioengineered corneal regeneration. Dr. Griffith is a senior ...
Special Episode - What's the Motion?
In this episode, co-hosts Sam and Ammi from the University of Ottawa’s TMM program are in conversation with Dr. Kevin Smit, a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon and Clinical Researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). The...
Special Episode - Phage Therapy: Using Viruses as Medicine
Katya Krykunova from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr. Marisa Azad from The Ottawa Hospital about the first use of phage therapy in Canada. Dr. Azad's patient developed a life-threatening periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of her hip im...
Special Episode - Infecting the Infection: Viruses become our Ally
Mattea Abou Faiçal from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr. Marisa Azad. Dr. Marisa Azad is an Associate Clinical Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and a Mayo Clinic Research Collaborator. She is also an Assistant Profess...
Special Episode - Understanding the Cost of Saving the Day, Every Day
In this episode, James Humber, a Translational and Molecular Medicine student from the University of Ottawa, interviews Dr. Simon Hatcher on behalf of his team for the TMM 4950 Science Communication course. Dr. Hatcher is a psychiatrist at the ...
Special Episode - The Hidden Declines in Long-Term Care
In this episode, TMM students discuss the hidden declines in long-term care, drawing on insights from Dr. Daniel Kobewka, Dr. Sandy Shamon, and Dr. Susan Mitchell. Through examining changes in mental and physical function, the study highlights ...
Special Episode - Beyond the Plaque: How Energy Metabolism Shapes Heart Disease
Jack Cowan from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr. Morgan Fullerton, a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, on behalf of his team in the TMM4950 Science Communication course. Dr. Fullerton discusses dys...
Special Episode - Awakening the Temperate Beast
Ananya Jain from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr Adam Rudner about advances in temperate bacteriophage research. Dr. Rudner is a researcher and associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the Uni...
Special Episode - A Little Radiation Goes a Long Way
In this episode of the BEaTS Research Radio, Annie Xiang from the University of Ottawa sits down with Dr. Marcelo Vazquez, radiobiology section head at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Together, they explore how cosmic and proton radiation af...
Special Episode - Equipping and Empowering Learners
Global challenges like climate change demand urgent action, and chemistry is at the center of these emerging solutions. However, graduates starting chemistry-based careers often leave the classroom unprepared to tackle complex global issues. In...
Special Episode - Lab-Grown Testes: A New Frontier for Fertility
Listen to this University of Ottawa TMM student discuss 3D testis bioprinting with distinguished guest Dr. Stephanie Willerth. The episode provides an exciting peek into how bioprinting technologies are reshaping reproductive biology research.<...
Special Episode - Lost in Translation
In this episode titled “Lost in Translation”, we dive into the complex world of bringing cell therapies from the lab to human trials. With our guest Matthew Jeffers, author of a recent scoping review on this topic, we explore what regulators lo...
Special Episode - Churro-Inspired Artery Fix
Puksar Kunwar, a student from the University of Ottawa, interviews Dr. Marcelo Muñoz for the TMM4950 Science Communication course, focusing on his work developing miniaturized devices for the on-the-spot generation of small-diameter vascular gr...
Special Episode - A New Era in Transplantation: Keeping Hearts Alive for 48H
Juliet Cruz and Maria Nikokavoura from the University of Ottawa interview Dr. Giovanni Ferrari for the TMM4950 Science Communication course about pushing the limits of donor heart preservation times. Dr. Ferrari is an associate professor of sur...