Socializing with Scientists
3 episodes Last Updated: Apr 23, 25
Socializing with Scientists presents the untold stories of immunologists, neuroscientists, environmental chemists, and more, recounting how their early life built their current life, and sharing what they do now to make the world a better place. And how do they define success, anyway? Listen to find out the surprising secrets of curious people.
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Our music is called "Discussion," and was composed by Folk Acoustic.
Episodes
Lauren Osborne grew up in New York City and rural Vermont; she was born into a family of actors and artists. After college, she worked in book publishing.But once she had kids, she started to develop a strong interest in medicine; after several years of focused work she became a reproductive psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medicine. She recently conducted a fascinating study looking at the body and brain during postpartum depression, sussing out whether the condition can predicted during pregnancy with a blood test. Learn why she chose medicine later in life, how she carefully structured her days to spend time with her family while working through medical school, and why she is so dedicated to protecting the mental health of all women.Visit our website: https://socializingwithscientists.com/Contact us with questions or comments: socializingwithscientists@gmail.comFollow us on Bluesky and X: @socwithsciFollow us on Instagram: @socializingwithscientists
Louis had an uneventful childhood: Born and raised in Amsterdam, he was a normal kid who liked playing with friends and reading books. But his mother had a strong social justice bent, and she inspired Louis to live a life dedicated to helping others. Dr. Louis Bont is now a world-renowned respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) researcher and pediatrician who heads the Department of Pediatrics at Wilhelmina Children's Hospital at University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands. He helped found ReSViNET, a non-profit foundation trying to reduce the RSV burden on kids all over the world. Louis works outside his comfort zone 50 percent of the time, believes all people should have two jobs, and thinks a small dose of doubt is necessary to be a good doctor. He also fell asleep while reading bedtime stories to his kids and currently loves watching political dramas on Netflix.Despite working on some of the biggest RSV clinical trials, Louis tries to take a third world-first approach to his research. Hear him explain what this means, and what he's working on now, on the second episode of Socializing with Scientists.Follow his work at ReSViNET, the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Foundation, and on X. Visit our website: https://socializingwithscientists.com/Contact us with questions or comments: socializingwithscientists@gmail.comFollow us on Bluesky and X: @socwithsciFollow us on Instagram: @socializingwithscientists
As a child, Michela got lost in the mountains of Italy foraging for mushrooms. Adult Michela digs under deep Australian lakes searching for remnants of wildfire and ancient people, while raising her family in England. How does this feisty paleoecologist get it all done? Dr. Michela Mariani is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham in the UK, and she recently published a paper in the journal Science exploring how ancient people in Australia prevented devastating wildfires. It's called, "Shrub cover declined as Indigenous populations expanded across southeast Australia." In the first episode of Socializing with Scientists, hear how Michela finds peace in the lab, how she handles it when research proves her ideas wrong, and how her work could inform fire policy all over the world.Visit our website: https://socializingwithscientists.com/Contact us with questions or comments: socializingwithscientists@gmail.comFollow us on Bluesky and X: @socwithsciFollow us on Instagram: @socializingwithscientists