We're continuing our series on those who are on the front line of depending our public health. This week we talk to Jason Wholehan who works in the microbiology department of the Michigan Public Health Lab. Rachel loves talked about the microbiome and was particularly excited for this week! Jason told us about how their … Continue reading Protecting the Public Health: Microbiology Lab
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Protecting the Public Health: Bonus Episode!
This week is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, so we wanted to take a bit of extra time to appreciate those who work on our diagnoses and testing to keep us healthy. They work hard behind the scenes to figure out the puzzles they're presented and we owe much of our medical treatment to them. Thank … Continue reading Protecting the Public Health: Bonus Episode!
Protecting the Public Health: Newborn Screening
April 21-27 is medical laboratory professionals week, so for the next few episodes we're going to be featuring scientists trained in Medical Laboratory Science. Rachel, our co-host also works in this field training undergraduates who are planning to work in the medical lab. This week we spoke with Shawn Moloney who is the Newborn Screening … Continue reading Protecting the Public Health: Newborn Screening
Short Delay
Thanks so much to everyone checking in to see if we've posted another episode. Due to spring breaks and travel plans, we need a bit of extra time to get our next episode to you. We're excited for our coming line-up of guests and will have our next episode out soon.
Faking It: Artificial Sweetners
This week we start a series looking at what products in our food that are usually labeled "artificial", "additive", or "synthetic". We're starting off looking at something that you can find in almost every restaurant, coffee shop, and in most of your cupboards- artificial sweeteners. We talked to Dr. Richard Mattes, a scientist in the … Continue reading Faking It: Artificial Sweetners
Natural Disasters: Polar Vortex
A few weeks ago in Michigan, we got hit with a blast of icy weather, called a polar vortex, that shut down almost anything going on for a few days. Our university closed down due to sustained windchills below -20˚F and at times the wind chill got below -30˚F. Even though this weather may be … Continue reading Natural Disasters: Polar Vortex
Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
Earthquakes have made recent news in the United States with large earthquakes happening in Alaska. So, this week, we're shaking things up this week and talking with Dr. Shawn Wei and Dr. Jeffery Freymueller about earthquakes. We wanted to know what they are, what causes them, what the consequences of an earthquake are, what does … Continue reading Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
