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Breakthroughs — 101 episodes

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Is Antimicrobial Resistance Threatening Modern Medicine? with Jennie Kwon, DO

2

New Insights Into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD

3

Improving Testing and Diagnosis of Hepatitis C with Claudia Hawkins, MD, MPH

4

Decoding Long COVID's Impact on the Brain with Igor Koralnik, MD

5

Improving Imaging of the Spinal Cord with Molly Bright, DPhil

6

New Paths for Diagnosing and Treating Lyme Disease with Brandon Jutras, PhD

7

How Cell Function Can Shed Light on Neurodegeneration with Vladimir Gelfand, PhD

8

Advancing Health and Longevity by Analyzing the Retina with Manjot Gill, MD

9

The Art and Science of Bedside Medicine with Brian Garibaldi, MD

10

Rewind: Leading Neuroscience Research to Inform Mental Health Treatment with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD

11

Studying T-Cell Therapy for Potential Lung Tissue Repair with Benjamin Singer, MD

12

Rewind: The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

13

Rewind: Exploring Immune Tolerance and Food Allergy Pathways with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD

14

A Promising Drug for Alzheimer's Disease with William Klein, PhD, and Richard Silverman, PhD

15

Medical Research Funding at Risk with Rod Passman, MD

16

Improving Cardiac Health through Immune System Precision with Edward Thorp, PhD

17

Can a Single Session Impact Mental Health for Teens? with Jessica Schleider, PhD

18

The Science Behind Sleep Health with Minjee Kim, MD

19

New Insights from Inside the Brain with Rodrigo Braga, PhD

20

Inventing a Tiny Pacemaker with John Rogers, PhD

21

How Alzheimer's Drugs Work with David Gate, PhD

22

Intervening Earlier in Mental Healthcare for Kids with Lauren Wakschlag, PhD

23

Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD

24

Pursuing Precision Medicine for Rare Diseases with Gemma Carvill, PhD

25

Investigating the Health Impact of Incarceration with Linda Teplin, PhD

26

Studying Social Networks to Address Health Inequities with Michelle Birkett, PhD

27

Emerging Drug Targets in Parkinson's Disease with Joe Mazzulli, PhD

28

New Insights into Cellular Metabolism with Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD

29

Understanding Gut Microbiome Science with Jeffrey Gordon, MD

30

Overcoming Hormone Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer with Sarki Abdulkadir, MD, PhD

31

How to Measure Biological Age with John Wilkins, MD

32

A Compelling New Lupus Discovery with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD

33

Uncovering Insights into Cancer and Alzheimer's with Marcus Peter, PhD

34

The Evolution of Digital Pathology with Lee Cooper, PhD

35

Driving Innovations in Biostatistics with Denise Scholtens, PhD

36

Leading Pediatric Obesity Research with Justin Ryder, PhD

37

Discovering New ALS Therapeutic Avenues with Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD

38

Pursuing Deeper Understanding of Inflammation with Murali Prakriya, PhD

39

Partnering with Libraries to Address Teen Mental Health with Ashley Knapp, PhD, and Robert Simmons, MA

40

Engineering Bacteria to Monitor and Treat Disease with Arthur Prindle, PhD

41

Strengthening T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumor Cancers with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD

42

New Insights into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD

43

The Evolution of the NIH Toolbox with Richard Gershon, PhD

44

How Mitochondria Inform Disease Discoveries with Navdeep Chandel, PhD

45

Advancing Transplant Science with Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH

46

How Drinking Alcohol Impacts Aging with Lifang Hou, MD, PhD

47

How AI Can Improve Healthcare Delivery with Mozzi Etemadi, MD, PhD

48

Predicting Which Cancer Cells May Become Drug-Resistant with Yogesh Goyal, PhD

49

New Institute Advances Lung Disease Research and Clinical Care with Scott Budinger, MD

50

Understanding Genetic Factors in Parkinson's Disease with Steven Lubbe, PhD

51

Why Late-Night Eating is Linked to Weight Gain and Diabetes with Joseph Bass, MD, PhD

52

Rewind: A Promising Obesity Drug with Robert Kushner, MD

53

Improving Exercise Habits for Breast Cancer Survivors with Siobhan Phillips, PhD, MPH

54

Advancing Skin Cell Biology with Kathleen Green, PhD

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Rewind: How to Stop Antibiotic Misuse with Jeffrey Linder, MD, MPH

56

Can ChatGPT Support Biomedical Research? with Catherine Gao, MD and Yuan Luo, PhD

57

How the Brain Regulates Aggressive Behavior with Ann Kennedy, PhD

58

Rewind: Can Exercise Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression? with Daniel Corcos, PhD

59

A New Focus on Implementation Science with Sara Becker, PhD, and Rinad Beidas, PhD

60

Rewind: Why are Food Allergies on the Rise? with Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH

61

The Science Behind Culinary Medicine with Melinda Ring, MD

62

Identifying How Genes Function to Better Understand Cancer with Mazhar Adli, PhD

63

The Long-term Impact of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Thomas Inge, MD, PhD

64

The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

65

Understanding the Immune System with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD

66

Improving Health Outcomes Through Big Data with Theresa Walunas, PhD

67

Identifying the Mechanisms of Seeing Color with Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD

68

The Role of Iron in Cardiovascular Disease with Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD

69

Investigating Therapies for Genetic Epilepsy with Alfred George, Jr., MD

70

Cell-Based Treatments to Fight Diseases with Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD

71

Evidence-Based Gender-Affirming Care for Young Adults with Robert Garofalo, MD

72

Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS Pandemics with Richard D'Aquila, MD

73

New Approaches for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Sanjiv Shah, MD

74

Music-Based Medical Interventions with Borna Bonakdarpour, MD

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Life-Changing Gene Therapy for Beta-Thalassemia Patients with Jennifer Schneiderman, MD

76

Pet Dogs Advance Glioblastoma Research with Amy Heimberger, MD

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Advancing Mental Health Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD

78

Supporting Frontline Gun Violence Workers with Judith Moskowitz, PhD

79

Lewy Body Dementias and the Immune System with David Gate, PhD

80

Declining Heart Health in Most Pregnant Women with Sadiya Khan, MD and Natalie Cameron, MD

81

Experimental Strategies in Organ Transplantation with Satish Nadig, MD, PhD

82

A Vaccine Pathway for Herpes Virus with Gregory Smith, PhD

83

Leading Family & Community Medicine at Northwestern with Deborah Smith Clements, MD

84

Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma with Adam Sonabend, MD

85

COVID-19 Boosters Increase Protection with Alexis Demonbreun, PhD

86

Human Genome Project for Proteins with Neil Kelleher, PhD

87

Reversing Severe Spinal Cord Injuries with Samuel Stupp, PhD

88

Earliest Signs of Parkinson's Disease with D. James Surmeier, PhD

89

The Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program with Dinee Simpson, MD

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The Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program with Dinee Simpson, MD

91

Variants of Interest and of Concern with Judd Hultquist, PhD

92

Advancing Muscular Dystrophy Research with Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD

93

Next-Generation COVID Vaccines with Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD

94

The Evolution of Cardiac Monitoring with Rod Passman, MD

95

Esophageal Diseases and Symptom Anxiety and Hypervigilance with John Pandolfino, MD

96

Kids, Mental Health and COVID-19 with Tali Raviv, PhD

97

COVID-19 Vaccine Safety with Eric G. Neilson, MD and Robert L. Murphy, MD

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COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnant Women with Emily Miller, MD, MPH

99

Pediatric Eczema and Scratch Sensors with Steve Xu, MD, MSc

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Pediatric Eczema and Scratch Sensors with Steve Xu, MD, MSc

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Neurological Complications of COVID-19 with Igor Koralnik, MD