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Saturday Night Stories Podcast

We are living in a remarkable period of unprecedented knowledge creation, a time in which we face extreme global challenges but also incredible opportunities for addressing them. In this podcast from the University of California, San Francisco, we go behind the scenes of some of the most interesting and important breakthroughs in human biology and patient care. Each episode brings you deeply personal stories of the curiosity, inspiration, and sacrifice it takes to solve the most difficult problems in health today.

Episodes

  1. 19/12/2020

    The Compassionate – Creating Human Connection to Foster a Fairer World

    Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, people with severe mental illness who receive psychiatric services from Dr. Fumi Mitsuishi’s clinic in San Francisco are dying at a rate 13 times higher than that of the general population. After the death of one of her own patients, Dr. Mitsuishi struggles to process the loss of a life that reminds her in many ways of her own. Her journey leads her deeper inside herself, where she confronts the common humanity that fuels her life’s work.

    10 min

  2. 12/12/2020

    The Revolutionary – Forging a New Field of Microbiome Medicine

    Bedridden by an infection, 7-year-old Sue Lynch discovers the wondrous world of microbes in the pages of her family encyclopedia. Her fascination with fungi, bacteria, and other microscopic organisms leads her from her childhood home in rural Ireland to California to study microbiology and its impact on human health. Frustrated by the field’s limitations, however, she forges her own path to become a pioneer in the burgeoning field of microbiome medicine.

    9 min

  3. 05/12/2020

    The Devoted – Mentoring Through Loss and Love

    Moments before flying home from a family vacation, Dr. Peter Chin-Hong receives devastating news: A protégé and former student of his has been killed in a shooting. Paralyzed by grief, Dr. Chin-Hong struggles to once again open his heart to the students and trainees he cares so deeply about.

    12 min

  4. 21/11/2020

    The Inspired – Discovering Cures Through the Wonders of Saliva

    Tissue biologist Sarah Knox has long been fascinated with saliva and how the glands that make it develop. Just when she begins to doubt whether her singular passion will lead to real-world impact, an old family friend reaches out to her with a problem only she may be able to solve.

    11 min

  5. 14/11/2020

    The Courageous – Shining a Light on Racial Injustice

    During a pilgrimage to Alabama, Judy Young confronts hard truths about our country’s history of racial trauma. Judy’s relatives, Henry Corbin and Simon Garnett, were lynched by white mobs in Oxford, Ohio more than a century ago. In searching for her relatives' names at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which honors Black victims of lynching, Judy redefines her purpose and deepens her commitment to her own work toward racial justice and health equity.

    13 min

  6. 20/10/2020

    The Resolute – Refusing to Take "No" for an Answer

    In this episode, we hear from a psychiatrist, an immunologist, and an engineer with three very different stories about refusing to take “no” for an answer.

    25 min
  • 6 Episodes

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We are living in a remarkable period of unprecedented knowledge creation, a time in which we face extreme global challenges but also incredible opportunities for addressing them. In this podcast from the University of California, San Francisco, we go behind the scenes of some of the most interesting and important breakthroughs in human biology and patient care. Each episode brings you deeply personal stories of the curiosity, inspiration, and sacrifice it takes to solve the most difficult problems in health today.

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  • Creator
    UCSF
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Saturday Night Stories 2020
  • Show Website
    Saturday Night Stories

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