The Beagle Has Landed Podcast

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The archive for the Beagle Has Landed Podcast with Laura Hercher beaglelanded.substack.com

  1. 04/04/2023

    Historian Beverly Gage on Her Rare Disease Diagnosis

    Beverly Gage, Yale professor of American History and author, is more likely to be found on podcasts discussing her new (and wildly acclaimed) biography, “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century". But in 2019 her life took an unexpected turn, as a chance encounter with a plant kickstarted what turned out to be a rare disease that had – inexplicably – lain dormant for 40 years.   She’s not just a zebra, as Beverly explains in her recent New Yorker article, she’s a zebra with polka dots. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    40 min

  2. 01/30/2023

    Deven McGraw on Health Data Sharing and Privacy

    Deven McGraw, lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae, joins Laura to discuss how government and industry can best secure your right to access your own health data while keeping it secure from unwanted exposures. Deven's broad range of experience makes her the person to answer those burning questions about how to keep our data safe - and accessible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    44 min

  3. 01/10/2023

    Adam Rutherford on His Latest Book about Eugenics

    Today’s podcast features Adam Rutherford, a geneticist trained at University College London who has spent much of his career as a science communicator: as an editor at Nature, as a radio and television commentator for the BBC, and as the author of such books with delightful titles, including "Creation: the Origin of Life/The Future of Life and A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived" and "How to Argue With a Racist". This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    1h 4m

  4. 12/15/2022

    Bringing Genomic Medicine to the Whole World: Sharon Terry of the Genetic Alliance

    In a field full of amazing people, no one --- no one -- is more remarkable than Sharon Terry. And this is despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that she is not, technically, in the field at all: Sharon Terry is, as her bio describes her, “just a mom with a master’s degree in theology.” Sharon’s personal story of a journey from the worst form of heartbreak and disempowerment – the discovery that both of her young children had a rare genetic disease with a bad prognosis – to become a role model for parent activists everywhere. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    39 min

  5. 11/14/2022

    Noura Abul Husn on Translational Genomics

    Noura Abul-Husn got her MD and PhD from Mt Sinai in NYC, where she later served as the first clinical director of the Institute for Genomic Health and Chief of Genomic Medicine. Today, she is Vice President for Genomic Health at 23andMe. She joins us here on the Beagle today to discuss the state of translational efforts in genomic medicine and look at some of the barriers to the integration of genetics into routine clinical care. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    44 min

  6. 10/04/2022

    Why Has PGx Testing Been So Hard? with Kristine Ashcraft

    Pharmacogenetics testing: where are we today? Kristine Ashcraft, CEO, and founder of YouScript, a translational PGX start-up that Invitae recently acquired, joins us on the Beagle to discuss why it has been so hard to get the ball rolling on PGX testing. Kristine, who was called one of the 25 leading voices in precision medicine by BIS Medicine in 2019, lays out a roadmap to the integration of PGX testing into routine clinical care. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    34 min

  7. 09/21/2022

    Michelle Mello on Abortion, Privacy, and Genetic Counseling after Dobbs

    The dismantling of the right to abortion established under Roe v Wade has left many clinicians angry, uncertain, and in dire need of legal advice. If that describes you – speak to a lawyer! Don’t get your legal advice from a podcast, you silly goose. But first: you might want to listen to this conversation with Stanford’s Michelle Mello, a law and health policy professor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    40 min

  8. 08/31/2022

    Daniel Navon on Genetics and Patient Identity

    A conversation with Dan Navon, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of Mobilizing Mutations: Human Genetics in the Age of Patient Advocacy. Dan’s book encourages us to pay attention to the subtle way in which defining conditions according to their underlying genetics affects the patient experience, from shaping identity to creating a sense of solidarity within disease communities. Plus (spoiler) Dan will explain why he calls genetic counselors the ‘secret heroes’ of his research. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

    54 min
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