MODCAST

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MODCAST is a podcast on the most impactful maternal and infant health research conducted today. MODCAST aims to bring scientists, doctors, donors, and families behind the laboratory doors for a fascinating look into the science that is changing, study by study, the story of moms and babies in the U.S. From interviews and news analysis to study discussions and more, MODCAST is the science community’s source for today’s preeminent research on moms and babies. Listen today. 

  1. Dr. Rupsa Boelig on Aspirin Dosing for High-Risk Pregnant Women

    28 JANV.

    Dr. Rupsa Boelig on Aspirin Dosing for High-Risk Pregnant Women

    Dr. Rupsa Boelig, a 2025 March of Dimes Discovery Research Grant winner and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University, discusses her new study on the metabolism of aspirin in pregnant women with diabetes or a higher BMI. She hopes the study findings will shed light on whether these women may benefit from a higher aspirin dose to help prevent preeclampsia and/or preterm birth.

    42 min
  2. Dr. Catherine Spong on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    17/12/2025

    Dr. Catherine Spong on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    Dr. Catherine Spong, professor and chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and one of two principal investigators at the new March of Dimes Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center, discusses her career, research, and focus at the PRC: examining how nutrition, socioeconomic factors, the placenta, and bacterial vaginosis affect pregnancy outcomes.

    38 min
  3. Dr. Ramkumar Menon on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    17/12/2025

    Dr. Ramkumar Menon on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    Dr. Ramkumar Menon, professor and director of the division of basic and translational research in obstetrics and gynecology at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and one of two principal investigators at the new March of Dimes Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center, discusses his career and focus at the PRC: pregnancy-on-a-chip technology that simulates human pregnancy and will be used to validate drugs that may reverse preterm birth.

    34 min
  4. Dr. Lynne Sykes on A New Link Between Blood Type and Preterm Birth

    19/11/2025

    Dr. Lynne Sykes on A New Link Between Blood Type and Preterm Birth

    Dr. Lynne Sykes, co-director of the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Imperial College London, discusses her new paper detailing links between a woman’s blood type and her risk of spontaneous preterm birth depending on her gynecological and obstetrical history.

    39 min
  5. Dr. Wendy Kuohung on Finding New Medicines to Treat Preeclampsia

    29/10/2025

    Dr. Wendy Kuohung on Finding New Medicines to Treat Preeclampsia

    Dr. Wendy Kuohung, a 2025 March of Dimes Discovery Research Grant winner, discusses her original research to find novel therapeutics to treat preeclampsia associated with APOL1 gene variants.

    54 min
  6. Dr. Sindhu Srinivas and Alexia Doumbouya on a Trial Testing the Impact of Doulas

    24/09/2025

    Dr. Sindhu Srinivas and Alexia Doumbouya on a Trial Testing the Impact of Doulas

    March of Dimes Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity investigator Dr. Sindhu Srinivas and doula Alexia Doumbouya discuss leading a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on whether doula integration throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum can decrease maternal depression and anxiety.

    1 h 20 min
  7. Dr. Lars Bode on the Untapped Potential of Human Milk

    27/08/2025

    Dr. Lars Bode on the Untapped Potential of Human Milk

    Dr. Lars Bode, the founding director of the Human Milk Institute at UC San Diego, the university’s Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Chair of Collaborative Human Milk Research, and a professor of pediatrics at the university, discusses human milk, informally known as breast milk, and all its healing properties—that are not only crucial for mothers and babies, but may benefit people of all ages.

    56 min
  8. Prof. Dennis Lo on the Invention of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)

    30/07/2025

    Prof. Dennis Lo on the Invention of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)

    Prof. Dennis Lo, the winner of the 2025 March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize and the inventor of non-invasive prenatal testing, or NIPT, discusses the road to the discovery, the power of cell free DNA to detect cancer, and one of the places in the world he still hasn't been.

    1 h 8 min
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MODCAST is a podcast on the most impactful maternal and infant health research conducted today. MODCAST aims to bring scientists, doctors, donors, and families behind the laboratory doors for a fascinating look into the science that is changing, study by study, the story of moms and babies in the U.S. From interviews and news analysis to study discussions and more, MODCAST is the science community’s source for today’s preeminent research on moms and babies. Listen today. 

Informations

  • Création
    March of Dimes
  • Années d’activité
    2023 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    33
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
  • Copyright
    © 2026 MODCAST
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