MODCAST

March of Dimes
  • 4.3(6개의 평가)
  • 생명 과학

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. Catherine Spong on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    2025. 12. 17.

    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.

    38분
  2. Dr. Ramkumar Menon on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    2025. 12. 17.

    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.

    34분
  3. Dr. Lynne Sykes on A New Link Between Blood Type and Preterm Birth

    2025. 11. 19.

    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.

    39분
  4. Dr. Wendy Kuohung on Finding New Medicines to Treat Preeclampsia

    2025. 10. 29.

    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.

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

    2025. 09. 24.

    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.

    1시간 20분
  6. Dr. Lars Bode on the Untapped Potential of Human Milk

    2025. 08. 27.

    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.

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

    2025. 07. 30.

    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.

    1시간 8분
  8. Dr. Tony Capra and Dr. Marina Sirota on the Mystery of Spontaneous Preterm Birth

    2025. 06. 25.

    Dr. Tony Capra and Dr. Marina Sirota on the Mystery of Spontaneous Preterm Birth

    Dr. Tony Capra and Dr. Marina Sirota, scientists from the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center (PRC) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), discuss their foundational finding that spontaneous, or unplanned, preterm birth is fundamentally different from indicated preterm birth.

    40분
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4.3
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6개의 평가

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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. 

정보

  • 제작진
    March of Dimes
  • 방송 연도
    2023년 - 2025년
  • 에피소드
    32
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    © 2025 MODCAST
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