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The official podcast of the Society of Graduate Students at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. We aim to showcase the innovative research that graduate students are conducting at Western University and appeal to various audiences including those within and beyond the academic community.
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Denny Chin (PhD Student in Microbiology and Immunology) joins us (Elizabeth Mohler and Yousuf Hasan) to chat about his research on combating bacterial infections. Denny is especially interested in a particular kind of pathogen known as Staphlococcus aureus (S. aureus) since it can cause many well-known infections including skin infections, pneumonia, and sepsis. Some strains of S. aureus have become resistant to the available antibiotics. For his research, Denny is finding ways to come up with new antibiotics that can fight against the more resilient strains of the bacteria.
Full video on YouTube
Recorded on September 1st, 2020
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena (video by Yousuf Hasan)
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Hosts Elizabeth Mohler and Viki Tellios welcome back fellow Gradcast host Monica Molinaro, PhD candidate in the Health Promotion stream of the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program. Monica brings us up to date on the progress of her research regarding the caregiving stories of nurses in pediatric oncology, as well as her motivations in studying this field and how this passion developed. Also, Monica describes the importance of using narrative methodologies, and how narratives and storytelling unite all of us.
If you would like to learn more about Monica's research, you can visit her website https://monicalmolinaro.wixsite.com/home and find her on Twitter @MonicaLMolinaro
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Recorded Aug 25, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Indra Bishnoi (PhD Student in Neuroscience) chats about her research on Anticipatory Nausea in the context of chemotherapy. Despite chemotherapy saving millions of lives every year, Indra explains to hosts Yousuf Hasan and Liam Clifford why people sometimes discontinue the treatment and stay away from hospitals. This has to do with the nausea that is induced by chemotherapy. Patients sometimes avoid treatments since they are conditioned to feel nauseous by hospital environment due to their co-pairing of hospitals and side-effects of chemotherapy. Besides her research, Indra also talks about her role as the SOGS Sustainability Chair and what she thinks about London’s Climate Action Plan.
To learn more about Indra and her work, you can visit her website. 
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Recorded on August 18, 2020
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io (Produced by White Hot)
Episode produced by Yousuf Hasan
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
After having shoulder surgery, is seeing your surgeon an absolute necessity? And if it is, how can we make this process easier? Hosts Monica Molinaro and Ariel Frame are joined by Rochelle Furtado, an MPT/PhD student seeking to develop an app that makes the shoulder surgery process so much easier. Rochelle tells us what inspired the app, how the app can reduce travelling, waiting times and access to your surgeon, and how in a post-COVID world, an app like this will still be needed. Rochelle also explains how her previous expertise informed her decision to do a combined degree, and what she hopes to do with her two new degrees when she finishes.
To find out more from Rochelle and learn more about her research, follow her and her lab on social media.
Twitter: @ellefurtado13
Instagram: @hulc.crl | @hrsgss_uwo
Website: https://www.lawsonresearch.ca/hulc/clinical-research-HULC
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Recorded on August 17th, 2020
Produced by Gavin Tolometti
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
In this episode Tyler Dexter, PhD student in Neuroscience, speaks with Ariel Frame and Laura Baena about his research on goal directed cognition in mice. Tyler discusses how he uses touch screens and optogenetics to investigate the role of particular neurons in the brain.
To find out more from Tyler follow him on Twitter @TylerDexter13 or learn about rodent touch screens at touchscreencognition.org
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Recorded on Aug 11, 2020
Produced by Laura Baena and edited by Gavin Tolometti
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Besides its obvious destructive properties, lava can tell us a lot about Earth and other planetary bodies in our solar system. Changing our relationship with molten rock could have implications far beyond the confines of our solitary planet. As hosts Yousuf Hassan and Liam Clifford learn from Earth Sciences PhD Gavin Tolometti, analyzing volcanic and impact melt flows increases our understanding of surface processes on the Moon and Mars by studying lava flows in Idaho and Iceland. In addition, as Gavin concludes his PhD, he speaks to his future aspirations and why this research is important for the wider public.
To find out more from Gavin, follow him on Twitter @GavinOnTheMoon, on Instagram @gavin4science_94 , on his website https://gavintolometti.wixsite.com/gavinonthemoon, or his lab's website https://www.spacerocks.ca/teams/
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Recorded on Aug 4, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme Song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
In April 1994, the small Central African country of Rwanda would begin to spiral uncontrollably into the darkest period of its short history. What ensued over the course of the next three months was a genocide supported by the incumbent regime that slaughtered an estimated 500,000-1,000,000 people. With so many murdered, how could this have happened? In a fascinating conversation with PhD candidate John Trafford from UWO’s Political Science department, it is revealed how artificial constructions of identity left to ferment can have dire consequences. Hosts Ariel Frame and Liam Clifford engage with John's discussion of the historical differences between the Hutu and Tutsi, the contextual pre-Genocide Civil War, and how colonialism’s legacy lasts long after its demise.
Full video available on YouTube
Recorded on July 28th, 2020
Produced by Gavin Tolometti
“Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot”
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Dr. James Steinhoff is a recent graduate from the Media Studies PhD program in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University, currently a Post-Doctoral researcher at University of Washington. James enlightens Yimin Chen and Ariel Frame about his work investigating how artificial intelligence, or simply automation in general, impacts work and workers. For a deeper dive into James' insights check out his co-authored book published last year, Inhuman Power, his Academia.edu page and his recent DigiLabour talk about his upcoming book Automation and Autonomy
Recorded on July 23, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Them song provided by freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
In tough times, we all need a little help from our friends. Sometimes, those tough times are when we are caring for someone with dementia, or had a stroke. Jovana Sibalija joins hosts Monica Molinaro and Sarah Klapman to discuss the necessity of social networks (not the Facebook kind) for caregiver wellness. They discuss who may be in a social network, what social support may look like, and why caregivers may not necessarily want social support. They also discuss why caregivers are an integral backbone to the health care system in Canada, and how caregivers can be better supported. To find out more from Jovana follow her on Twitter @JoSibalija, LinkedIn, or email her at jsibalij@uwo.ca
Full video on YouTube
Recorded on July 21, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Olivia Ghosh-Swaby is a PhD student in the neuroscience program conducting research with mice elucidating how poor diet reduces and exercising benefits the brain. Olivia excitedly informs hosts Nick Handfield-Jones and Ariel Frame about her growing expertise in the field of brain plasticity and her newest research findings including treatment of mice with the drug metformin.
To find out more from Olivia, follow her on Twitter @ogoshhsw
Full video on YouTube
This episode was recorded on Tuesday, July 14th and was edited by Laura Muñoz Baena