GradCast

228 | Advocating for Advocacy

In this episode, hosts Connor Chato and Monica Molinaro speak to Amy Lewis, a qualitative researcher completing her MScN! They discuss the development of competencies for health care providers to engage in teaching policy advocacy and engage in policy activities. The benefits of listening to stories and personal experience, as well as the importance of qualitative methods in health research are also discussed.

Produced by Gregory Robinson

 

227 | A Different Kind of Pessimism

The world is a crappy place. That is, according to Arthur Schopenhauer. On this week’s Gradcast, hosts Nick Handfield-Jones and Connor Chato interview Ignacio Moya, who tells us about this famous German philosopher’s arguments for philosophical pessimism. We talk about why Schopenhauer thought the world is this way and what he proposed to do about that. Plus, we ask Ignacio what his own thoughts are about philosophical pessimism. To get in contact with Ignacio, message him on Twitter @ignaciomoyaa

Hosts: Nick Handfield-Jones & Connor Chato

Produced by Connor Chato

Special Episode: GradCast on Tour - Canadian Association for Neuroscience 2019

On tour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, GradCast hosts Roger Hudson and Ariel Frame attended Canada's largest neuroscience conference and had an insightful chat with Bryan Jenkins, a PhD candidate in the Neurobiology of Dual Disorders Lab at the Ontario Veterinary College and the University of Guelph in Canada. Bryan tells us about his work in Dr. Jibran Khokhar's lab on the effects of cannabis in animal models that are paving the way for the rest of the world looking to Canada for answers about cannabis in light of recent legalization for both medicinal and recreational use. To find out more about Bryan you can follow him on Twitter @bjenkin27, follow Dr. Khokhar on Twitter @DrJKhokhar or check out Bryan's website bryanjenkins.ca.

Hosts: Ariel Frame & Roger Hudson

Produced by: Roger Hudson

226 | Inuvialuit Living History

Take a trip to the Beaufort Sea in the Northwest Territories with Anthropology PhD student Rebecca Goodwin as she works to document and share the cultural history of Inuit peoples of the Western Canadian arctic. Join hosts Yimin Chen and Nikol Posnov as we hear some of the stories told by Inuvialuit elders and knowledge holders about current and past life in the far north. Plus, tips on how to eat muktuk, a traditional meal of whale blubber!

For more information on the rich cultural and archaeological history of this region,

visit: InuvialuitLivingHistory.ca

or on facebook at: Facebook.com/InuvialuitLivingHistory

Hosts: Yimin Chen & Nikol Posnov

 

Produced by: Gregory Robinson

225 | The Svelte Fool Who Works on Melt Pools

Hosts Nikol Posnov and Ariel Frame speak with Will Yingling, an MSc student in geology and planetary science, about his work on impact melt pools on Mars. Using various sources of data from Mars orbiters, Will explains what he is learning about mapping the topography of Mars (the landscape) and how meteorite impacts have shaped its surface. To find out more about Will you can contact him on twitter @mars_mapper or take a look at his website willyingling.com

Hosts: Ariel Frame & Nikol Posnov

Produced by Gavin Tolometti

224 | Monkey See Monkey Do

Have you ever watched somebody look off in the distance at something behind you and then immediately turn to look at whatever it is their seeing? That exact response is what PhD Student Borna Mahmoudian studies. It's a fascinating little feature that helps gives social skills to us humans and some other animals (Including the Old-World Monkeys Borna Studies). Hosts Nikol Posnov and Connor Chato chat about the neurological mechanics of this response and what it's like studying this in a lab with our incredibly smart evolutionary cousins. 

To find out more about Borna you can find him on twitter @borna__m or on Dr. Julio Martinez's lab website http://martinezlab.robarts.ca/.

Hosts: Connor Chato & Nikol Posnov

Produced by Ariel Frame

223 | Cannabis and Blowing Smoke - It's Not All THC and CBD

In this episode, neuroscience Ph.D. student and fellow GradCast colleague Roger Hudson joins hosts Gregory Robinson and Nikol Posnov to speak about his research on the interactions between THC and CBD in the brain within the context of recent events related to cannabis legalization in Canada. Roger shares with us the knowledge he has acquired over his years of conducting cannabis research. Topics such as THC-induced psychosis, the infamous 'indica-sativa' dichotomy, and edible products for medical cannabis patients are discussed.

Hosts: Nikol Posnov & Gregory Robinson

Produced by Connor Chato

Special Episode: Western Research Forum 2019 Part 2

In part 2 of GradCast's coverage of the 2019 Western Research forum, Yimin Chen brings you conversations with nursing PhD student Yasin Yasin, psychology PhD student Laura Johnson, and physical chemistry master's student Sarai Guerrero.

Host: Yimin Chen

Produced by Gregory Robinson

Special Episode: Western Research Forum 2019 Part 1

In part 1 of GradCast's coverage of the 2019 Western Research forum, Roger Hudson and Yimin Chen bring you conversations with mechanical and material engineering master's student Sara Holland, master's of education student Bella Wang, and health and rehabilitation PhD student Humberto Omana.

Hosts: Yimin Chen & Roger Hudson

Produced by Gregory Robinson

222 | Sick of Suffering with Staph? Perk up with PurR

In this episode, hosts Roger Hudson and Monica Molinaro talk to Dr. Mariya Goncheva, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Our hosts and Mariya talk about the infamous Staphylococcus aureus. They discuss the mutant purr gene that Mariya studies, how antibiotics work, and her experience finishing her PhD and starting her post-doc as an international student in Canada!

To learn more about Dr Mariya Goncheva research and her lab go to https://www.heinrichslab.com

Hosts: Roger Hudson & Monica Molinaro

 

Produced and edited by Gavin Tolometti