Episode 27: COVID19 and Diabetes - World Diabetes Day
In this episode, Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses the impact of COVID19 on diabetes in honour of World Diabetes Day. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Additional Information - New Onset Diabetes in COVID19 -The New England Journal of Medicine - CoviDIAB Project - http://covidiab.e-dendrite.com/ - COVID-19 in people with diabetes: Understanding the reasons for worse outcomes - The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology - COVID-19 and diabetes: a co-conspiracy? - The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Episode summary available https://mondayscience.medium.com/ Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
16 Marras 202026min
Episode 26: Snorkeling, Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare...? Conversation with Brandon Yang [Snorkel.ai]
In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare with Brandon Yang (bio available here - https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast/episode26), Machine Learning Engineer at Snorkel AI. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Additional Information Snorkel Open Source - https://www.snorkel.org/ Guidelines for clinical trial protocols for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the SPIRIT-AI extension Previous episodes discussing AI, AI and healthcare and AI and ethics -Episode 6 -Episode 23 [Interview with Dr David Leslie, The Alan Turing Institute) Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
9 Marras 202058min
Episode 25: Can lab grown brain cells, tissue or organs become conscious?
In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses the potential for laboratory grown brain cells, tissues or organs to become conscious. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Additional Information Can lab-grown brains become conscious? (Nature Journal, NEWS FEATURE 27 OCTOBER 2020) How COVID-19 can damage the brain? (Nature Journal, NEWS FEATURE 15 SEPTEMBER 2020) Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study, The Lancet Psychiatry Volume 7, Issue 10 Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
2 Marras 202015min
Episode 24: The science behind the lyrics - Throwback classics and Love
In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses the science behind lyrics of a timeless classic which brings up topics like the neuroscience of falling in love, how lovesickness and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are related and the effect of listening to songs about heartbreak has on our brain. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ If not listening on Spotify, the tracks will not play Additional Information Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
26 Loka 202011min
Episode 23: "Garbage in, garbage out" - conversation with Dr David Leslie on AI ethics and safety
In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and safety with Dr David Leslie (bio. available here https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast/episode23) , Ethics Theme Lead within the public policy programme at The Alan Turing Institute. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Additional Information Further information about Dr David Leslie and his work - https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/david-leslie Transcendence (film) - https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/transcendence Book mentioned - Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control Tackling COVID-19 through Responsible AI Innovation: Five Steps in the Right Direction Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
19 Loka 20201h 8min
Episode 22: "Let's just make it to 2021" - Conversation with Dr Zoë Ayres about Academic Mental Health Part II
In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discussed academic mental health with Dr Zoë Ayres (bio. available here https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast/episode21) who is an Analytical R&D scientist and mental health advocate driving for change. This is Part II of their conversation. You can follow Zoë on Twitter @zjayres! Find out more about Zoë's work www.zjayres.com Episode image credit: Scicommics https://www.instagram.com/science_commics/ Additional Information - Mental Health Resources Becoming an Independent Researcher | Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham | TEDxRoyalHolloway (available on YouTube) - Diversity landscape of the chemical sciences: A report by the Royal Society of Chemistry - For definitions of bullying and harassment and support National Bullying Helpline - https://www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk/employees.html UK Government Workplace Bullying and Harassment Citizens Advice - If you're being harassed or bullied at work Monday Science is still funding-raising for Dementia Alliance International (DAI). The aim is to raise £500. Please donate via our Just Giving Page (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/monday-science) Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mondayscience/message e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
12 Loka 202031min
Episode 21: "Let's just make it to 2021" - Conversation with Dr Zoë Ayres about Academic Mental Health Part I
In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discussed academic mental health with Dr Zoë Ayres (bio. available here https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast/episode21) who is an Analytical R&D scientist and mental health advocate driving for change. You can follow Zoë on Twitter @zjayres! Find out more about Zoë's work www.zjayres.com Episode image credit: Scicommics https://www.instagram.com/science_commics/ Additional Information - Mental Health Resources Becoming an Independent Researcher | Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham | TEDxRoyalHolloway (available on YouTube) - Diversity landscape of the chemical sciences: A report by the Royal Society of Chemistry - For definitions of bullying and harassment and support National Bullying Helpline - https://www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk/employees.html UK Government Workplace Bullying and Harassment Citizens Advice - If you're being harassed or bullied at work Monday Science is funding-raising for DAI during the series. The aim is to raise £500. Please donate via our Just Giving Page (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/monday-science) Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mondayscience/message e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
5 Loka 202020min
Episode 20: Reflections on the Dementia Series interviews & Updates in Dementia Research
All episodes in the month of September will be dedicated to conversations about dementia. The aim of the series is to raise awareness of dementia and experiences of it across the world. Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham reflects on the dementia series interviews and gives an update of latest dementia research in the final episode in our dementia series. Episode and dementia series image credit: Scicommics https://www.instagram.com/science_commics/ Additional Information Professor Ogunniyi is presenting at the IPDGC Neuroscience in Africa conference "Epigenetics and Dementia: Lessons From the 20-Year Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Study" on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00 PM - https://ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register/5215996692935/WN_7PLJwXJMSxiJJnu5M5sqvA Monday Science is funding-raising for DAI during the series. The aim is to raise £500. Please donate via our Just Giving Page (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/monday-science) Episode 17 - Kate Swaffer (Humanitarian & Chair/CEO/Co-founder of Dementia Alliance International) Episode 18 - Ms Feyi Raimi-Abraham (Founder/CEO of The Black Dementia Company Ltd & caregiver of a parent living with dementia) Episode 19 - Professor Adesola Ogunniyi (Clinician/Neurologist/Neuroepidemiologist and holding professional faculty position at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria) Association of anticholinergic medication and AD biomarkers with incidence of MCI among cognitively normal older adults. Neurology, 2020 Does thiamine protect the brain from iron overload and alcohol‐related dementia? Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2020 Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mondayscience/message e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com
28 Syys 202013min
