Talk Polymath: Evidence-based Conversations
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago -Talk Polymath features evidence-based conversations and invites global science leaders to converse about a topic in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM). From public health topics such as vaccinations to changing models and trends in technology, this podcast engages in topics of current cultural interest across disciplines. New episodes are released each month. For more information and schedules visit polyplexus.com. © 2023 Polyplexus Holdings LLC, an H&S Venture
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Ep. 16 | Conversations with ARPA-H Dash Semifinalists
May 10, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBHear the semifinalists from the ARPA-H Dash talk about their bold ideas for health transformation and what drives them. In this episode, they explore the impact their ideas could have on health — from accelerated healing and customized cell treatments at scale to better mental health treatments and a single drug for cancer. This episode features: Willie Reaves, Cellino Mary Allen, Cure Brain Disease Jeffry Paten, BrilliantStrings Therapeutics Anuradha Lingappa, Prosetta Bioscie...
TalkPolymath Ep. 15 | Transforming Health: ARPA-H Dash to Accelerate Health Outcomes
March 31, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this episode, we talk with Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)’s Inaugural Director, Dr. Renee Wegrzyn. ARPA-H, a new federal agency, accelerates accessible and equitable high-impact health solutions that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. To do this, ARPA-H aims to create new capabilities and solve important health problems for all Americans through ambitious, well-defined, and measurable programs. During our discussi...
Talk Polymath Ep.14 | Human Behavior in a Time of Global Disruption
December 12, 2022 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode, we talk with Colin Strong, Head of Behavioral Science at Ipsos. During our discussion, Colin differentiates behavioral science from traditional psychology and how the former can help us understand how to navigate the “liquid changing” sociopolitical and environmental situations currently happening on a global scale. Specifically, he offers his perspective on how the Pandemic affected the human condition, the behavioral changes that manifested, and how they may impact the cri...
Talk Polymath Ep.13 | Water Health: A Community-driven Approach to Data Science
November 21, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this episode we speak with Dr. Stacy Woods, Senior Data Scientist at the Science Office of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). As the in-house expert in statistics and data visualization, her work primarily focuses on different aspects of water health. Stacy discusses the key role community members play in water health projects, recounting her work on the highly publicized case of lead pipes poisoning residents in Flint, MI. There, she and her team established a public database,...
Talk Polymath Ep. 11 | The Circular Economy Meets the Future of Composting
August 31, 2022 19:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn this episode, we talk with Eric Klingenberg, Materials Science Lead, at the Mars Advanced Research Institute, the research arm of Mars, Inc. Eric discusses how the development of new packaging for Mars products involves thinking beyond recyclability. He and his colleagues at Mars explore a variety of materials and technologies that present opportunities for making use of waste materials while also reducing the amount that ends up in landfills. Learn more about how Eric assembles interdisc...
Talk Polymath Ep. 12 | Red Planet Rising: Organic and Other Matters
August 31, 2022 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Anastasia Yanchilina, a Research Scientist and “Rock Enchantress” at Impossible Sensing. Anastasia’s work is rooted in applying what we know about the past to what we can learn about the future. Combining her studies in paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, and climate policy with her expertise in geochemistry and geology, she analyzes data coming back from the 2020 Mars Perseverance Mission. Learn about her findings, including whether or not we’ll ever grow c...
Ep. 10 | Solving Climate Change on Earth: Sensing Technologies, Ocean Exploration, and Scientific Collaboration
July 20, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEp. 10 | Solving Climate Change on Earth: Sensing Technologies, Ocean Exploration, and Scientific Collaboration In this episode we talk with Pablo Sobron, Founder/Sensing Wizard at Impossible Sensing, and Research Scientist at the SETI Institute. Pablo discusses new sensing technologies that will map the ocean floor, and other harsh environments where these technologies can be applied to inform innovative climate change solutions. Listen to how his team of thinkers, engineers, and scient...
Ep. 9 | Interdisciplinary Collaborations: How Research Benefits From a Little Bit of Chaos
June 29, 2022 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Farshid Guilak, who was recently elected into the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to regenerative medicine and mechanobiology. Dr. Guilak is both the Mildred B. Simon Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and co-director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Throughout his career, Dr. Guilak has pursued interdisciplinary collaborations that create just enough chaos, and maybe a little art in the proces...
Ep. 8 | The Social Impact of Algorithmic Fairness
December 17, 2021 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBIn this episode, we talk with Peter Bergman and Sara Nadel of Learning Collider (https://www.learningcollider.org/), a research lab on a mission to accelerate socio-behavioral research to identify technology interventions that fight inequality. The lab partners with large-scale technology companies and organizations to access the high-dimensional data they collect, then use these massive data sets to assess discrimination and biases that impact hiring, loan decisions, and educational opportu...
Ep. 7 | Technological Convergence: A Historic Disruption in the Making
October 26, 2021 16:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this episode, we talk with Jamie Arbib, who with Tony Seba co-founded RethinkX, an independent think tank dedicated to analyzing and forecasting technology-driven disruption. RethinkX recently released a report on climate change mitigation. It questions conventional forecasting, which they believe underestimates complex system dynamics and the impact of technological disruption. During the conversation, Arbib discusses how a convergence of technologies will catalyze the "fastest, deepest...
Ep. 6 | Eye-trackers: Novel Technology for Concussions & Brain Health Research
July 07, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBThis episode of Talk Polymath discusses novel technologies for brain health and how eye movement can be used to diagnose and treat concussions. The guests will share the science behind their concussion diagnostic tool, the data that drives it, and how they see the future of brain health. Our guests are Rosina Samadani, Ph.D., CEO of Oculogica, and Dr. Uzma Samadani, M.D., Ph.D., Founder of Oculogica, Associate Professor, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the Universit...
Ep. 5 | Innovation Engines and Emerging Research
June 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBThis episode of Talk Polymath welcomes the longest-serving DARPA Director, Dr. Tony Tether who is joined by Boston University’s Head of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Dr. David Bishop (formerly with Bell Labs). The discussion focuses on the impact of innovation engines like DARPA and Bell Labs, and also explores some of the research they’re currently focused on – which includes superluminal travel, cardiac tissue engineering, Atto-Tesla magnetometry, and single atom print...
Ep. 4 | Brains, Behavior, and Human Performance
May 03, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThis episode of Talk Polymath focuses on the augmentation of human performance through scientific cognition and neuroscience programs. Our guests, Amy Kruse, Ph.D., Biologist & Partner at Prime Movers Lab, and Anna Skinner, Ph.D., Founder and President of BlackMoon, LLC, will explore cutting-edge research and technologies focused on optimizing human performance. Amy Kruse, Ph.D., is a Partner and Principal Biologist at Prime Movers Lab. As a neuroscientist and biologist, she discovers emerg...
Ep. 3 | COVID-19: The Cross-species Lifecycle of a Virus
March 30, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBThis episode of Talk Polymath focuses on the circle of life of infectious diseases like COVID-19 and how viruses spill back into the natural world through reverse zoonosis or anthroponosis. Our guests Krista Milich, Ph.D., biological anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis and Stephen Morse, Ph.D., epidemiologist at Columbia University Medical Center, will explore reasons for the increased emergence of zoonotic infectious diseases and the role human activity plays in this trend....
Ep. 2 | Reinventing Drug Manufacturing
March 02, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBThe second episode of the Talk Polymath podcast discusses the concept behind “Pharmacy on Demand” and how a distributed medicine manufacturing network could help create a safe and reliable supply of medicines for communities worldwide. Our guests for this episode are Tyler McQuade, Ph.D., Chief Innovation Officer, On Demand Pharmaceuticals; and Mickey McManus, Senior Advisor and Executive Coach at BCG, and Research Fellow Emeritus at Autodesk. Tyler McQuade, Ph.D., is a former Program Manag...
Ep. 1 | COVID19: The same as – and different than – previous pandemics
February 02, 2021 17:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBThe first Talk Polymath episode focuses on COVID-19 and how this pandemic mirrors and differs from previous ones. Our guests are William Warren, Ph.D., Vice President and head of FluNXT at Sanofi Pasteur; and José Ramón Fernández-Peña, MD, MPA, Director of Health Professions Advising at Northwestern University and President at American Public Health Association. Talk Polymath is Polyplexus.com's monthly podcast series which features evidence-based conversations and invites global science le...