Master Minds

🚨 New episode alert 🚨 start your weekend right with episode 13!

In this episode of Master Minds, we sit down with Dr. Graham Colditz, epidemiologist and public health expert. Dr. Colditz is the Associate Director for Prevention and Control at Siteman Cancer Center and Chief of the Division of Public Health Sciences in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr. Colditz is an internationally recognized leader and researcher in cancer and chronic disease prevention and is currently the 4th highest cited researcher in the world with an h-index of 299.

Throughout this episode, you will hear about Dr. Colditz’s background coming from Australia to the US, cancer epidemiology and prevention, and specific risk factors for cancer.

Episode 12 is out just in time to keep you entertain spring break☀️🏝!!

In this episode of Master Minds, we sit down with someone who is somewhat of a celebrity among the pre-med students at WashU. Dr. Greg Polites is the founder of MedPrep, an emergency medicine physician, and the chair of the central subcommittee on the Admissions Committee for the Washington University School of Medicine.

Over the course of this episode, you will see how Dr. Polites’ love of medicine and love of teaching coevolved and led to his extensive career in both clinical practice and guiding students on their own journey into medicine.

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Hereeee comes Episode 1️⃣1️⃣ 👀

In this episode of the podcast, we’re taking a slight detour from our usual guest. Professor Rebecca Messbarge—Professor of Italian 🇮🇹 and Dir. of Medical Humanities at WashU—is an expert in how literature 📚 and art 🖼 inform modern medicine.

This episode is a fascinating dive into medieval history 🗺, Boccaccio’s Decameron, Frankenstein, and much more. Maybe after hearing Prof. Messbarger talk, you too will find yourself, a pious premed, making room in your schedule to dabble in the humanities.

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We are so excited to have had the opportunity to sit down with Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis, Mark Wrighton. Wrighton made a name for himself in the world of chemistry by making major contributions to photochemistry 🧪 and energy research ⚡ that have grand implications for climate change mitigation.

Listen now to hear about the former Chancellor’s career in chemistry, his leading role in Washington University’s rise over the last twenty years, and why his colleagues at MIT knew him as 'Magic Mark'!