CU Anschutz 360

What makes an athlete a super athlete? How are human eating habits affected by our evolution? What’s the science behind long COVID? CU Anschutz 360 is a podcast that explores these questions and more, with experts devoted to finding the answers. We feature research and stories about ground-breaking science, explained by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus faculty.

Episodes

CAR T-Cell Pioneer Takes Aim at Where No Campus Has Gone Before

May 5, 2023 • 28 mins

In this episode of the CU Anschutz 360 podcast, Terry Fry, MD, the inaugural executive director and Charles C. Gates Endowed Chair of the Gates Institute, explains how the institute is heading toward new frontiers of targeted cell and gene therapies for cancers and other rare diseases. Fry talks about the latest advances in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR T) cell therapies, which he helped pioneer at the National Institutes of Healt...

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At CU Anschutz, the Future of AI Is Here

March 10, 2023 • 34 mins

In this episode of the CU Anschutz 360 podcast, Casey Greene, PhD, the founding chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, offers insights into the rapid development of artificial intelligence and its implications for advancements in research and healthcare. He discusses ethical issues around AI, the rise of biobanks and personalized medicine, using technology to improve pati...

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COMBAT Seeks to Solve Military's Clinical Challenges, Translate Science for Civilian Communities

February 6, 2023 • 30 mins

This episode of CU Anschutz 360 focuses on the Center for Combat and Battlefield Research at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Launched in January 2019, the COMBAT Center conducts research that impacts clinical patient care, battlefield casualty and trauma care, and critical, large-scale societal issues including mental health. Using multidisciplinary and collaborative teams, the center conducts clinically re...

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Seeing a Regressive Form of Down Syndrome From All Sides

November 8, 2022 • 26 mins

This episode of CU Anschutz 360 focuses on the mysterious and debilitating condition known as Down Syndrome Regression Disorder. DSRD is a severe neurological condition with symptoms such as loss of speech, inability to perform activities of daily life, hallucinations, delusions and insomnia. Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, including Joaquin Espinosa, PhD, executive director of the Linda Crnic Inst...

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CAR T-Cell Therapy Transforming Science and Cancer Patient Outcomes at CU Anschutz

August 15, 2022 • 24 mins

This episode of CU Anschutz 360 focuses on a promising breakthrough therapy for patients with large B-cell lymphoma, an aggressive subtype of the disease. The clinical trial was led by Manali Kamdar, MD, clinical director of the lymphoma program in the Division of Hematology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. In the trial for relapsed patients or patients who didn’t respond to treatment initially, CAR T-cell therapy ...

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OCD ruled Moksha Patel's life until a rare surgical procedure changed everything

May 2, 2022 • 39 mins

Moksha Patel is a successful senior instructor at CU School of Medicine. He has been dealing with severe OCD his whole life. When he came to CU Anschutz as a fellow in hospital medicine, his advisors intervened. After a year of clearing insurance and procedural hurdles, Patel underwent deep brain stimulation - an invasive surgery that delivers currents to the brain through generators in the chest. He and Rachel Davis, MD, talk abou...

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How Nature Compels us to Overeat

April 27, 2022 • 36 mins

In this episode of CU Anschutz 360, Johnson expounds on why humans tend to overeat and gain weight, and why it’s rooted in nature. What do we have in common with hibernating bears, sperm whales and emperor penguins? What triggers fat storage for animals and how can we learn from them to understand the human metabolic condition?

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Looking for the cause and future treatments of Alzheimer's

March 10, 2022 • 26 mins

This episode of CU Anschutz 360 explores Alzheimer's research, featuring the inspiring teamwork of Diego Restrepo, PhD, and Maria Nagel, MD. Their random meeting in 2018 led to focused study and insights into the triggers, or accelerants, of Alzheimer’s as well as potential therapies for this devastating disease. Thomas Flaig, MD, vice chancellor of research, also joins the discussion.

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The Science of Super Athletes: Iñigo San Millán

November 2, 2021 • 33 mins

Media relations senior director David Kelly speaks with Iñigo San Millán, a researcher at the CU School of Medicine and trainer of super athletes, including the most recent two-time Tour de France winner. Doctor San Millan uses his work with athletes, including a stint as a cyclist and soccer player himself, to learn more about how our metabolism affects cancer, diabetes and other diseases. He implores exercise is the most powerful...

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How Does Social Media Affect Our Mental Health?

June 8, 2021 • 31 mins

In this episode of CU Anschutz 360, Emily Hemendinger, LCSW, explores the positive and negative consequences of social media use on our mental health. She asserts that the COVID-19 pandemic, when social media use skyrocketed, caused a mental health crisis.

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Changing her Course: Mountain Biker Rides Out Long COVID

April 30, 2021 • 29 mins

It’s Real: Doctor, Patient Face Mysterious Long COVID

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CU-Led Playbook Gives Rural Health Leaders a Voice

March 15, 2021 • 42 mins

When the pandemic struck last spring, rural health experts at CU and the Colorado Hospital Association fanned out to ask rural healthcare leaders what was working and what wasn’t amid the public health crisis. The result is a 134-page playbook that is getting rave reviews from healthcare leaders and policymakers nationwide.

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Closing the Cancer Care Gap Can Be a Matter of Life and Death

February 25, 2021 • 24 mins

CU Cancer Center’s Cathy Bradley works to put treatment within everyone’s reach.

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Covid Reflections: Public Health with Jonathan Samet, MD, and Glen Mays, PhD

December 22, 2020 • 40 mins

Dean of the Colorado School of Public Health Dr. Jonathan Samet and chair of the department of health systems, management and policy at the Colorado School of Public Health Dr. Glen Mays talk about modeling, lockdowns and what this pandemic means for the future of public health.

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Covid Reflections: Steven Berkowitz, MD

December 8, 2020 • 28 mins

Professor of psychiatry Dr. Stephen Berkowitz talks about the mental health crisis stemming from the immediate disruptive nature of the pandemic. We discuss whether any of us will ever be the same, and how wholesale change could be a good thing in the long run.

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Covid Reflections: Sean O'Leary, MD

November 24, 2020 • 29 mins

Sean O’Leary, MD, discusses role of children in the pandemic, and why the disease rarely causes them serious health problems. O’Leary also talks about his own battle with the coronavirus which continues despite the fact that he’s over the illness.

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Covid Reflections: Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH/MSPH

November 24, 2020 • 35 mins

In this episode of Covid Reflections, Dr. Matthew Wynia talks about how the pandemic took bioethics out of the realm of the theoretical directly into real life - and the far-reaching implications of how the country failed to come together in this crisis.

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Covid Reflections: Michelle Barron, MD

November 10, 2020 • 34 mins

The first episode in our series Covid Reflections, CU Anschutz infectious disease expert Michelle Barron, MD, reflects on how the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded, and how her thinking has evolved.

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CU Lung Cancer Specialist: ‘You Have to Personalize the Miracles’.

November 2, 2020 • 61 mins

What are some of the common misconceptions about lung cancer patients? How is the CU Cancer Center pioneering some of the most advanced and personalized treatments for the disease? Listen to the CU Anschutz 360 podcast, just in time for November’s Lung Cancer Awareness Month, to find out.

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Talking Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement at CU Anschutz

August 25, 2020 • 39 mins

The new CU Anschutz Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement has a lot on its plate. Associate Vice Chancellor Dr. Regina Richards and her team want to be drivers for systemic, strategic and sustainable changes campuswide. “We’re stronger together than we ever will be apart,” she said. “Our work is about unifying these key areas and really using diversity, equity, inclusion and community engagement to focus o...

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Episodes

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COMBAT Seeks to Solve Military's Clinical Challenges, Translate Science for Civilian Communities

Seeing a Regressive Form of Down Syndrome From All Sides

CAR T-Cell Therapy Transforming Science and Cancer Patient Outcomes at CU Anschutz

OCD ruled Moksha Patel's life until a rare surgical procedure changed everything

How Nature Compels us to Overeat

Looking for the cause and future treatments of Alzheimer's

The Science of Super Athletes: Iñigo San Millán

How Does Social Media Affect Our Mental Health?

Changing her Course: Mountain Biker Rides Out Long COVID

CU-Led Playbook Gives Rural Health Leaders a Voice

Closing the Cancer Care Gap Can Be a Matter of Life and Death

Covid Reflections: Public Health with Jonathan Samet, MD, and Glen Mays, PhD

Covid Reflections: Steven Berkowitz, MD

Covid Reflections: Sean O'Leary, MD

Covid Reflections: Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH/MSPH

Covid Reflections: Michelle Barron, MD

CU Lung Cancer Specialist: ‘You Have to Personalize the Miracles’.

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