The HudCast
Hi! We are Mikee and Ben, two bros who met while doing PhDs. We've been in uni for a reaaaallly long time and have done a hell of a lot of studying between us. One of the most surprising things we've both learnt is that scientists are people. Normal, everyday, brilliant and funny people. Here we are going to chat to a few, about their work, their lives and have a bit of fun with them!
Episodes
This week, we actually see our guest (the amazing Dr Amy Wilson) face to face. It's all the same Hudcast shenanigans, but this time, in person!
Amy finished her PhD alongside Mikee and is now a postdoc within the centre and is studying Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers.
Read about her amazing work here:
https://hudson.org.au/researcher-profile/amy-wilson/
Professor Beverley Vollenhoven sits down to chat with us about her clinical work, research life and everything in between. We absolutely love chatting to professors. They've been through it all and are a treasure trove of wisdom and hilarious stories.
Dr Paris Papagiannis joins us to chat about how unlucky she's been in science. Seriously, you think you're unlucky? Trust us, Paris has got you beat! She also chats about her current work in the cellular landscape of the lungs and how cells interact with each other to proliferate and maintain homeostasis.
Read more about Paris' work here:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paris-Papagianis
Dr Daniel Rolnik joins us to chat about his career as a maternal fetal medicine specialist, his work leading a multicentre, randomised trial on the prediction and prevention of pre-eclampsia and how football (translation: soccer) is like religion.
Read more about Daniel's work here:
https://www.monash.edu/medicine/scs/researchers/daniel-rolnik
Dr Tom Forbes joins us to chat about his career as a pediatrician, his PhD work in stem cell research and life lessons learnt during lockdown.
Read more about Tom's work here:
https://www.melbournepaediatricspecialists.com.au/profile/dr-tom-forbes/
Dr Shavi Fernando joins us to chat about his as a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist, the research he's done and what it's like to be a dad during the pandemic.
Read more about Shavi'swork here:
https://www.drshavifernando.com/
AAANNNDD WEEE'RRRREEEE BAAAACCCKKK
Dr Shayanti Mukherjee joins us to chat about her work in pelvic organ prolapse, her journey around the world to get here and how well she's going to treat her new honours student!
Read more about Shayantis work here:
https://hudson.org.au/researcher-profile/dr-shayanti-mukherjee/
Dear HudCasters.
We put this little video episode together just to say a special thank you to everyone who has taken part in our little show this year.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄🎄
https://t.co/GSS8DZm2uQ
Follow the link to see the faces of all our guests!
https://youtu.be/xKYTGuk_wtk
This week we are joined by the awesome Professor Rod Hunt!
He is dedicated to investigating ways to protect baby brains and asks us all to live in the moment. Check out his track record here! You will be blown away!
https://hudson.org.au/latest-news/major-gift-to-neonatal-paediatrics/
This week we are joined by the awesome Dr Michael Leung, who is changing the game when it comes to tertiary learning.
Anyone whos sat in lectures and tutes before knows how difficult it can be to apply that knowledge to the real world. So let's take the real world to the classroom!
This week we are joined by not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 scientists!
Dr Emily Camm joins us to chat about her work in all things 'getting babies to grow better', and conditions such as placental sufficiency and fetal growth restriction. Not only that, but she joins our chat with 3 'scientists in the making'. 3 very awesome honours and future PhD students; Beth Piscopo, Charmaine Rock, and Tegan White,...
DID YOU MISS US?!
.... Did you even notice that we were gone?
We took a little break but are back with a new episode out tonight! Episode 28 out now! We chat with a researcher who works on endometriosis, moved to Melbourne during the lockdown and he partakes in some classic Melbourne vs Adelaide banter. Check it out, wherever you get your podcasts 😎👨🏻🔬👨🏼🔬
Check out Thomas' work here:
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This week we are joined by a very special guest, the totally awesome Professor Graham Jenkin! His research focuses on fetal and neonatal wellbeing, in particular at-risk pregnancies, including Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR), infection in pregnancy, fetal and perinatal hypoxia, and premature birth.
He is also an avid sailor with the nickname "Captain Bligh". Tune in to find out why!
https://hudson.org.au/...
This week we are joined by the awesome Professor Eric Morand
Professor Eric Morand is Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University's largest clinical school, and a physician-scientist. So we make sure to talk about some really important issues, like how cool students are, what his favorite band is, and how many instruments he knows how to play! (it's a lot)
Check out his w...
This week we are joined by the awesome Dr Fiona Cousins.
You may remember the very cryptic "Whachchaa" HudcastHello a few weeks back. Well, we found her and got her to explain just what that was! We also chat about her amazing work in endometriosis and her journey from Scotland to get here.
Check out her work here:
https://hudson.org.au/researcher-profile/dr-fiona-cousins/fiona-cousins/
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This week we are joined by the awesome double Dr Atul Malhotra.
Atul is a clinician-scientist who's work focuses on identifying and treating brain injury in babies. He does this with some really high tech analysis and cutting edge science.
Check out his work here:
https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/atul-malhotra
https://www.onesimeducation.com/
This week we are joined by the awesome Dr Nicole Campbell.
She is investigating the utility of interferons as a treatment for ovarian cancer, loves pokemon and is an absolute baking whiz!
Check out her work here:
https://hudson.org.au/researcher-profile/nicole-campbell/
This week we chat with the totally awesome Associate Professor Rebecca Lim!
A/Professor Rebecca Lim is a Deputy Centre Head of The Ritchie Centre where she leads the Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies Theme. She sat down with us to chat about her involvement with some really awesome science and huge clinical trials! Also how her love of Japanese sword fighting helped her find love and the lessons she learnt when ...
This week we are joined by the awesome Dr Annie McDougall. We chat about life leading into research and the choice to move on to something new.
Annie is also currently volunteering at the amazing PANDA. An organization dedicated to supporting those dealing with Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia.
There is no health without mental health
https://www.panda.org.au/
This week we chat to the awesome Dr Paulo Pinares-Garcia on using some pretty high-tech equipment to study signalling within the brain and how this may improve the treatment of Epilepsy. He's also an awesome musician! Listen close for some musical gems hidden in this episode!
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