This Could Change Everything is a podcast produced by the McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program. In this podcast, Joe Kim talks to post-docs whose research could change the world. From turning carbon dioxide into fuel to fostering a strong children-rights movement, hear passionate young researchers talk about the work they’ve dedicated their lives to.
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Dr. Andrea Johnson wants to improve the lives of adolescents living with advanced cancer. She researches quality of life in this group of patients.
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Andrea is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and a Research Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Joe Kim is an Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University and is actively involved in the science of teaching and learning.
This Could Change Everything is a podcast produced by the McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program at McMaster University.
Dr. Amir Foroozan wants to convert carbon emissions to fuel. He’s searching for an electrochemical way of turning CO2 into a fuel.
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Dr. Amir Foroozan wants to convert carbon emissions to fuel.
Dr. Amir Foroozan was part of the 2023/2024 cohort of the McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching & Leadership Program.
Polar bears live on sea ice but their habitat is melting due to climate change. Dr. Ruth Rivkin studies DNA from polar bears to understand how we can help them survive this profound shift.
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Dr. Ruth Rivkin studies DNA from polar bears to understand how we can help them survive this profound shift.
Dr. Ruth Rikvin is an NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Manitoba, working jointly for Polar Bears International and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
Dr. Andrew Thompson tells Dr. Joe Kim how our increasing consumption of antidepressants could be changing fish and other aquatic animals. The effect can last generations. Andrew says we need to act now to protect the natural world from irrevocable change.
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Dr. Andrew Thompson tells Dr. Joe Kim how our increasing consumption of antidepressants could be changing fish and other aquatic animals. The effect can last generations and Andrew says we need to act now to protect aquatic animals from our actions.
Dr. Andrew Thompson was a MITACS Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biology at McMaster University. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Erin Leonard’s Lab in the Biology Department at the Faculty of Science at Wilfred Laurier University.
Emily Scherzinger believes that by empowering children, we will create a richer, fuller and more equitable society for everyone. It’s an idea that she thinks could change our world for the better.
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Dr. Emily Scherzinger is a post-doctoral fellow studying children’s rights at the McMaster Child and Youth University.
Emily was a 2022/2023 Fellow at The McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program.