Cancer Uncovered creator and host Kristen Wynn is excited to discuss the Cancer Uncovered Podcast at the 2024 South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas. She is part of a panel discussion called Scientific Storytelling: the Audio Advantage, on March 11, 2024. This preview of part 2 of Episode 35 with Oncology Physician Assistant Lindsay Kozicz (and her cat) will be a part of the Scientific Storytelling panel discussion.
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Episode 35: Shadowing an Oncology Physician Assistant, Part 1
In Part 1 of this episode, we prepare to shadow Livestrong Cancer Institutes Clinic Physician Assistant Lindsay Kozicz, by learning about the basics of a PA’s role in a cancer clinic, the history of the position and Lindsay’s personal journey towards this path.
Episode 34: The Sociology of Cancer: Cancerland, Pt. 2
Dr. Ozbakken returns for part 2 of her discussion with “Cancerland”. She discusses Generation Z’s power to demystify cancer with the power of social media, she also brings up how cancer changes generationally amongst populations, and she ends the episodes with how students themselves can make a difference within cancer.
Episode 32: The Sociology of Cancer: Cancerland
Cancer’s role in our society is oftentimes not looked at from a sociological standpoint. Rather, we approach cancer through a research and biological lens, however, there is much more to it than it meets the eye. In our latest podcast episode professor and sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Stephanie Osbakken dives deeper into our topic thanks to her class “Cancerland”, she gives her own experience with a cancer diagnosis, and gives advice on what students themselves can do to make an impact.
Episode 31: Clinical Research With Monae Carpenter and How to Demystify It
Clinical research manager within the department of oncology here at the Dell Medical School, Monae Carpenter, guides us through her career in research while also giving her perspective on how clinical research trials can better be understood and demystified.
Episode 30: Mental Health Awareness Month Playlist
As Mental Health Awareness Month closes, the Livestrong Cancer Institutes provides a playlist of past Cancer Uncovered episodes that feature mental health themes, and provide important information and resources for listeners.
Your Mental Health Awareness Month Playlist:
Episode 28: Mental Health Care and the Flatwater Foundation
Episode 16: The Young Adult Advisory Board at the Livestrong Cancer Institutes
Episode 9: Chemo Brain Fact and Fiction
Episode 3: A Research Pep Talk
Episode 2: Race and Medical Education
Episode 1: The Clinical Team
US Based Resources if you or someone you know needs mental health support:
Crisis Life Line, text or call 988, or call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
Episode 29, Part 2: Pulling Back the Curtain! Medical School Questions Answered.
Current UT Austin Dell Medical School Students Rachel Gorham and Brooke Upchurch “pull back the curtain” and give us the basics of Medical School – what the process is like and what their experiences have been thus far.
Episode 29, Part 1: Pulling Back the Curtain! Medical School Questions Answered.
Current UT Austin Dell Medical School Students Rachel Gorham and Brooke Upchurch “pull back the curtain” and give us the basics of Medical School – what the process is like and what their experiences have been thus far.
Cancer Uncovered March 2023 Special: Cancer Genomics SPRINT 2023
Jeanne Kowalski-Muegge https://dellmed.utexas.edu/directory/jeanne-kowalski-muegge and Lynda Gonzales https://cns.utexas.edu/directory/lynda-gonzales inform about the upcoming Cancer Genomics SPRINT. A first event of its kind hosted by the Livestrong Cancer Institutes.
Episode 28, Part 2: Mental Health Care with the Flatwater Foundation and Mark Garza
In this continuation of Episode 28, UT Austin Grad Student Eugenio Sobrevilla and LCI’s Kristen Wynn sit down with Mark Garza, Founder of the Flatwater Foundation, an organization based in Austin, Texas that exists to erase the financial burden of mental health care for those facing cancer, as well as their extended family.