Episode 4 - Dr. Matt Menard, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Episode 4 - Dr. Matt Menard, Brigham & Women's Hospital
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May 2020 – 31 MIN
Episode 4 - Dr. Matt Menard, Brigham & Women's Hospital
We discuss what makes the patient and surgeon relationship unique and the importance of removing departmental silos in an effort to generate productive research.
Jess sits down with Dr. Bryan Bryson (Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering, MIT/Associate Member, Ragon Institute) to discuss the fun of trial and error and how it led to his passion for science at a young age. Dr. Bryson discusses the importance of creating shared languages to build support and increase scientific impact across fields and levels of expertise. We also discuss the role of fun and fostering workplace friendships in initiating research collaborations. As an infectious disease expert, Dr. Bryson discusses the global impact of Tuberculosis and what success will look like in the COVID-19 recovery. Lastly, we discuss the beauty of science and the exquisite representation of an immune system response to pathogens through the medium of watercolors.
“I think science is our best honest effort to get to the truth”
-Dr. Matt Menard
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