PASCV: Gone Viral

"Patience you must have, my young padawan".In today's episode of PASCV: Gone Viral, we feature Dr. Duane Newton, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA. Where we discuss mentorship, whether it be in the clinical laboratory, medical profession, academic promotion, industry, or even personally; what to look for in a mentor, advice on where to start, and how to have an authentic mentor-mentee relationship.Apologies for the poor sound quality, I apparently recorded the episode through a potato as opposed to my podcasting

We are back with another episode of PASCV: Gone Viral, featuring Dr. Mondraya Howard, talking all about human papillomavirus (HPV). We discuss the clinical significance of HPV, diagnostic landscape, guidelines for cervical cancer screening, and other shenanigans.PASCV 2025 Annual Meeting Registration:https://www.pascv.org/page/pascvASCCP Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines:https://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/Fulltext/2021/07000/The_ASCCP_Cervical_Cancer_Screening_Task_Force.1.aspxHPV

Happy New Year!We are back with another episode of PASCV: Gone Viral, featuring Drs. Courtney Dial and Christopher Kendra, talking all about the CPEP Clinical Fellowship program through the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). We discuss what the fellowship is, challenges of fellowship, advice for applying into programs, and personal experiences.Apply for a CPEP Clinical Fellowship:https://asm.org/fellowships/cpepPASCV Clinical Microbiology Board Review Course:

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!December's episode of PASCV: Gone Viral features Dr. Diego Hijano, a pediatric infectious disease physician, where we discuss the Mature Minor Doctrine, the clarification act, and it's impacts on pediatric immunization and medical practice in minors.Check out the paper published by Dr. Hijano in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (Feb 2024):https://academic.oup.com/jpids/article/13/2/155/7597167Additional Information:Dr. Hijano's Biography and contact

Birds & Cows & Pigs, oh my!Two hosts!? Two Bens!? In episode 3 of PASCV: Gone Viral, Dr. Erin Graf and Dr. Nina Gao speak with Drs. Benjamin Pinsky & Benjamin Bradley on the topic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1).Check out the paper published by Dr. Pinsky & Dr. Bradley in the Journal of Clinical Virology (Oct 2024):https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386653224000854Additional Information:CDC Avian Influenza Homepage:

Another Podcast episode! Sorry.In episode 2, featuring Dr. Agatha Jassem, Head of Virology at the BCCDC Laboratory, and Clinical Associate Professor, UBC - two Canadians discuss Enterovirus D68. What is enterovirus D68? Who apologizes first? How do you pronounce "poutine"? Tune in and find out!Check out the paper by Dr. Jassem's group, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases earlier this

Fox in socks. Talks of pox. Podcast talk of pox that rocks.In the inaugural episode 1, we feature Dr. Meghan Starolis, Senior Science Director of Infectious Disease, Quest Diagnostics, where we talk all things Mpox and poxviruses.Check out the review article by Dr. Hata et al., published in the Journal of Clinical Virology earlier this year:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386653224000817Additional information/links:August 2024 CDC HAN:

What is PASCV: Gone Viral? Is it only about viruses? Will it actually go viral?In this introductory episode "0", we'll introduce PASCV: Gone Viral, the official podcast for the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, who your hosts are, and the type of content you can expect out of the rebooted (mutated? [viral joke]) podcast series.