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MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School

MEDICUS – the Podcast shines a spotlight on the people whose very ideas are shaping the future of science and medicine. Produced by Duke-NUS Medical School, a landmark collaboration between Duke University and the National University of Singapore, the podcast shares the stories of scientists who are working on the Little Red Dot to transform medicine and improve lives for people in Singapore and around the world. We cover what we know best--from COVID-19 science to neurological conditions and

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39:32

Anatomy of innovation: teaching with purpose

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2025/09/30

From virtual reality to 3D-printed tonsils and spines and even digitised human cadavers, the classroom of tomorrow is already here at Duke-NUS. But beyond the cool factor, how do these tools and innovations actually help medical students learn—and how does one decide what tech belongs in the curriculum? In this episode, Professor Fernando Bello shares how his TELI team brings these education-enhancing innovations into the medical classroom. He discusses how educators are being equipped to int...

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First call: From medical student to emergency doctor

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2025/07/03

The moment you graduate from medical school, a thousand questions and more rush in. “Will I be ready?” “What’s life like as a junior doctor?” “Did I pick the right specialty?” These are questions that Dr Jeremy Pong, a Class of 2020 graduate who started his career in the middle of a pandemic, is no stranger to. Now as an emergency doctor at Singapore General Hospital, Jeremy looks back at his first years on the job—from navigating PGY1 to finding his footing (and his passion) in emergen...

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In the blood: Catching cancer before it strikes again

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2025/03/18

Cancer recurrence is often deadlier than the original disease, especially when it spreads undetected. Yet for survivors, post-treatment monitoring can be a financial, emotional and mental burden—relying on costly, invasive tests with no guarantees. But what if detecting cancer was as simple as a blood test? In this episode, Dr Debleena Ray, the founder of the biotech startup 2Strands Biosciences and a former Duke-NUS post-doctoral fellow, shares how she’s bridging research and ent...

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41:06

Blue Zone 2.0: In search of the blue tick of long life

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2024/12/03

Can simply desiring a longer, healthier life help make it a reality? The concept of “manifesting”—the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year for 2024—suggests it might. But as we explore Singapore’s transformation into the world’s first self-made Blue Zone, we find that there’s much more to living longer than just wanting it. Join us as sociologist Associate Professor Angelique Chan from Duke-NUS’ Centre for Ageing Research and Education peels back the layers of what it really ta...

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36:34

From Asia’s frontline: Managing the ever-present risk...

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2024/08/20

In Episode 12 of MEDICUS – the podcast, we sit down with immunologist Rukie de Alwis from Duke-NUS’ Centre for Outbreak Preparedness, and virologist Erik Karlsson from the Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, to discuss the threat of bird flu, in particular H5N1, to Southeast Asia.While many headlines talk about the outbreak of H5N1 in cows, a variant of the virus has been circulating in Southeast Asia for quite some time. That virus may not infect cows, but it has on occasion jumped into humans wi...

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Restoring humanity in the age of AI

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2024/05/08

In Episode 11 of MEDICUS – the podcast, we sit down with Devanand Anantham, who leads the new SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute, to take stock of how far medicine has come, the potential of AI and why it is high time we reframe our conversations about health. Take for example Mrs Tan. The retiree likes nothing more than to spend hours tending to her garden, but recently her knee has been giving her a lot of pain, robbing her of the joy and serenity she enjoyed so much whil...

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16:42

From burnout to balance: How to adopt a sustainable...

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2024/02/07

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Collaborations that click: the secret behind the...

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2023/10/23

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Creative connections: Drawing inspiration from...

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2023/07/25

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Fishing for telomeres: two scientists are measuring...

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2023/05/04

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From ragweed to dust mites: we navigate the sneezes...

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2023/02/16

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29:15

Sleeping your way to better health

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2022/11/10

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Tangoing with mosquitoes to end dengue's deadly dance

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2022/08/12

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Dying for a good death: having the conversations we...

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2022/05/20

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MEDICUS - the Podcast: Episode 1

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2022/02/15

Scientists from Duke-NUS and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) found that 2003 SARS survivors who have been vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine produced highly potent functional antibodies that are capable of neutralising not only all known SARS-CoV-2.To learn more about the science being driven out of Singapore and the people behind it, go to: www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus

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MEDICUS - the Podcast: Episode 2

MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School ·

2022/02/15

In this episode of MEDICUS – the Podcast, we hear from three intrepid virus hunters from Duke-NUS Medical School who travel around the region to study what viruses lurk in bats and small mammals and could just possibly become the next pandemic. You can also read more about their work in MEDICUS 2021 Issue 4.Subscribe to MEDICUS to never miss another podcast and read our award-winning stories at www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus Credits:Additional sounds from: Jim Rogalski

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