Dr. Will's Neighborhood

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/BartFootballRepeat.mp3{/jwplayer} We try to keep our repeats to a minimum but this episode was recorded last September with Bart Burrell who played football at Purdue and remains an active supportive in the sport. We spoke with him about the challenge of keeping players safe from injury and the lingering consequences of playing this amazing, popular, yet physically demanding sport. In light of the continuing publicity about the problems with concussions and their long term effects on players, Bart has insight that is clarifying and helpful.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/tomturpin.mp3{/jwplayer}   Dr. Tom Turpin! Today we enjoy our conversation with a legendary scientist, Entomologist Tom Turpin of Purdue University. Tom is known around the country as “The Bug Man” and is a brilliant, engaging scholar. This is a conversation Glenn and I had with him back in September and I know you will love it.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/morrispupillo.mp3{/jwplayer}   Fiscal Cliff & The Secret Service Just before the election two notable individuals visited the Purdue campus for an event. Kristen Morris is Divisional Vice President of Government Affairs for Abbott Industries and is an authority on national financial matters. She spoke to us about the Fiscal Cliff. And Dale Pupillo is with the Secret Service and over his long career has served several Presidents. Interesting conversation with two outstanding individuals.    

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/SchoolTragedyB.mp3{/jwplayer}   Dr. Sally Miller! Today the conversation continues with Dr. Sally Miller, a nationally recognized expert on grief and loss who has also had a long career in public education as a teacher and school principal. She know the challenges of the school environment and the vulnerabilities of creating and protecting a environment of learning, safety and joy.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/SchoolTragedy.mp3{/jwplayer}   Dr. Sally Miller! Today Dr. Sally Miller, a nationally recognized expert on grief and loss who has also had a long career in public education as a teacher and school principal. She know the challenges of the school environment and the vulnerabilities of creating and protecting a environment of learning, safety and joy.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/DrDukes.mp3{/jwplayer}       Dr. Tom Dukes! Today we speak with Therapist and Professor Dr. Tom Dukes about his work training individuals becoming counselors in the school setting. In this terrible moment when the safety of schools and the state of mental health interventions in America are on our minds, Tom is an expert in this area. This will be the first of many discussions with Professor Dukes.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/GradJOLT.mp3{/jwplayer} Graduation Jolt! Continuing to speak with Professor Glenn Sparks, Professor at the Brian Lamb school of Communication at Purdue. We talk about our upcoming book “Graduation Jolt” a cautionary tale for college seniors. It will be available as an eBook after the first of the year. Nightmare in Connecticut…

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/DrSparks1.mp3{/jwplayer} Singapore & CSI It's always an interesting conversation with Professor Glenn Sparks, Professor at the Brian Lamb school of Communication at Purdue. A renowned and engaged research scholar, Glenn talks about his award winning project presented in Singapore last week on the now named "CSI Effect" on juries. MORE…

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/Nurseagain.mp3{/jwplayer} Nurses Rock! Dr. Rebecca Horn is a Nurse Practitioner specializing in neonatal care. She is also a faculty member at St. Elizabeth School of Nursing, a Baccalaureate program training the next generation of Registered Nurses. This profession has undergone great change in the past decade and nurses are assuming more responsibility for direct care than ever. Dr. Becky talks to us about the career of nursing and its unfolding role in the evolving universe that is the American health care system.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/frpat2.mp3{/jwplayer}  Father Patrick I am always curious about what motivates an individual to pursue a particular career. Beyond the platitudes of wanting a good quality of life, career choices are consequential to be sure. Choosing a life as a teacher, nurse, police officer or firefighter is a passion for many, often made early in life. This is true of opting for business, law or medicine as well. But this latter cluster also has significant economic variables as well, not lost on anyone. A fire fighter has no illusions of great accumulation of wealth or influence. Clearly a business professional can aspire to both. And so it goes.     But then there are those who make an even more stark choice, to eschew the ambitions of accumulation and enter a life devoted to service without economic reward. I think of the women I have known who enter a convent, the men who enter monastic life. What is this call to become a priest? We sometimes take for granted that there are individuals among us who make this unique life choice. Today we speak with a remarkable individual serving our community. Father Patrick Baikauskas, a Dominican priest who is Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish on the Purdue Campus who talks about his life and career today and tomorrow.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/FrPatrick.mp3{/jwplayer} Father Patrick I am always curious about what motivates an individual to pursue a particular career. Beyond the platitudes of wanting a good quality of life, career choices are consequential to be sure. Choosing a life as a teacher, nurse, police officer or firefighter is a passion for many, often made early in life. This is true of opting for business, law or medicine as well. But this latter cluster also has significant economic variables as well, not lost on anyone. A fire fighter has no illusions of great accumulation of wealth or influence. Clearly a business professional can aspire to both. And so it goes.   But then there are those who make an even more stark choice, to eschew the ambitions of accumulation and enter a life devoted to service without economic reward. I think of the women I have known who enter a convent, the men who enter monastic life. What is this call to become a priest? We sometimes take for granted that there are individuals among us who make this unique life choice. Today we speak with a remarkable individual serving our community. Father Patrick Baikauskas, a Dominican priest who is Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish on the Purdue Campus who talks about his life and career today and tomorrow.

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/Science2.mp3{/jwplayer} December 7, 2012 Part 2 of our conversation with David Ewing Duncan and Dr. Sandra Asmodt who write about science for multiple media outlets. Part of their responsibility is to clarify what information is reliable in the world of media where conjecture and rumor often spread as if the truth. Sandra and David assume responsibility to help us understand the difference between real science and junk science. They are in the truth and accuracy business, helping us find real hope along with grounded expectations.   AND … Today is the anniversary of the tragedy in Pearl Harbor. MORE…

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/ScienceWriters.mp3{/jwplayer} We probably don’t often think about the unique challenge involved in writing about developments in scientific research for public consumption. We read a story in our local paper, or see a report on television summarizing a study or describing a breakthrough in science and assume the details are accurate and reliable. But who actually wrote the article or the news reader’s script? How well did it convey the information? This is no small matter when the public is riveted to the possibilities affecting their cancer, heart disease or diabetes. What is really coming due on climate changes? Will my cell phone really give me a brain tumor?  Today’s guests, Sandra Aamodt and David Ewing Duncan are among the best in their profession of science journalism. While at Purdue for a visit and to record an episode of NPR’s Tech Nation with Moira Gunn, they graciously agreed to come to the neighborhood and talk to us about their work. MORE…

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/Cancer2.mp3{/jwplayer} December 4, 2012 Purdue Cancer Research It should not be surprising that many of the professionals laboring in the field of cancer research were motivated by personal experiences. Dr. Tim Ratliff and Tim Bobillo of the Purdue Cancer Research Center are no exceptions. The passion they feel for conquering this public health nightmare is a driving force. Continuing yesterday’s conversation with these two cancer warriors and their remarkable team of scientists and engineers they share the hope and optimism they feel about progress well underway.        MORE…

{jwplayer}http://drwill.com/images/podcast/cancer1.mp3{/jwplayer} Purdue Cancer Research There is no more anxiety producing health issue than cancer! Even the suspicion that a set of symptoms will be ruled cancer is a terrifying experience. Amy and I talk to Dr. Timothy Ratliff, Executive Director of the Purdue Cancer Research Center and Tim Bobillo, Director of Development.   This research endeavor is an active, multi-disciplinary part of the national hunt for prevention and cure and intervention. They speak about the frustrations of current chemo therapies abut also great hope for the progress being made in research and development.   MORE …