The Incubator At The Bench

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#030 - Hydrogen, Metformin, and the First Two Hours - Rethinking HIE Neuroprotection with Brian Kalish

2026-09-1746:48

In this episode, Misty and Betsy sit down with Dr. Brian Kalish, a neonatologist-neuroscientist at Boston Children's Hospital, for a wide-ranging conversation on building a career at the intersection of fetal and neonatal brain injury research. Brian traces his path from public health and pediatric surgery to neuroscience, describes what "technical courage" means in the lab, and shares the story behind his move to SickKids Toronto and back. He discusses his lab's work on Down syndrome neurobi...

#029 - What If Regulatory T Cells Hold the Key to Preterm Birth?

2026-08-2701:03:09

What happens when a mom's immune system loses its tolerance for pregnancy, and a physician-scientist builds an entire lab, and career, around figuring out why? On this episode of At the Bench, hosts Ben Fensterheim and David McCulley sit down with Dr. Jackie Lajiness, a neonatologist and physician-scientist at Indiana University. Dr. Lajiness traces her path from an undergraduate laser spectroscopy lab to an MD-PhD, and shares her current research using a mouse model of regulatory T-cell (Tre...

#028 - Can a Dual Career Couple Build One Lab and Two Careers?

2026-06-1754:01

What happens when a scientist and a clinician scientist build a lab together, and an entire career, around the same disease? On this episode of At the Bench, Misty Good and Ben Fensterheim sit down with Professors Claudia and Marcel Nold, a husband and wife team running their lab at Monash University and the Hudson Institute. They trace their path from Charles Dinarello's cytokine lab in Denver to Melbourne, where they built a research program on IL-1 biology in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and...

#027 - Are We Harming Preterm Kidneys Every Time We Give Gentamicin?

2026-05-1440:33

The neonatal kidney is one of the most understudied organs in our field — and yet the drugs we use every day in the NICU may be affecting it in ways we are only beginning to understand. In this episode of At the Bench, Dr. Misty Good and Dr. Betsy Crouch sit down with Dr. Pamela Good, neonatologist and physician scientist at Columbia University, to discuss her groundbreaking research on nephron development, low nephron endowment, and acute kidney injury (AKI) in preterm infants. From building...

#026 - Exploring Neonatal Platelet Biology (ft Dr. Christopher Thom)

2026-04-2257:08

In this episode of At the Bench, Misty Good and David McCulley interview Dr. Christopher Thom, a neonatologist and leader blood lineage development. Dr. Thom discusses his training in hematology research and what inspired him to build an outstanding research program studying platelet biology and how his research is being translated to change transfusion care for patients. The conversation emphasizes the importance of collaboration in neonatology physician-scientist driven research.

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