Welcome to this archive website for Radio in Vivo: Your Link to the Triangle Science Community.
Radio In Vivo was a science interview radio program that aired on WCOM-FM, Carrboro, NC from 2006-2020. Host/Producer Ernie Hood interviewed leading scientists from the Triangle NC area, one of the world's leading hubs of scientific research, development, and innovation. See below to access the list of the 310 hour -long interviews, including links to each individual show. Enjoy!
January 18, 2006 Guests: Samuel Wilson, M.D., Deputy Director, NIEHS, Thomas Goehl, Editor-In-Chief (ret.), Environmental Health Perspectives, NIEHS Topics: NIEHS, Environmental Health
January 25, 2006 Guest: Claudia Miller, M.D., M.S. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Topic: Chemical Intolerance
February 1, 2006 Guest: Michael Murphy, President & CEO, Gentris Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Topics: Pharmacogenomics, Personalized Medicine
February 8, 2006 Guest: Chris Long, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Topics: Green Buildings, Sustainability, EPA’s RTP Campus Project
February 15, 2006 Guests: Mark Dessauer and Cara Crissler, Active Living By Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Topic: Community Design and Physical Activity
February 22, 2006 Guest: Henry Greenside, Ph.D., Physics Department, Duke University
Topics: Einstein, Physics, Science and Math Education
March 1, 2006 Guest: Jaime Mancilla, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Neurobiology
March 8, 2006 Guest: Karen Joy Miller, Founder & President, Prevention Is the Cure, Huntington Beach, NY
Topics: Environmental Exposures and Health, Breast Cancer
March 22, 2006 Guest: Robin Swift, NC HIV/AIDS Training Center, Durham, NC
Topic: HIV/AIDS Medical Professional Training
March 29, 2006 Guests: Barry Teater, Communications Director, Maria Rapoza, Ph.D., Vice President, Science & Technology Development Program, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park, NC Topics: Biotechnology, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
April 5, 2006 Guests: Jeffrey Abbey, MBA, JD, Vice President, Business Development, Charles Nicolette, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Development, Argos Therapeutics, Inc., Durham, NC
Topics: Cancer Vaccines, Dendritic Cells as Therapeutic Agents
April 12, 2006 Guest: Doug Crawford-Brown, Ph.D., Director, Carolina Environmental Program; Professor, Environmental Sciences & Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Climate Change, Community Carbon Reduction Program (CRed)
April 19, 2006 Guest: Gary Mesibov, Ph.D., Director, Division TEACCH UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Autism, Division TEACCH
May 3, 2006 Guest: Peter White, Ph.D., Director, North Carolina Botanical Garden; Professor, Biology Department, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Biodiversity, Horticulture, NC Botanical Garden
May 23, 2006 Guests: Elizabeth Brannon, Ph.D., Patricia Bauer, Ph.D., Amy Needham, Ph.D., Duke University Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Topic: Infant Cognition
May 31, 2006 Guest: Jef French, Ph.D., Transgenic Carcinogenesis Group, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC Topics: Mouse Genetics, Complex Trait Consortium
June 7, 2006 Guest: James Donohue, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief of Pulmonary Division, UNC School of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill Topic: Respiratory Diseases
June 21, 2006 Guests: Kenneth Hudnell, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Neurophysiological Toxicology Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory; Gary Foley, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Environmental Research, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC Topics: Harmful Algal Blooms, GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)
June 28, 2006 Guest: William Greenlee, Ph.D., President and CEO, CIIT Centers for Health Research, Research Triangle Park, NC Topics: Chemical Exposure Research, Systems Biology, CIIT Centers for Health Research
July 12, 2006 Guest: John Butts, MD, North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner, Chapel Hill, NC
Topics: Forensic Pathology, NC Medical Examiner System
July 19, 2006 Guests: Remy Coeytaux, MD, Wunian Chen, MD, UNC School of Medicine
Topic: Acupuncture
July 26, 2006 Guest: Carol Winkelman, Author, A Complete Guide to Pregnancy Over 30, Chapel Hill, NC
Topics: Pregnancy and Childbirth After Age 40
August 2, 2006 Guest: Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, Private Practice, Pokomoke, MD
Topics: Mold-Related Illnesses, Neurobiotoxins
August 23, 2006 Guests: Neil Frazer, MD, Chief Operating Officer; Jean Chitwood, Vice President, Commercial, Erimos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC
Topic: EM1421, Erimos’ candidate anti-cancer drug
August 30, 2006 Guest: Anne Yoder, Ph.D., Director, Duke University Lemur Center
Topics: Lemurs, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology
September 6, 2006 Guest: Erich Jarvis, Ph.D., Neurobiologist, Duke University
Topics: Neurobiology of Vocal Learning and Communication, Songbirds as Model
September 13, 2006 Guest: Stuart Pimm, Ph.D., Conservation Ecologist, Duke University
Topics: Species Extinctions, Biodiversity
September 27, 2006 Guest: Ava Barbry-Crawford, Research Associate, NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Topic: 2006 NC Report Card on Health Disparities
October 4, 2006 Guest: Kathleen K. Smith, Ph.D., Director, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), Durham Topics: NESCent, Evolutionary Biology
October 11, 2006 Guests: Nancy Creamer, Ph.D., Director, Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CFES); Noah Ranells, Ph.D., Orange County Agricultural Economic Development Coordinator
Topics: Organic Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, CEFS
October 25, 2006 Guest: Marcy Speer, Ph.D., Duke Center for Human Genetics
Topics: Genetic Epidemiology, Neural Tube Defects
November 1, 2006 Guest: Nortin Hadler, MD, Rheumatologist, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC; Author, The Last Well Person Topics: “Medicalization” of Illness, American Health Care System
November 8, 2006 Guest: Greg Gibson, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University
Topic: Quantitative Evolutionary Genomics
November 29, 2006 Guests: Dr. Jack Martin & Chris Carter, hosts of The Home Power Hour on WCOM
Topics: Solar Power, Alternative Energy
December 6, 2006 Guest: Robert McMahan, Ph.D., Senior Science & Technology Advisor to the Governor of North Carolina, Executive Director, North Carolina Board of Science & Technology
Topic: Science and Technology in North Carolina
December 13, 2006 Guest: Sheila Collins, Ph.D., Director, Endocrine Biology Program, CIIT Centers for Health Research, RTP Topic: Biomolecular Mechanisms of Metabolism (Obesity, Diabetes, CV Disease)
December 20, 2006 Guests: Mike Milburn, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, and Tim Germann, Vice President of Sales, Metabolon, Inc. Topic: Metabolomics
January 3, 2007 Guest: Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., Director, Experimental Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, EPA-RTP
Topics: Environmental Toxicology, Dioxins, PCBs, Brominated Flame Retardants, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Risk Assessment
January 10, 2007 Guest: Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., Director, UNC Eating Disorders Program
Topic: Eating Disorders
January 17, 2007 Guest: Barry Popkin, Ph.D., UNC School of Public Health
Topic: Obesity
January 24, 2007 Guest: Gregg Dean, DVM, Ph.D., NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, Director, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, NCSU
Topics: Veterinary Medicine, NC State Vet School, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)
February 7, 2007 Guest: Pauline Mendola, Ph.D., Chief of the Epidemiology and Biomarkers Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), EPA-RTP
Topics: Reproductive Epidemiology, Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts
February 28, 2007 Guest: Nick Oberlies, Ph.D., Director, Natural Products Laboratory, RTI International, RTP Topics: RTI International, Natural Products Laboratory (including discovery of anti-cancer drugs Taxol and camptothecin), Natural Products Drug Discovery
March 7, 2007 Guest: Will Vizuete, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH Topics: Computer Modeling and Simulation of Air Pollution Patterns, Ozone Pollution
March 14, 2007 Guest: Judd Edeburn, Resource Manager, Duke Forest, Duke University
Topic: 75 Years of Duke Forest
March 28, 2007 Guest: Dan Reed, Ph.D., Director, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
Topics: RENCI, Future Information Technology
April 4, 2007 Guest: Gianluca Lazzi, Ph.D., Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, NCSU
Topics: Artificial Retina Project (Department of Energy), Bioelectromagnetics
April 11, 2007 Guest: Kenneth Cutler, Director, Project Suc-SEED
Topics: Project Suc-SEED, Recruitment of Economically Disadvantaged and Underrepresented
Minority Students into Science Careers
May 2, 2007 Guest: Greg Wray, Ph.D., Director, Center for Evolutionary Genomics, Duke University
Topic: Evolutionary Genomics
May 9, 2007 Guest: Philip Carter, Ph.D., Executive Director, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Topic: Sigma Xi
May 23, 2007 Guest: Suzanne Wilkison, Deputy to the President for Programs and Communications, North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research Topic: NCABR Bioscience Education and Outreach Activities
May 30, 2007 Guests: Kevin Stewart, Ph.D., Department of Geological Sciences, UNC-CH, and Mary-Russell Roberson, science writer Topic: Their book, Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide from Chimney Rock to Charleston
June 6, 2007 Guest: Gary Pielak, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, UNC-CH
Topics: Proteins, NMR Imaging of Proteins in Living Cells
June 13, 2007 Guest: David Tarpy, Ph.D., Entomology Department, NC State University, NC Extension Apiculturist Topics: Beekeeping, Honeybee Research, Colony Collapse Disorder
June 20, 2007 Guest: Joanne Kurtzberg, MD, Duke University, Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, Chief, Department of Pediatrics Topics: Umbilical Cord Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Stem Cell Research
June 27, 2007 Guest: Jason Nelson, Coordinator, NC Biofuels Strategic Plan, NC Biotechnology Center
Topic: North Carolina’s Strategic Plan for Biofuels Leadership
July 4, 2007 Guest: Paul Frampton, Ph.D., UNC-CH Department of Physics and Astronomy
Topics: Cyclic Cosmology, Particle Physics
July 18, 2007 Guest: Olafur Palsson, M.D., UNC-CH Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Topic: Hypnosis Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
July 25, 2007 Guest: Ann H. Williams, Ph.D., Field Studies Coordinator, Human Studies Division, US EPA, President-Elect, Sigma Xi Topics: Recreational Water Quality Field Studies, Asthma/Air Pollution Studies, Sigma Xi
August 1, 2007 Guests: Sally Rhine Feather, Ph.D., and Larry Burks, M.D., Rhine Research Center
Topics: Parapsychology Research, History and Current Programs at the Rhine Research Center
August 22, 2007 Guest: Willard (Ward) Cates, Jr., M.D., President of Research, Family Health International (FHI) Topics: FHI’s Global Health Research, HIV/AIDS Prevention
August 29, 2007 Guest: Vipin Garg, Ph.D., President and CEO, Tranzyme Pharma, Research Triangle Park, NC Topics: Tranzyme, State of the Pharmaceutical Industry
September 12, 2007 Guests: Matt Redinbo, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, UNC-Chapel Hill; Scott Lujan, Graduate Student, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Structural Biology, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Metabolizing Enzymes, Mentor-Mentee Relationships
October 3, 2007 Guest: Enriqueta Bond, Ph.D., President, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Topics: Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Dr. Bond’s Career, Science and Mathematics Education in North Carolina
October 10, 2007 Guest: William Wetsel, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center Topic: Knockout Mouse Models of Psychiatric Disorders
October 17, 2007 Guest: Dr. John Q. Walker, President, Zenph Studios, Raleigh Topic: Zenph’s “re-performance” technology, which accurately recreates original musical performances with contemporary sound quality, including Glenn Gould and Art Tatum
October 24, 2007 Guest: Donald Hodges, Ph.D., Director, Music Research Institute, UNC-Greensboro
Topic: Music and the brain
October 31, 2007 Guest: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D., Director, Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, Duke University
Topic: Photonics
November 14, 2007 Guest: Jose Rial, Ph.D., Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Abrupt Climate Change, Greenland Glacial Icequakes, Global Warming
November 28, 2007 Guest: Noel Brewer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC School of Public Health Topics: HPV Vaccination Uptake, Medical Decision-making
December 5, 2007 Guests: Jeff Hill, Director of Marketing and Business Ventures, and Denise Young, Education Director, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, UNC-Chapel Hill Topic: What’s New at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
December 12, 2007 Guest: Gail Henderson, Ph.D., Professor of Social Medicine and Sociology; Director, Center for Genomics and Society, UNC-Chapel Hill Topic: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomics and Genetics
January 9, 2008 Guest: Redford Williams, M.D., Director, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Topic: Genes, Environment, Psychosocial Factors, and the Development of Disease
January 16, 2008 Guest: Bryan Roth, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine; Director, NIMH Psychoactive Drug Screening Program (PDSP) Topics: Academic Drug Discovery, G-protein Coupled Receptors, PDSP, Salvia
January 16, 2008 Guest: Dan Ariely, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Marketing, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Topic: Dan’s book, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
February 20, 2008 Guest: Michael Vitek, Ph.D., President & CSO, Cognosci, Inc. RTP, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Duke University Topic: Cognosci’s pipeline of new drugs based upon Apolipoprotein E, including treatments for multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimers, and more
February 27, 2008 Guest: John Buse, MD, Director, UNC Diabetes Care Center, and President, American Diabetes Association Topic: Current Trends in Diabetes
March 5, 2008 Guest: Emily Buehler, Ph.D., author, Bread Science: The Chemistry and Craft of Making Bread
Topic: Breadmaking science
March 12, 2008 Guest: Russell Thomas, Ph.D., Director, Functional Genomics Research Program, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, RTP Topic: Toxicogenomics
March 19, 2008 Guest: Ron Newcomb, President & CEO, Resveratrol, Inc., Pittsboro, NC
Topic: Neutraceuticals
April 16, 2008 Guest: Mary Schweitzer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University Topic: Mary’s discovery of soft tissue in 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex bones
April 23, 2008 Guest: Tom Fischer, Ph.D., CSO, Entegrion, Inc., Research Triangle Park, Director, Francis Owen Blood Research Laboratory, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Entegrion’s hemostatic bandages and freeze-dried platelets – new technologies for stopping bleeding
April 30, 2008 Guest: Karen Mohlke, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, UNC-Chapel Hill Topics: Genome-wide association studies, new gene loci associated with common diseases and complex traits
May 7 2008 Guest: Anthony Fleg, MD, MPH Topics: PharmFree – the American Medical Student Association’s campaign to rid medical schools of pharmaceutical company influences, and the Native Health Initiative, the summer internship program run by Anthony and his wife
May 21 2008 Guest: Roger Harris, Director of Emerging Technologies and Research Analysis, Sigma Xi; owner, Jungle Wanders Topics: Roger’s Amazon rain forest, Galapagos, and Africa travels and tours; Triangle Academy, a new high school being spearheaded by Roger
June 4, 2008 Guest: Jack Griffith, Ph.D., Kenan Distiguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry, UNC School of Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topics: Jack’s discovery of oldest known biological material on earth – 250-million-year-old cellulose microfibers, implications for detection of life on other planets; electron microscopy of telomeres and DNA repair mechanisms
June 25, 2008 Guest: Susan McCord, Executive Director, Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Raleigh
Topics: Forest biotechnology, restoration of the American Chestnut, the Pine Genome Initiative, forest biofuels
July 2, 2008 Guest: Rob Pennock, Ph.D., Michigan State University, sabbatical scholar at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham Topics: Defending the integrity of science from creationist/intelligent design curriculum efforts, evolutionary computation
July 9, 2008 Guest: Barry Beith, Ph.D., CEO and Chief Technical Officer, HumanCentric, Inc., Cary, NC
Topics: Human factors and ergonomics related to product design, HumanCentric’s mission and experience
July 16, 2008 Guest: Shannon Dahl, Ph.D., Director of Scientific Operations, Humacyte, Inc., RTP
Topics: Humacyte and its artificial blood vessel technology; tissue engineering
July 30, 2008 Guest: Charlotte Boettiger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Research Imaging, UNC-Chapel Hill Topic: Neuroscience of addiction
August 20, 2008 Guests: Jamie Nunnelly and Dr. Stan Young, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Topics: NISS, misuse of statistics in epidemiologic studies
August 27, 2008 Guest: Dan Nelson, Director, Office of Human Research Ethics, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topic: Protection of human research subjects, IRBs
September 10, 2008 Guest: Howard McLeod, Pharm.D., Director, Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, UNC-Chapel Hill Topic: Pharmacogenomics
September 17, 2008 Guest: Dr. John Bruno, Department of Marine Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Threats to oceans and coral reefs, measures to protect coral reef health
October 1, 2008 Guest: David Kroll, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE), North Carolina Central University
Topics: BRITE, science blogging
October 15, 2008 Guest: Kate Whetten, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Community and Family Medicine; Director, Center for Health Policy; Director, Health Inequities Program; Member, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) Topics: DGHI, HIV/AIDS coping research in rural US South and Africa, policy and public health
October 22, 2008 Guest: Paul Watkins, MD, Director, Center for Drug Safety Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC Topics: Center for Drug Safety Sciences, collaboration between UNC and The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, drug-induced liver injury
October 29, 2008 Guest: Karen Erickson, Ph.D., Director, Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, UNC-CH
Topic: Methods of teaching literacy to severely disabled children
November 5, 2008 Guest: Dr. Alex Huang, Progress Energy Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University; Director, NSF Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center
Topics: FREEDM Center, the “smart” electrical grid of the future
November 12, 2008 Guest: Larry Sumney, President and CEO, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), RTP Topics: SRC’s programs and history, the state of integrated circuit technology and industry
December 3, 2008 Guests: Anton Zuiker (Duke), Bora Zivkovic (PLOS), David Kroll (NCCU), co-organizers of the ScienceOnline’09 conference Topics: ScienceOnline’09, science blogging
December 10, 2008 Guest: Dr. Karin Pfennig, Department of Biology, UNC-CH Topics: Context-dependent behavior, hybridization, spadefoot toad mating choices as a model of behavioral evolution