Postdocs Talking

• Challenging the Scientific Publication

  How can we make sure the practices of disseminating research findings evolve with the times?The primary means of dissemination is publication. And while the contents of scientific publications have changed a lot over the last 100 years, the methods and structure of publication have seen relatively few changes, and most of them only in the last 10 years.Rethinking these methods was the theme of last year's DDEA Postdoc Summit Challenge.The pressure to publish is especially intense for early-career researchers, so they themselves were invited to rethink the approaches to scientific publishing in the Challenge. The Summit participants' solutions include standardised procedures for accessibility and reproducibility, a database for peer reviewers, multifaceted metrics for determining academic credit, a reproducibility framework, and responsible use of AI.But what might a professional in scientific publishing say to these proposed solutions?In this episode, we once again hand the microphone to postdoc Christopher Lewis, as he interviews the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Diabetologia, Hindrik Mulder.Listen, as different solutions for challenging scientific dissemination put forth by early-career researchers are taken up for debate with an expert in scientific publishing. Episode infoGuestHindrik Mulder, Editor-in-Chief of Diabetologia and Professor at Lund UniversityHost Christopher Lewis, Postdoc, University of CopenhagenProduced byGretchen Repasky, Education & Networking Manager, Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyPublished by Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyEditorNikolai Rosler – Rosler ProductionsYou can find additional information about our podcasts on Podcasts | Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (ddeacademy.dk)

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• Science Stories from Folkemødet: Realities in Rural Tanzania

  Did you know that half a million children die every year of a completely treatable disease? Can you imagine what it would be like to be pregnant or have children in a low-income country where this disease is prevalent?This is the reality for many people all over the world. And while it is indeed preventable, malaria kills millions each year because of sparse access to health care.Danish postdoc Line Hjort saw the extent of this when she went to a rural village in Tanzania. There, she joined a local research team studying the impact of malaria on children and pregnant women, such as malaria during pregnancy possibly leading to diabetes later in the child’s life.Through Line’s story, we are given a tour of the Tanzanian healthcare system, where beds are scarce and access to water even scarcer. More than a third of the pregnant women in the area had malaria during pregnancy. Line and her colleagues saw an extremely high participation rate in their study, despite it being cumbersome to participate. But for parents, this was not just a study – this was a chance for healthcare. And for Line, there were a lot of important cultural perspectives to bring home to Denmark.Join us for the second episode of Postdocs Talking recorded live at a DDEA event at Folkemødet (The Danish People’s Meeting) 2023. About FolkemødetFolkemødet (The People’s Meeting) is a democracy festival in June on the Danish island of Bornholm. Citizens, politicians, NGOs, businesses, and many more meet up for open debates, dialogues, and talks on society and democracy. The festival is inspired by the Swedish counterpart, Almedalsveckan.DDEA at Folkemødet 2023 DDEA organised a storytelling event, inviting two researchers to tell their science stories. The first speaker was an American who came to Denmark to do research for the Danish society. The second speaker was a Dane who went outside of Denmark to do research for an African society. The name of this event was “Worlds Apart – Two Stories of Health Science for Society”. This is the second of these talks. Episode infoSpeakerLine Hjort, BRIDGE postdoctoral fellow at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of CopenhagenHostGretchen Repasky, Education & Networking Manager, Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyProduced byGretchen Repasky, Education & Networking Manager, Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyPublished by Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyEditor:Nikolai Rosler – Rosler Productions  Thanks:Public Speaking Coach Adam Montandon from Speakers Impact NetworkKatharina Herzog, Novo Nordisk A/SMorten Dall, University of CopenhagenChristopher Lewis, University of CopenhagenYou can find additional information about our podcasts on Podcasts | Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (ddeacademy.dk)

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• Science Stories from Folkemødet: “Missing Maria, Identifying Anna”

  How many child development issues go unnoticed in the flurry of short doctor's appointments and limited home visits? How do you properly detect and identify mental health issues in adolescents living with chronic disease?Maybe it’s time to prioritise and optimise a sometimes overlooked screening tool in clinical practice: Questionnaires.MD and PhD Kevin Mark’s talk “Missing Maria, Identifying Anna” revolves around implementing and improving identification systems for developmental and mental health in childhood and adolescence.In Kevin’s talk, we are first introduced to Maria – a child whose special needs were discovered much later than what was ideal. Then, we are introduced to Anna, an adolescent who got lucky when a clever doctor recommended a specific questionnaire that helped identify her disordered eating involving her type 1 diabetes.Join us for the first episode of Postdocs Talking recorded live at a DDEA event at Folkemødet (The Danish People’s Meeting) 2023.About FolkemødetFolkemødet (The People’s Meeting) is a democracy festival in June on the Danish island of Bornholm. Citizens, politicians, NGOs, businesses, and many more meet up for open debates, dialogues, and talks on society and democracy. The festival is inspired by the Swedish counterpart, Almedalsveckan.DDEA at Folkemødet 2023DDEA organised a storytelling event, inviting two researchers to tell their science stories. The first speaker was an American who came to Denmark to do research for the Danish society. The second speaker was a Dane who went outside of Denmark to do research for an African society. The name of this event was “Worlds Apart – Two Stories of Health Science for Society”. This is the first of these two talks. Speaker Kevin Marks, MD, PhD from Aarhus University, KBU doctor at Odense University HospitalHost Gretchen Repasky, Education & Networking Manager, Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy Produced byGretchen Repasky, Education & Networking Manager, Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy Published by Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy EditorNikolai Rosler – Rosler Productions  Thanks:Public Speaking Coach Adam Montandon from Speakers Impact NetworkKatharina Herzog, Novo Nordisk A/SMorten Dall, University of CopenhagenChristopher Lewis, University of CopenhagenYou can find additional information about our podcasts on Podcasts | Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (ddeacademy.dk)

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• Should We Be Rethinking the Scientific Publication?

  Is the scientific publication, as we know it, dead?This was the central question behind the theme for this year’s DDEA Postdoc Summit Challenge.Researchers learn early on to think in terms of impact factors and citation metrics. In an overflowing ocean of scientific content, the pressure to make your publications matter seems higher than ever. Yet according to recent studies, the impact of Danish research has been on an overall steady decline, and papers are generally becoming less disruptive over time.But what is scientific impact and how is it measured? And is it time to look at alternatives to a practice that has changed very little in the last 100 years?In this episode, we hand over the microphone to a postdoc, Christopher Lewis, who landed an interview with none other than the Senior Vice President of Impact at the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Thomas Alslev Christensen.Listen, as an early-career researcher addresses the burning questions about the direction of scientific impact to one with a job specifically tied to this subject at a highly influential research institution.The Novo Nordisk Foundation:The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) is a Danish foundation supporting the business and research activities of the Novo Group’s companies (Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S), providing support for scientific, humanitarian, and social purposes. In 2022, the NNF granted DKK 7.464 billion DKK for a total of 695 new initiatives. The DDEA is funded by the NNF with a five-year grant of 194 million DKK.GuestsThomas Alslev Christensen, Senior Vice President of Impact at the Novo Nordisk FoundationHostChristopher Lewis, Postdoc, University of Copenhagen Produced byGretchen Repasky, Education & Networking Manager, Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyPublished by Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy EditorNikolai Rosler – Rosler Productions You can find additional information about our podcasts on Podcasts | Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (ddeacademy.dk)

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• More Talk, More Action: Causes and Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction

  Did you know that having diabetes can affect sexual function? It can even cause erectile dysfunction (ED). And, for a proportion of people living with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, drugs like Viagra have little to no effect.So how do we find new ways of treatment for a growing segment of the population that is missed by current treatment options?For most men, ED is caused by physical, rather than psychological, problems and is often seen as an early warning sign of cardiovascular diseases. ED is most commonly treated with drugs inhibiting an enzyme called phosphodiesterase 5, PDE5 for short. Viagra, the so-called “miracle drug” is a PDE5 inhibitor, and it is generally effective. But if the ED is caused by another health condition like diabetes or heart disease, the effect can be lessened - and some patients don’t respond at all.In the hunt for alternatives to the “miracle drug”, scientists have made promising findings in studies with modulation of other pathways, such as calcium channels in endothelial cells or dopamine signalling.Listen as an expert in urology and a senior scientist studying erectile dysfunction talk about causes, co-morbidities, and new approaches to treatment. GuestsMikkel Fode, Professor of Urology, University of CopenhagenSimon Comerma, Postdoctoral Scientist, Aarhus UniversityHost:Gretchen Repasky, Education and Network Manager, Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy Publisher: Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyYou can find additional information about the podcast at www.ddeacademy.dk/podcasts  

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