The acclaimed ‘Behind the Breakthrough’ podcast enters its fourth season showcasing the groundbreaking medical research being conducted at UHN and the people behind it.
Launching October 12, 2022, this season features ten one-on-one interviews between host Christian Coté and an all-star cast of award-winning scientists from across UHN’s research institutes.
Listen and subscribe to season four:
https://www.uhn.ca/corporate/News/UHN_Podcasts/Behind_the_Breakthrough
In addition to introducing listeners to pioneering medical research, ‘Behind the Breakthrough’ delves into scientists’ lives and their personal journeys in and outside the lab.
This season, listeners will hear world-renowned stem cell scientist Dr. Gordon Keller describe how growing up on a farm helped shape his work ethic in the lab. Neuroscientist Dr. Lorraine Kalia talks about how she trained for years with Canada’s National Ballet School and rose to the corps de ballet of the National Ballet of Portugal before pivoting to a career researching Parkinson disease. Immunologist Dr. Eleanor Fish shares her love for art and recounts turning to painting to get through difficult times in and outside the lab. Cancer researcher Dr. Jonathan Irish explains how he was a five-time provincial canoeing champion on a path to competing at the Olympic Games when he decided on a career helping patients conquer cancer.
“There is a very human side to science. It is driven by real people,” says Dr. Brad Wouters, UHN’s Executive Vice-President of Science and Research. “Behind the Breakthrough sheds light on the people that make science happen.”
Season 4 episodes will air every Wednesday between October 12 and December 14, 2022 on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean and Spotify.
Subscribe here: Behind the Breakthrough.
‘Behind the Breakthrough’ has been nominated by the 2022 Canadian Podcast Awards in two categories: Outstanding Health and Fitness Series and Outstanding Science Series. The podcast is a co-production from Research at UHN, and UHN Public Affairs and Communication.