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The Atlantic Meets The Pacific (Video)
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This annual forum from 2011 to 2013 hosted by UC San Diego and the Atlantic explored health, technology and innovation through conversations with some of the country's most fascinating thinkers.
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Living Longer Living Smarter: Innovations in Longevity Research -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Dec 9, 201300:47:55Tap to summarizeTaking responsibility for one’s body is the common theme among three visionaries in personal health. Larry Smarr of Calit2 joins Deborah Szekely, the co-founder of the highly acclaimed Rancho La Puerta wellness center and Kunal Sarkar, the CEO of the brain-trainer Lumosity for an invigorating conversation with The Atlantic’s Megan Garber and Corby Kummer. This program is part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25787]
Transcribe →Transformative Trends in Medicine with Eric Topol -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Dec 2, 201300:27:52Tap to summarizeEric Topol, the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and Professor of Genomics at The Scripps Research Institute, talks about how digital technology can reduce healthcare costs in this interview with Corby Kummer, Senior Editor of The Atlantic as part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25783]
Transcribe →Technology For Social Change -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Dec 2, 201300:45:05Tap to summarizeJamie Alexandre of the Foundation for Learning Equality, UC San Diego political scientist Clark Gibson and Peggy Johnson of Qualcomm share their latest work in using technology to improve lives around the world in this talk with The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein. This program is part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25785]
Transcribe →Humanizing the Brain with Jacopo Annese -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Dec 2, 201300:28:24Tap to summarizeJacopo Annese, a neuroanatomist and director of the Brain Observatory at UC San Diego, takes a humanistic approach to studying brains by getting to know donors while they are living in order to understand posthumously how their brain structure affected their personalities, memories and health. Annese explains his research to The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein, as part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25871]
Transcribe →Brain Mapping: Pushing the Frontiers of Neurology -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Nov 25, 201300:40:00Tap to summarizeUC San Diego neuroscientists Ralph Greenspan and Nicholas Spitzer join Kris Famm of GlaxoSmithKline and James Fallows of The Atlantic for a look into the future of brain research. This program is part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25788]
Transcribe →Global Health and Global Threats with Laurie Garrett -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Nov 25, 201300:28:00Tap to summarizeLaurie Garrett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, shares her concerns about emerging public health threats, ranging from gain of function research to the effects of climate change on the human microbiome, in an interview with The Atlantic’s Corby Kummer. This program is part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25786]
Transcribe →How Far Away Is a Cure for Cancer? Clifton Leaf -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Nov 18, 201300:29:44Tap to summarizeClifton Leaf, the author of “The Truth in Small Doses: Why We’re Losing the War on Cancer and How to Win It,” talks with The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons about the future of cancer research as part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25782]
Transcribe →Domestic Drones: The Next Decade of American Airspace with Chris Anderson -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Nov 18, 201300:28:00Tap to summarizeChris Anderson, the former Editor-in-Chief of Wired and now CEO of 3-D Robotics, talks with The Atlantic’s James Fallows about the role of drones for civilian uses. This program is part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 25784]
Transcribe →Chronic Diseases: How Technology Is Changing the Patient Experience -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Nov 18, 201300:53:10Tap to summarizeHealthcare executives Pat Christen, Naser Partovi, Jordan Shlain and Peter Yu join The Atlantic’s Megan Garber to explain how patients with chronic illnesses are affected by new medical technologies. This program is part of The Atlantic Meets The Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25781]
Transcribe →Scanning the Horizon: Accelerating Innovation in Cancer Care -- Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013
Nov 11, 201300:52:15Tap to summarizeScott Lippman, the director of the Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego joins David Sadava of City of Hope Medical Center, Christopher Slapak of Imclone Systems, Greg Sorensen of Siemens Healthcare North America and Kristiina Vuori, President of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in assessing the latest innovations in cancer care. This program is part of The Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 conference presented by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25780]
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