Science for the Public: Contemporary Science Issues
August 05, 2025, Belmont Media Center (recording)

Gerald Denis, Ph.D., (Boston University) Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Professor, Chobanan & Avedisian School of Medicine; Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine; Co-Director, BU-BMC Cancer Center, Boston University

Prominent researcher Gerald Denis explains the tight relationship between medical research and progress in medical care. Recent abrupt cuts to research funding and science agencies such as NIH have disrupted research labs, frequently ending carefully designed studies and upending the training of future scientists. We learn how medical discoveries are developed and tested, how research leads to medical advances and dispels false beliefs, and how young scientists’ lab experience prepares them for their careers. Medical research is absolutely necessary for the protection of our health.

A couple of relevant articles:
---Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End The Atlantic, August, 2025
---A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected The Guardian, Aug 02, 2025

Dr. Denis in the Media:

• NPR 2024: How High Blood Sugar, Hypertension and Obesity Can Add Up To Cancer
• The Nation: Researchers Find Cause of Breast Cancer in Post-Menopausal Women
• Inverse: Fat Cells Carry “Payloads” That Trigger Aggressiveness in Cancer Cells, Study Shows
• The Conversation (by Gerald Denis): New Insights from Biology Can Help Overcome Siloed Thinking in Cancer Clinical Trials and Treatment