Part 2: Combatting Scientific Misinformation - Separating Sense from Nonsense (Interview with Dr. Joe Schwarcz)

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Megan Liang! Megan is from the 2023 McMaster Child Health Conference 👦👬. In this episode, Megan discusses her impressive poster presentation on the iPeer2Peer mentorship recipients piloted by the Anthony Lab at SickKids Toronto, connecting trained adolescent mentors one-on-one with mentees instilling confidence and disease self-management skills in adolescent thoracic transplant recipients, and so much more 👀! Journalist: Yumnah Jafri Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Richard Petty! Dr. Petty is a titan in the field of social psychology, having published over 450 journal articles and winning numerous awards for his research into persuasion 🧠💬. In this episode, Dr. Petty breaks down the basics of how we form attitudes, how the credibility of the source changes our attitudes, and provides practical implications for everyday persuasion, and so much more 👀! Visit Dr. Pett's website here for more information https://richardepetty.com/people/ Journalist: Timur Begaliyev Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Tiffany Dang! Tiffany is currently a Biomedical Engineering PhD student From the University of Calgary🧫☢️. In this episode, we will be learning about her journey to becoming a biomedical enfineer, her research involving induced pluripotent stem cells, her pioneering method to mass produce stem cells for clinical trials and therapies, and so much more 👀! Journalist: Amy Stewart Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Roula Faraj! Roula is currently a PhD Student at the University of Toronto 📚📖! In this episode, we will be learning about the history, philosophy and sociology of the physical sciences, the role perception and psychology have in the development of science, her own career path, and so much more 👀! Journalist: Shanessa Furtado Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Rebecca Batstone! Dr. Batstone is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster 🧫!  ! We will be learning about how she initially become interested in researching symbiotic relationships between organisms & her introduction with the legume-rhizobium model for studying symbiosis 🥜, and so much more 👀! Journalist: Yumnah Jafri Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Wednesdays at 6 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Aimee Nelson! Dr. Nelson is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Sensorimotor Neuroscience 🧠! We will be learning about how the extraordinary research being done at her Neuro Lab where techniques ranging from transcranial magnetic stimulation, electromyography, electroencephalography, and high-intensity aerobic exercise are being used to induce neural plasticity in populations, and so much more 👀! Journalist: Yumnah Jafri Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's part 2 interview is our special guest from McGill University's Office of Science and Society Dr. Joe Schwarcz 📚🔎! In this episode will be learning about the world of scientific misinformation, the important tools we need to battle it, and so much more 👀!  Journalist: Amy Stewart Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Joe Schwarcz! Dr. Schwarcz is an acclaimed author, chemist, pseudoscientist debunker, and director of McGill University's Office of Science and Society📚🧪👨‍⚕️! We will be learning about the strengths and weaknesses of the peer review process, how to make science more accessible, and so much more 👀!  Journalist: Amy Stewart Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Jessica Maxwell! Dr. Maxwell is currently an assistant professor at McMaster University, where she researches relationships and sex 👫👬👭! In this episode, we will be learning about the difference between soulmate and growth beliefs, how to maintain passion with our partners, the key partner trait that leads to an amazing relationship, and so much more 👀! Journalist: Timur Begaliyev Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection

Welcome to SciSection! Joining us in today's interview is our special guest Dr. Jonathan Dushoff! Dr. Dushoff is a member of the Department of Biology at McMaster University and one of the three core faculty members of the Theobio Lab👨‍⚕️! We will be learning about how infections can be modeled for whole populations by linking the processes by which the disease spreads withing and between individuals, and so much more 👀!  Journalist: Yumnah Jafri Don’t forget to catch us live on CFMU 93.3 FM radio station, Fridays at 1:30 pm. For more info and SciSection content, check our website: humansandscience.com Curious about a topic? Want to hear us talk about it? Any feedback? Let us know by sending an email to [email protected]! Instagram: Instagram.com/scisection Facebook. Facebook.com/scisection