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On this episode of Beyond the Breakthrough: The Work Behind Medical Science, Abigail and Jesus sit down with Dr. Michael Siegel to discuss his work in tobacco research and public health advocacy. He shares with us why the use of nicotine in vapes is healthier and how the conversation should shift into more nuance around vapes, nicotine pouches, and smoking tobacco.

About our Guest - Dr. Michael Siegel

Dr. Michael Siegel is currently a faculty member in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Previously, he spent 26 years as a faculty member in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. His research has focused on the areas of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. Tying this work together is the study of corporate influences on health--especially advertising and marketing--and strategies to counteract them. More recently, his research has focused on racial inequities in health and the role of structural racism in causing these inequities. His teaching has primarily been in the areas of public health advocacy, social and behavioral sciences in public health, social marketing, and health communication.

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Dr. Michael Siegel, Tufts University - https://facultyprofiles.tufts.edu/michael-siegel/about

This is where you can find more information on Dr. Siegel’s work and publications.

Dr. Siegel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-siegel-10045a7/

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On this episode of Beyond the Breakthrough: The Work Behind Medical Science, Nizia and Jesus sit down with Dr. Oliver Bogler to discuss his work in cancer research, the state of biomedical research today, careers in science and research, and how support and mentorship for scientists is more important than it has ever been.

About our Guest - Dr. Oliver Bogler

Dr. Oliver Bogler was educated in England and came to the U.S. for postdoctoral training. He held faculty positions culminating at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where he studied EGFR signaling in glioblastoma and served as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. In 2020 he joined the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health as Director of the Center for Cancer Training, overseeing over $200 million in fellowships and training grants. In 2025, he left government service to lead the Night Science Institute, a non-profit training researchers to embrace creative scientific thinking. He also supports scientists with life and career coaching and grant consulting, and has his own podcast, Standard Deviation with Oliver Bogler.

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Oliver Bogler Coaching and Consulting

Working Hypothesis Podcast

Standard Deviation Podcast

Dr. Bogler on LinkedIn

The Night Science Institute

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On the very first Episode of Beyond The Breakthrough: The Work Behind Medical Science we meet our guides into the world of biomedical research and science. Abigail, Nizia, and Jesús talk about how they became involved with the project and what they hope to bring to our audience and take away into their own careers!

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