Fibroids explained with Fibroid expert Dr Jennifer Elisseff

Sex, Body, and Soul

Kate Roberts

Education, Relationships, Sexuality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Dr. Elisseeff is the Professor Director of the Translational Tissue Engineering Center at Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering.Jennifer received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD in Medical Engineering from the Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

Jennifer’s initial research efforts focused on the development of new biomaterials for medical implants, understanding stem cells and designing technologies. In recent years, she developed a passion for women's health and aging research– including the science behind adverse events to breast implants, new options to regrow tissue lost during lumpectomy, and deciphering the mechanisms behind fibroid development. On this podcast we discuss the very common issue of fibroids, what they are and their risks as well as aging and those treatments, yes Botox!

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0:00.0	There was a cancer researcher back in the 80s who described tumors at non-healing wounds.
0:05.7	So the fibroid is almost like a chronic wound.
0:08.7	Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul.
0:11.3	I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show, we talk about the marvel that is our bodies, what they can do and what they need to thrive. Ladies out there, our time is now.
0:24.3	Let's get to it. Our next guest is Dr. Jennifer Elisif. She is a professor and director of the
0:34.7	Translational Tissue Engineering Center at John Hopkins. When I found out my good
0:41.0	friend Jennifer, who we served together at the World Economic Forum as young global leaders, was doing
0:46.2	research into fibroids. I knew I had to have her on the show. She is an incredible researcher.
0:56.3	She does amazing work at John Hopkins,
1:04.0	and she happens to be a fibroid expert. So welcome to the show, Jennifer. Now, I never thought I would say this, but I'm actually excited to talk about my fibroid, together with my dear friend,
1:09.7	Jennifer, welcome to the show. Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here.
1:14.2	Well, you are doing incredible work and you are a professor at John Hopkins and have been there 20 years.
1:22.8	Almost 21 years. Wow. And you do really good work, especially on the research side. So you know everything
1:29.9	there is to know about fibroids. And I know that you are working at a sort of cutting edge level on
1:36.1	innovation. So tell us a little bit about your job. What do you do and why do you do it? So being a professor at Johns Hopkins, I'm heavily
1:45.9	focused on research. Well, that means that I'm advising PhD students, postdoctoral fellows,
1:52.8	master's students on their research for their thesis. And so I spend a lot of my time actually
2:00.0	fundraising. So submitting grants to NIH or the
2:03.3	Department of Defense to help fund their PhDs. These students have stipends. They're working in the lab,
2:08.3	spending a lot of money on the research. So it's educational, right? So helping people learn the
2:14.5	scientific process, how to do research. Another piece is getting comfortable
2:18.7	with the unknown. So if you think about education before, it's taking tests. Now we're trying
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