The Pediatric Moonshot
Welcome to the Pediatric Moonshot Podcast. The mission of the Pediatric Moonshot initiative is to reduce healthcare inequity, lower costs, and improve outcomes for children both locally and worldwide. This is to be achieved by developing real-time, privacy-preserving applications that access and leverage data from every one of the one million healthcare machines across all five hundred children’s hospitals globally.
Join us for engaging 1:1 interviews hosted by Dr. Timothy Chou, the driving force behind the Pediatric Moonshot initiative, as he talks to visionaries from diverse fields, ranging from esteemed clinicians to influential business leaders – all united by their dedication to enhancing the well-being of children.
Each episode provides an in-depth exploration of the current pediatric healthcare landscape, shedding light on the challenges we face, and the innovative solutions driven by passionate professionals from all walks of life.
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The Pediatric Moonshot
E3: Re-Finding Our Youth with Dr. Marc LaLande
Dr Chou interviews Dr. Marc LaLande, the Vice President of Research at Shriners Children’s and a transformative leader taking pediatric health research into the future, to get his take on the Pediatric Moonshot's mission to transform pediatric healthcare.
Marc’s career began at Boston Children’s Hospital during the early days of the Human Genome Project. Despite lacking formal genetics training, his involvement in separating chromosomes using a flow cytometry-based cell sort machine ignited his career in genetics. He worked extensively on rare pediatric disorders such as Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome.
Transitioning to the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Dr. Lalande continued his genetics research while embracing administrative responsibilities as the senior associate dean for research. In 2018, he became the Vice President of Research at Shriners Hospitals for Children, embarking on a mission to integrate the diverse clinical sites within the Shriners system.
For more about Marc check out https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/providers-and-research/research-at-shriners-childrens/vp-of-research