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Michael Schmidt is at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Thank you, Michael.

Thanks everyone.

On this episode, we speak with Ondar Albayram from the Medical University of South Carolina, whose work has explored the role of the endocannabinoid system in brain aging and neuroprotection.

His research has investigated how THC and endocannabinoid signaling influence cognitive function and neuroinflammation, with implications for understanding and potentially treating age-related cognitive decline.

Welcome to the Epigenetics Podcast from ActiveMotif.

Great to have you all on.

So for a little bit of background, the National Violence Center is located within the National Crime Victim Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.

The center provides civic leaders, behavioral and mental health professionals, criminal justice and victim service professionals, journalists, emergency managers, and policymakers with evidence-based practices to understand mass violence and its impact.

So with that background out of the way, Alyssa and Angela, both of you have been involved with the Mass Violin Center since the very beginning.

So maybe you can tell us the story of why it was created and what inspired its work.

As you mentioned, the National Mass Violence Center is housed within the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.

And we are in Charleston, South Carolina.

And we, the Crime Victims Center, before the Mass Violence Center was established, the Crime Victims Center provides support to our local community for victims of crime.

My name is Jordan Whatley.

I'm a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, Sean Jenkins Children's Hospital in Charleston, and I'm joined today by my co-host, Dr. Jason Silverman.

How's it going, Jason? really good how are you doing jordan things are great i'm just excited this is our first time just you and me hosting a podcast here i know i know it's great to check out the new vibe you know

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So our Executive Leadership Academy for Cancer Centers, the ELAC program at Massey, is an 18-month training program where we identify promising individuals who are cancer center members, and we make sure that they have all the nuts and bolts and understand what a NCI-designated cancer center is, give them some training, some coaching, and that has been tremendously successful.

So Massey partnered with the Medical University of South Carolina's Hollings Cancer Center, put that on.

And we had our inaugural class graduate, if you will, from that just this summer.

So we're excited about training that next group of leaders, getting them in spaces that they can take on leadership so that, you know, hopefully in the not too distant future, there won't be just nine of us in this leadership role.

before and after surgery and how recovery unfolds over time.

So I'm going to start by introducing one of our guests, Dr. Habib Rizik, who is a neurotologist and professor in the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he directs their multidisciplinary vestibular program.

His clinical and research interests focus on the medical and surgical treatments of vestibular disorders.

Dr. Rizek is past president and a current board member of the Vestibular Disorders Association and is active in several national and international organizations dedicated to otology, neurotology, and balance disorders.

Okay.

I will say when I was at MUSC, there was a guy who ran like a, like an underground media servers that, you know, if you were in the know you knew about that was Plex based.

So you may have somebody at your organization who's like basically read from Shawshank, except with media.

I'm not saying good, right or wrong.