Meet Ryte Damaseviciute, a resident doctor in Vilnius with a strong passion for improving how medical students and physicians engage with research. She believes that even those who don’t plan to become scientists should have a solid foundation in clinical research and data science.

Ryte focuses on Pancreatic cancer clinical research. Predictive models for post-operative complications evaluation. Her main passion is in medical research to improve the quality of medical students' and physicians' backgrounds in research.

In the podcast, we talk about:

• Why does Ryte find doing research in the medical field so valuable?
• Why should one take a year for research or internship before continuing their residency in medicine?
• Imposter syndrom in the medical field?
• Trends and the future in the medical field?
• What’s the cure for cancer?
• Ryte's advice for young Researchers

Learn more about the scholarship opportunities provided by the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation to help Baltic Scientists fund their research in the United States: www.balticamericanfreedomfoundation.org

This episode features Zane Vincevica-Gaile, who is a Latvian environmental science researcher with a pharmacy and chemistry background.

She is working at the University of Latvia as a leading researcher at the Department of Environmental Science, being involved in the international project Europe-LAND. Additionally she is working at Riga Technical University as a senior scientific expert at the Institute of Civil Engineering, where she is assisting the professor's work in the field of geotechniques.

Her daily tasks, mostly involve scientific information extraction, compilation and analysis, data assessment and visualization, and scientific writing. Zane was part of BAFF Research Scholar Program, from August2023, to January 2024.

At the podcast we talk about:

• How clean are plants next to Baltic railroads?
• What is Project Europe-LAND?
• How does waste valorization impact environment?
• Traveling Opportunities as a Scientist
• Advice for Young Researchers and Final Thoughts

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Learn more about the scholarship opportunities provided by the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation to help Baltic Scientists fund their research in the United States: www.balticamericanfreedomfoundation.org

From Software Testing to AI Innovation: Andres Kull’s Journey of Learning and Transformation.

A conversation with an Estonian entrepreneur and researcher Andres Kull. Andres started his career in software engineering, working on projects that helped automate real-time systems and even testing software for Nokia base stations.

His curiosity led him into model-based software testing, where he earned his PhD, and later, a research opportunity in the U.S. brought an unexpected turn—he discovered a passion for data science and machine learning. Andres also discusses his AI-driven chatbot platform, Bot, and his enthusiasm for AI's rapid advancements following the release of ChatGPT in November 2022.

In the podcast, we talk about:

• Andres Kull’s career journey
• His research experience in the US with BAFF
• Andres feeling like a spy in the US
• What is model-based software testing
• Andres’s favorite AI Tools and his thoughts about the future.

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Learn more about the scholarship opportunities provided by the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation to help Baltic Scientists fund their research in the United States: www.balticamericanfreedomfoundation.org