Episodes

  • E0: What's Coming in Season One
    Jul 25 2022
    As we launch the Spit It Out Podcast we want you to know why you should subscribe and what to look forward to in the first season.
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    1 min
  • E1: The Case for Saliva as a Sample with Anne Wyllie of SalivaDirect
    Sep 7 2022
    We welcomed Dr. Anne Wyllie from the Yale School of Public Health and founder of the SalivaDirect initiative. In this conversation we uncovered the benefits and challenges of using saliva as a sample type, how Anne came across saliva in her research, and how a partnership with the NBA led her to go all-in on the SalivaDirect open source COVID testing protocol that she helped create.
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    18 mins
  • E2: Explore Scientific Wellness with Nathan Price of Thorne HealthTech
    Oct 6 2022
    On this episode, Avi Robbins speaks with Nathan Price, CSO of Thorne HealthTech about the paradigm shift needed in healthcare towards well-care, some actionable steps we can all take to participate, and of course, how saliva can play a role.
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    57 mins
  • E3: The Science Behind Saliva with Dr. David Wong of UCLA
    Nov 3 2022
    Dr. Wong, a renowned Dentist and Researcher at UCLA talks to us about the science behind Saliva as a diagnostic sample type and what's in store for the future.
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    33 mins
  • E4: Sports and Society - Data Driven Wellness with Robby Sikka
    Dec 8 2022
    This month, we speak to Dr. Robby Sikka, founder of the COVID Sports and Society Workgroup, applying learnings from sports health management to our own individual and community wellness goals and how we can personalize health data generation and monitoring.
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    39 mins
  • E5: The Future of Diagnostics with Maikel Boot of PreScouter
    Jan 6 2023
    Hear Dr. Boot's story on how he became involved with Saliva Diagnostics and what brought him to the forefront of science and innovation in health care.. Learn how he navigated COVID and helped setup employee testing, and used this experience to drive the expansion of saliva testing into other areas.
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    27 mins
  • E6: Supporting Her Community with Saliva based Testing with Sarah Nickel of Wichita State University
    Feb 9 2023
    Sarah Nickel responded to the COVID pandemic to support the local manufacturing community by leading the startup of a molecular diagnostics lab at the Wichita State University. She leveraged this experience to know spearhead the creation of a molecular biology laboratory to further her mission of teaching students while supporting her local community.
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    23 mins
  • S1E7: Immunoassays and Saliva: An Industry Perspective with Tecan / IBL
    Mar 9 2023
    We hear from Kat Holloway and Dajana Domik of Tecan / IBL a leading manufacturer of liquid handling equipment and immunoassays. On this episode we discuss the benefits of saliva and why it's moving from a scientific sample type for research to a clinical sample used in mainstream testing. We cover testing from an Endocrinology focus on hormones and where IBL is focusing in this space.
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    43 mins