This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.02.23)
Monday
Lucy Loch, doctoral candidate in the department of psychology at the University of Michigan, discusses whether you can become addicted to ultra-processed foods.
Tuesday
Madeline McCrary, assistant professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, looks at breaking the cycle of Hepatitis C infection and pregnancy.
Wednesday
Shannon Kay, assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine, determines how to make care for asthma more personalized.
Thursday
Sonja Wild, postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis, explores why juvenile birds may lean on siblings more than parents to learn to solve a puzzle.
Friday
Mikaela Bloomberg, senior research fellow in social epidemiology and social statistics at the department of epidemiology and public health at the institute of epidemiology and health care at University College London, examines one reason why quitting smoking is good for you no matter when in life it happens.