Amy Wolf
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Episode 4: Behind the brain science of addiction with Erin Calipari
What does the way we learn have to do with drug addiction? In our fourth episode, Erin Calipari, associate professor of pharmacology and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver for an enlightening conversation. In this episode, they discuss nucleus accumbens—the part of… Read MoreMar. 27, 2025
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Bonus Episode: Psychologist David Yeager on what it takes to motivate young people
In this thought-provoking bonus episode of Quantum Potential, Vanderbilt University Provost C. Cybele Raver hosts renowned developmental psychologist David Yeager, professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, co-founder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute, and author of 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young… Read MoreMar. 12, 2025
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Episode 3: Brian Bachmann, professor of chemistry, charts path to personalized treatment
In our third episode, Provost C. Cybele Raver welcomes chemist Brian Bachmann, who is the principal investigator for the Vanderbilt Laboratory for Biosynthetic Studies. Bachmann talks about his work discovering useful chemicals made from natural products (compounds made by tiny living things like bacteria and fungi) that are paving… Read MoreFeb. 26, 2025
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Episode 2: Lauren Sudeall, law professor and director of Vanderbilt’s Access to Justice program, on creating a “person-centered” judicial system.
In our second episode, Vanderbilt University provost C. Cybele Raver explores civil justice inequities with Lauren Sudeall, law professor and director of Vanderbilt’s Access to Justice program. Through her groundbreaking research in rural Alabama and Georgia, Sudeall reveals how low-income individuals navigate eviction proceedings—with or without legal representation—and advocates… Read MoreFeb. 12, 2025