Podcasts by National CMV Foundation Podcast

Meet Dr. Megan Pesch from 2023-12-13T17:57:36.590355

A conversation with Dr. Megan Pesch, National CMV Foundation Board Member, developmental and behavioral pediatrician at CS Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI, and mom to three daughters, ...

Meet Danielle Kinkel, Founding Board Member from 2023-10-14T08:47:25

Danielle is the General Counsel at the Massachusetts Housing Partnership in Boston where she works with real estate developers, banks, government agencies, and non-profits to finance affordable ...

Meet John Spytek, Co-Founder of the National CMV Foundation from 2023-10-14T08:34:56

John and his wife, Kristen co-founded the National CMV Foundation in 2014 to educate families about congenital CMV, a virus that ultimately claimed the life of their 21-month old daughter, Evely...

Meet Jameka Hill, Senior Director, Clinical Trial Health Equity at Moderna from 2023-07-31T19:51:34

Jameka Hill is the Senior Director, Clinical Trial Health Equity at Moderna.  Within this role she is leading patient advocacy and clinical trial diversity efforts to de...

Meet Megan Nix, CMV parent&author from 2023-05-02T09:54:21

Megan Nix is a CMV mother, nonfiction writer, and author of the recently released medical memoir, Remedies for Sorrow. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Bo...

Meet Kadesha Thomas Smith, CMV parent and Founder/CEO of CareContent, Inc. from 2023-03-01T07:54:23

Kadesha Thomas Smith is the founder and CEO of CareContent, Inc., a digital strategy agency that helps healthcare organizations take a content-first approach to website redesigns, content market...

Meet Alyson Ward, senior researcher at Utah State University&the Director of Quality Improvement at the National Center for Hearing Assessment&Management from 2022-10-23T21:20:12

Alyson Ward is a senior researcher at Utah State University and the Director of Quality Improvement at the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. Ms. Ward has a master’s in public h...

Meet Tami Hoffman, LMSW- CMV and Late Onset Hearing Loss (LOHL) Parent from 2022-05-10T10:45:03

Join the National CMV Team as they speak with CMV parent, Tami Hoffman, LMSW, during Late Onset Hearing Loss (LOHL) Awareness Week. Tami is the proud mother of Ryder, who was diagnosed with LOHL...

Meet Kenya Simmons, CMV Foundation Intern from 2022-05-10T10:44:25

The National CMV Team had the privilege of speaking with Kenya Simmons, a dedicated intern with the Foundation. Kenya Simmons is a Master’s in Public Health graduate student with a concentration...

Meet Dr. Megan Pesch from the National CMV Foundation and the Congenital CMV Developmental Follow-up Clinic from 2022-04-11T08:10:17

Dr. Jenks and Khaliah chat with Dr. Megan Pesch, President-Elect of the National CMV Foundation during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Dr. Pesch is an Assistant Professor of Developm...

Meet Samantha Banerjee from PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy from 2022-02-22T23:50:37

Learn more about one of the National CMV Foundation's partnering organizations, PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy, in this episode featuring Samantha Banerjee. Samantha is the Executive Director of P...

Meet Lisa Eickel - CMV Community Alliance Chair for Virginia with the National CMV Foundation from 2021-11-15T13:26:44

Lisa Eickel is a Speech-Language Pathologist who has spent most of her professional career working with birth to elementary school-aged children.  Her professional passions include working with ...

Meet Richard Hughes from Moderna from 2021-06-09T08:51:06

In this episode, Khaliah chats with Richard Hughes IV, JD, MPH, who is Vice President of Public Policy at Moderna. He is a nationally recognized vaccine thought leader and has led many efforts t...

Meet Ilene Miller from the Rare Epilepsy Network (REN) from 2021-05-13T13:18:05

In this episode of CMV Speaks, we chat with Ilene Penn Miller, J.D., who serves as the Director for the Rare Epilepsy Network (REN) – comprised of 65+ rare epilepsy organizations committed to impro...

Meet Tammy Boyd from the Black Women’s Health Imperative from 2021-03-01T10:08:09

Along with Cody Stevens of PMG Awareness, Khaliah sits down with Tammy Boyd, JD, MPH, for this month's podcast episode; highlighting the launch of the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition, just in t...

Meet Sharon Wood from CMV Action, UK from 2021-01-15T18:29:19

In this episode, we sit down with Sharon Wood, Senior Project Manager at CMV Action. We chat about how they've changed their programming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, what they're planni...

Meet Kayla Keenan from CMV Canada from 2020-09-30T08:32:56

In this episode, we speak to Kayla Keenan, Executive Director of the Canadian CMV Foundation. Years of volunteering with community organizations led her to pursue a career in non-profit manageme...

Meet Khaliah Fleming&Amanda Devereaux from 2020-09-02T11:46:43

In this episode, we sit down with Khaliah Fleming, MPH, MCHES, and executive director at the National CMV Foundation, and Amanda Devereaux, RN, BSN, and Program Director at the National CMV Foun...

Catching up with Dr. Sallie Permar from 2020-07-06T13:21:23

In this episode, Khaliah and Shayne chat with Dr. Sallie Permar, National CMV Foundation Board Director, Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University, a member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute,...

CMV Vaccine Update feat. Lori Panther of Moderna from 2020-06-17T18:22:58

In this episode, Khaliah and Shayne chat with Lori Panther, MD, MPH, and Director of Clinical Development, Infectious Diseases at Moderna based in Cambri...

CMV Dads Take Action for CMV Awareness - Episode 2 from 2020-06-06T10:15:53

In this episode, Khaliah and Shayne sit down with CMV Dads Nic and Andy to discuss their CMV journeys so far, what they're doing to raise CMV awareness in their communities and abroad, what need...

Meet Dr. Sallie Permar from 2020-01-16T10:26:11

A conversation with Dr. Sallie Permar, National CMV Foundation Board Director, Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University, member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute, an affiliate of the Duke Gl...

CMV Dads take action for CMV Awareness from 2019-10-31T12:34:23

Step into the shoes of three CMV Dads: Brandon, Matt and Shayne to learn about their lives as CMV parents, their amazing CMV kiddos, their success raising CMV awareness and their future goals to...

CMVIRUS: Spread the word, not the virus. from 2019-09-24T14:02:47

Guest host, Becky Ericson, founder of UpLevel Consulting, LLC., speaks with Nick Capanear, EVP, Executive Creative Director, GSW NY and Kristen Hutchinson Spytek, President & CEO, National CMV F...

CMV Awareness: What Are We Really Measuring? from 2019-09-06T12:23:56

A conversation with Kathleen M. Muldoon, PhD., Associate Professor, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University and Seth D. Dobson, PhD., Principal, Artful Analytics LLC.

Kathleen ...

A Chat with Meridian Biosciences from 2019-07-18T05:49:47

In this episode we're chatting with Larry Mertz, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Meridian Bioscience. 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. are makers of Alethia™ CMV Molecular ...

CMV Panel Discussion for Parents from 2019-07-14T10:14:12

CMV Panel Discussion for Parents featuring: Eva Karltorp, Marisa Mussi-Pinhata, Pablo Sanchez, and Sunil Sood. Moderator - Karen Fowler, PhD

A discussion of congenital CMV – the new and i...