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Bridging Synapses

Bridging Synapses

Di: Alison Chan
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Join Alison Chan as she explores her academic and personal interests through interviews with invited guests.Alison Chan Scienza Scienze biologiche
  • Reimagining Cognitive Care: Sweden's First Digital Memory Clinic
    Mar 19 2026

    In this episode of Bridging Synapses, join Alison as she interviews Simon Körösi, CEO of Geras Solutions and Minnesmottagningen in Sweden. He discusses how a digital memory clinic operates, how he integrates family input into patient care, and the advantages of Sweden’s publicly reimbursed healthcare system. He also shares what keeps him hopeful in cognitive care, including emerging artificial intelligence technologies and blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease.


    I det här avsnittet av Bridging Synapses får du följa med Alison när hon intervjuar Simon Körösi, VD för Geras Solutions och Minnesmottagningen i Sverige. Han diskuterar hur en digital minnesklinik fungerar, hur han integrerar familjens inflytande i patientvården och fördelarna med Sveriges offentligt ersatta sjukvårdssystem. Han delar också med sig av vad som gör honom hoppfull inom kognitiv vård, inklusive nya artificiella intelligenstekniker och blodbiomarkörer för Alzheimers sjukdom.


    Guest: Simon Körösi, MD

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    25 min
  • Beneath the Surface: Hands2Ocean's Underwater Cleanup Movement
    Jan 13 2026

    On today's episode of Bridging Synapses, Alison interviews Per Klemming of Hands2Ocean, a Stockholm-based nonprofit working to restore Sweden’s seabeds and waterways through volunteer-led dive cleanups. As a dive leader and rope puller, Per helps plan and guide operations that remove underwater debris such as batteries and tires. He shares how he became involved, what these cleanups look like in practice, the new community initiatives Hands2Ocean is launching to expand its impact, and more.


    I dagens avsnitt av Bridging Synapses intervjuar Alison Per Klemming från Hands2Ocean, en Stockholmsbaserad ideell organisation som arbetar för att återställa Sveriges havsbotten och vattenvägar genom volontärledda dykstädningar. Som dykledare och repdragare hjälper Per till att planera och vägleda operationer som tar bort undervattensskräp som batterier och däck. Han delar med sig av hur han blev involverad, hur dessa städningar ser ut i praktiken, de nya samhällsinitiativ som Hands2Ocean lanserar för att öka sin effekt, och mer.


    Guest: Per Klemming

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    29 min
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy: Patient Perspectives and Ethics of Disclosure
    Oct 31 2025

    In this episode of Bridging Synapses, Alison speaks with Sarah, a former clinical psychiatric rehabilitation professor at San Diego State University and an advocate for patients affected by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). After undergoing 116 rounds of ECT, Sarah has dedicated her career to advancing transparency, ethical standards, and informed consent in psychiatry. Their conversation explores the personal and systemic implications of ECT, from memory loss and misdiagnosis to the future of patient-centered reform.


    Guest: Sarah Hancock, MS

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    44 min
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