by Rome Madison | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
We are honored to speak with Amy Cohen, who made history as the first person with sickle cell disease to run and finish the New York City Marathon. She opens up about her diagnosis, and the pivotal moment in high school when the reality of the disease set in,...
by Rome Madison | Feb 8, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Cardiomyopathy, genetic testing, Heart Disease
In this episode research geneticist and author Susan Liebman joins us to tell the personal and scientific story behind her memoir The Dressmaker’s Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family’s Secret. Susan unpacks generations of silence around heart disease...
by Rome Madison | Feb 2, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, CAR-T therapy, Clinical Trials, Sickle cell
In this powerful episode Rome interviews Wumi Bakare and Christelle Salomon, two amazing women who are sickle cell warriors and hosts of the Through the Genes podcast. September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Wumi and Christelle share their personal stories of living...
by Rome Madison | Jan 24, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Cancer, genetic testing, genomic testing
Rome sits down with Stephane Budel, Founding Partner at Decibio, a premier strategy consulting firm dedicated to advancing precision medicine. This conversation aims to demystify the complex world of NGS testing, providing patients, caregivers, and healthcare...
by Rome Madison | Jan 18, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Cancer, genetic testing, Hereditary cancer testing
This week we sit down with Sara Kavanaugh, the voice behind The Positive Gene Podcast, who shares her deeply personal story as a cancer pre-vivor. Discovering not one, but two gene variants (CHK2 and MSH6 associated with Lynch Syndrome) that significantly increased...
