The Pathology Report
The Pathology Report
Podcast Description
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) is proud to present The Pathology Report – a podcast exploring the latest insights, innovations, and challenges in pathology.
In Season One, recorded live at Pathology Update 2025, we bring you conversations with leading experts in pathology and laboratory medicine. Each episode delves into key areas of the field, highlighting the pivotal role pathology plays in modern healthcare.
Stay tuned for the first episodes, landing soon in your favourite podcast feed.
Find out more at rcpa.edu.au.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on key themes within pathology, including the integration of artificial intelligence in diagnostics, healthcare equity related to big data, and the evolving challenges in laboratory practices. Example episodes explore topics such as AI's impact on overdiagnosis, the balance between automation and clinician workload, and issues of data ownership and patient consent in clinical settings.
Welcome to The Pathology Report, the podcast that brings you the latest insights and innovations in pathology. Each episode features a conversation with a panel of local and international content matter experts, offering:
· perspectives on emerging developments in pathology – including both opportunities and limitations
· expert insight into the profession’s key challenges, and potential solutions
· thoughtful discussion that reflects the diversity of perspectives across the field.
Created by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA), the Pathology Report offers a convenient continuing professional development (CPD) option for pathologists and other medical professionals.
Find out more at rcpa.me/the-pathology-report
The latest advances in vaccine research are providing new insights into how we can better protect individuals and communities from both infectious and non-infectious diseases.
In this episode of The Pathology Report, host and microbiologist Dr Ian Gassiep is joined by clinical immunologist Professor Tri Phan and vaccinology consultant Professor Helen Marshall. Together, they discuss the latest developments in vaccine research, including clinical trials for adults and children, the safety and effectiveness of different vaccines, and the science behind specificity and immune memory.
Key topics include:
- How the adjuvant component of vaccines may offer immune system benefits beyond the specific antigen that is being targeted.
- The impact of vaccinations being repeated in the same arm, and how this may change the memory B-cell response between booster shots.
- The role of vaccines in stimulating tolerogenic responses to treat non-infectious diseases, such as autoimmune conditions like multiple sclerosis.
- The major barriers to vaccine uptake, particularly with children and adolescents, and public health measures to increase and maintain vaccination rates.
- Uncoupling vaccine reactogenicity and immunogenicity to help improve understanding vaccine responses and benefits.
- Unexpected off-target benefits of vaccines, including the link between meningococcal B vaccine and gonorrhoea and the shingles vaccine and dementia risk.
Episode links:
Women and Children’s Hospital – Vaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit (VIRTU)
RCPA members
This podcast is an RCPA-endorsed CPD activity. Each episode gives you an opportunity to gain CPD hours in three easy steps:
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The Pathology Report is produced by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and is part of the Talking HealthTech Podcast Network.
Learn more about the RCPA atrcpa.edu.au and discover other shows in the network attalkinghealthtech.com/podcast/network.
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