A productive partnership for women's health, with Dr. Will Walker
Behrend Talks: A Penn State Podcast
Chapters
0:00
Welcome, and Will Walker’s Path
3:40
Inside Magee Womens Research Strengths
6:10
Breakthrough Testosterone Insights And Funding
8:50
Why Partner In Erie And Multi‑Generation Studies
11:25
Touring Behrend’s Two Labs
14:10
Students’ Skills, Roles, And Real Impact
17:05
Training On State‑Of‑The‑Art Equipment
19:25
Faculty Mentoring And Cross‑Campus Collaboration
21:15
Microplastics Research And Lake Erie Context
23:10
Hospital Partnership And Rural Clinical Trials
25:05
New Seed Projects: Gait And Prolapse Mesh
27:05
Chasing Federal Grants And Workarounds
29:05
UTI Research With Extracellular Vesicles
31:05
Where AI Helps Research And Teaching
33:05
Five‑Year Vision And Defining Success
34:35
Closing, Thanks, And Takeaways
Behrend Talks: A Penn State Podcast
A productive partnership for women's health, with Dr. Will Walker
Nov 21, 2025
Season 8
Episode 3
Penn State Behrend
Dr. Ralph Ford, chancellor of Penn State Behrend, talks with Dr. Will Walker, director of the college's Women's Health Innovation and Science Translational Lab, about how Behrend's role in the MWRI-Erie initiative is helping to benefit medical research, undergraduate learning experiences, and the broader Erie community. Originally recorded on November 14, 2025.
