Halteres Presents

BONUS: Live from HLTH 2025's "Diagnostics Zone"!

On this bonus episode of "Halteres Presents", host Mickey Urdea is recording live from the first-ever "Diagnostics Zone" at HLTH 2025 in Las Vegas! Among the many old col

Ep. 407: "The Value of a Molecular Cancer Signal of Origin" with Dr. Eric Klein

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", hosts Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer are sitting down with Eric A. Klein, MD, to get his perspective on the value of a molecular can

Ep. 406: "The Future of Non-Instrumented, One-Time-Use Tests" with Patrick Vaughan, PhD

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", hosts Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer are sitting down with Patrick Vaughan, PhD, the Chief Operating Officer of DCN Dx, to discuss t

Ep. 405: "Think Of The Laboratory As Your End User" with Dr. Beth Marlowe

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", hosts Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer are sitting down with Dr. Beth Marlowe, Executive Scientific Director and Head of R&D for Quest

Ep. 404: "The Promise, The Potential, and the Pressing Questions Facing Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Testing" - Tom Beer, M.D.

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", hosts Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer are sitting down with Dr. Tom Beer, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Multi-Cancer Ea

Ep. 403: "What Useful Insights Can Be Gleaned From The Gut Microbiome?" - Dr. Daniel van der Lelie

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", hosts Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer are sitting down with Dr. Daniel (Niels) van der Lelie, the CEO & CSO for Gusto Global, the Mic

Ep. 402: "Is America Ready To Defend Against A Biological Attack?" - Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", hosts Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer are sitting down with Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, the Director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of

Ep. 401: “How Concerned Should We Be About H5N1?” - Dave Engelthaler, Ph.D.

On the Season 4 premiere of Halteres Presents, hosts Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer are talking all about H5N1 with Dr. Dave Engelthaler, the Director and Professor at TGen

“Halteres Presents” Season 4 Arrives 11/18!

Season 4 of our award-winning podcast Halteres Presents begins on Tuesday November 18th! Season 4 of our award-winning podcast Halteres Presents begins on Tuesday Novem

Ep. 307: Nobel Laureate Michael Houghton on His Legacy Working on Hepatitis C

On the finale episode of season 3 of "Halteres Presents", Rich Thayer and Mickey Urdea are honored to sit down with their longtime colleague Nobel Laureate Sir Michael Ho

Ep. 306: How Wearable Diagnostic Devices May Revolutionize Personalized Healthcare

On this solo episode of "Halteres Presents", Rich Thayer and Mickey Urdea are highlighting the potential market applications for wearable diagnostic devices. The recent i

Ep. 305: The Genomics Tools That Are Helping To Avoid the Next Outbreak - David Engelthaler, Ph.D.

On this week's episode of "Halteres Presents", Rich Thayer and Mickey Urdea are discussing with David Engelthaler, the director of the Pathogen and Microbiome Division at

Ep. 304: Roundtable Discussion on FDA's Final Rule on Laboratory-Developed Tests - Jennifer Leib and Elliot Cowan

On this week's episode, Rich Thayer and Mickey Urdea are hosting Jennifer Leib and Elliot Cowan for their first-ever roundtable discussion in order to parse through the r

Ep. 303: The Critical Patient-Driven Factors to Consider in Decentralized Diagnostic Testing - Dr. Donna Wolk

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", Rich Thayer and Mickey Urdea are chatting about decentralized diagnostic testing with Dr. Donna Wolk, division director of Molecul

Ep. 302: The 411 on H5N1, and Looking Back on the Dawn of Molecular Diagnostics - David Persing

On this episode of "Halteres Presents", Rich and Mickey are sitting down with David Persing, the Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for Cephei

Ep. 301: "Science Is A Self-Correcting Body of Knowledge": Lessons Learned On How To Talk About Science - Holden Thorp

Welcome to Season 3 of "Halteres Presents", the award-winning, brand-agnostic interview podcast designed to unbiasedly highlight the happenings within the diagnostics ind

Season 3 Begins June 11th!

"Halteres Presents" is back with Season 3 beginning Tuesday June 11th! Seasons 1 and 2 of "Halteres Presents" had a very rewarding awards season, having been honored wi

(World TB Day Re-Release) Ep. 103: Global TB Diagnostics, Part 3 – Dr. Shibu Vijayan

In honor of World TB Day 2024, we're re-releasing our three-part series from last year on the status of tuberculosis diagnostics worldwide. For World TB Day 2024, the Wo

(World TB Day Re-Release) Ep. 102: Global TB Diagnostics, Part 2 – Dr. Peter Small

In honor of World TB Day 2024, we're re-releasing our three-part series from last year on the status of tuberculosis diagnostics worldwide. For World TB Day 2024, the Wo

(World TB Day Re-Release) Ep. 101: Global TB Diagnostics, Part 1 – Dr. Morten Ruhwald

In honor of World TB Day 2024, we're re-releasing our three-part series from last year on the status of tuberculosis diagnostics worldwide. For World TB Day 2024, the Wo