Powerhouse Podcast

The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation hosts the Powerhouse Podcast to discuss all things related to mitochondrial disease, research, and the patient journey. Featured guests include patients, caregivers, researchers, physicians and passionate advocates.

Powerhouse Podcast is a health podcast hosted by United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation hosts Powerhouse Podcast, a health show with 10 episodes published.

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  How Mitochondrial Research Moves Forward: From Patient Experience to Scientific Discovery

  Aug 28, 20261h 1m

  Every breakthrough in mitochondrial disease research starts the same way – with a patient's voice. This episode traces that full journey: how listening to patients shapes the questions researchers ask, how natural history studies build the foundation for understanding a disease, and how that knowledge translates into clinical trials designed to test real therapies. Along the way, we'll explore why this only works when patients, clinicians, researchers, advocacy organizations, and industry all row in the same direction – and why that collaboration is what ultimately accelerates the path to treatments and cures. Featuring • Philip Yeske, PhD, Science & Alliance Officer, United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation • Kristie Cline, Head of Patient Advocacy, Pharming • Magnus Hansson, MD, PhD-VP and Clinical Development Head for Mitochondrial Disease, Pharming • Danielle Black, MPH, Clinical Research Coordinator, United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation

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  Powerhouse Podcast: Making Sense of Mito - FBXL4-Associated Mitochondrial Disease

  Nov 6, 20251h 20m

  Introducing a special episode of the Powerhouse Podcast: Making Sense of Mito - FBXL4-Associated Mitochondrial Disease. This special edition episode spotlights researchers and the years of scientific work to understand FBXL4 alongside the stories and perspectives of parents of children impacted by FBXL4-associated mitochondrial disease. Helping to Make Sense of Mito are our co-hosts: two researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, Keri-Lyn Kozul, PhD and Hannah Pletcher, and mito mom/podcaster/foundation co-founder, Susan Geoghegan. This special episode bridges the gap to tell the story of FBXL4, bringing together the "team" working toward treatments, including the patient families and the scientists FEATURED GUESTS · Janice Belcher, mom to Juliet · David Alsina, PhD, Laarson Lab at Karolinska Institute, Sweden: https://ki.se/en/people/david-alsina o The Laarson Lab: https://molmet.ki.se/nils-goran-larsson · Mike and Susan Geoghegan, parents to Lorelei and Benji · Julia Pagan, PhD, Pagan Lab at University of Queensland, Australia: https://biomedical-sciences.uq.edu.au... o The Pagan Lab: https://biomedical-sciences.uq.edu.au... · Natalie Niemi, PhD, Niemi Lab at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, US: https://biochem.wustl.edu/faculty/niemi o The Niemi Lab: https://www.niemilab.com · Kevin and Courtney Kline, parents to Emery Special thanks to the families who contributed photos of their children. REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE Apricity Hope Project: https://apricityhope.org When Autumn Comes: https://apricityhope.org/autumn/ Live Like Lorelei: Amazon link to purchase UMDF's Mitochondrial Medicine Conference: https://umdfconference.org/

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  Episode #38

  POWERHOUSE Oct 2025: Team Activate Charity Runners for Chicago Marathon

  Oct 8, 202555 min

  Our Powerhouse Podcast for October features Morgan Crowley, DC, a chiropractor from Michigan, and Diego Santos, a medical student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and Researcher at CHOP. Both of these incredible panelists have been training, fundraising, and spreading awareness on UMDF's #TeamActivate for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 12 -- all in service to our community with mitochondrial diseases. To them, the marathon is a bonus. It's the cause -- the mission -- that is primary. We can't be more grateful and motivated by two people who care for patients with #mitochondrialdisease in their professions AND spend their personal time fundraising toward treatments and cures. We're cheering for them and all of our Team Activate runners, who have dedicated every mile toward making a difference. #fueledbymitochondria Follow Morgan's Run Journey on Facebook/Instagram @chiroontherun Follow Diego's Run Journey on Instagram @jd_santos26 Give in support of Team Activate runners at umdf.org/teamactivate

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  Episode #37

  Powerhouse Podcast: an Introduction to Special Episode - Making Sense of Mito

  Sep 23, 202525 min

  We'd proud to introduce you to Making Sense of Mito - FBXL4-Associated Mitochondrial Disease. In this new episode (dropping soon), Dr. Keri-Lyn Kozul, PhD and Hannah Pletcher, researchers from Wash U St. Louis, and Susan Geoghegan of Apricity Hope Foundation team up to weave the science and the patient journeys together into the story of FBXL4, an ultra rare mitochondrial disease. Listen in as we tease out how this special episode came to be and the hopes for all it will become to both our research and patient communities. Featured Guests: Keri-Lyn Kozul, PhD and Hannah Pletcher Niemi Lab at Washington University, St. Louis https://www.niemilab.com Susan Geoghegan The Apricity Hope Project https://apricityhope.org/susan-geoghegan/

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  Episode #36

  POWERHOUSE Podcast Jan 2025: Celebrating Dr. David Whiteman

  Jan 25, 20251h 12mS0

  In this episode, we celebrate the career of David Whiteman, BM, BCh, FAAP, FACMG, currently a Principal Consultant at Blue Lobster Discovery. With 30 years of experience in academic medicine as a specialist in genetics and metabolics and 20 years of experience in drug development and pharmaceutics, Dr. Whiteman has dedicated his career to the care of patients and treatment of rare diseases, including mitochondrial diseases.   Joined part-way through the episode by surprise guest and colleague, Dr. Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD, FACMG of the University of Pittsburgh, UMDF’s Philip Yeske, PhD, Dr. Whiteman, and Dr. Vockley discuss the decades of change in...

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