Padma Lalshmi, host of Bravo’s Top Chef, delivered remarks at MIT’s fourth annual Open Endoscopy Forum. Ahead of her speech, Lakshmi spent the day at MIT touring labs and engaging with students, reports Olivia Vanni for The Boston Herald.
“Top Chef” star Padma Lakshmi has been named a visiting scholar at MIT’s Center for Gynepathology Research and will be speaking at the center’s Open Endoscopy Forum, according to the Boston Herald. The forum will feature “top MIT minds and medical experts, all of whom will shine light on the push to make improvements within the specialty.”
Boston Globe reporter Lillian Brown writes that Padma Lakshmi, host and executive producer of “Top Chef,” is joining the MIT Center for Gynepathology Research as a visiting scholar. “Too many people avoid talking about difficult subjects in women’s health,” said Lakshmi.
Dr. Keith Isaacson of Newton-Wellesley Hospital discusses the hospital’s collaboration with MIT on gynepathology research with Andrea Timpano of Boston Magazine. Isaacson, with MIT researchers, developed a smartphone app that helps endometriosis patients monitor their condition.