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Topics
- Are We More Than Our Genes? 16
- Are We Using Technology or is Technology Using Us? 16
- Astronomy 31
- Awe 36
- Behavior 71
- Belief 59
- Cognitive Science 40
- Compassion 26
- Consciousness 6
- Creativity 17
- D'Vrei Torah 5
- Environment 38
- Ethics 53
- Fear 25
- Free Will 6
- Genetics 27
- God's Creation and Our Creation 22
- Gratitude 10
- Happiness 12
- History 4
- Holidays 67
- Hope 13
- How Science Influences Religious Language 18
- Learning 50
- Mathematics 9
- Memory 21
- Morality 46
- Prayer 20
- Relationships 47
- Religion and Science 124
- Sacred Science 50
- Scientists in Synagogues 139
- Self 31
- Sinai and Synapses Fellowship 32
- Success 9
- Technology 58
- Theology 32
- Time 25
- Truth 29
- When Religion Heals, When Science Heals 18
- Why Do People Do Bad (and Good) Things? 28
Speakers
- 2013-2015 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 55
- 2015-2017 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 53
- 2016-2017 Scientists in Synagogues Selected Congregations 26
- 2017-2019 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 69
- 2019-2021 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 23
- Abby Olena, PhD 1
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- Adam Reynolds 3
- Agustín Fuentes PhD 1
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- Alan Lightman, PhD 2
- Albert Hayden 1
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- Amanda Lawrence 1
- Amanda Townley, PhD 2
- Amy Herman 1
- Amy Pollack 1
- Anebel Hernandez 1
- Annie Murphy Paul 1
- Ariel Anbar, PhD 2
- Arthur N. Popper, PhD 1
- Arvin Gouw, PhD 8
- Azi Grysman, PhD 2
- Baba Brinkman 1
- Barbara Hofer, PhD 1
- Betsy Von Holle PhD 1
- Bonnie J Buratti PhD 1
- Brian Gallagher 13
- Brian Nosek, PhD 1
- Briana Pobiner, PhD 3
- Cailin O'Connor, PhD 1
- Cantor Elizabeth Sternlieb 1
- Cantor Olivia Brodsky 1
- Carly-Anne Gannon 1
- Carmen Del Toro 1
- Carolyn Hall 1
- Christian B Miller, PhD 1
- Ciara Reyes-Ton, PhD 1
- CJ Baldelomar 1
- Connor Wood, PhD 24
- Dan Rothstein 1
- Dana Bash 1
- Daniel H. Pink 1
- Daniel Langton, Ph.D. 1
- Daniel Wilkenfeld, PhD 1
- Dave Schmelzer 2
- David A. Greenberg, PhD 1
- David B Yaden PhD 1
- David Borger Germann 1
- David Bosworth, PhD 7
- David DeSteno, PhD 8
- David DiSalvo 1
- David Haymer, PhD 1
- David Keleti, PhD 4
- David Mogul, PhD 1
- David Novick PhD 1
- David Rosmarin, PhD 1
- David Snyder, MD 1
- David Zvi Kalman, PhD 1
- Debbi Dunn Solomon 1
- Deena Gottlieb 1
- Dennis Gilbride PhD 1
- Derek Nelson 1
- Diana Butler Bass 1
- Dominic Packer, PhD 1
- Dr Zachary Epstein 1
- Dr. Adam Pryor 10
- Dr. Andrea Ciaranello 1
- Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell 4
- Dr. Brian Patrick Green 1
- Dr. Carey Murphy 1
- Dr. Christopher Cotter 1
- Dr. Elyssa Pellish 1
- Dr. Gerard Saucier 1
- Dr. Greg Samsa 2
- Dr. Jennifer Wiseman 2
- Dr. Joel Wolfson, MD 2
- Dr. Jonathan Weinkle 1
- Dr. Joseph Henrich 1
- Dr. Joshua Greene 1
- Dr. Joshua Holo 1
- Dr. Joshua Weitz 1
- Dr. Kevin Tidgewell 1
- Dr. Michael Summers 1
- Dr. Nicole M. Gerardo 1
- Dr. Olga Kosheleva 1
- Dr. Paul Slovic 2
- Dr. Peter R. Saulson 5
- Dr. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein 1
- Dr. Stephen Rosen 2
- Dr. Thomas Wassink 5
- Dr. Victor J. Katz 1
- Dr. Vladik Kreinovich 1
- Dr. William Kraus 1
- Elad Nehorai 1
- Elaine Howard Ecklund, PhD 2
- Elizabeth Fernandez, PhD 6
- Ellen Knell PhD 1
- Elliot Berkman, PhD 2
- Emily Oster, PhD 2
- Ethan Siegel PhD 1
- Gale Sinatra PhD 1
- Gary Heiligman PhD 1
- Grace Wolf-Chase, PhD 2
- Greg Cotsoona, PhD 1
- Hank Davis, PhD 1
- Helen de Cruz PhD 1
- Helmut Brückner, PhD 1
- Ian Binns, PhD 6
- Ian Brown 1
- Ian Hutchinson, PhD 1
- Imam Abdullah Antepli 1
- Irene G. Plotzker, PhD 1
- Isaac Alderman, PhD 4
- Itzik Nir 1
- Janet McDaniel 1
- Jeremy England, PhD 2
- Jerrold Davis, PhD 2
- Joe Baldelomar 1
- Joelle Novey 1
- John Marc Sianghio, Jr. 8
- John Meitzen, PhD 1
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- Kate Stockly 2
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- Larry Lesser, PhD 2
- Laura Donnelly 3
- Laura Haynes 1
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- Lindsey Myers 1
- Lisa Miller 1
- Lisa Miller PhD 1
- Lisa Ortuno, PhD 6
- Lisa Sowle Cahill PhD 1
- Lorenzo Cecutti 1
- Lori Yanowitz 1
- Luisa Cortesi, PhD 1
- Mark Bloom, PhD 3
- Marni Hall PhD 1
- Marnie Gelbart, PhD 1
- Marshall Kohen 1
- Marta Segal Block 3
- Matthew I. Banks, PhD 2
- Megan Powell Cuzzolino, EdD 12
- Michael Dine PhD 1
- Michael Gottlieb, PhD 1
- Michael James, PhD 1
- Michael Kaplan 2
- Michael Shermer, PhD 3
- Michael Zimmerman, PhD 2
- Michelle Lani Shiota PhD 1
- Miriam Brosseau 1
- Mitchell Freedman, MD 1
- Molly Shoichet, PhD 1
- Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad, PhD 1
- Myriam Renaud, PhD 4
- Naomi Oreskes PhD 1
- Nathaniel Daw 1
- Nicholas Christakis MD, PhD, MPH 1
- Pastor Ken Wilson 1
- Pastor Zach Fleming 1
- Paul Root Wolpe, PhD 2
- Pekka Sinervo, Ph.D. 4
- Peter Hotez, MD, PhD 1
- Professor Noah Efron 1
- Rabbi Adam Bellows 1
- Rabbi Adam Cutler 1
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- Rabbi Annie Tucker 2
- Rabbi Ari Kaiman 1
- Rabbi Arielle Hanien 6
- Rabbi Avi Orlow 1
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- Rachel Petroff Kessler, RJE 2
- Rachel Pincus 1
- Randy Dimond, PhD 1
- Razel Solow PhD 1
- Razel Solow, PhD 1
- Rebecca Lunstroth, JD, MA 1
- Rebecca Saxe PhD 1
- Rev Dr Gregory Simpson 1
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- Rev. Adey Wassink 1
- Rev. Brian Sauder 1
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- Rev. Dr. Kara Slade 1
- Rev. Dr. Kristel Clayville 4
- Rev. Dr. Ruth Shaver 13
- Rev. Gawain de Leeuw 4
- Rev. Mark Goodman 4
- Rev. Paul Raushenbush 1
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- Reverend Dr. Eric Elnes 1
- Reverend John Van Sloten 7
- Reverend Rose Ann Vita 1
- Rex Jung, PhD 1
- Roald Hoffmann, Ph.D. 2
- Robert Pollack PhD 1
- Robin Coyne 1
- Robyn Fivush PhD 1
- Roger Price 1
- Ross Ellenhorn PhD 1
- Roy E. Plotnick, PhD 4
- Ryan Niemiec, Psy. D. 1
- Sam McNerney 1
- Samuel Arbesman 1
- Sara Gottlieb 9
- Sara Huston Katsanis 2
- Sara Seager, PhD 1
- Sarah Chauncey, PhD 1
- Sarah Goss 2
- Seth Patterson 1
- Seth Villegas 1
- Shamila N. Chaudhary 1
- Sharon Brown 1
- Shira Leibowitz Schmidt 1
- Sigal Samuel 1
- Snezana Lawrence PhD 1
- Stefanie West Leacock, PhD 4
- Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN 1
- Steven Goldman 1
- Steven Pastor 1
- Steven Pinker, PhD 2
- Stuart Firestein, PhD 4
- Tania Lombrozo, PhD 1
- Ted Peters, PhD 2
- Telli Davoodi, PhD 3
- Thomas F Rosenbaum PhD 1
- Thomas Williams 1
- Tiffany Shlain 2
- Timothy Maness, PhD 7
- Val Snekvik 1
- Venkat Venkatasubramanian 1
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- William D. Richards 1
- Yair Lior, PhD 1
- Zander Harpel 1
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Content by Dr. Greg Samsa

Dr. Greg Samsa is a biostatistician in the Duke University School of Medicine.

Jun 19, 2015

How Our Choices Change Our DNA

Dr. Greg Samsa, Dr. William Kraus, Lisa Ortuno, PhD

With new discoveries in epigenetics — how our environment affects our DNA — how much control do we have over our own choices?

Jun 11, 2015

Knowledge is Power… Especially When We Feel Powerless

Dr. Greg Samsa, Lisa Ortuno, PhD, Sara Huston Katsanis

We are gaining more and more knowledge about the intricacies of genetic information. But if knowledge is power, how should we use this power? How much does it help us and how much might it harm us?