About Hussein Mohsen

Hussein Mohsen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He received his PhD/MA Computational Biology/History of Science from Yale University, and is interested in interpretable AI, genomic variation in cancer, and the history of human population genetics. For more about his work, visit http://www.husseinmohsen.com.

NBN Episodes hosted by Hussein:

Arnold Pacey and Francesca Bray, "Technology in World Civilization" (MIT Press, 2021)

December 10, 2021

Technology in World Civilization, Revised and Expanded Edition

Arnold Pacey and Francesca Bray
Hosted by Hussein Mohsen

Technology in World Civilization represents a milestone history of technology. First published in 1990 and now revised and expanded in light of recent…

Peter S. Ungar, "Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins" (Princeton UP, 2018)

November 1, 2021

Evolution's Bite

Peter S. Ungar
Hosted by Hussein Mohsen

Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared t…

Roberto J. González, "Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network" (U California Press, 2020)

October 26, 2021

Connected

Roberto J. González
Hosted by Hussein Mohsen

Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network (U California Press, 2020) is the true story of how, against all odds, a remote Mexi…

Michael Yudell, "Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century" (Columbia UP, 2018)

October 8, 2021

Race Unmasked

Michael Yudell
Hosted by Hussein Mohsen

Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The co…

Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez, "Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human" (Princeton UP, 2021)

September 23, 2021

Delicious

Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez
Hosted by Hussein Mohsen

Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are…

Athena Aktipis, "The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer" (Princeton UP, 2020)

September 22, 2021

The Cheating Cell

Athena Aktipis
Hosted by Hussein Mohsen

When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historica…