Content warning: This episode contains conversations on addiction and self-harm.
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, our host Levi Sowers tackles his first solo interview as Brandon takes time away to focus on his education. Join us as Levi speaks with our guest, Louis Kolling.
Louis Kolling has a PhD in molecular biophysics and is also a US Army veteran, having served from 2006 to 2012 as a sergeant during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Kolling currently conducts research as a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Iowa department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology. Recreationally, he is also powerlifter with four national and eleven state records.
Kolling’s unique perspective is the highlight of this episode. As both a veteran in need of the VA’s services and a researcher working to tackle problems those like him could face, Kolling is uniquely poised to be a perfect guest for the Vets First Podcast.
This interview centers around Louis’s personal history with enlisting in the military at a young age and searching for a purpose within its ranks and within the world of higher education. Kolling explains how his experiences led to struggles with alcohol dependency and depression and how, like many veterans, he was hesitant to seek help from the VA at a time when its services were undergoing major changes. Kolling explains the stigma that veterans face when confronting mental health issues and how his experiences have taught him how to help other veterans face their own hesitations.
A Discussion with Neil Andrews From the Migraine Science Collaborative
Season 3 Episode 8: Understanding diabetes and vision loss: A walkthrough with Dr. Randy Kardon
Season 3 episode 4: Resilience and growth through traumatic vision loss: Tim Hornick
Season 3 Episode 2: Guiding the way to meaningful research for Veterans: Dr. Lina Kubli
Season 3 Episode 12: Building bridges in international veteran vision research: Dr. Renata Gomes and Bravo Victor
Season 3 Episode 3: Investigating visual disfunction in blast traumatic brain injury: Dr. Steven Fliesler
Season 3 episode 5: Providing support and community with sight loss: Dr. Laura Peters
Season 3 episode 10: A look into the optic nerve and vision loss: Dr. Oliver Gramlich
Season 3 Episode 11: Advocating for Veterans and families with sight loss: Dr. Thomas Zampieri and the Blinded Veterans Association
Season 3 episode 9: Navigating life with glaucoma related vision loss: Liz Holmes
Season 3 Episode 7: Life and independence after diabetic vision loss: Loretta Phillips
Season 3 Episode 6: Connecting sight loss, TBI, the importance of building a care network: Dr. Eric Singman
Season 3 Episode 1: Introduction to season 3
Season 2 Bonus Episode – First-hand experience in the trenches of Covid-19: Dr. Alejandro Pezzulo
Season 2 Episode 7 – Perseverance through care and routine: Dr. Carolyn Turvey and Dr. Anne Sadler discuss research on depression and suicide risk with our Veterans
Season 2 Episode 2 – Not broken, just doing things differently: Director of Disability in Education for the Student Veterans of America, Dan Standage
Season 2 Episode 5 – Learning about drug use disorders from origin to treatment: Dr. Anthony Miller and Dr. John Wemmie
Season 2 Episode 1 – Kicking off Season 2 of the Vets First Podcast
Season 2 Episode 3 – Aiding vision-impaired Veterans through experience: Iowa City VA VIST Coordinator Keith Queen
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