In conjunction with the the new film [Addiction](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/addiction/ "nova addiction") from the PBS show NOVA, a local talk about the opioid crisis held jointly by Boston's Cafe Sci and the MIT Museum featured a panel applying their expertise toward raising awareness and tackling problems created by the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history. [**» Get more resources from NOVA and information about hosting your own screening of Addiction. **](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/addiction/ "")
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Julia Cort, together with Co-Executive Producer Chris Schmidt, oversees the long-running PBS science series NOVA, produced by GBH. Since joining NOVA, Julia has contributed to more than two hundred films and digital videos, covering everything from quantum mechanics and neuroscience to climate change and space exploration.
Peter Chai is a researcher in the intersection of technology and health to improve the lives of patients, discover new spaces to develop behavioral interventions and novel methods of sensing.
**Sarah Holt** is a producer, director, writer and editor whose work for PBS has covered science, history, and medicine. In pursuit of her stories, she has followed explorers into unknown caves, doctors into the midst of Third World epidemics, and scientists unraveling the secrets of our genetic code.
**Emily Lindemer** is the co-founder and CEO of a social enterprise geared towards alleviating the opioid epidemic by using behavioral modification tools. She finished her PhD in 2017 being the head of a 2,000-member women's organization at MIT. [Hey, Charlie app](http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-hey-charlie-app-helps-addicts-pause-to-stay-clean-1025 "")