In this short clip from the NIH Director’s Desk Podcast, Dr. Paule Joseph—Lasker Clinical Research Scholar and Chief of the Section of Sensory Science and Metabolism at NIAAA shares a personal story about her mother-in-law. She describes how early changes in taste perception were one of the first warning signs that something was wrong. Foods began tasting overly salty or extremely sweet, even familiar recipes that had always been consistent. As a sensory scientist, Dr. Joseph recognized these