S05E01

Listen to our discussion with the phenomenal Dr. Keisha Ray, author of Black Health. We delve into the importance of writing for pre-health students, undergraduates and high school students to teach folks early on about institutional racism. We take a deep dive into some topics such as the role of sleep in overall health and health disparities and the concept of weathering.

S05E02

We are joined by Rachel Fabi PhD, Associate Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She shares her insights on policies that affect the health of immigrants and refugees in the United States, and discusses her research on a broad range of topics such as access to care, reproductive health and treatment in ICE detention. Listen to the end for her insights into the role of physician advocacy.

S05E03

Amelia and Kirk have a broad-ranging discussion with Adira Hulkower, the Director of Clinical Ethics at the Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics in the Bronx. She shares her experiences as a clinical ethics consultant applying the concept of Dignity of Risk to better understand the ethical implications of discharge planning for patients experiencing homelessness. We discuss healthcare institutional responsibilities related to social determinants of health broadly as well as to individual patients. The importance of intersectionality and patient narratives are explored.

S05E04

In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Stephen Hargarten, a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Dean for Global Health, Director of the Global Health Pathway, and Director of the Comprehensive Injury Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. During his conversation with Kirk and Amelia, he makes a compelling argument for considering firearm injury as a disease and a public health crisis. They discuss state and federal policies that can and do affect this primarily political disease. Dr. Hargarten also explains the use of a biopsychosocial model for healing from firearm injury and calls for medical educators to include firearm injury mechanisms, prevention and treatment in curricula.