Health & Medicine (video)

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Presentations at the University of Chicago reflecting on the past and future of inflammatory bowel disease research and patient care, honoring the memory of Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD. Derek Jewell, MD, PhD, and Stephan Targan, MD, are featured presenters, with an introduction from David T. Rubin, MD.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Presentations at the University of Chicago reflecting on the past and future of inflammatory bowel disease research and patient care, honoring the memory of Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD. Derek Jewell, MD, PhD, and Stephan Targan, MD, are featured presenters, with an introduction from David T. Rubin, MD.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Presentations at the University of Chicago reflecting on the past and future of inflammatory bowel disease research and patient care, honoring the memory of Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD. Derek Jewell, MD, PhD, and Stephan Targan, MD, are featured presenters, with an introduction from David T. Rubin, MD.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Thirty Million Words® Initiative is an innovative parent-directed program designed to harness the power of parent language to build a child’s brain and impact his or her future. In the video, mothers describe how the program has helped them to use more words with their kids. Dr. Dana Suskind, founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Project discusses the research behind the program and its potential to transform lives.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. A panel of psychologists and community leaders discuss bullying and stress management with elementary school students.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. After a screening of the film Soul Food Junkies, health and culinary professionals speak with community members about healthy cooking and eating habits. This event is part of the “Community Grand Rounds” series.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On November 20, 2012, nearly 200 South Side faith leaders and University of Chicago representatives attended the annual Faith Leaders Breakfast and Community Briefing. The University of Chicago Medicine event updated community members about the latest work by UChicago's Urban Health Initiative, local faith-based organizations, and more.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This talk is part of the University of Chicago Community Grand Rounds speaker series. Talks focus on how UChicago research can help improve health on the South Side. Find upcoming Community Grand Rounds events at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/GrandRounds/grandrounds.asp

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Gary Becker, PhD, University Professor in the Departments of Economics and Sociology, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the University of Chicago Law School, and Julio Elias, Professor in the Department of Economics and Business School at Universidad del CEMA, provide an economic explanation for why the supply of kidneys for transplants is so dismal, and economic solutions that could increase the supply. Organ transplantation raises almost every important medical ethical issue, including: standards for determining death, informed consent, the fair allocation of scarce resources, research on human subjects, global health concerns, and more. The MacLean Center’s Seminar Series has examined Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. This year’s interdisciplinary seminar series was organized by Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center. The seminars are cosponsored by the Transplant Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/centers/ethics/welcome.html

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Pomfret, MD, PhD, FACS, Chair of the Department of Transplantation at the Lahey Clinic, debates if living donors should be used for patients with heptocellular cancer (HCC). Organ transplantation raises almost every important medical ethical issue, including: standards for determining death, informed consent, the fair allocation of scarce resources, research on human subjects, global health concerns, and more. The MacLean Center’s Seminar Series has examined Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. This year’s interdisciplinary seminar series was organized by Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center. The seminars are cosponsored by the Transplant Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/centers/ethics/welcome.html

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. John Fung, MD, PhD, the Chair of the Digestive Disease Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses the ethical issues surrounding prisoners as organ donors and as organ transplantation recipients. Organ transplantation raises almost every important medical ethical issue, including: standards for determining death, informed consent, the fair allocation of scarce resources, research on human subjects, global health concerns, and more. The MacLean Center’s Seminar Series has examined Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. This year’s interdisciplinary seminar series was organized by Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center. The seminars are cosponsored by the Transplant Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/centers/ethics/welcome.html

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. John Roberts, MD, FACS, Professor in the Department of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Transplantation at University of California San Francisco, discusses how physicians should balance donor risk with recipient benefit when approaching living donor liver transplantation. Organ transplantation raises almost every important medical ethical issue, including: standards for determining death, informed consent, the fair allocation of scarce resources, research on human subjects, global health concerns, and more. The MacLean Center’s Seminar Series has examined Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. This year’s interdisciplinary seminar series was organized by Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center. The seminars are cosponsored by the Transplant Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/centers/ethics/welcome.html

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Robert Veatch, PhD, Professor of Medical Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a Professor in the Philosophy Department at Georgetown University, predicts emerging controversies that face the future of organ transplantation. Organ transplantation raises almost every important medical ethical issue, including: standards for determining death, informed consent, the fair allocation of scarce resources, research on human subjects, global health concerns, and more. The MacLean Center’s Seminar Series has examined Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. This year’s interdisciplinary seminar series was organized by Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center. The seminars are cosponsored by the Transplant Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/centers/ethics/welcome.html

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Kimberly Olthoff, MD, the Donald Guthrie Professor of Surgery in the Division of Transplantation at Pennsylvania University, discusses the ethical dilemmas facing liver donation allocations. Organ transplantation raises almost every important medical ethical issue, including: standards for determining death, informed consent, the fair allocation of scarce resources, research on human subjects, global health concerns, and more. The MacLean Center’s Seminar Series has examined Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. This year’s interdisciplinary seminar series was organized by Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center. The seminars are cosponsored by the Transplant Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/centers/ethics/welcome.html

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Francis Delmonico, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery at Harvard University, gives an international perspective on the ethics of organ donation and transplantation. Organ transplantation raises almost every important medical ethical issue, including: standards for determining death, informed consent, the fair allocation of scarce resources, research on human subjects, global health concerns, and more. The MacLean Center’s Seminar Series has examined Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. This year’s interdisciplinary seminar series was organized by Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center. The seminars are cosponsored by the Transplant Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at http://medicine.uchicago.edu/centers/ethics/welcome.html

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On November 10, 2012, the University of Chicago Center hosted the Conference on Women and Children's Health in the Middle East, focused on the status of health and the delivery of health care services for women and children. The conference drew experts from across the globe to participate, including Marcia Inhorn, the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Yale University. Learn more at http://cmes.uchicago.edu/news/conference-women-and-childrens-health-middle-east-november-10-2012-franke-institute-humanities

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On November 10, 2012, the University of Chicago Center hosted the Conference on Women and Children's Health in the Middle East, focused on the status of health and the delivery of health care services for women and children. The conference drew experts from across the globe to participate, including Zeynep Gurtin from the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge. Learn more at http://cmes.uchicago.edu/news/conference-women-and-childrens-health-middle-east-november-10-2012-franke-institute-humanities

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Health Inequality Network (HINet) is a multidisciplinary research network comprising a group of world-class scholars on health research from diverse fields. HINET's aim is to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach and comprehensive framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of health disparities over the lifecycle and across generations. This effort will incorporate the study of socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, and biological and neuronal pathways, as well as behavioral responses and policy interventions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Joel and Barbara Alpert Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and Chief of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center A national and international leader in health and child development disparities, Dr. Zuckerman's most important scientific contributions involve identifying factors contributing to low birth weight including drugs, alcohol and maternal health and most recently gene environment interaction. His work has influenced transformations in health care to better meet the needs of low income and minority children. Dr. Zuckerman pioneered the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children at Boston Medical Center, which uses legal advocacy in the health setting to address the non-biologic root causes of low-income children's health and developmental problems. He co-founded Project HEALTH which isnow a national organization deploying college volunteers in primary care settings to connect low-income parents with community based resources for their children. Dr. Zuckerman's research has demonstrated the effectiveness of the Reach Out and Read Program, a national effort by pediatricians that distributes to children a developmentally and culturally appropriate book to take home at each pediatric visit until age 5 so that parents can read aloud to promote their development. --- The Cafferty Lecture The Pastora San Juan Cafferty Lecture on Race and Ethnicity in American Life was established in 2005 on the occasion of the retirement of Professor Pastora San Juan Cafferty from The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. The Lecture is a forum for prominent social theorists, business executives, community leaders, philanthropists, and politicians to convene and discuss the issues critical to a well-functioning and secure society.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Chicago's South Side community, made up of one million people in more than 30 neighborhoods, has a critical need for quality health care. It's among the unhealthiest in the country, with high rates of diabetes, asthma, hypertension, and other chronic conditions. Learn about theUniversity of Chicago Medical Center's commitment to develop a true health care system in its surrounding community--one that connects doctors, nurses, health centers, and hospitals, and through meaningful collaboration ensures residents have access to quality health care and a"medical home."Explore with its leader--Eric E. Whitaker, MD'93, MPH, a Pritzker alumnus who grew up on the South Side--how the Urban Health Initiative will strengthen this network, improve the long-term health of South Side residents, and serve as a model of urban care that can be replicated in other cities across the nation with underserved communities and those affected by health disparities.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. John T. Cacioppo's groundbreaking research topples one of the pillars of modern medicine and psychology: the focus on the individual as the unit of inquiry. By employing brain scans, monitoring blood pressure, and analyzing immune function, he demonstrates the overpowering influence of social context--a factor so strong that it can alter DNA replication. Most importantly, he shows how we can break the trap of isolation for our benefit both as individuals and as a society. Mr. Cacioppo is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Physician, author, and Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Bernard Lown will discuss his new memoir, Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness. The inventor of the defibrillator, Dr. Lown was also a peace and anti-nuclear activist, participating in the founding of Physicians for Social Responsibility in 1960 and of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in 1981. In 1985, IPPNW was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Lown is currently Professor of Cardiology Emeritus at the Harvard School of Public Health.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Roughly 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV, and the number is growing. Since 9095 percent of HIV infections in Africa result from heterosexual sex,understanding changes in heterosexual behavior in response to rising HIV rates is crucial to developing effective prevention strategies. In the new study 'HIV and Sexual Behavior Change: Why Not Africa?' Emily Oster, Becker Fellow for the Gary S. Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and Assistant Professor of Economics, analyzes the apparent lack of behavioral response among Africans. Most prior estimates of behavioral response have focused on very limited and specialized populations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Jean Decety, Professor, Psychology and Psychiatry, explains his research into pain responses and how physicians learn to turn off the part of the brain that activates feelings of empathy. Decety co-authored "Expertise Modulates the Perception of Pain in Others," published in October 2007, which discusses the necessary ability of a doctor to regulate pain perception in order to better treat patients.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Scientists and clinicians at the University of Chicago Medical Center are always seeking new ways to enhance patient care through research. In this video, researchers Neil Shubin, Funmi Olopade and Kevin White describe how their scholarship on topics ranging from breast cancer to evolutionary biology advances knowledge while benefitting patients.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago researchers Raphael Lee, M.D., and Ka Yee Lee, Ph.D., discuss how a synthetic surfactant called Poloxamer-188 has been shown to seal cell membranes damaged from electrical shock, restoring cell integrity and enhancing tissue survival. Copyright 2005 The University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Cardiac arrest and industrial cooling? Dr. Lance Becker of the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory researchers have discovered an improbable link between the two that may transform treatment for heart attacks. Copyright 2003 The University of Chicago.