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Why is safer supply leading to more opioid overdoses? Guest: Mark Haden, Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should BC be axing its carbon tax? Guest: Dr. Kathryn Harrison, Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia who Specializes in Carbon Tax Is BC's tariff response bill giving the government too much power? Guest: Hamish Telford, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley Why do kids have imaginary friends? Guest: Tracy Gleason, Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College and Primary Investigator at Wellesley's Imaginary Lab Is Buying Canadian too expensive for Gen Z? Guest: Tu Nguyen, Economist and director of Environment Social and Governance and RSM Canada Why is safer supply leading to more opioid overdoses? Guest: Mark Haden, Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Syd Smith is joined by Mark Haden, Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health

Could overcoming addiction be as simple as taking a pill?And what if psychedelics could be our gateway into healing mental health and obesity struggles?Today's conversation is nothing short of fascinating.Join me and special guest Mark Haden and Adi Zuloff-Shani from Clearmind Medicine as we dive deep into the current landscape of psychedelics in the health and wellness space.They share about an incredible new molecule that is currently starting clinical trials and showing promising lasting effects on addiction, depression and obesity.Mark Haden Mark Haden is a trailblazer in the field of psychedelic medicine, currently serving as Director of Clinical Research at Psygen and Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health. He was a co-founder and spent 10 years as Executive Director of the renowned Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Canada (MAPS). Haden has dedicated the last 30 years to public education and training on drugs and drug policy, including advising the Health Officers Council of British Columbia on the issues of a regulated market for all currently illegal drugs as well as working with Addiction Services in counselling and supervisory roles. He is a frequent keynote speaker and distinguished author on the issues of drug control policy and psychedelics and was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work on drug policy reform in 2013.Adi Zuloff-Shani, PhD Chief Executive Officer at Clearmind MedicineDr. Adi Zuloff-Shani is a Biomedical Research and Development Executive with a vast experience with over 20 years of strategic and operational leadership in the healthcare industry and a deep understanding of therapeutics development in heavily regulated environments. She has expertise in the Pharmaceutical industry, leading cell and drug development through drug and product development, CMC, non-clinical, all stages of clinical development, as well as clinical development strategies and regulatory (FDA, EMEA, others) interactions, NDAs, leading INDs, as well as parallel EU activities. Dr. Zuloff-Shani holds a Ph.D. in human biology and immunology from Bar-Ilan University, Israel.******************Connect with Clearmind Medicine Team:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClearmindMedicine Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClearmindCMND YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_JDmUZSqstavsbd3zYmmg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clearmindmed/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/clearmind-medicine ******************➠ Discover the unique ROOT CAUSE that is keeping you stuck on the sugar rollercoaster every year. Take the QUIZ HERE NOW. ➠ Ready to finally kick your emotional eating habit and build a new healthy relationship with sugar from the inside out? Say goodbye to late night snacking and stress eating for good. Get immediate access to my exclusive and FREE Kick Emotional Eating 3 Part Training here. ➠  Want to stay connected and work with Dani during her year off? Come join us in the Sugar Freedom Collective Monthly Community HERE.   ******************Come hang out with me and keep the conversation going on social media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielleda

Nicole Chu from the University of Ottawa speaks with Dr. Rosalin Miles. Dr. Miles is an active community member of the Lytton First Nation and a Research Associate in the Indigenous Health and Physical Activity program at The University of British Columbia School of Kinesiology. Her research focuses on the promotion of Indigenous health and wellness and understanding the value of traditional, cultural, and historical knowledge using a strength-based approach. Dr. Miles founded the Indigenous Physical Activity and Cultural Circle (IPACC), a national non-profit for First Nations, Métis and Inuit people who are involved in Traditional Activities, Fitness, Recreation, and Sports.Tune in to this episode to learn more about how the IPACC creates a community to promote physical activity as a way to health and wellness. Register for the upcoming National Indigenous Physical Activity & Wellness Conference Date: May 15th & 16th, 2024www.iactive.ca/conference/  Learn more: www.iactive.ca

In this conversation, Charlene Ronquillo, a Filipina scholar, registered nurse, and health implementation expert at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing, engages in a captivating dialogue with Chantelle Recsky, a dedicated nurse and postdoctoral research fellow. Together, they delve into the crucial topic of "Advancing Compassionate and Equitable Healthcare through Technology." Charlene, an AMS healthcare fellow and compassion and AI advocate, brings her extensive background as a health informatician, focusing on critical theory and implementation science. Her program of research is dedicated to ensuring the meaningful inclusion of non-dominant groups in the development of health technologies. Join them as they explore Charlene's recent work, which investigates the role of nursing data in shaping opportunities to embed health equity in machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence for health systems. Chantelle, driven by her passion for improving healthcare, shares insights into collaborative research methods. As a postdoctoral research fellow hosted at BC Cancer in partnership with the UBC School of Nursing, Chantelle's research centers around the intersection of technology and quality of care. With a keen interest in the unintended consequences of advancing technologies in the health system, she contributes valuable perspectives to the discussion. Tune in for a thought-provoking exploration of compassionate, equitable, and inclusive technology use in healthcare, featuring two dynamic voices at the forefront of shaping the future of nursing and health informatics. Chantelle: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/51211.html Charlene: https://www.charleneronquillo.com/ Nursing & Artificial Intelligence Leadership (NAIL) Collaborative https://www.nailcollab.org/

So perhaps you're interested in psychedelics, but you're not sure where to start or HOW to do it in a way that feels safe?The truth is many of us have heard stories of “bad trips” or horrible situations where people have been harmed using psychedelics.But this isn't the fault of the substance… it's actually a problem with the setting and mindset people go into these journeys with (along with dose and type)So, how can you actually have a good psychedelic journey AND how can you find the right guide?Mark Haden is here today to help us navigate these powerful and important topics:Legality of these substances in Canada and USASet, Setting & MatrixWho should NOT do these journeys?How to find the right guide - red and green flagsMark Haden is a major figure in the field of psychedelic medicines, with a long list of past and present activities and responsibilities. Among—and beyond—these, he is the Clinical Supervisor for the Psychedelic Treatment Program at Qi Integrated Health and the Vice President of Business Development at Clearmind Medicine. He is an instructor, teaching psychedelic therapy with the ATMA program and has written a book, the Manual for Psychedelic Guides (now in its third edition) which makes this information widely available.Mark served as the Executive Director for MAPS Canada for 10 years and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health. Mark has published numerous articles in respected journals, has presented at conferences and training events in many countries, and was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 for drug policy reform work. Mark also has a well-deserved reputation as an exciting speaker who never fails to engage and surprise audiences.******************Connect with Mark Haden:Website: https://markhaden.com/ Buy his book: https://www.amazon.ca/Manual-Psychedelic-Guides-Mark-Haden/dp/B0C8QRM49VQi Integrative Health: https://www.qiintegratedhealth.com/Recent Publication on Psychedelics for schizophrenia : https://markhaden.com/?page_id=71MAPS Canada Research: https://www.mapscanada.org/******************➠ Discover the unique ROOT CAUSE that is keeping you stuck on the sugar rollercoaster every year. Take the QUIZ HERE NOW. ➠ Ready to heal your relationship with sugar once and for all? Join us in the next round of my signature Break Free From Sugar Program starting Jan 2024. EXTRA early bird registration open NOW for those who join the waitlist. ******************Come hang out with me and keep the conversation going on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielledaemcoachingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielledaem/Join the Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/simplybalancedhealthYouTube (where you can watch all these episodes in video!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCqU7XE_KU1xPmjkpZyGPA 

This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam is pleased to welcome Clinical Supervisor, Vice President, Professor and Advisor, Mark Haden.Mark Haden is a major figure in the field of psychedelic medicines, with a long list of past and present activities and responsibilities. Among—and beyond—these, he is the Clinical Supervisor for the Psychedelic Treatment Program at Qi Integrated Health and the Vice President of Business Development at Clearmind Medicine.  He is an instructor, teaching psychedelic therapy with the ATMA program and has written a book, the Manual for Psychedelic Guides which makes this information widely available.Mark served as the Executive Director for MAPS Canada for 10 years and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health. Mark has published numerous articles in respected journals, has presented at conferences and training events in many countries, and was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 for drug policy reform work. Tune in and join the conversation as Sam and Mark discuss about the latest developments in the psychedelic industry! Please comment on our YouTube channel, Facebook Page, LinkedIn Page, and even our Twitter feed. Join in and ask your questions live! www.markhaden.comhttps://amzn.to/3QfruC2Tune in for this enlightening conversation at TalkRadio.nyc Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-conscious-consultant-hour8505/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today’s episode is featuring Ola Shahba! Get to know more about our guest: A social activist who contributed in founding more than one political group, including a left-wing party that emerged after the January revolution. She was also an organizing member of other formations and youth movements. A Trainer from the Informal Education Authority, forms and objects of origin from the organization. University of London, College of Oriental and African Studies, and on the Fellowship of the University of British Columbia School of International Studies. She worked with the Council of Europe, several international, local and community agencies, including various agencies of the United Nations, Europe and the Arab world. And was part of many projects produced by the Participation. Our guest’s socials: Instagram: @OlaShahba Twitter: @OlaShahba https://twitter.com/OlaShahba Facebook: @OlaShahba https://www.facebook.com/olashahbam

Dr. Peter Arnett, Immediate Past President of NAN, hosts the podcast this week and welcomes Dr. Igor Grant, who will be talking with us today about cannabis. Dr. Grant is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at UCSD who has served as Chair of the UCSD Department of Psychiatry from 2014 to 2019. He's a neuropsychiatrist who graduated from the University of British Columbia School of Medicine and received specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, and additional training in neurology at the Institute of Neurology in London. Dr. Grant's academic interests focus on the effects of various diseases on the brain and behavior, emphasizing neuropsychological translational studies in HIV and drugs of abuse. He has contributed to approximately 800 scholarly publications and is the principal investigator of several NIH studies. In addition, NAN has recognized Dr. Grant with the Nelson Butters Award for research contributions to clinical neuropsychology and the Distinguished Lifetime Contribution to Neuropsychology Award. Dr. Grant is the Past President of the International Neuropsychological Society, otherwise known as INS, which honored him with the Paul Satz INS Career Mentoring Award. In addition to all these accomplishments, he is also the Founding Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, otherwise known as JINTS. In this episode, Dr. Grant tells us about the history of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research and what it learned about the specific diseases or conditions that can be aided by cannabis. He provides insight into anecdotal evidence that THC was useful in diabetes and HIV/AIDS patients for relieving neuropathic pain. Dr. Grant, however, expresses concern over the long-term durability of this effect because the studies were relatively short-term. He comments on the proportion of THC used in different interventions, the regulations surrounding cannabis, which is considered a Schedule I drug, and gives an example of guidelines a typical doctor should follow when deciding to use cannabis. Dr. Grant then talks about the benefits and risks of medical cannabis, sharing its impact on cognitive function if one already has a dementing disorder and preexisting anxiety or depression. He sheds light on his ongoing research and funding sources for research and elaborates studies of cannabidiol on people with early psychotic symptoms. Dr. Grant reveals that CBD and THC may help in breaking addiction. Other studies Dr. Grant delves into include one to help people with sleeping disorders and autism, a NIDA -supported study looking at kids experimenting with drugs from age 9 and following them through teen and early childhood, the dynamics and effects of abstinence, and the impact of cannabis on driving safety. Finally, he addresses gaps in our knowledge of cannabis that need to be pursued and impediments to research and discoveries in cannabis. Episode Highlights: The history and work of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research Diseases or conditions that can be aided by cannabis Benefits of marijuana to patients with HIV/AIDs and diabetes The role of THC in managing neuropathic pain Cannabis regulations Guidelines for doctors to determine whether to prescribe cannabis Risks and benefits of medical cannabis The impact of THC on the cognitive function of a person with a dementing disorder The dynamics and effects of taking THC with preexisting anxiety and depression Dr. Grant's ongoing research Sources of funding for research A study on cannabidiol in people with early psychotic symptoms How CBD helps in addiction treatment Measurable cognitive impairments in recreational users The dynamics, effects, and studies of abstinence Cannabis and driving safety Gaps in our knowledge of cannabis that need to be...

Guest: Dr. Paul Kershaw - Professor - University of British Columbia School of Population & Public Health & Founder of Generation Squeeze. 

Kelly speaks to Dr. Paul Kershaw, Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population Health, and founder of Generation Squeeze.

Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews is a rockstar PhD student in epidemiology at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health.  She is a member of the Sachigo Lake First Nation, which is an Oji Cree First Nation band government in an area that colonizers now call Northwestern Ontario Canada. Chenoa  is an indigenous health researcher and epidemiologist. She studies the impacts of overdose and COVID-19 on urban Indigenous young people, and develop recommendations for a holistic, self-determined, Indigenous response. Chenoa talks with me about her Indigenous background and research and how they conflict with her current training and how she takes care of herself in a time when Indigenous Nations and Peoples' human rights are violated. Chenoa and I discuss how she pushes back on academic norms, how she stays connected to her culture, and many of the enriching outside of work activities that make her a very whole person. You'll learn something here as I did! Enjoy!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/shinyepipeople)

— “I know I cannot change the past. I know I will never lose my sadness over the death of my husband and the death of my brother. I will also never lose the guilt I have over how I parented the girls in the absence of their dad, but I have acceptance. It's what I'm doing about it now that matters today.” — Says Rosemary. Valeria Teles interviews Rosemary Keevil — the author of “The Art of Losing It: A Memoir of Grief and Addiction.” Rosemary Keevil is an author and a journalist who has worked for Canada's CTV Network, CHUM Radio Network, the national Globe and Mail newspaper, Scarlett magazine and TheThunderbird.ca. She has been a TV news reporter, a current affairs radio show host and the managing editor of a professional women's magazine. Patrick Kennedy, Naomi Wolfe, Pierre Salinger, Matt Dillon, and Amy Grant are among the thousands of people Rosemary has interviewed during her career. Tragedy hit Rosemary in 1991 when her husband died of cancer and her brother died of AIDS and she became a single parent of her two very young girls. While still high functioning Rosemary fell into the grips of alcohol and drugs. She went into recovery in 2002 and has been clean and sober ever since. She has developed a sophisticated knowledge of alcoholism, addiction, mental health issues, and the associated treatments and therapies. Addiction was her academic specialty when taking her Master of Journalism. She received her master's degree from the University of British Columbia School of Journalism in Vancouver and has a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She lives in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, with her partner and her sheep-a-doodle and is a proud mother of two adult daughters who are both content in their chosen careers. To learn more about Rosemary Keevil and her work, please visit: rosemarykeevil.com     — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well. 

Mycelium, the root system of fungi, has increasingly started to be used as an alternative to plastic, but its uses are also extending into architecture and design as a living, construction material.  The uses depend on the fungal species, says Joseph Dahmen, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture. Dahmen has been working with mycelium-based materials for many years, principally in designing furniture and buildings.

Today's guests: Justin Ling, freelance journalist John Van Sloten, Pastor - Marda Loop Church Devon Greyson, Assistant Professor University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We welcome Director of Bands at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Robert Taylor to The Band Room! Dylan and Cait chat with Rob about his musical beginnings, trusting your intuition, studying at Northwestern, the culture of collaboration at UBC, his programming process, queer identity and visibility in the wind band, and much more! Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/bandroompodHelp support the Band Room Podcast by getting your merch at the BRP Storehttp://www.bandroompod.com/storeMusic used in this episodeBRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR HammellPerforming Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind EnsembleDr. Gillian MacKay – ConductorEpisode LinksUniversity of British Columbia School of Musichttps://music.ubc.ca/More About Robhttps://music.ubc.ca/robert-taylorThe Horizon Leans Forward, compiled and edited by Dr. Erik Kar Jun Leunghttps://www.amazon.com/Horizon-Leans-Forward-Underrepresented-Communities/dp/1622775392UBC School of Music Vimeohttps://vimeo.com/ubcmusicNU SWE: The Making of "rising"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERl2d_rfsN8&ab_channel=NorthwesternSWESupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod)

Chapter 1: It didn't take long for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fill the seat of outgoing finance minister Bill Morneau, Global News chief political correspondent David Akin joins us with more on the flurry of activity in Ottawa right now.  Guest: David Akin, Global News chief political correspondent. Chapter 2: People have been talking about the upward tick in the number of COVID cases in BC like it's the dreaded second wave but the reality is we're still neck-deep in the FIRST wave.  Guest: Jason Tetro, infectious disease expert and host of the Super Awesome Science Show podcast Chapter 3: One of the casualties of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proroguing parliament is the special committee on Canada China relations.  Guest: Steven Chase, Globe and Mail journalist in Ottawa. Chapter 4: Do restaurants need to advise the public if there has been a COVID-19 case linked to their establishment? Not always.  Two pubs in Coquitlam didn't know there had been a COVID-19 exposure at their establishments until after they'd been posted online.  Guest: Niki Reitmayer - CKNW Mornings contributor Guest:  Owen Coomer, Taphouse Coquitlam operations manager Chapter 5:  Parents and students in Surrey have a bit of an idea of what school will look like when it starts in September.  Guest:  Stephanie Higginson, President of the British Columbia School trustees Association. Chapter 6: A local grocery store on Main Street in Vancouver has decided to get rid of their policy that required customers to wear masks in the store.  Guest: David Kwen, Owner of East West Market on Main Street.

Chapter 1: New polling conducted by IPSOS Public Affairs exclusively for Global News shows most Canadians want our government to take a giant step back from our current relationship with China.  Guest: Darrell Bricker, IPSOS Public Affairs CEO. Chapter 2: Most people don't realize how aggressively Canada pursued a trading relationship with China in past decades, but years of sanctions against Canadian exports and the arbitrary arrest of two Canadians in 2018 may signal the end of an era.  Guest: Matthew Fisher, military journalist and Global News Commentator. Chapter 3: We're getting details on the results of a province-wide COVID-19 survey that asked British Columbians how they were coping with the pandemic. 1 in 10 British Columbians (nearly 4-hundred thousand adults) filled out the survey between April 24-May 12. Chapter 4: A new app is aiming to help make navigation easier for BC truck drivers! Dave Earle, President of the BC Trucking Association, spoke to our Niki Reitmayer Chapter 5: Everyone wants to know what will happen when school resumes in September. Teachers have had to navigate a combination of online and in-class learning since the pandemic began, but as the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in BC continues to increase, what is the fall going to look like? Guest:  Stephanie Higginson, President of the British Columbia School trustees Association. Chapter 6: Google mobility data shows people are socializing again, the outbreak in Kelowna continues to add more cases to the provincial total, and the entire situation could spiral out of control if we don't change what we're doing.  Guest: Daniel Coombs, UBC professor in mathematics, extensive work in modelling disease. Chapter 7: Premier John Horgan wrote Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday asking him to decriminalize illicit substances.  There hasn't been a lot of talk about how BC's overdose crisis is affecting the South Asian community. However, overdose death statistics in that community are continuing to increase.  Guest: Upkar Tatlay, Managing Director of Oxus Nexus Chapter 8: The tourism industry in BC is getting slammed after decades of incredible growth.  Well they're pushing the province to give them a hand up, Vivek Sharma is the Vice Chair of the Tourism Industry Association of BC and he's here to talk about their request for $680 million in support. Guest: Vivek Sharma, Vice Chair of the Tourism Industry Association of BC

Dr. Colleen Varcoe realized that she could be non-biased in trauma research despite her personal history with trauma and since then has researched and championed the promotion of equity-oriented healthcare to provide cultural safety, harm reduction and trauma- and violence-informed care. Covid-19 has shown us all the ways that health inequity impacts health outcomes. Dr. Varcoe's work has never been more important. Bio: Dr. Colleen Varcoe, RN, PhD is a professor in the University of British Columbia School of Nursing. Her work aims to decrease inequity and violence including interpersonal and structural forms of violence such as racism and poverty. Her completed research includes studies of risks and health effects of violence and how to promote health for women who experience violence, especially Indigenous women. She has studied how to promote equity-oriented healthcare (cultural safety, harm reduction, and trauma- and violence-informed care) at the organizational level and worked with various Indigenous communities, organizations and issues, including in health care and criminal justice contexts.Discover Colleen Varcoe's work in the following places:Equip Healthcare. At UBC.For the app, myPlan. myPlan in the news:https://news.westernu.ca/2020/07/new-app-aids-women-in-violent-relationships/ CBC News story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/new-app-helps-women-in-violent-relationships-1.5641089Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/7153104/myplan-canada-app-relationship-abuse/Discover Small Conversations on Social MediaInstagramFacebookTwitterFind Susannah Steers at www.movingspirit.ca and on social media @themovingspirit.Find Gillian McCormick at https://physiogillian.com/ and on social media @physiogillian

Jessie Sutherland, M.A in Dispute Resolution, Director and Founder Intercultural  Strategies, Adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia School of Community and Regional Planning, is the founder and innovator of the award winning Finding Home™ neighbourhood dialogue and capacity building program and best selling author of the book Worldview Skills: Transforming Conflict from the Inside Out. A skilled facilitator, trainer, author and speaker. Jessie Sutherland catalyzes and empowers people to do their best work together with exponential and lasting impact. Her mission in life is to build cultures of belonging one community at a time.. Her goal is to infuse a values-based approach to create corporate, community and educational cultures that foster quality relationships, effective problem solving skills, high levels of engagement and collaboration to generate innovation and achieve a common purpose. Jessie is fluently bilingual, has over 20 years experience in community building and engagement; leadership development; conflict resolution; dialogue; and values based decision making processes. In Canada, she has lived and worked in British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and northern Indigenous communities. Worldwide, she has lived and worked in Europe, the Middle East, West Africa and South America. Jessie Sutherland was nominated for the City of Vancouver's 2014 Remarkable Women Award, celebrating reconciliation—honouring women who build understanding and empathy between people.

Date: March 17, 2011 Featuring: Karen Boudreau, MD, FAAFP, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Medical Director, IHI Continuum Portfolio Connie Davis, MN, RN, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, IHI Faculty; ImpactBC Senior Faculty for Patients as Partners and Adjunct Faculty, University of British Columbia School of Nursing John H. Wasson, MD, Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School Sheila Allison, Peer Coach, Patient Advisor, Patient Voices Network (BC, Canada); Volunteer Facilitator, University of Victoria Centre on Aging – Self-Management Program Next to electronic health records (EHRs), there’s probably no other area of health care receiving as much attention these days as primary care. It’s easy to see why. Like EHRs, new and improved primary care models are considered ground zero for a system that’s better coordinated, integrated, and efficient. Hopes are high, especially in the US, that with a more robust and reliable infrastructure of primary care, there will be fewer dropped balls, fewer unnecessary referrals to expensive specialists, and less use of emergency departments for non-urgent care. Sometimes it’s hard to assign one overarching phrase to all the activities now underway to help primary care practices make this strategic leap. That’s why WIHI host Madge Kaplan talks with four experts who have a good picture of what’s going on and, most importantly, can articulate today’s fundamental drivers for transforming primary care. Sheila Allison’s work with Patient Voices Network in Canada represents the best of what patients and families can bring to the table to ensure that primary care redesign is truly patient-centered. Committed to improving chronic care, Connie Davis has been helping build bridges between clinicians, patients, and families for years. Drs. Karen Boudreau and John Wasson, who often work with Connie, round out the WIHI panel with their keen knowledge of how critical it is for clinical and quality leaders to “get primary care right” — especially as health care becomes less and less hospital-centric and more community oriented. There are plenty of wrinkles, lots of noise, and head-spinning agendas surrounding primary care. This WIHI will help you get a handle on what you should be spending your time on and why.

Interview with Giulia Muraca, a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health and a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar. Ms. Muraca published a research article in the CMAJ in which she and her co-authors looked at the rates of severe outcomes in mom and baby after use of forceps and/or vacuum at midpelvic station. They then compared these rates with cesarean delivery. Ms. Muraca explains their findings in this podcast. Full research article (open access): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.161156 ----------------------------------- Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page. Our podcasts are also released on www.cmaj.ca and on www.cmajblogs.com.

Interview with Dr. Steve Morgan, professor of health policy at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health and Dr. Nav Persaud, physician at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Morgan, Dr. Persaud and their co-authors published a research article in CMAJ in which they estimated the likely savings from public coverage of a list of essential medicines across Canada. They explain their findings in this podcast. Full research article (open access): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.161082 ----------------------------------- Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page. Our podcasts are also released on www.cmaj.ca and on www.cmajblogs.com.

Mark Haden is chair of the board for the Canadian chapter of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He, along with his colleges, are the ones working to lay the policy groundwork for the legal integration of psychedelics into society. Mark is also Adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia School of Public and Population Health; has worked for the addiction services for 28 years in counselling, and supervisory roles; has been published in several reputable journals including the Canadian Journal Of Public Health and the International Journal Of Drug Policy; and was even awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for drug policy reform work in 2013. In this episode, we talk about the current state of psychedelic research and what is holding ti back, as well as what regularity structure the society may create in the eventual release of psychedelics from their political prison.   Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp25 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

In episode 9 of Concussion Talk Podcast Alex Rebchuk and Harrison Brown, two graduate students at UBC (University of British Columbia) School of Kinesiology, join me to discuss their research. With the enthusiastic participation of the UBC Thunderbirds Football team, the funding and support of Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, MEA Forensic Engineer and Scientists, UBC School of Kinesiology, and using a small device called an xPatch, Alex and Harrison have been researching the link between a player’s brain function and the number, and magnitude, of hits sustained.