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This series of radio programs is produced by Liberty Radio based in Nigeria. Rayyan Musa Lere discusses a critical topic: The threats and challenges faced by indigenous defenders who are on the frontline of protecting their lands, cultures, and natural resources. Interviewee: Dr. Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu (Hausa) Producer: Rayyan Musa Lere (Hausa) Music: 'Rio Arriba' by Chancha Via Circuito, used with permission. 'Burn your village to the ground', by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.

This series of radio programs is produced by Liberty Radio based in Nigeria. Rayyan Musa Lere discusses a critical topic: The threats and challenges faced by indigenous defenders who are on the frontline of protecting their lands, cultures, and natural resources. Interviewee: Dr. Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu (Hausa) Producer: Rayyan Musa Lere (Hausa) Music: 'Rio Arriba' by Chancha Via Circuito, used with permission. 'Burn your village to the ground', by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.

Interviewee:Dr. Gladys McGarey.Produced by Motiversity. Edited by T&H Inspiration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interviewee: Dr. Brooke Ellison Interviewer: Dr. Peter Poullos Note: This episode was recorded prior to Dr. Ellisons death on February 4th. We are honored to have had the opportunity to interview her before she passed away and hope this podcast episode honors her and her contributions to science. Description:  In this podcast episode, Dr. Peter Poullos interviews Dr. Brooke Ellison, a disability rights advocate and bioethicist. Dr. Ellison shares her journey of embracing disability, finding strength, and building resilience. She discusses the inspiration behind the title of her book, Look Both Ways, and highlights the significance of understanding the power of disability. Dr. Ellison emphasizes the need for healthcare professionals to learn from people with disabilities and include their perspectives in medical education and decision-making. She talks about her role in teaching future healthcare professionals and her work with organizations focused on disability rights, advocating for better access and opportunities for people with disabilities. Dr. Ellison also shares her experience of creating a shared interest group on disability at Harvard and stresses the importance of integrating disability into every discipline. The conversation explores the intersection of ethics and disability, emphasizing the importance of including disabled voices in these discussions. She explains her understanding of hope as an action-oriented perspective that arises from living with challenges. The episode concludes with a discussion on the benefits of interdependence and the advice Dr. Ellison would give to young people with disabilities entering academia or medicine. Bio: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/people/ellison.php https://www.brookeellison.com/about Key Words:  Spinal Cord Injury, Science, STEM, DocsWithDisabilities, Resilence, Brook Ellison, SCI, bioethicist Transcript: https://bit.ly/DWDI_Podcast_Transcript93 Produced by: R.E. Natowicz, Jasmine Lopez, and Dr. Lisa Meeks.  Audio editor: R.E. Natowicz and Jacob Feeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Resources:   National Women's History Alliance. (2024). The 2024 National Women's History Theme.  https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/2024-whm-theme/ Not my ventilator: How conceptual frameworks of disability and the absence of the disabled voice have shaped healthcare policies in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond Look Both Ways  The Patient as Professor: How My Life as a Person with Quadriplegia Shaped My Thinking as an Ethicist    

Interviewee: Dr. Diana Cejas  Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Description:  In this conversation, Diana Cejas, a pediatric neurologist, shares her experiences as a disabled Black woman in medicine. She discusses her journey as a cancer and stroke survivor and the challenges she faced in getting her concerns taken seriously by healthcare professionals. Diana also highlights the impact of race and ableism in medicine and the need for greater recognition and support for marginalized individuals. She shares her experiences of returning to residency after a stroke and the mixed responses she received from colleagues. The conversation also explores the concept of benevolent ableism and its impact on disabled individuals. In this conversation, Lisa Meeks and Diana Cejas discuss the importance of disrupting ableism and advocating for inclusion in medical education and practice. They highlight the need for individuals to use their power and privilege to create change and challenge ableist attitudes and practices. They also explore the healing power of writing and how it can be a tool for communication and education. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the importance of believing in oneself and finding a supportive community. Bio: Diana M. Cejas, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and faculty of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. Her clinical work, research, and advocacy focus upon understanding the effects of ableism on health and improving care delivery and outcomes for children and young adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Dr. Cejas has also devoted much of her career to patient advocacy and improving communication between healthcare providers and the disability community, particularly young disabled patients of color. Dr. Cejas shares her own story and other commentary on disability and health via essays and other nonfiction. She is a 2023 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Finalist and a 2021 Pushcart Prize nominee. Her literary work has appeared in high impact medical journals, prestigious literary magazines, anthologies, and popular media. Key Words:  Abelism, Racism, Developmental Disabilities, Stroke, Cancer, Residency, Medical School, ICU, writing, narrative medicine.  Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lvS2ywFYUM0ON0loSEl9fxKuXodP_jdv8odW7EQmyfU/edit?usp=sharing Produced by: Kadesha Treco, Jacob Feeman and Dr. Lisa Meeks.  Audio editor: Jacob Feeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Resources: 

  Interviewee: Dr. Diana Cejas  Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Description:  In this conversation, Diana Cejas, a pediatric neurologist, shares her experiences as a disabled Black woman in medicine. She discusses her journey as a cancer and stroke survivor and the challenges she faced in getting her concerns taken seriously by healthcare professionals. Diana also highlights the impact of race and ableism in medicine and the need for greater recognition and support for marginalized individuals. She shares her experiences of returning to residency after a stroke and the mixed responses she received from colleagues. The conversation also explores the concept of benevolent ableism and its impact on disabled individuals. In this conversation, Lisa Meeks and Diana Cejas discuss the importance of disrupting ableism and advocating for inclusion in medical education and practice. They highlight the need for individuals to use their power and privilege to create change and challenge ableist attitudes and practices. They also explore the healing power of writing and how it can be a tool for communication and education. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the importance of believing in oneself and finding a supportive community. Bio: Diana M. Cejas, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and faculty of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. Her clinical work, research, and advocacy focus upon understanding the effects of ableism on health and improving care delivery and outcomes for children and young adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Dr. Cejas has also devoted much of her career to patient advocacy and improving communication between healthcare providers and the disability community, particularly young disabled patients of color. Dr. Cejas shares her own story and other commentary on disability and health via essays and other nonfiction. She is a 2023 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Finalist and a 2021 Pushcart Prize nominee. Her literary work has appeared in high impact medical journals, prestigious literary magazines, anthologies, and popular media. Key Words:  Abelism, Racism, Developmental Disabilities, Stroke, Cancer, Residency, Medical School, ICU, writing, narrative medicine.  Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-ZwCZvxwfuSMLHvv0aDxhox35LvDkPM9pYGCZTjGTo/edit?usp=sharing Produced by: Kadesha Treco, Jacob Feeman and Dr. Lisa Meeks.  Audio editor: Jacob Feeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Resources:         

Interviewee: Dr. Rhonda Moore  Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Description:  In this episode of the Docs with Disabilities podcast, Dr. Rhonda Moore, a medical anthropologist and program officer at the NIH shares her journey grappling with chronic pain, autism, and attention deficit disorder, all amidst the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. She very candidly shares insight into her journey as a kid, from growing up with a brother with autism, to taking theater classes as a means to derive and learn confidence. Through her personal narrative, Dr. Moore shed light on the challenges faced by black women in navigating the healthcare system, highlighting the importance of representation and support for individuals with disabilities. The conversation was marked by a deep sense of empathy and understanding, creating a safe and empowering space for Dr. Moore to share her experiences. Together, Drs. Meeks and Moore delve into the complexities of disability, chronic pain, and the pursuit of equity and inclusion in the medical field. Dr. Moore emphasizes the significance of diverse narratives and the power of self-acceptance and support.    Bio: ​​Rhonda Moore (she/her) is an Autistic Medical Anthropologist and Program Officer for the Genetic Counseling Resource at the  National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program. Her work combines anthropological methods, ethics, data science and clinical medicine to better understand patient experiences and health disparities across culturally and medically diverse care settings (cancer, pain, palliative care), community engaged research, and the differential and ethical impacts of new and emerging technologies on health outcomes in diverse and vulnerable populations. She is writer/editor of the following books: Climate Change and Heath Equity (forthcoming, Springer 2023), the Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care (Springer, 2012, 2nd edition, Springer, 2019), Biobehavioral Approaches to Pain (Springer 2009) and Cancer Culture and Communication (Springer 2004).  Prior to serving at the All of Us Research Program, she was a Program Officer in Global Mental Health at the US NIMH. Her program in Global Mental Health focused on social determinants of health, ethics of new and emerging technologies, citizen science, climate change and mental health, and reciprocal innovation. She was also the program lead for the digital global mental health technology program in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). She received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Stanford University, followed by post-doctoral fellowships and training in Behavioral Science (Stanford Medical School), Epidemiology (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) and Hospice/Palliative Care (St. Austell, Cornwall UK). Transcript Keywords: medical anthropology, actually autistic, community engaged research, disability in medicine, mental health, health equity, ADHD, AuDHD, neurodiversity paradigm, neurodivergence,  chronic pain, EDS, Ehlers Danlos, Fibromyalgia. Produced by: Pranati Movva, Jasmine Lopez, R.E. Natowicz, Jacob Feeman and Dr. Lisa Meeks.  Audio editor: Jacob Feeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan   Resources:  National Institute of Mental Health. (2023). Autism Spectrum Disorder. National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd#:~:text=Autism%20Spectrum%20Disorder-,Overview,first%202%20years%20of%20life.   Autism Society (2023). https://autismsociety.org/   

Interviewee: Dr. Joshua Wilder  Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Description:  In this episode, Dr. Wilder discusses his journey as a gay black man living with a disability, specifically prune belly syndrome, which led to a kidney transplant at a young age. Dr. Wilder's story is one of resilience and determination, shaped by his experiences as a lifelong patient and now a healthcare provider. He candidly shares the challenges he faced, from navigating the healthcare system to overcoming racial biases and discrimination. Despite these obstacles, Dr. Wilder's unwavering spirit and support from his family and mentors propelled him through medical school and residency, where he excelled and graduated at the top of his class. The conversation delves into Dr. Wilder's personal experiences, including his battle with stomach cancer during medical school and his participation in the reality TV show Survivor. Through it all, Dr. Wilder's positive attitude and unwavering determination shine through, inspired by the memory of his kidney donor, Kristen Regal. Dr. Wilder's advocacy for individuals with disabilities is evident throughout the episode, as he emphasizes the importance of representation and empowerment. His message is clear: no matter the challenges one faces, with dedication, support, and self-advocacy, anything is possible. Join us in this BIPOC focused episode as Dr. Wilder addresses inequities for BIPOC individuals in healthcare, his own experience with discrimination, his persistance in becoming a podiatrist and why he lives his life with optimism.    Bio: Joshua Wilder is a 35 years old Pittsburgh, PA native raised in Cincinnati, OH. He was born with Eagle Barrett syndrome or Prune Belly Syndrome leaving his urinary tract system underdeveloped and dysfunctional. He received a kidney transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical center Children's hospital on September 10, 1997 at 9 years old. He completed my undergraduate studies at Washington and Jefferson college majoring in Business administration and minoring in Pre-medicine and went to medical school in Cleveland, OH at the Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. During his first year of medical school he was diagnosed with stomach cancer which required a total stomach excision on May 25, 2013. In spite of this, he graduated at the top of his class with honors and completed his surgical residency at West Penn hospital in Pittsburgh, PA followed by a fellowship at Emory St. Joseph hospital in Atlanta, GA focusing on pediatric and adult foot reconstruction. He is currently practicing at Ankle and Foot Centers of America in Atlanta, GA. Joshua lives with his loving husband and 18 year old cat.  TRANSCRIPT Key Words:  Dr. Joshua Wilder Prune belly syndrome Kidney transplant BIPOC LGBTQI Podiatrist Chronic condition Healthcare system Residency Medical school Minority Racism in medicine Stomach cancer Signet cell carcinoma B cell lymphoma Survivor Reality TV show National Kidney Foundation Transplant games Work-life balance Burnout Advocacy Representation Identity Empathy Trust Produced by: Lisa Meeks, Gabe Abrams and Jaden Sacks Audio editor: Jacob Feeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan   Resources:  Strategies For Improving Patient Care In The LGBTQ + Community https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/podiatry/strategies-improving-patient-care-lgbtq-community Survivor Season 44 Contestant, Joshua Wilder, Opens Up About Kidney Transplant https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/survivor-season-44-contestant-joshua-wilder-opens-about-kidney-transplant Joshua J. Wilder, DPM, AACFAS https://ankleandfootcenters.com/dr-wilder-podiatrist/  

  Interviewee: Dr. Katherine Vakil Interviewer: Dr. Kruti Shah Description: In this episode, we are delighted to be joined by Dr. Katherine Vakil, a pharmacist and Pharmacy Services Manager based in the Chicago area, and guest host Dr. Kruti Shah, who is a Clinical Operations Pharmacist at Rush. Dr. Shah was recently featured on the podcast as a guest in Episode 74. If you haven't yet listened to that interview, we highly recommend you check it out after finishing this one. Today, Dr. Shah is back, this time in the interview role, for a conversation with Dr. Vakil about navigating university and pharmacy schools with a disability, figuring out what speaks to you in your career journey, and learning how to seek out the accommodations you need as a learner and patient. We begin with an introduction from Dr. Vakil.  Bio:  Katherine Vakil is the Pharmacy Services Manager at Erie Family Health Centers. In 2017, Katherine established a new Pharmacy Services team at Erie, which focuses on improving medication access for patients. Katherine received her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota and Master of Public Health at Northwestern University in Chicago. In 2022, Katherine completed a Disability Leadership Fellowship with Disability Lead. In October 2022, Katherine established the Disability Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Erie and is currently the co-chair. Katherine was born hard of hearing and wears hearing aids.  Transcript Keywords: disability, health equity, accessibility, pharmacy, hearing loss, accommodations, pharmacy, disabled pharmacist Produced by: Sofia Schlozman and Lisa Meeks  Audio editor: Jacob Feeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Resources:  Disability Lead Program Dr. Kruti Shah's interview       

Interviewee: Dr. Pete Poullos Description: In this special 2 part series, Dr. Neera Jain interviews friend and colleague Dr. Peter Poullos on his experiences as a person with a disability. Dr. Poullos candidly reflects on his journey coming into a disability identity and how learning from a vibrant community of diverse individuals has elevated his thinking about disability justice. He shares insight into the power of community and how transformational it has been in forming the disability resource group at Stanford Medicine. Throughout the interview, Drs Jain and Poullos discuss their shared experiences and their roles as advocates for individuals with disabilities in medicine. Bio: Dr. Poullos is from Stockton, California. He attended Santa Clara University, then received his M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, after which he did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of California-San Francisco, finishing in 2002. He stayed at UCSF as a Gastroenterology fellow but, after a spinal cord injury, he decided to retrain in Radiology. He did his Radiology residency at Stanford University, where he also completed a fellowship In Body Imaging in 2009. Dr. Poullos is now faculty in both the departments of Radiology and Gastroenterology and Hepatology.   In 2018, Dr. Poullos founded the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition (SMAC), which he serves as Executive Director. In that role, Dr. Poullos advocates for students and healthcare providers with disabilities, as well as for health equity for disabled patients. He is a faculty advisor to the Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI). He has paired up with Dr. Lisa Meeks to co-produce the DocsWithDisabilities podcast to increase awareness around the importance of increasing disability representation amongst students and practitioners in healthcare. “Disability is not a problem to solve, it is the solution to our problems.” Transcript Produced by: Kadesha Treco and Lisa Meeks  Audio editor: Jacob Freeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Keywords: disability, doctors with disabilities, accessibility, med ed, disability identity, radiology, SCI, Spinal Chord Injury. ableism, internalized ableism  DWDI Podcast Website: https://www.docswithdisabilities.org/podcast     References Stergiopoulos, E., Fernando, O., & Martimianakis, M. A. (2018). “Being on both sides”: Canadian medical students' experiences with disability, the hidden curriculum, and professional identity construction. Academic Medicine, 93(10), 1550-1559. Resources: Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE)  Dr. Jain's article "Political disclosure: resisting ableism in medical education"   

Interviewee: Dr. Pete Poullos Description: In this special 2 part series, Dr. Neera Jain interviews friend and colleague Dr. Peter Poullos on his experiences as a person with a disability. Dr. Poullos candidly reflects on his journey coming into a disability identity and how learning from a vibrant community of diverse individuals has elevated his thinking about disability justice. He shares insight into the power of community and how transformational it has been in forming the disability resource group at Stanford Medicine. Throughout the interview, Drs Jain and Poullos discuss their shared experiences and their roles as advocates for individuals with disabilities in medicine. Bio: Dr. Poullos is from Stockton, California. He attended Santa Clara University, then received his M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, after which he did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of California-San Francisco, finishing in 2002. He stayed at UCSF as a Gastroenterology fellow but, after a spinal cord injury, he decided to retrain in Radiology. He did his Radiology residency at Stanford University, where he also completed a fellowship In Body Imaging in 2009. Dr. Poullos is now faculty in both the departments of Radiology and Gastroenterology and Hepatology.   In 2018, Dr. Poullos founded the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition (SMAC), which he serves as Executive Director. In that role, Dr. Poullos advocates for students and healthcare providers with disabilities, as well as for health equity for disabled patients. He is a faculty advisor to the Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI). He has paired up with Dr. Lisa Meeks to co-produce the DocsWithDisabilities podcast to increase awareness around the importance of increasing disability representation amongst students and practitioners in healthcare. “Disability is not a problem to solve, it is the solution to our problems.” Transcript Produced by: Kadesha Treco and Lisa Meeks  Audio editor: Jacob Freeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Keywords: disability, doctors with disabilities, accessibility, med ed, disability identity, radiology, SCI, Spinal Chord Injury. ableism, internalized ableism, disability justice  DWDI Podcast Website: https://www.docswithdisabilities.org/podcast    References Sins Invalid, 10 Principles of Disability Justice https://www.sinsinvalid.org/blog/10-principles-of-disability-justice Resources: Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE)  Dr. Jain's article "Political disclosure: resisting ableism in medical education"       

Interviewee: Dr.  Joanna Turner Bisgrove Interviewer: Dr. Peter Poullos  Description: Today, we are joined by Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove. Dr. Bisgrove is a family medicine physician, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, and the inaugural chair for the American Medical Association's Disability Advisory Group. Dr. Bisgrove has been involved in healthcare policy for several years and is a staunch advocate for disability inclusion. In this episode, she shares her story as a person with a disability, discusses her leadership at Rush University and in national organizations such as the American Medical Association, and her approach to advocating for students and physicians with disabilities.  Bio: Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove is a family physician and assistant professor of family medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.  Prior to joining Rush, she spent the first 14 years of her career near Madison, Wisconsin, and held many local and state leadership positions.  She was medical advisor to her local school district for eight years and co-chaired the Legislative Committee for the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians for eight years, frequently working with state and federal legislators and their staff to develop evidence-based public health policy.  At the national level, Dr. Bisgrove is a delegate for the American Academy of Family Physicians to the American Medical Association's (AMA) House of Delegates. She is the inaugural chair for the American Medical Association's Disability Advisory Group, recently formed at the behest of the House of Delegates, the AMA governing and policy making body. The Disability Advisory Group will be tasked with helping the AMA increase accessibility and inclusivity for physicians, medical students and residents with disabilities, both within the AMA itself and as an advocate for increased accessibility across medicine. Dr. Bisgrove is a lifelong advocate for disability inclusion and the elimination of barriers in everyday society to help make this possible.  Born with a hearing loss that has worsened over time, Dr. Bisgrove is acutely aware of the barriers that persons with disabilities face and determined to fight for policies that are inclusive for everyone.   Dr. Bisgrove's other AMA roles include being a current member of the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health. She is also heavily involved in DEI initiatives as a whole. Upon her move home to Illinois in the summer of 2021, Dr. Bisgrove was appointed to the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society and to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians.  At Rush, she is part of Rush's Pursuing Equity Governance Group and its Social Care and Health Equity team.  She is also currently working towards her Masters in Public Health with a focus on achieving health for disadvantaged children and their families.  Transcript: https://bit.ly/DWDI_Podcast_Ep78 Produced by: Lisa Meeks and Pranati Movva Audio editor: Jacob Freeman Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Keywords: disability, health equity, accessibility, family medicine, intersectionality, disability mentoring, medical education, hearing loss, accommodations Website: https://www.docswithdisabilities.org/podcast    

Interviewee: Dr. Kara Ayers Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD Description: In this episode, Dr. Peter Poullos interview Dr. Kara Ayers disability researcher and associate director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Together they  discuss advocacy work, interprofessional collaboration,  the language we use when describing marginalized communities and how ableism impacts the health outcomes and safety of our patients.  Resources: (1) Evolution of Disability Language (2) How to talk to kids about people with disabilities (3) @ThinkEquitable Transcript Bio: Dr. Kara Ayers is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she is also Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She's co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project. She's recently launched the National Center for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality. Her research interests include health equity, disability ethics, and anti-ableism. Produced by: Gabe Abrams, Jake Feeman and Lisa Meeks Digital Media: Katie Sullivan Keywords: disability, anti-ableism, disability ethics, disability mentorship, disability policy, health equity, intersectionality, docswithdisabilities, medical education.  

Launching October 3rd, Braaains's three-part mini-series, You're Not Alone: Navigating Life with Mental Illness, explores mental illness, the barriers that can block your journey to good mental health, and how stigmas, diagnoses, and disclosure are represented on film and television. It's out October 3 - 5 for Mental Illness Awareness Week 2023. See more here: https://braaainspodcast.com/miaw2023   Episode One: How Stigma Hurts Everyone RELEASE DATE: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Interviewee: Amie Archibald-Varley, Nurse, Health Equity Specialist, and co-host of the Gritty Nurse Podcast Amie Archibald-Varley, Nurse, Health Equity Specialist, and co-host of the Gritty Nurse Podcast joins us to talk about stigma, where it comes from, and how it leads to discrimination. This episode will inform you on how to prevent and address stigmas as well as be a good ally.   Episode Two: The Journey to Diagnosis RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Interviewee: Dr. Lily Le, Registered Psychologist & Director of Clinical Innovation at DiveThru Dr. Lily Le, a registered psychologist and Director of Clinical Innovation at the mental health tech company, DiveThru, discusses how to take the next step when you need help with a mental illness or are looking to improve your mental health. We also get advice on what to do when it's difficult to see a therapist due to affordability or long wait times and the importance of having a support system in place.   Episode Three: When and How to Disclose RELEASE DATE: Thursday, October 5, 2023 Interviewee: Stephanie Fornasier, psychologist and host of Psychocinematic Steph is a psychologist and host of the Psychocinematic podcast who currently working in Disability Inclusion in schools in Naarm (Melbourne) and has her own mental illness lived experience. Steph joins us to discuss how you approach disclosure, concerns around discrimination about disclosure and how to address it, and why some people incorporate their mental illness or disability into their identity after disclosure.

Poland has one of the lowest doctor-to-population ratios in Europe. And populations across Europe continue shifting toward a majority of elderly patients being cared for by too few doctors and nurses. This combination of a physician shortage and an increasingly older population mean that being a doctor in the 5th most populous EU nation is no picnic. Today we're talking with Dr. Ian Perera, a physician working and trained in Poland, who actually moved here from abroad. //Interviewee: Dr. Ian Perera // Archives of Medical Science: Migrations of nurses and doctors from Poland: data for the years 2014-2020 based on the sample of capital city of Warsaw / https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2017.69394 The Lancet: Disease burden in older Ukrainian refugees of war: a synthetic reanalysis of public records data / https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(22)00187-8/fulltext#%20Polityka Zdrowotna: Podwyżki wynagrodzeń w zdrowiu. Ile będą zarabiali pracownicy ochrony zdrowia w 2023 r.? / https://politykazdrowotna.com/artykul/pensje-lekarzy-w-2023/938036 Notes from Poland: Poland entered pandemic with fewest doctors in the EU, finds OECD report / https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/11/25/poland-entered-pandemic-with-fewest-doctors-in-the-eu-finds-oecd-report/  Sign up for a free 5-day trial at https://go.amboss.com/pod-5day-trial. Read more at the AMBOSS blog: https://go.amboss.com/blog-ambosspod. Find out more about the AMBOSS podcast: https://go.amboss.com/int_podcast-23.

Global health issues require big ideas for big solutions. How can medical students, physicians, and the general public begin to tackle enormous challenges such as healthcare- and income-inequality, health disparities between cultures, and preparation for the next pandemic? In what ways are we already finding solutions and how can we do better? Dr. Omar Cherkaoui is here to help us make sense of these worldwide issues.//Interviewee: Dr. Omar Cherkaoui, MD, MPH//AMBOSS Global Health Initiative / https://www.amboss.com/int/global-health-initiative United Nations Foundation: 5 Global Issues to Watch in 2023 / https://unfoundation.org/blog/post/5-global-issues-to-watch-in-2023/ AMBOSS Blog: Scholarship Program: Mission Accomplished / https://blog.amboss.com/us/scholarship-program-mission-accomplished  Sign up for a free 5-day trial at https://go.amboss.com/pod-5day-trial. Read more at the AMBOSS blog: https://go.amboss.com/blog-ambosspod. Find out more about the AMBOSS podcast: https://go.amboss.com/int_podcast-23.

Studying medicine is difficult no matter where you are. In previous episodes we've heard perspectives from students and physicians in countries ranging from Ecuador to Poland to Australia and many places in between. Today we'll be talking with a fresh graduate from Iraq to hear about his experiences in med school, the IFMSA, and studying for the USMLE. // Interviewee: Dr. Rami Bahaa Saadi, a new graduate from Wasit University in Iraq. // AMBOSS IMG Tools: Study for the USMLE® with AMBOSS / https://www.amboss.com/int/usmle/img  AMBOSS Blog: You've Met Your IMG Match! / https://blog.amboss.com/us/2017/6/23/amboss-algorithms-the-perfect-international-match-part-iii  AMBOSS Apps: For Medical Students During Clinical Rotations / https://blog.amboss.com/us/amboss-apps-medical-students-clinical-rotations  // Sign up for a free 5-day trial at www.amboss.com. Read more at the AMBOSS blog: blog.amboss.com/us. Find out more about the AMBOSS podcast: go.amboss.com/intpodcast.

In this episode, Dr. Kelly Moore, Clinical Psychologist on the Faculty of East Tennessee State University, talks about her work on the issue of stigma and addiction. She shares how her research and clinical experiences led her to do work on destigmatizing substance abuse and mental health problems. She also describes her work in implementing workplace initiatives to reduce stigma, provide treatment for those in recovery, and train employers in this area. Interviewee: Dr. Kelly Moore, PhD Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor, Depart of Psychology Moderator: Bill Spooner, FCHIME, CHCIO

In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security', Dr. Farr, the leading expert in the interconnection between international religious freedom, human rights, and United States National Security will discuss his work on the implications rights internationally have on defense and security domestically. His work has led to not only scholarship and legislative and State Department action, but to the creation of the Religious Freedom Institute, the leading scholarly institution on global religious freedom. Dr. Farr and I will be discussing this argument for increased emphasis on religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy, its implications within policy itself, and its usage in current issues of national security. Interviewee: Dr. Thomas Farr Interviewer: Maura Brennan

Episode Summary:This episode is all about the pursuit of higher education. I talk to DR. Zakiya, a self-proclaimed former career student and author of the upcoming book, "Dump Your Degree." We talk about our experiences with higher education, the lessons we learned, and the pitfalls we faced. We also talk about our experiences with work-life after school. Show your Support:If you like what we're doing here on Still Talking Black, the best way to show your support is by liking, rating, and sharing our content, buying merch from our store at StillTalkingBlack.com/Shop, or donating using the link below. Every little bit helps. Thank you for your continuing support. About the Interviewee:Dr. Zakiya Akerele is a third-generation educator with a passion for lifelong learning. She is the creator of the Degrees of Separation documentary film that addresses the higher rates of unemployment and underemployment experienced by Black college graduates and presents solutions such as entrepreneurship as a way to combat these issues. Dr. Akerele is a former HBCU professor and the author of Dump Your Degree: How to Repurpose Your Education, Control Your Career, and Gain Financial Freedom. She is committed to helping students and graduates create careers they enjoy on their own terms.Pre-order her book Dump Your Degree at DumpYourDegree.comDegrees of Separation Documentary: https://vimeo.com/385010598Spotlight on Melanin:This episode's Spotlight on Melanin is Rafiah Maxie. After tragically losing her son to suicide, she has worked to help others not have to feel the pain she had to go through. Through her organization Soul Survivors of Chicago, she works to raise awareness surrounding mental health, suicide prevention, and trauma prevention for youth of color. To learn more about the things she is doing, you can follow her on Instagram @SoulSurvivorsCHI or visit her website at SoulSurvivorsOfChicago.comCredits:Host/Producer: Richard Dodds @DoddsismShow Music: @IAmTheDjBlueWebsite: StillTalkingBlack.comStill Talking Black is a production of Crowned Culture Media LLC. All rights reserved.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CrownedCulture)

Listen now and learn as Dr. Traci Ito and Dr. Michelle Pacis discuss public loan service loan forgiveness (PSLF) with Dr. Sotirios Keros and expert on the subject!Interviewee:Dr. Sotirios Keros MD PhD- Child Neurologist and Co-Founder of Doctored Moneyhttps://www.doctoredmoney.orgHosts:Dr. Traci Ito- MIGS Surgeon EVMSDr. Michelle Pacis - MIGS Surgeon Christiana Care Production:Dr. Jeffrey Woo- AAGL FMIGS Fellow Scripps Clinic

This is the Episode 5 of VentureWatch.co Interview Series --- For written transcript of this interview, visit this link: https://venturewatch.co/interviews/vigor-medical-systems/ --- Interviewee: Dr. John C. Joe (JCJ) Position: Chief Executive Officer Company name: Vigor Medical Systems, Inc. Company website URL: https://www.vigormedicalsystems.com/ Interviewer: John D. Evans, CFA (JE) Interview conducted on: 14th August 2020

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Ever wanted to learn about Chinese Medicine and other eastern practices, such as Qigong? Be sure to tune in as Chinese Medicine doctor, Roger Jahnke, and I discuss the "baskets of Chinese Medicine", the history of Qigong, relevant ancient texts, how to prepare for and what to expect during a session, as well as other resources, too! 00:01:08: About the Interviewee/ Dr. Jahnke 00:02:27: The Ancient Text 00:03:18: Chinese Medicine 00:11:44: The Discovery, Neurophysiology, and "baskets" of Qigong 00:32:40: Preparing for/ Expectations of a Qigong session 00:40:58: Resources to learn more Dr. Jahnke link: iiqtc.org What's Next?!: whatsnextofficial2020@gmail.com ; @the_PhD_yogini ; facebook.com/WNPodcast

Host Finn Upham recommends “How Music Moves Us: Entraining to Musicians' Movements” by Alexander Demos and Roger Chaffin, published in Music Perception, 2017. They interview Dr Demos about this study and adjacent issues. Note: This interview goes fairly deep into the challenges of time series data analysis. Feel free to use the time stamps listed in the show notes to skip ahead if this is not your cup of tea. Time Stamps [0:00:10] Intro to article and Alex [0:03:20] Design of Air Conducting experiment [0:11:15] Capturing movements of performers and listeners [0:15:40] Assessing alignment between motion time series [0:25:26] Non-linearity in these time series [0:31:18] False negatives and intermittent alignment [0:38:32] Theories of Music and Ancillary motion [0:45:04] Closing Summary and Implications   Show notes Recommended article: Demos, A. P., & Chaffin, R. (2018). How Music Moves Us: Entraining to Musicians' Movements. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 35(4), 405-424.  (pdf) Interviewee: Dr. Alexander Demos, Clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (website) Some publications cited in the discussion: Schreiber, T., & Schmitz, A. (1996). Improved surrogate data for nonlinearity tests. Physical Review Letters, 77(4), 635–638. Cook, N. (2013). Beyond the score: Music as performance. Oxford University Press. Theiler, J., Eubank, S., Longtin, A., Galdrikian, B. & Farmer, J. D. (1992). Testing for nonlinearity in time series: The method of surrogate data. Physica D, 58, 77–94. Dean, R. T., Bailes, F., & Dunsmuir, W. T. (2014). Time series analysis of real-time music perception: Approaches to the assessment of individual and expertise differences in perception of expressed affect. Journal of Mathematics and Music, 8(3), 183-205. Wanderley, M. M., Vines, B. W., Middleton, N., Mckay, C., & Hatch, W. (2005). The musical significance of clarinetists' ancillary gestures: An exploration of the field. Journal of New Music Research, 34(1), 97–113. DOI: 10.1080/092982105 00124208 Credits The So Strangely Podcast is produced by Finn Upham, 2019. The closing music includes a sample of Diana Deutsch's Speech-Song Illusion sound demo 1.

Postdoctoral fellow Sarah Sauvé recommends “Individual differences in rhythmic cortical entrainment correlate with predictive behavior in sensorimotor synchronization” by Sylvie Nozaradan, Isabelle Peret, and Peter E. Keller, published in Nature Scientific Reports in 2016. Sarah and Finn interview Dr. Nozaradan about the measures of metrical perception and rhythm production, entrainment to difficult stimuli, and what these results imply for a replication study conducted with older participants. Time Stamps [0:00:10] Intro with Sarah [0:09:41] Interview: Where this study comes from [0:14:25] Interview: Challenging stimuli [0:22:09] Interview: Older listeners replication [0:26:43] Interview: Task 3, metrical prediction [0:38:25] Interview: Implications for everyday musical experiences [0:44:43] Closing debrief Show notes Recommended article: Nozaradan, S., Peretz, I., & Keller, P. E. (2016). Individual differences in rhythmic cortical entrainment correlate with predictive behavior in sensorimotor synchronization. Scientific reports, 6, 20612. Interviewee: Dr. Sylvie Nozaradan, Institute of neuroscience at UC Louvain, in Belgium (Google Scholar Profile) Co-host: Dr. Sarah Sauvé, Postdoctoral fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Website, twitter) Contact Questions, comments, and article recommendations are always welcome! Get in touch here, through the contact page, or on twitter, or email the producer directly: finn at sostrangely.com Credits The So Strangely Podcast is produced by Finn Upham, 2019. The closing music includes a sample of Diana Deutsch's Speech-Song Illusion sound demo 1.

Interviewee: Dr. Hayley Wood Interviewer: James A Audience: Higher Education advisors, 6th form students Description: Learn about the process of applying to US Universities and how taking A-levels actually gives you a substantial advantage. Useful Link: https://www.collegeboard.org/

Music Theorist Mariusz Kozak recommends “When the Sound Becomes the Goal. 4E Cognition and Teleomusicality in Early Infancy” by Andrea Schiavio, Dylan van der Schyff, Silke Kruse-Weber and Renee Timmers, published in Frontiers in Psychology. Marius and Finn interview Andrea about this framing of early musical development and implications of an embodied, embedded, extended and enactive approach to cognitive science. Time Stamps [0:00:10] Intro with Mariusz [0:11:16] Interview: Origins and the 4 Es [0:21:40] Interview: Attention, Intention, and Mirror Neurons [0:32:59] Interview: Sound Goals and Musical Actions [0:40:28] Interview: Reception of Theory [0:53:03] Closing with Mariusz Show notes Recommended article: Schiavio, A., van der Schyff, D., Kruse-Weber, S., & Timmers, R. (2017). When the Sound Becomes the Goal. 4E Cognition and Teleomusicality in Early Infancy. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1585. Interviewee: Dr. Andrea Schiavio, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Graz Co-host: Prof. Mariusz Kozak, Assistant Professor of Music at Columbia University Works cited in the discussion: Chemero, A. (2011). Radical embodied cognitive science. MIT press. Craighero, L., Leo, I., Umilta, C., and Simion, F. (2011). Newborns' preference for goal-directed actions. Cognition, 20, 26–32. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011 02.011 D'Ausilio, A. (2007). The role of the mirror system in mapping complex sounds into actions. The Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 5847–5848. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0979-07.2007 D'Ausilio, A. (2009). Mirror-like mechanisms and music. The Scientific World Journal, 9, 1415–1422. doi:10.1100/tsw.2009.160 Gerson, S. A., Bekkering, H., and Hunnius, S. (2015a). Short-term motor training, but not observational training, alters neurocognitive mechanisms of action processing in infancy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27, 1207–1214. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00774 Haslinger, B., Erhard, P., Altenmüller, E., Schroeder, U., Boecker, H., & Ceballos-Baumann, A. O. (2005). Transmodal sensorimotor networks during action observation in professional pianists. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 282–293. doi:10.1162/0898929053124893 Haueisen, J., & Knösche, T. R. (2001). Involuntary motor activity in pianists evoked by music perception. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13, 786–792. doi:10.1162/08989290152541449 Hickok-Gallese debate at NYU (2103) Do Mirror Neurons Explain Anything? Kohler, E., Keysers, C., Umiltà, M. A., Fogassi, L., Gallese, V., and Rizzolatti, G. (2002). Hearing sounds, understanding actions: action representation in mirror neurons. Science, 297, 846–848. doi: 10.1126/science.1070311 Menary, R. (2010). Introduction to the special issue on 4E cognition. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 9, 459–463. Mukamel R., Ekstrom A.D., Kaplan J., Iacoboni M., Fried I., Single-Neuron Responses in Humans during Execution and Observation of Actions. Current Biology, vol. 20, nº 8. Novembre, G., Ticini, L. F., Schütz-Bosbach, S., & Keller, P. E. (2014). Motor simulation and the coordination of joint actions in real time. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 1062–1068. doi: 10.1093/scan/nst086 Overy, K., and Molnar-Szakacs, I. (2009). Being together in time: musical experience and the mirror neuron system. Music Perception, 26, 489–504. doi: 10.1525/mp.2009.26.5.489 Perone, S., Madole, K. L., Ross-Sheehy, S., Carey, M., and Oakes, L. M. (2009). The relation between infants' activity with objects and attention to object appearance. Developmental Psycholology, 44, 1242–1248. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.5.1242 Proffitt, D. R., Stefanucci, J., Banton, T., & Epstein, W. (2003). The role of effort in perceiving distance. Psychological Science, 14(2), 106-112. Schiavio, A. & Timmers, R. (2016). Motor and audiovisual learning consolidate auditory memory of tonally ambiguous melodies. Music Perception, 34(1), 21-32 Schiavio,

Data Scientist Vincent Lostanlen recommends Katherine Kinnaird's “Aligned Hierarchies: A Multi-Scale Structure-Based Representation for Music-Based Data Streams”, published in the proceedings of ISMIR (2016). Vincent and Finn interview Dr. Kinnaird about this method for abstracting structure in music through repetition, how it has been implemented for fingerprinting on Chopin's Mazurkas, and how Aligned Hierarchies could be used for other tasks and on other musics. Show notes Recommended article: Kinnaird, K. M. (2016). Aligned Hierarchies: A Multi-Scale Structure-Based Representation for Music-Based Data Streams. In ISMIR  (pp. 337-343). http://m.mr-pc.org/ismir16/website/articles/020_Paper.pdf Interviewee: Dr. Katie Kinnaird, Data Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, Affiliated to the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University twitter @kmkinnaird ‏ Co-host: Dr. Vincent Lostanlen, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Visiting scholar at MARL at NYU, twitter: @lostanlen Papers cited in the discussion: M. Casey, C. Rhodes, and M. Slaney. Analysis of minimum distances in high-dimensional musical spaces. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, 16(5):1015 – 1028, 2008. J. Foote. Visualizing music and audio using self- similarity. Proc. ACM Multimedia 99, pages 77–80, 1999. M. Goto. A chorus-section detection method for musical audio signals and its application to a music listening station. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, 14(5):1783–1794, 2006. P. Grosche, J. Serrà, M. Müller, and J.Ll. Arcos. Structure-based audio fingerprinting for music retrieval. 13th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, 2012. Time Stamps [0:00:10] Intro with Vincent Lostanlen [0:17:22] Interview: Origins of the Aligned Hierarchies [0:30:22] Interview: Implementation & Fingerprinting on the Mazurkas [0:52:55] Interview: New applications and developments for Aligned Hierarchies [1:02:57] Closing with Vincent Lostanlen Credits The So Strangely Podcast is produced by Finn Upham, 2018. The closing music includes a sample of Diana Deutsch's Speech-Song Illusion Sound Demo 1.