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In this episode Chaplain Jane and Stacy talk about how Stacy and her family made it through her cancer journey as well as how they have maintained their faith in God despite discrimination they experienced from a Catholic Priest.
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In Bridging Worlds: A Journey Through Global Health (Part Two), Dr. Sharon Chekijian continues to talk with Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza on her journey through global health. They discuss the challenges of decolonizing global health efforts and how international collaborations have fueled significant changes. They also touch on the complexities of conducting research in resource-limited settings, the impact of brain drain on healthcare, and the importance of mentorship and equal partnership in medical training. Through her reflections, you’ll gain insights into the evolving landscape of global health, the resilience of healthcare providers in Uganda, and the interconnectedness of our world, especially highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In Bridging Worlds: A Journey Through Global Health (Part One), Dr. Sharon Chekijian talks with Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, a distinguished figure in medicine and education. With her extensive work at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and her pivotal role in fostering international collaborations, Dr. Mayanja-Kizza’s contributions have left a lasting mark on medical training and research across continents. Her work also extends to Yale University, as she is also a longtime collaborator of Dr. Tracy Rabin, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, as they co-direct the Makerere University-Yale University (MUYU) Bidirectional Exchange. Tune in to hear her compelling story, from her early inspirations to her remarkable achievements and her unique perspective on mentorship and leadership in the field of global health.
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In this episode you will hear Stacy read her story of overcoming skin cancer while navigating work and raising small children with her wife and the amazing outpouring of support from her friends and family.
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Our guest is Riccardo Lampariello, who is a statistician by training and brings almost 25 years of experience in health. He initially spent 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry and then moved into the not-for-profit sector: GAVI, UICC and Terre des hommes. In 2022 he joined D-tree as their CEO. D-tree’s mission is to expand access to high-quality, essential healthcare by enabling better decision making.
His experience includes clinical operations, portfolio management, business development, capacity building, and public health. In the last 10 years, he has focused on adapting digital health solutions to the unique contexts of developing countries and scale them successfully to national level in Burkina Faso, India and Zanzibar. He also acquired substantial experience on data governance. He holds a MSc in Statistics and a MBA specialized in not-for-profit.
The interview was recorded on May 17th, 2024.
Further Reading and Links
The BBC video embedded in this interview can be found at: https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/healthier-together/how-tanzania-is-tackling-the-healthcare-gap
A video jointly produced by Yale BIDS and D-Tree on their work in Zanzibar can be found at: https://youtu.be/2i4baqXzapw?feature=shared
You can learn more about D-tree’s work: https://www.d-tree.org/
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WHO guidelines for chatbots for sexual and reproductive guidance https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376294/9789240090705-eng.pdf?sequence=1
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In this episode, Dr. Vishal Uppal and Allana Munro discussed with us the findings from their study -The Incidence and Predictors of Failed Spinal Anesthesia After Intrathecal Injection of Local Anesthetic for Cesarean Delivery: A Single-Center, 9-Year Retrospective Review.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37014966/
Anesthesia-Related Maternal Mortality in the United States: 1979–2002
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21173646/
Can epidurals as a quality marker
Epidural analgesia during labour and severe maternal morbidity: population based study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38777357/
Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia for Vaginal Delivery and Severe Maternal Morbidity
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35191971/
Raising the Standards: RCOA Quality Improvement Compendium. Accessed March 1, 2023. https://rcoa.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2020-08/21075%20RCoA%20Audit%20Recipe%20Book_16%20Section%20B.7_p241-268_AW.pdf
Mechanism and Management of Failed Spinal Anesthesia – NYSORA
https://www.nysora.com/topics/complications/mechanisms-management-failed-spinal-anesthesia/
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With its unique history filled with both triumphs and dark chapters, public health researchers and professionals have an ethical responsibility to examine the past as they aspire to shape the future of public health by conducting effective and ethical health-related research and work today.
In this episode, Shivani interviews the esteemed ethicist and historian of Public Health, Dr. Laura Bothwell, who discusses how the history of public health has influenced the present. In this informative conversation, Dr. Bothwell sheds light on the weight of history, and discusses the structural obligation that health professionals have to address inequities and institutional biases and their contribution to many of the public health challenges we face today.
Here are some links with more reading related to Dr. Bothwell’s research:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1604593
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp1604635
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119413431.ch31
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Fritz Horstman talks us through some of the ideas in his new book, Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments.
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In this episode, you will hear how Rodney overcame many obstacles with his faith and learned that he is not defined by his Cerebral Palsy, he is defined by God. Hear the power of faith that turns sorrow into triumph as Chaplain Jane reads Rodney’s life story.
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Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence co-founder Dr. Robin Stern discusses the role of spirituality and religion in understanding and managing emotions, the danger of suppressing emotions like anger, and her groundbreaking work on gaslighting.
For more information and a transcript of this conversation, please see: https://divinity.yale.edu/news/emotional-intelligence-and-spirituality-dr-robin-stern