Connecting Our Roots

Opal Gay
  • 5.0 (3)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE

A conversational podcast hosted by Opal Gay featuring guests from the Health Policy Research Scholar community. This series will feature amazing scholars across the HPRS community and build excitement for the program's summer institute convening. Coinciding with this year’s theme Planting Seeds of Transformative Policy: Staying Rooted in Our Values, the conversations featured will engage experiences where scholars were called to stand in their value systems. All views expressed in this space are the scholars own!

Episodes

  1. Episode 10 - Opal Gay

    09/18/2024

    Episode 10 - Opal Gay

    In the final episode of Connecting Our Roots, C5 scholar and host of the podcast Opal Gay sits down with their HPRS Leadership Coach Marcia Lee. Opal discusses their research and community organizing efforts on policing and health inequities in Atlanta. Further, they identify how their values of community and joy shape their passion for this arena of health policy.

    22 min
  2. Episode 9 - Ashley Ortiz Chico

    09/10/2024

    Episode 9 - Ashley Ortiz Chico

    In episode 9, we talk with Cohort 6 scholar Ashley Ortiz Chico about her research on environmental justice and coloniality in Puerto Rico. We overview how community shows up in her work, and Ashley recaps the Talaona session co-organized by HPRS scholars for Summer Institute.

    18 min
  3. Episode 8 - Adrian Luis Manriquez

    08/12/2024

    Episode 8 - Adrian Luis Manriquez

    In this episode, Cohort 5 scholar and alumnus Adrian Manriquez discusses his dissertation research on how adherence to masculine gender norms impacts the health outcomes of Latino men. He also explores the role of reflexivity in qualitative scholarship and concludes by expressing gratitude for the HPRS community's influence on his personal and professional growth.

    18 min
  4. Episode 7 - Manuel Joseph Galvan

    06/24/2024

    Episode 7 - Manuel Joseph Galvan

    In this episode, we hear from C4 scholar Manuel Galvan about his journey as a high school teacher into the PhD and health policy arena. We hear about his field experiments on institutional discrimination and how his values of evidence-based justice inform his work.

    16 min
  5. Episode 6 - Latesha K. Harris

    06/21/2024

    Episode 6 - Latesha K. Harris

    In this episode we talk to C6 scholar Latesha K. Harris about her research on police violence and cardiometabolic health, and she shares how the murder of George Floyd and the 2020 re-insurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement catalyzed her values of belonging, justice, knowledge, and leadership. Latesha shares many resources during our chat for folks who are interested in engaging her work. I share some relevant links to projects discussed below. The link to her website is: lateshakharris.org If you are interested in Latesha's study on Structural Racism and Cardiometabolic Risk, please use the link to determine your eligibility to participate. https://rc1.redcap.unc.edu/surveys/?s=FD443YW9F9CNXLWJ If you have additional questions, you may contact Latesha Harris, at lkharris@unc.edu or 984-260-8936 (IRB 22-1778).

    17 min
  6. Episode 5 - Wes Wislar

    05/17/2024

    Episode 5 - Wes Wislar

    In this episode, Cohort 5 scholar Wes Wislar (he/they) shares insights on his research in trans and disability health, and highlights empathy as a guiding value in both his personal and professional life.

    17 min
  7. Episode 4 -Ezequiel Dominguez

    05/03/2024

    Episode 4 -Ezequiel Dominguez

    This episode features an interview with a member of our newest cohort (C7), Ezequiel Dominguez. We discuss his research and community work on labor trafficking and how he applies the value of justice to his professional and personal life.

    15 min
  8. Episode 3 - TyKera Marrow

    04/19/2024

    Episode 3 - TyKera Marrow

    In this episode C4 scholar discusses her research in health care utilization among African Americans, overviews the role of her values in her career, and outlines her gratitude for the HPRS community as she prepares for her last summer institute.

    12 min
  9. Episode 2 - Gabriel Johnson

    03/29/2024

    Episode 2 - Gabriel Johnson

    In this episode, Cohort 4 scholar Gabriel Johnson discusses the importance of integrity in his research and career. He overviews his work with health masculinities and makes an exciting professional announcement!

    17 min
  10. Episode 1 - Adrian Williams

    03/14/2024

    Episode 1 - Adrian Williams

    In this episode, Cohort 5 scholar Adrian Williams discusses how their values shape their research and journey through their PhD program.

    13 min
  • 10 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

A conversational podcast hosted by Opal Gay featuring guests from the Health Policy Research Scholar community. This series will feature amazing scholars across the HPRS community and build excitement for the program's summer institute convening. Coinciding with this year’s theme Planting Seeds of Transformative Policy: Staying Rooted in Our Values, the conversations featured will engage experiences where scholars were called to stand in their value systems. All views expressed in this space are the scholars own!

Information