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From Medicine Explained on TikTok: “The Nuance” covers topics in health, the human experience, community health, and the intersection of human and environmental health. We explore the nuance, depth, and complexity that has been lost in today’s conversations. We have conversations to help educate and empower people toward a healthier life and community. This is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Visit medicineexplained.org to see our full disclaimer and privacy policy. © 2024 Medicine Explained, LLC. All rights reserved.

  1. JAN 21

    105: What you need to know about CONTRACEPTION and PERIODS. | Dr. Oelschlager

    Dr. Anne Marie Amies Oelschlager is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She founded, developed, and expanded the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Division at the University of Washington to provide care to patients across the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. Her clinical expertise is in contraception and hormone therapy, pubertal and menstrual disorders, congenital anomalies of reproductive organs, differences of sex development (intersex conditions), and reproductive health issues complicated by underlying physical or developmental disability or underlying medical conditions.  She also serves as Chair of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Clinical Consensus Gynecology Committee. She is a clinical instructor and lecturer on reproductive health care for the medical students at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Links mentioned: bedsider.org

    50 min

  2. JAN 2

    104: The impact of WILD-FIRES on Human HEALTH & more. | Dr. David Eisenman MD

    David Eisenman, MD, MSHS, is a professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and has a joint appointment at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health where he directs the Center for Public Health and Disasters and is the Deputy Director for Community Partnerships at the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions. Dr. Eisenman is also an Associate Natural Scientist at RAND. Dr. Eisenman lives and surfs in Marina del Rey, California. His research is focused on public health and disasters, including wildfires, heat-waves, and climate change.

    45 min

  3. 12/01/2024

    103: HOLISTIC & Whole-Person Healing: Bringing a Freedom Community Clinic to the city. | Dr. Bernadette (Bernie) Lim, MD

    Dr. Bernadette (Bernie) Lim, MD, MS is the Founder and Executive Director of the Freedom Community Clinic, a healing movement and clinic based in Oakland, CA that has brought Whole-Person Healing to 6000+ people in the Bay and beyond, prioritizing the healing of Black, Brown, and immigrant communities. She serves as the youngest faculty at San Francisco State’s Institute for Holistic Health Studies. In addition, Dr. Bernie also is the creator of the Woke WOC Docs Podcast, Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine and Health Justice, and part of the founding team of the Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine. Dr. Bernie graduated from UCSF School of Medicine and earned her Master’s at UC Berkeley School of Public Health through the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. She graduated from Harvard University in 2016 with cum laude honors, and went on to be a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in India. In her work, Dr. Lim also practices and/or teaches intuitive herbalism, energy healing, meditation, and hatha yoga. She is a classically trained pianist of 25+ years, a DJ, farmer, and hula and salsa dancer. For her work, Dr. Bernie has received numerous honors, see her bio for more detailed information: https://www.drbernielim.com/bio

    45 min

  4. 11/01/2024

    102: MIGRANT Health: The misconceptions and why it matters to all of us.

    Dr. Brian Lonquich is a primary care physician. He is triple board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. A SoCal native, he was raised in the Santa Clarita Valley and went to UC Riverside for undergraduate studies in Spanish Literature and Biology. He then went onto graduate medical school from UCLA and completed an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency at UCLA before moving to Baylor/Texas Children's in Houston, TX to complete a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship. While in Houston he worked with physician-scientists at NASA to creatively use existing equipment on the International Space Station to help with planning missions to The Moon and Mars. He moved back to Southern California after training to be closer to family.  Dr. Lonquich is passionate about global health equity and access, and has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa. He is fluent in Spanish. He is an ardent supporter of medical education and came back to UCLA to help deliver academic, evidence-based medicine to the Central Coast.

    43 min

  5. 10/04/2024

    101: Regenerative Farming: The interconnection of soil, food, and human health.

    Christa Barfield is the CEO of FarmerJawn Agriculture.  Christa is a health-care professional turned farmer and lifelong Philadelphia resident. It was 10 years into her career in health-care administration when her life led her to pursuing health and happiness in a more sustainable way. After a solo trip abroad in January 2018, she returned home inspired to connect with the land, plant life, and social issues that heavily impact Black and brown communities and all people’s perception of food. Her business is a reincarnation of her healthcare career with a focus on regeneration and nutrition security. Now with 128 acres across 3 counties in PA, she has built FarmerJawn with an equitable focus on Food is Medicine and she is leading conversations locally and internationally on how to take a Farm first approach to America’s relationship with food and health.

    42 min

  6. 09/14/2024

    100: Eco-Anxiety, Environmental Justice, & the Climate Change Movement. 🌎 | Wawa Gatheru

    Wawa Gatheru is Kenyan-American climate activist and founder,  passionate about bringing empathetic and accessible climate communication to the mainstream.  Harnessing her academic background as a Rhodes Scholar and her work as a youth climate activist, Wawa’s life goal is to help create a climate movement made in the image of all of us. In 2019, Wawa was named the first Black person in history to receive the prestigious Rhodes, Truman and Udall scholarships for her environmental scholarship and activism.  She is the founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, a national organization dedicated to empowering Black girls, women and gender expansive people across the climate sector. She is an inaugural member of the National Environmental Youth Advisory Council of the US EPA, the first federal youth-led advisory board in US History. Wawa sits on boards and advisory councils for organizations such as EarthJustice and National Parks Conservation Association. These accolades are just highlights of the many projects Wawa is contributing to.

    39 min

  7. 08/17/2024

    99: HOMELESSNESS: Unhoused Veterans, acquiring & retaining housing for Vets with serious mental illness, and harm reduction. | Sonya Gabrielian, MD MPH

    Sonya Gabrielian, MD, MPH, is a psychiatrist and health services researcher at the VA Greater Los Angeles and an Assistant Professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. At the VA, she is an investigator with the Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, & Policy (CSHIIP) and the Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC). She is also an Affiliated Researcher at the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans and a current Fellow with the Implementation Research Institute at the Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Gabrielian’s research interests focus on improving housing retention and community functioning among homeless adults; she has a VA Career Development Award to use implementation approaches to improve housing acquisition and retention for homeless Veterans with serious mental illness. She is also a practicing psychiatrist in the VA’s homeless program.

    33 min

  8. 08/01/2024

    98: DEBUNKING common NUTRITION MYTHS, Keto vs Mediterranean, & the microbiome. | Dr. Christopher Gardner, PhD

    In today's conversation we speak with Dr. Christopher Gardner, PhD is a nutrition scientist and Professor at Stanford, his research has been focused on investigating the potential health benefits of various dietary components or food patterns using randomized controlled trials. He has served on many committees for organizations such as the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association and has conducted and published dozens of human nutrition intervention trials. His ongoing trials involve examining the impact of dietary changes on the gut microbiome and inflammation/immune function. Current research interests include collaborating with chefs and dining operators as research partners in an effort to identify strategies to optimize the intersection of taste, health, environmental sustainability, and social justice in institutional food settings (e.g., universities, hospitals, worksites).

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From Medicine Explained on TikTok: “The Nuance” covers topics in health, the human experience, community health, and the intersection of human and environmental health. We explore the nuance, depth, and complexity that has been lost in today’s conversations. We have conversations to help educate and empower people toward a healthier life and community. This is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Visit medicineexplained.org to see our full disclaimer and privacy policy. © 2024 Medicine Explained, LLC. All rights reserved.

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