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UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public, a series of programs providing an opportunity to learn about health and the health sciences directly from UCSF faculty members and other nationally-recognized experts.

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    • 4.2 • 57 Ratings

UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public, a series of programs providing an opportunity to learn about health and the health sciences directly from UCSF faculty members and other nationally-recognized experts.

    Beta Adrenergic Receptors and Their Role in Heart Function

    Beta Adrenergic Receptors and Their Role in Heart Function

    Learn about groundbreaking research being conducted by some of the most highly skilled and intelligent minds in the nation towards enhancing human health, in fields such as biomedical sciences, social sciences, and digital health. This program will talk about beta adrenergic receptors, which are key components of the body's cardiovascular system, playing a vital role in modulating heart rate, contractility, and blood vessel activity in response to various physiological and environmental stimuli. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38983]

    • 56 min
    Growing Health from the Soil Up: The Links Between Farms Food and Wellbeing

    Growing Health from the Soil Up: The Links Between Farms Food and Wellbeing

    This series offers integrative theories and models of mental health care that are housed in wellness, resilience, community, and equity. You will learn to identify and connect how mental health and wellness start with structural (economic/political/systemic) and community level interventions as well as individual supports. And you will understand models of care that provide integrative, holistic mental health care through a lens of health equity and apply the principles of holistic mental health and wellness in participants' lives or community efforts. In this program, Dr. Daphne Miller discusses the links the food we eat, how it is grown and wellness. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38986]

    • 58 min
    Everything Everywhere All at Once: Integrative Approaches to Working with Teens with Anxiety Depression and Chronic Pain

    Everything Everywhere All at Once: Integrative Approaches to Working with Teens with Anxiety Depression and Chronic Pain

    This series offers integrative theories and models of mental health care that are housed in wellness, resilience, community, and equity. You will learn to identify and connect how mental health and wellness start with structural (economic/political/systemic) and community level interventions as well as individual supports. And you will understand models of care that provide integrative, holistic mental health care through a lens of health equity and apply the principles of holistic mental health and wellness in participants' lives or community efforts. This program discusses an integrative approach to working with teens who are dealing with anxiety, depression and chronic pain. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38985]

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Making the Invisible Visible: Societal Influences on Health and Health Care

    Making the Invisible Visible: Societal Influences on Health and Health Care

    Learn about groundbreaking research being conducted by some of the most highly skilled and intelligent minds in the nation towards enhancing human health, in fields such as biomedical sciences, social sciences, and digital health. In this program, Kristen Harknett, Ph.D., talks about how society influences the general health of the population, and how health care is delivered.


    Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38984]

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Learning Without a Brain

    Learning Without a Brain

    Learn about groundbreaking research being conducted by some of the most highly skilled and intelligent minds in the nation towards enhancing human health, in fields such as biomedical sciences, social sciences, and digital health. In this program, you will learn how a single cell can learn, despite not having brain. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38982]

    • 56 min
    Global Health Interventions to Prevent Infectious Diseases

    Global Health Interventions to Prevent Infectious Diseases

    Learn about groundbreaking research being conducted by some of the most highly skilled and intelligent minds in the nation towards enhancing human health, in fields such as biomedical sciences, social sciences, and digital health. In this program, Dr. Gabriel Chamie, Canice Christian and Jane Fieldhouse discuss efforts to prevent infectious diseases on a global scale. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38981]

    • 58 min

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
57 Ratings

57 Ratings

Doug01123581321 ,

Surg

Wonderful lectures with useful information, but the name is very misleading....does not even approach a "mini medical curriculum"

JJKAY645 ,

Wonderful information

This podcast really helps me learn more about the medical field… I’m going to be a nurse when I’m older and this helped tremendously!! Thank you lots!! 💜💜💜💜

Bran.H ,

Great Lecture Series

This is a pretty informative lecture series. Not fully comprehensive but the instructors do make most of the lectures fun if your into science.

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