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Podcast from the Student Collaborative on Health Policy at Duke University.

  1. 04/14/2022

    Margolis Internship Spotlight: Elaijah Lapay and Sophie Hurewitz

    In this episode, Elaijah Lapay and Sophie Hurewitz discuss their experiences with the Margolis Internship Program & the Duke Medical Ethics Journal (DMEJ) and how these opportunities informed their interests in medical ethics and policy. Enjoy!

    24 min

  2. 01/28/2022

    Health Policy Week Special: Health Care for Trans Individuals

    This episode was created as a special for Duke SCOHP's Health Policy Week. Duke undergraduate Jordan Reaves presents the nuanced and complex issues that trans individuals face in trying to access care and navigating insurance policy in the US.

    16 min

  3. 01/25/2022

    Health Policy Week Special: The Balkanization of Medicine

    In this special episode for Duke SCOHP's Health Policy Week, Adrian Caiazzo will explore a pressing problem in the United States healthcare system: the balkanization of medicine.  Find the full transcript here

    15 min

  4. 08/02/2021

    Healthcare, Business, and Technology Part 2

    In this episode, we discuss the intersection of healthcare, business, and technology with Dr. Yousuf Zafar, a gastrointestinal medical oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine, Public Policy and Population Health Science at the Duke Cancer Institute, and the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy. Topics include the modern US healthcare system, the future role of technology like telehealth, AR/VR, and IoT wearables, and the business of healthcare costs, specifically through the lens of cancer care. Through his work with global health organizations, Dr. Zafar discusses ways the US healthcare system can optimize patient care while balancing rising costs.

    22 min

  5. 07/26/2021

    Healthcare, Business, and Technology Part 1

    In this episode, we discuss the intersection of healthcare, business, and technology with Dr. Krishna Udayakumar, the Associate Director for Innovation at the Duke Global Health Institute, an Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, and the Director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center. Topics include the modern US healthcare system, the future role of technology, and the business of healthcare. Through his work with global health and entrepreneurial organizations, Dr. Udayakumar weaves stories together to discuss ways in which cost and care delivery can be improved in the USA and what we can learn from successful healthcare systems in other countries.

    22 min

  6. 05/11/2021

    Health Policy and Early Childhood Development (Ep. 3)

    There are a number of factors that affect a child’s development, such as genes and the provision of direct health care services. However, from what we gather so far, it is family, social and community influences that play the greatest role in influencing children’s growth. In our last episode, Dr. Kelly Kelleher talked about efforts to shift healthcare to a more community-based versus a strictly pediatric-based approach. To do this, we will need to think about how we can expand and scale up effective evidence-based practices. But how can we build collaboration between different stakeholders in our community? Have there been successful case studies that demonstrate effective collaborations? What lessons can we learn from the success of Medicare in reducing health-related poverty among our elderly population, and how can these insights direct policy in targeting poverty as a leading cause of poor health among children? To explore these questions – and more – we will be interviewing Dr. James Perrin, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the former director of the Division of General Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, an internationally renowned academic research division focused on improving the health of children and adolescents. Find the full transcript here.

    40 min

  7. 04/28/2021

    Health Policy and Early Childhood Development (Ep. 2)

    In our last episode on “Health Policy and Early Childhood Development”, we talked in general about the trends and challenges in children’s development and policy. One major trend that we discussed was that although infant mortality rates have decreased over the years, there has been an uptick in neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders among children and adolescents. Because these disordersare heavily influenced by a child’s community and environment -unsurprisingly -evidence shows that family, social and community-based measures of health care are one of the most effective ways ofaddressing the onslaught of these non-infectious, chronic conditions.  Another challenge that we discussed in our last episode, however, was how to scale up evidence-based programs. There is a number of promising community-based programs in place –but how can this be adopted to serve different communities in a cost-effective way? In today’s episode, we will revisit these observations with Dr. Kelly Kelleher, Principal Investigator and Vice President of Community Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Find the full transcript here.

    46 min

  8. 04/12/2021

    Health Policy and Early Childhood Development

    In this episode, we briefly touch on discoveries about the nature of early childhood development, using this as a launchpad to discuss the trends we have seen in children’s health and well-being from a population health perspective. Infant mortality is decreasing, overall, but this fact by no means gives us a good picture of children’s development and health, and where health policy stands on this matter. Practicing pediatrics and pulmonary medicine since the 1960s and having served in a number of leadership positions – such as President of the American Board of Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Research and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina -- Dr. Thomas F. Boat is incisive in his reflections on the current landscape for early childhood development, on challenges the health systems need to address, and on where policy stands. Find the full transcript here.

    52 min
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Podcast from the Student Collaborative on Health Policy at Duke University.

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  • Creator
    Duke SCOHP
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Duke SCOHP
  • Show Website
    The Scope