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What is Global Health

13 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

Health--a central factor of every human life across the world. Yet, much of the discussion
around important health issues remains limited to specialized professionals. To break down
these boundaries, the “What is Global Health” podcast creates meaningful and shareable
interviews between influential global health professionals and students. We cover relevant,
current issues in public health, including health policy, environmental health, and epidemiology.
Ran entirely by student interviewers, our podcast also offers a creative, fresh approach to
intersectional topics, such as mental health or patient narratives, under the umbrella theme of
public health.

The podcast works to spread accessibility of public & global health beyond the academic and professional world. Through conversational dialogue, we hope to increase public awareness of public & global health issues as well as inspire new interest in the field. The “What is Global Health” podcast is produced by the Journal of Global Health, the most widely-distributed student public health journal in the country. Podcasts are available on public platforms, including Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

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Episodes

Menstrual Health and Hygiene as a Public Health Issue | Dr. Marni Sommer

March 31, 2021 04:53 - 32 minutes - 25.3 MB

In this episode of “What is Global Health,” Phalaen Chang (CC ’23) spoke with Dr. Marni Sommer on the importance of menstrual health and education and discussed some solutions moving forward. Dr. Marni Sommer: Dr. Marni Sommer has worked in global health and development on issues ranging from improving access to essential medicines to humanitarian relief in conflict settings. Her [...] Read More...

Mass Incarceration and Public Health | Dr. Robert Fullilove

March 28, 2021 20:23 - 31 minutes - 59.4 MB

In this episode of What is Global Health?, Rachel Chang and Miriam Cepeda speak with Dr. Robert Fullilove on America’s mass incarceration. Dr. Fullilove explains how putting generations of black people behind bars is not only a persisting legacy of slavery but also how mass incarceration feeds directly into the racial disparities we see in [...] Read More...

Screening, Treatment, and Recovery for Cancer Patients During the Pandemic | Dr. Dan Raz

February 01, 2021 22:22 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MB

In this episode of What is Global Health?,  Phalaen Chang (CC ‘23) speaks with Dr. Dan Raz on cancer screening, treatments, and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Dan Raz is co-director of the Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology Program, Associate Clinical Professor at the Division of Thoracic Surgery, and a thoracic surgeon at City [...] Read More...

How COVID-19 Is Affecting Medical Education In The United States

January 24, 2021 09:49 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

In this episode, originally featured in The Lonely Campus, Columbia University’s The Journal of Global Health podcaster Areej Qadeer interviews current medical students at the Yale School of Medicine and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to explore how medical education and training is evolving in the face of COVID-19. Sofia, a third-year medical student [...] Read More...

Novel Residency Training—The New Global Health Initiative with Dr. Stanberry

September 14, 2020 07:45 - 16 minutes - 23 MB

Dr. Stanberry is the Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Pediatrician-in-Chief of New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. Our interview is focused on the establishment of a global health initiative in the department of pediatrics at Columbia University’s Medical School. [...] Read More...

Podcasting Pollution: Religious & Cultural Perspectives of the Ganges

September 13, 2020 22:52 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MB

Who: Interviews with Dr. Rachel McDermott (Barnard College); Dr. Thomas Yarnall (Columbia University); Dr. Upmanu Lall (Columbia Water Center); and Anthony Acciavatti (Columbia GSAPP) Why: Produced and published for WiGH? & Challenges of Sustainable Development final “hack-a-thon” class project For Who?: Anyone interested in the problem of Pollution and the Ganges! More specifically, for those [...] Read More...

Early Disease Warning Symptoms with Dr. Steven Morse

April 06, 2020 18:49 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

Welcome to another episode of "What is global Health". In this podcast, we will chat with Dr. Steven Morse, professor of epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. His research focuses on the risk assessment of infectious diseases and methods of improving early disease Warning Systems. He coined the term emerging viruses for his book emerging viruses, which was selected by American scientist fourth list of 100 top science books of the 20th century. Dr. Morris health faculty and Lead...

What We Have Known About and Will Learn From the 2019 Coronavirus Epidemic | Dr. Stephen Morse

February 12, 2020 18:49 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

In this episode of WiGH?, JGH Online co-Chair Renee Ren speaks with Dr. Stephen Morse on how viral infections originate and spread, how preventative policies control epidemics, vaccines, and the 2019 coronavirus epidemic. Dr. Morse is the Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center. His research focuses on risk assessment of infectious diseases and [...] Read More...

What We Have Known About and Will Learn From COVID-19 | Dr. Stephen Morse

February 12, 2020 18:49 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

In this episode of WiGH?, JGH Online co-Chair Renee Ren speaks with Dr. Stephen Morse on how viral infections originate and spread, how preventative policies control epidemics, vaccines, and the 2019 coronavirus epidemic. Dr. Morse is the Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center. His research focuses on risk assessment of infectious diseases and [...] Read More...

The Religion of Science: Conquering the Unknowable | Dr. Robert Pollack

March 12, 2013 14:41 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

In this episode of WiGH?, molecular biology pioneer Robert Pollack, Ph.D talks about how scientists may surprisingly benefit from the study of religion. “The most bizarre religion in my experience is the religion of science. The religion of science simply says that everything is explainable and if I pick the right way to ask it, [...] Read More...

Tuned In To the Brain: The Neuroscience of Music and Music Therapy | Dr. Concetta Tomaino

February 22, 2013 14:21 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

In this episode of WiGH?, Cynthia Li speaks with Dr. Concetta Tomaino on the role of music in brain development as well as the future of music therapy. This podcast also features a musical performance from Dr. Tomaino’s therapy patients. “I started singing the song and playing music, and the people who were extremely agitated [...] Read More...

Kony 2012, Social Media, and Agency | Maya Cohen BC’10 and Nicole Dussault CC’14

March 25, 2012 14:05 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

In this episode of WiGH?, Kevin Xu and Connie Chen speak with Maya Cohen and Nicole Dussault on Kony 2012, Social Media, and Agency. “Do social media campaigns give young people a false sense of accomplishment?” And what does agency really mean? Maya Cohen is Executive Director of GlobeMed. In the fall of 2008, while a [...] Read More...

Because You’re a Student | Maya Cohen BC’10 and Nicole Dussault CC’14

March 24, 2012 13:35 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

What is special about a social movement driven by students? In this episode of WiGH?, Kevin Xu and Connie Chen speak with Maya Cohen and Nicole Dussault, who comment on how GlobeMed has empowered young people to put their visions of the world into action. Maya Cohen is Executive Director of GlobeMed. In the fall [...] Read More...