Posts Tagged ‘Q&A’
‘Meth Is Here and Now’: A Growing Presence in the Opioid Crisis
An HIV and addiction expert shares his insights into the evolving presence of methamphetamine in the opioid crisis and its implications for curbing substance use disorder.
Read More‘We Need Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Solve Tough Problems’
In overcrowded waiting rooms of emergency departments across the country, every chair tells a story. In one seat, a man suffers heart palpitations because he missed a ride to his dialysis appointment. In another, a little girl wheezes from an asthma flare-up caused by mold in her family’s apartment. Countless stories reveal seemingly trivial factors…
Read MoreJournalist Maia Szalavitz on Addiction as a Learning Disorder
The author of Unbroken Brain discusses our evolving understanding of addiction — and the implications for how we treat and prevent substance use disorders.
Read MoreEsther Choo on Diversity, Equity, and Gender Bias in Healthcare
The emergency physician and TIME’S UP Healthcare founding member shares her perspective from the front lines of the equity fight.
Read MoreChasing a Cure for Lung Disease With Stem Cells
New technologies can produce billions of cells, creating research opportunities that promise to advance our understanding of serious lung diseases.
Read MoreReversing Roles, Residents Teach Faculty — About Bias and Racism
A grassroots, resident-led series of case conferences addresses implicit bias and structural racism in medical education and clinical practice.
Read MoreFighting Physician Burnout With Primary Care for Interns
A unique approach in delivering trainee healthcare is the latest in the effort to ameliorate physician burnout.
Read MoreGuidance for Opioid Prescribing
A veteran primary care physician discusses the subtleties of prescribing opioids and treating people with chronic pain and substance use disorders appropriately.
Read More‘You’re Treating the Kid, but the Family Is the System’
TEAM UP for Children seeks to redefine integrated behavioral health in pediatric primary care by building relationships with the community.
Read More$89M Study Aims to Put a ‘Serious Dent’ in the Opioid Crisis
Lead researcher Jeffrey Samet, MD discusses the NIDA grant that seeks to reduce overdose deaths by 40% over three years in highly impacted communities.
Read MoreTackling Racism and Representation in the Health Sciences
The Health Equity Symposium from Boston Medical Center serves as a call to look inward as a profession at equity, racism, and representation.
Read MoreOmicelo’s Joshua Pollard: Investing in Real Estate and People
Joshua Pollard, Omicelo CEO and former Goldman Sachs VP, talks about his philosophy of investment without displacement.
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