What is Global Health? (WiGH?)
Summary: WiGH? brings together the voices of prominent scientists, activists, and student leaders from diverse fields to conceptualize interdisciplinary solutions to major problems in scientific research and public health. We also explore the philosophical underbelly of these provocative issues; our guests share stories and anecdotes, and we ask them to reflect on their moral convictions. We try to personalize science and public health through intimate conversation and by asking: “What is Global Health?” Hosted and produced by The Journal of Global Health team at Columbia University.
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In Episode #19 of WiGH?, Chalfie talks about an experience that had a surprisingly profound influence on his scientific career and life: A summer spent selling dresses after college. Continue reading →
In Episode #18 of WiGH?, Aishwarya Raja speaks with Dr. Rafael Yuste of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. Dr. Yuste discusses his unique approach to mapping the active human brain through a process called reverse-engineering. Continue reading →
Emma Cheng speaks with molecular biology pioneer Robert Pollack, Director of the Center of the Study of Science and Religion at Columbia University, and professor of biological sciences. In this episode, Dr. Pollack talks about how scientists may surprisingly benefit from the study of religion. Continue reading →
Margaret Chou speaks with Ms. Holly Mentzer, a music therapist at the prestigious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and representative of the music therapy department at New York University. Ms. Menzter discusses the practical applications of music therapy, the future of … Continue reading →
Cynthia Li speaks with Dr. Concetta Tomaino, music therapy pioneer and director of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. Dr. Tomaino discusses 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. Continue reading →
In this episode, we explored the health challenges that Native Americans face in the United States today, as well as issues in traditional medicine and sustainable food initiatives with guests Dr. Teresa Trumbly Lamsam, Brett Ramey and Valerie Segrest. Continue reading →
Reuben Saunders and Victoria Cui speak with Professor Deborah Mowshowitz of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. Professor Mowshowitz discusses her unique approach towards teaching biology at the undergraduate level and her philosophy concerning science education. Continue reading →
Dana Neugut speaks with Maia Majumder, co-founder and CEO of the Village Zero Project (V0P) – a non-profit humanitarian research organization that maps the spatial and temporal spread of cholera in Bangladesh via geographic information systems & remote-sensing, mobile health, and cloud-computing. Maia discusses her goal of tracking endemic diseases such as cholera through Bangladesh in order to improve diagnosis and prevention. Continue reading →
Karina Yu speaks with Pamela Angwech, the Executive Director and co-founder of Gulu Women’s Economic Development and Globalization, or GWED-G (note on pronunciation: rhymes with “wedgie”), during an onsite visit to Gulu, Uganda. Continue reading →
In Episode 10 of WiGH?, Kelsey Roberts speaks with Heather Greenlee, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Oncology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. They discuss the meaning of integrative medicine and the development of comprehensive care that meets the needs of the individual in ways that may be overlooked by western medicine alone. Continue reading →
In Episode 9 of WiGH?, Kelsey Roberts speaks with Adam Mosa and Ce Zhang about LifeTap, a simple handwashing program they designed and studied in Uganda. They discuss how improved hygiene can decrease the spread of bacterial diseases, a leading cause of child mortality in Uganda. Continue reading →
In Episode 8 of WiGH?, Michelle Pickering discusses her recent volunteer work in villages and clinics in Tanzania, East Africa through Homeopathy for Heath in Africa, a non-profit organization that helps to restore health through the use of homeopathy. Continue reading →
In Episode 7, part 1 of WiGH?, we discussed with Dr. Harvey Fineberg the role of epidemiology in educating young people on the pre-graduate level and examined the lack of resources students may face in exploring the public health field. Continue reading →
In Episode 6, part 4 of WiGH?, we present Professor Steven Shapin with this question: “What does it take for an idea or discovery to galvanize the scientific community towards a new direction?” Shapin is Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Continue reading →
In Episode 6, part 3 of WiGH? (Game Changers), W. Ian Lipkin, M.D., John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University, discusses his work on microbe hunting and shares his views on the process of scientific discovery. Continue reading →
