Max is joined by Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, nephrologist at the university of pennsylvania. They discuss the landscape of racial disparities in kidney health across the lifespan. What role does race correction play in kidney function calculations? Who gets what kind of dialysis? What does the end of life look like for people with end stage renal disease? Follow us on twitter at @FlipScriptPod and Subscribe to Flip the Script on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud or wherever you get your podcast

Max is joined by Myles Moody, PhD, incoming assistant professor in medical sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss his work on second-hand or vicarious racism and its impact on Black people's mental health, especially in the context of constant exposure to viral videos of anti-Black violence, news coverage and even frequent experiences of revisiting traumas within work or educational settings.

Max is joined by Whitney Pirtle, PhD, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California Merced. They discuss her recent writing on racial capitalism in the context of COVID-19, the corporate response to Anti Black racism, and her thoughts on the future of pre-health education.

Max is joined today by Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, pediatrician, child and community health advocate from California. They discuss her review of the book "Dying of Whiteness" by Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD, and implications related to the recent response to COVID-19, racial disparities related to COVID-19 and her thoughts on what to expect should there be a vaccine in the near future.

Max is joined by Riana Anderson, PhD, psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. They discuss her program EMBRACE, aimed at helping Black families cope with racism, as well as “our mental health minute,” a video series aiming to raise mental health awareness and address mental health stigma in the Black community.

Max is joined by Zoe Julian, MD, MPH OBGYN & research fellow at the university of Alabama in Birmingham. They discuss the landscape of reproductive justice in medical/health professional's education, the role of community expertise in health professionals' education on structural racism & reproductive justice, and the self-learning platform she developed titled "structures and self" for learners' engagement with material on structural racism & reproductive justice.

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Max is joined by a returning guest, Yale’s Ben Howell, MD, MHS. They discuss his involvement in advocacy efforts to get medication for opioid use disorder in Connecticut’s prisons and jails, as well as the social and legal complexities individuals with a history of incarceration & opioid use disorder face trying to access basic necessities such as housing.

Max is joined by Oni Black Stock, MD, MHS, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control for the NYC Health Department. They discuss her transition from a primarily academic career to public health and service, sex and gender disparities in access to Pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV, and her office's efforts to reduce the incidence of HIV in NYC.

Max is joined by Gregg Gonsalves, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, Activist and 2018 MacArthur Genius Grant winner. They discuss his work at the intersection of human rights and public health, more specifically HIV/AIDS activism, and global and domestic issues pertaining to harm reduction and access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV.

Max is joined by Sam Fox, MD, JD, a psychiatry resident in the Boston area and Yale Med alum. They discuss her work on LGBTQ asylum seekers' mental health, and the barriers they face during the asylum process.