Heme Sapiens

In this episode, Stephanie and Alex speak with members from the Personal Health Community at UCLA. Our guests Whitney and Kausalya discuss with us the experiences of those with chronic and mental disabilities who are navigating higher education, as well as how the pandemic has affected the educational experience as a whole. In addition, we reflect on and consider the future of accommodations in academic institutions.

You can find the Personal Health Community at @phc.ucla on Instagram.

In today's podcast, Sam has a conversation with Dr. Lau, a professor at Touro University Nevada School of Occupational Therapy. Dr. Lau has taught at Touro University's School of Occupational Therapy since the beginning of the program in 2005. She shares her expertise in child-based assessment and treatment in a broad array of child-based topics within the curriculum. She involves students in scholarly projects such as research, systematic reviews, and publication related to children with disabilities. Within this podcast, we discuss the definition of occupational therapy, accessibility for children, and advice for undergraduates. Please enjoy! 

In today's episode, three members of CHC discuss self-perception of body image and beauty standards during quarantine.

Journals Mentioned:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7461524/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458649/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7241331/

Hello! Welcome to the Heme Sapien podcast where diverse perspectives in healthcare converge. Today, in our debut episode we will introduce our podcast project, meet us, the Co-President duo of our organization Community Health Collective, and finally discuss the effects of COVID-19 and mitigation interventions.