HUGS: a Podcast for EMBRACE

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Lawren Wooten will talk about baby’s weight. Dr. Wooten (she/hers) is a national leader, pediatrician in training, cellist, and award winning activist committed to health equity and service. She got her BS from Cornell University College of Human Ecology and went on to graduate from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, receiving her MS in Integrative Medicine. She then received her MD from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and subsequently began her pediatric residency training.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, we are joined by Dr. April Edwell. Dr. April is a PICU physician, working in the ICU with sick kids. She also works closely with physicians in training to be pediatricians.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Lawren Wooten will talk about the most important things to know about baby’s pooping and peeing. Dr. Wooten (she/hers) is a national leader, pediatrician in training, cellist, and award winning activist committed to health equity and service. She got her BS from Cornell University College of Human Ecology and went on to graduate from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, receiving her MS in Integrative Medicine. She then received her MD from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and subsequently began her pediatric residency training.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Kayla Karvonen will share an overview of the neonatal intensive care unit. Dr. Karvonen is a neonatal-perinatal fellow physician at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) where she also completed her pediatric residency. She grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, majored in Biochemistry & Cell Biology and Psychology at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and attended medical school at the University of Virginia. Her research to date has focused on investigating structural racism and its contribution to local and population level racial inequities in adverse outcomes among infants who were born preterm. Her current research centers Black preterm infants and their caregivers, investigating strategies to promote the opportunity for families to thrive from the NICU to home. Outside of medicine she enjoys biking, snowboarding, hiking, and reading science fiction.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Dannielle McBride discusses co-sleeping and safe sleep! Dr. McBride was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. She attended college at Sacramento City College and the University of California, Berkeley where she graduated with a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology and a minor in African American Studies. She went to medical school at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD and completed residency at the University of California, San Francisco Pediatric PLUS Program. She completed a Chief Year at the UCSF Pediatric Program and now works as a pediatrician in the Bay Area. Her areas of interest include adverse childhood experiences, trauma informed care, dismantling the school to prison pipeline, resilience building practices, and issues around health equity and justice.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Josten Overall discusses tummy time! Dr. Josten Overall, MD, MPH is a resident physician in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Overall obtained her Bachelor of Science at the University of California, Davis and her medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is passionate about community engagement, anti-racism initiatives, pediatric mental health, and mentorship for youth who are underrepresented in medicine. She looks forward to serving communities in the outpatient setting and approaching care through a public health and equity-focused lens.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Tiana Woolridge discusses teething! Dr. Woolridge is a resident physician in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She is passionate about health education for Black and brown communities and has previously worked with an inner city school district to design and implement an award-winning school-based mental health program called "Embrace the Mind."  She is committed to ending health inequity and supporting physical and mental wellness for children and families of color.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Ursula Griffiths-Randolph discusses cradle cap.