Reede Scholars Live

Welcome to "Reede Scholars Live!" hosted by Dr. Mary E. Fleming. In this episode, Dr. Fleming sits down with Dr. Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA, HEC-C, the first African American system ethicist in the history of Catholic health care. Dr. Mitchell's work delves into the intersections of organizational ethics, clinical ethics, social policy, and practice, exploring their impact on biopsychosocial outcomes. As the founder and CEO of EntreVita, Dr. Mitchell leads efforts in delivering uncommon creation and social innovation through science and technology to address society's toughest challenges. Join us as we dive into a conversation about creating ecosystems of shared values and making historic strides in the field of health care ethics. Tune in to gain valuable insights from this groundbreaking discussion!

🎙️ Welcome to Reede Scholars Live Podcast with Dr. Mary Fleming!

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🎙️ **Reede Scholars Live Podcast: Let’s Talk Health Equity, Health Plans, and AI

In this episode, we are joined by Reagan Portis, Madison, Mississippi resident, and current 9th grader.  In addition to excelling at her schoolwork, Reagan is an artist, an author, a photographer, and the owner of a mixed media technology company, Rea and Ray Productions.  Her book, Just for Girls Coloring and Activity Book: Building Confidence in Black Children was created to uplift the confidence and self-image of little Black and Brown girls everywhere and show that beauty is found within themselves.

We discuss the challenges of having a positive self-image in our current culture, opportunities for self-reflection, and empowerment, and the importance of diversity in our academic and personal lives.  Reagan shares her excitement about creating spaces for others to share their talents and encourages young people to explore avenues to be entrepreneurs. 

#kidprenuers #homeschooling #selfimage #blackhomeschoolers #selfefficacy #entreprenuership #positiveselfimage #diversity #representationmatters

In this episode, we are joined by Jeff McKinney, founder of One2Gration.  Originally from Texas, Mr. McKinney traveled to Nashville, TN to attend Fisk University and study computer science.  Mr. McKinney’s career has since traversed Corporate America into entrepreneurship.  He describes his challenges with micro and macro aggressions of racism in the workspace and its effect on his mental health.

His training and these experiences led to the development of One2Gration. One2Gration was created to connect the dots of our world using technology; and, ultimately, to cultivate a global community where all people thrive. Their vision is to ensure that no one is left out of the conversation and that all people have access to the resources and solutions when they need them most. 

#techprenuerforthepeople #one2gration #healthequity #mentalhealth #tech #respocial

In this episode, Annelle Primm, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist and Senior Medical Advisor of The Steve Fund, joins us.  Dr. Primm has a long-standing commitment to serving vulnerable populations and has previously served as Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and as Director of the APA’s Division of Diversity and Health Equity. 

The Steve Fund is the nation’s leading organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.  At the Steve Fund, Dr. Primm works to be part of the solution by enlightening family members, faculty, university administrators, and students themselves, to understand the needs of students of color and be intentional and deliberate about instituting protective factors to optimize their college experience.

In this episode, we are joined by Gerald Onuoha, MD, an internal medicine hospitalist in Nashville, TN and founder of Everybody vs Racism.  Prompted by the death of George Floyd, Everybody vs Racism’s mission is to Eradicate Racism by providing awareness, education, and resources to communities, organizations, and businesses in the private and public sector about social injustices, systematic racism, and equal opportunities for EVERYBODY.

Dr. Onuoha is a graduate of Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College.   We discuss the nurture and support provided by HBCU’s, contrasted by the saddening statistics of black men in medicine today and the possibilities of early intervention to combat the school to prison pipeline.  Our conversation also explores the dynamic nature of blackness in America and the diaspora, resilience and the opportunities for community building.

#healthequity #hbcu #blackmeninmedicine #antiracism #everybodyvsracism

In this episode, we are joined by Joe Betancourt, MD, MPH, an internal medical physician and current Senior Vice President for Equity and Community Health at Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA.  Dr. Betancourt will be the new President of the Commonwealth Fund in New York, New York starting January 2023.

We discuss the changing landscape of health equity and how lived experience and preparedness guided Dr. Betancourt through his career from diversity and multicultural affairs to founding the Disparities Solution Center to creating a Senior Vice President role at a major hospital system to now leading a healthcare focused philanthropic organization dedicated to affordable, quality health care, for everyone.

In this episode, we are joined by Zerita Buchanan, DDS, fourth generation dentist, owner of the private practice Dental Dreams, LLC in Lithonia, GA, and the current Joseph L. Henry Oral Health Fellow at The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  Dr. Buchanan completed her undergraduate degree at Spelman college and her dental degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry. We discuss the barriers that prevent students from pursuing dentistry, reasons why dentistry and medicine remain separate intervention pathways, and how oral health influences our whole health.  As Dr. Buchanan mentors future students in programs like IDID (Increasing Diversity in Dentistry) program; she stresses the importance of perseverance, support systems and self-care.