In this episode, we are joined by Donald Warne, MD, MPH, family medicine physician, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, as well as the Director of the Indians into Medicine and Master of Public Health Programs. In addition, Dr. Warne is a professor of Family and Community Medicine at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota. He received his undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, his medical degree from Stanford, and completed his residency at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon. 

Dr. Warne discusses how early policy decisions in this country have affected the health outcomes of indigenous populations, the lack of representation of Native Americans in Medicine, and unique training opportunities at the University of Dakota.

On this episode, we are joined by Autumn Glover, MCRP, MPA, Government Affairs and Community

Relations Consultant in the office of Government Affairs at Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State

University. She received her BA, Master of City and Regional Planning, and MPA from The Ohio State

University. Ms. Glover is an urban planner passionate about the intersection of race, place, and health. Her work

seeks to build healthy communities. She speaks to us today about her journey to urban planning, how

your zip code affects your health, and opportunities to elevate our communities.

In this episode, we are joined by Andre Williams, Founder, and President of Pivotal Wealth Management. Originally from Lexington, KY, Mr. Williams attended Morris Brown College and continues to make Atlanta, Georgia his home. Mr. Williams is committed to educating his clients about their finances and money management. He understands that by helping his clients be less intimidated by the numbers he can work to address the wealth gap, which nearly tripled from $85,000 in 1984 to $236,500 in 2009 between white and black families.

Health Equity and Medical Education

On this episode, we are joined by medical student Angela Zhang, a 4th year medical student at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She was midway through a yearlong Fellowship with her school's Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, which involves support of minoritized trainees and faculty, and work around anti-racism and health justice. She is the producer and host of the podcast Not Built For Us, a series of audio essays about the ways in which structures and spaces keep medicine inequitable.

https://www.notbuiltforus.com/1-a-black-girl-walks-into-a-bar

On this episode, we are joined by medical student Angela Zhang, a 4th year medical student at Warren

Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is midway through a yearlong Fellowship with her

school's Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, which involves support of minoritized trainees and

faculty, and work around anti-racism and health justice. She is the producer and host of the podcast Not

Built For Us, a series of audio essays about the ways in which structures and spaces keep medicine

inequitable.

https://www.notbuiltforus.com/1-a-black-girl-walks-into-a-bar

On this episode, we are joined by Erin King-Mullins, MD, a practicing colorectal surgeon in Atlanta,GA.  She received her undergraduate degree from Xavier University of Louisiana, her medical degree from Emory University, her residency training at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Florida, and she completed her fellowship at Georgia Colon and Rectal Surgical Associates in Atlanta.

A new mom during the pandemic, Dr. King created CORONA MAMAS, a safe space to discuss issues as they relate to the new realities of maternal health, motherhood, covid-19 and racism.  https://corona-mamas.com/

In this episode, we are joined by Dionne Mills Sillik, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Gilbert, AZ. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona, her medical degree at Ross University School of Medicine and her residency training at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. 

In addition to being a wife, mother, and physician, she is an ardent champion for women’s health and health equity. She speaks to us today about her journey to health equity, digesting the current political discourse, and how to have crucial conversations with friends and colleagues.

On this episode, we are joined by Paula Magee, MD, MPH, a pediatrician and now pediatric ICU fellow in Chicago, IL. Dr. Magee is originally from North Carolina, completed her bachelors degree at Winston Salem University before moving to Atlanta for medical school at Morehouse School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Children’s National in Washington, DC then matriculated to the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy in Boston.

She is committed to serving the clinically underserved, mentoring students interested in medicine and consulting with health systems to improve community resources and integration. She speaks to us today about her journey to pediatrics and critical care, and the importance of caring for the most vulnerable populations.

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Makini Chisolm-Straker, MPH, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Queens. A native New Yorker, she holds a Bachelor's degree from Brown University in Religious Studies; her MD degree is also from Brown University. She completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Elmhurst Hospital Center. She also completed an International Emergency Medicine fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. During her fellowship she earned a Masters in Public Health with a certificate in Public Health and Humanitarian Aid from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

She is the co-founder of HEAL Trafficking, Inc (www.HEALtrafficking.org), an international network of professionals combating trafficking. She speaks to us about her journey to anti-trafficking work, how we define human trafficking and how we can recognize and eradicate coercion and oppression.

https://anchor.fm/reede-scholars/episodes/Lets-Talk-Health-Equity--Emergency-Medicine-and-Human-Trafficking-eikd55

On this episode, we are joined by Joan Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School (HMS). In addition to creating the fellowship program whose alumni compose Reede Scholars, Dr. Reede has created and developed more than 20 programs at HMS that aim to address pipeline and leadership issues for minorities and women who are interested in careers in medicine, academic and scientific research, and the healthcare professions.

Dr. Reede holds appointments of Professor of Medicine at HMS, Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and Assistant in Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital. She speaks with us about her journey to health equity, the evolution of the health equity conversation over the past 25 years and shares words of wisdom for those of us working in, or interested in working in, the health equity space.

See Dr. Reede’s full bio here: https://hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/joan-y-reede