To close out Pride Month, our guest, Dr. Adedotun Ogunbajo "Aday", a Yerby post-doctoral Fellow with the Harvard School of Public Health, discusses in broad terms, his research on the intersection of structural barriers and sexual health outcomes among racial and sexual minority communities both in the United States and various Sub-Saharan African countries.

Join us this episode for an amazing story of survival. Dr. Pastor Chuck Lester was diagnosed with COVID-19 in July 2020 and spent several weeks on mechanical ventilation. Pastor Chuck is described by the medical community as a COVID-19 "Long Hauler".

In this episode, we explore rural health in America, specifically in the State of Tennessee. Our guest, Jacy Warrell is the Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT). Jacy is passionate about providing healthcare access to rural Tennesseans. We discuss the role of RHAT and how the organization advocates for those communities.

In this episode, Dr. Ansley Stanfill PhD, RN with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing discusses her passion for research, for genetics and how the social determinants of health factor into our DNA.