The JCSW Show

The JCSW Show

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The JCSW Show episodes

  • Healing Healers: Strategies for Physician Well-being

    In this episode, Dr. Ashwini Nadkarni, an Instructor of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital, shares her expertise in wellness and physician burnout. We discuss her research in the area of physician burnout in women, explore the concept of cognitive load, and discuss the gender disparities in cognitive and emotional labor within the medical field. Even if you're not a physician, the discussion is relevant to anyone who is experiencing that feeling of burnout.




    Tips include - taking vacation, not checking your email, a CBT guide to weaning yourself of checking email out of hours, and keeping a document that has a list of compliments that people have given you.


    Invisible Women - the book that I mention in the episode


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    49 min
  • Equilibrium Explorations: Insights on Meniere's Disease with Dr. Divya Chari

    In this episode, join me in my conversation with Divya Chari, an assistant professor at Mass Eye and Ear, as she shares her journey as a female surgeon and mentor in the field of Otolaryngology as well as her research on Meniere’s Disease. Tune in to discover the impact of mentorship on personal and professional growth as Divya discusses her thoughts on guiding aspiring surgeons and researchers. 


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    44 min
  • Mentoring, Networking, and Managing a Lab

    Learn about today's guest, Ksenia Kastanenka and her love of mentoring. She is an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and we also discuss the benefits of networking as well as her research on slow-wave sleep in Alzheimer's Disease.


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    44 min
  • Vascular Surgeon and Associate Professor Anahita Dua

    In this episode I talk veins, arteries, and leadership with Anahita Dua, a vascular surgeon and Associate Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital. Tune in to find out what she wants us to know about what it’s like to be a surgeon and doctor in 2023 and how "there'll always be another surgery."


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    50 min
  • Mental Health After Childbirth with Assistant Professor Sharon Dekel

    Join me in this meaningful conversation with Sharon Dekel, an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital, on her pioneering research on PTSD in women who have experienced a traumatic childbirth. You'll also hear about her work as a mentor and the subtle ways in which her two-year compulsory military service in the Israeli Army influences her management style and allows her to use it as an example of the importance of attention to detail to her mentees. 



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    45 min
  • Professional Equity Co-Chairs

    Join me as I speak with the Professional Equity subcommittee co-chairs, assistant professor at Boston Children's Hospital, Eman Ansari and assistant professor at Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Elisabetta del Re and find out about them and also the work that the professional equity subcommittee is doing to advance pay equality across the affiliates. We talk about pay equity in Saudi Arabia and also how in Italy women were regarded as children until 1978.


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    43 min
  • The M&M Co-chairs

    My chat with current JCSW co-chairs, Associate Director, Development Research Melody Forbes (staff) and assistant professor at Mass General Hospital, Maria Mody (faculty). You'll hear more about M&M and what the JCSW means to them and also more about women in the workplace.


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    41 min
  • Engaging the Community

    This week's episode is a chat with the faculty co-chairs of the community engagement subcommittee, Lilit Garibyan and J. Asia Korecka.


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    42 min
  • Chairing the JCSW

    In this episode, we find out more about former staff co-chairs of the JCSW, Michaela Tally and Christina Kennedy. We'll hear their experiences and the benefits of having been a member and their experiences of as staff co-chairs.


    Michaela Tally, program coordinator in the Office for Postdoctoral Fellows is the current staff co-chair of the community engagement subcommittee.


    Christina Kennedy, strategic projects manager in the Office for Research Administration, is the current staff member-at-large for the JCSW.


    Harvard Business Review - Management Tip of the Day


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    45 min
  • A conversation with Diana Longden

    Getting to know more about Diana Longden, the administrative coordinator and "secret sauce" of the JCSW.


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    41 min

About The JCSW Show

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Join, me your host Hardeep Ranu on the JCSW (Joint Committee on the Status of Women) podcast, where we celebrate the achievements and journeys of women who are making waves in the fields of science…