Vital Discussions

Lashyra "Lash" Nolen is the Class of 2023 President at Harvard Medical School. She can be found on Twitter @LashNolen. 

Lash's 3 books:1) The Warmth of Other Sons by Isabel Wilkerson2) Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve Ewing3) Evicted by Matthew Desmond

A conversation on mental health, stigma, licensure, and more with Dr. Jessi Gold. She can be reached on Twitter @drjessigold.

The NYT story Dr. Gold mentions: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/nyregion/lorna-breen-suicide-coronavirus.html

Dr. Gold's Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicagold/2020/07/13/it-is-time-to-stop-stigmatizing-mental-health-among-healthcare-workers/#6368516e7709

A conversation with Dr. Gabriel Felix on #BlackintheIvory, Advocacy, Black Mental Health, and more.

He can reached on Twitter @thedoctorfelix.

A conversation on the criminal justice system and public health with Eli Savit, candidate for Washtenaw County Prosecutor. You can find him on Twitter @EliNSavit. 

Books that have influenced him:

-Dreamland by Sam Quinones-The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander-The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

A conversation on the effects of racism on health with Dr. Alyasah "Ali" Sewell. They are the director of the Race and Policing Project at Emory University. They can be found on Twitter @aasewell.

Continuing the conversation of wellness and managing stress with (Aunt) Ellen Domm.

A conversation with Rabbi Jen Kaluzny of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, MI. We spoke about what pastoral care is, what physicians can learn from clergy, and the role of faith at the end of life.

Rabbi Jen can be reached at [email protected] or 248-342-3199.

A conversation with Dr. Bryan Carmody.You can follow him on Twitter @jbcarmody.

A conversation on wellness in medicine.