Vital Voices, a Podcast of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

To kick off the second season of Vital Voices, Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Toyese Oyeyemi Jr., MPH, MCHES, executive director, and Candice Chen, MD, MPH, former board chair of the Social Mission Alliance.

This episode’s transcript is available: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/vv-season-2---episode-1-(intro).pdf 

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-1-2 

Holly Humphrey is joined by Dr. Lisa Meeks, an expert in disabilities in medical education and an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, for a discussion on ableism and the health care disparities that Americans with disabilities experience - including within health professions education, itself.

This episode’s transcript is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/episode-9_vital-voices_meeks_transcript.pdf 

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-9-1 

Holly Humphrey is joined by Dr Lisa Iezzoni, a professor at Harvard Medical School, for a discussion on ableism and how physicians' perceptions of disabilities may affect the care that those with disabilities receive. 

This episode’s transcript is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/episode-8_vital-voices_iezzoni_transcript_1.pdf 

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-8 

Holly Humphrey is joined by Drs. Marshall Chin, Monica Peek, and Monica Vela for an in-depth discussion on creating safe and inclusive spaces for trainees from under-represented communities in clinical learning environments. 

This episode’s transcript is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/episode-7_vital-voices_vela_peek_chin_transcript-(002).pdf

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-7 

Holly Humphrey is joined by Dr. Terry Fulmer, the President of The John A. Hartford Foundation, for an in-depth discussion on how to address age-related bias and discrimination in health professions learning environments. 

This episode’s transcript is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/episode-6_vital-voices_fulmer_transcript.12.6.21.pdf

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-6 

Holly Humphrey is joined by Dr. Howard Koh, the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School, for a conversation on combatting bias against the AANHPI community in health professions learning environments. 

This episode’s transcript can be found here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-episode-5 

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-episode-5 

Holly Humphrey is joined by Dr. Sachin Jain, the President and CEO of SCAN Group and Health Plan, and Pooja Chandreshekar, a student at Harvard Medical School, for a conversation on how to respond to racist patients.

This episode’s transcript can be found here: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/macy-podcast-episode-4-transcript.pdf

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-episode-4

Holly Humphrey is joined by Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, the President and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, for a conversation on addressing anti-Black racism in health professions learning environments.  

This episode’s transcript can be found here: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/macy-podcast-episode-3---transcript.pdf 

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/vital-voices-episode-3 

Holly Humphrey is joined by Dr. Stephan Davis, the director of the Masters of Health Administration program at the University of North Texas Health Center’s School of Public Health, for an in-depth discussion of increasing LGBTQ+ inclusion in health professions learning environments.

This episode’s transcript can be found here: https://macyfoundation.org/assets/img/podcast-transcripts/_macy-foundation-podcast-episode-2-(davis)_transcript.pdf 

More information is available here: https://macyfoundation.org/news-and-commentary/lgbtq-inclusion-in-health-professions-learning-environments