Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast

What can global public health teach us about caring for children everywhere?

Recorded at the Ginsburg Symposium in Orlando, we explore the launch and early impact of the Ginsburg Institute’s Global Health Experience Program – an immersive initiative preparing future physicians to practice whole child health in an increasingly interconnected world.

Rooted in the mission of Nemours Children's Health and the Ginsburg Institute, the conversation examines how most health outcomes are shaped far beyond hospital walls — and why hands-on, experiential learning is essential to developing compassionate, effective physician leaders.

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Featuring: 

Nancy Molello, MSB, Executive Director, Ginsburg Institute, Nemours Children's Health 
Aribah Ali, Ginsburg Scholar, Nemours Children's Health
Treasure Ray, Ginsburg Scholar; and Coordinator, upliftED, Heart of Florida United Way

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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Loneliness is more than a feeling — it’s a growing public health issue with real physical and emotional consequences. Lucy Rose, Founder and President of The Cost of Loneliness Project, joins us in a timely conversation about chronic loneliness, connection and health.

We explore why children and young adults report some of the highest rates of loneliness, how loneliness can become intergenerational, and the critical differences between digital communication and real human connection. Lucy also examines the role — and limits — of AI and technology, and shares what parents, clinicians, schools and communities can do to help build a culture of connection.

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Featuring:  Lucy Rose, Founder & President, The Cost of Loneliness Project

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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How can payment models transform pediatric care? In part two of this provider case study series, leaders from Nemours Children’s Health and Cincinnati Children’s explore how value-based care, accountable care organizations and innovative financing are shifting the focus from paying for visits to paying for health. The conversation highlights how sustainable funding models strengthen prevention efforts and drive better long-term outcomes for children and families.

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Featuring: 

David Cruz, MHSA, CPHQ, LSSGB, Executive Director, Kidwell Network, Nemours Children's Health

Andrew Beck, MD, MPH, Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics; Attending Physician, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Director, Population Health/Health Equity Research and Innovation; Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Jeff Steller, MSc, Former Population Health Consultant, Cincinnati Children’s Office of Population Health, Cincinnati Children’s

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Get the policy brief: Advancing the Key Elements of Whole Child Health: Provider Case Study - Cincinnati Children’s

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What does whole child health look like in action? In part one of this two-part series, leaders from Nemours Children’s Health and Children’s Wisconsin explore how pediatric systems are redesigning care to improve lifelong outcomes for kids. From integrated mental health, dental and nutrition services to community partnerships, prevention strategies and innovative policy approaches, we highlight real-world models advancing children’s health beyond the doctor’s office and setting the stage for smarter, more sustainable care.

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Featuring: 

Daniella Gratale, MA, Associate Vice President, Federal Affairs, Nemours Children's Health

Hannah Wagner, MPP, Senior Advisor, Policy Development and Partnership, Nemours Children’s Health

Allison Gertel-Rosenberg, MS, Vice President, Chief Policy and Prevention Officer, Nemours Children’s Health

Jenny Crouse, MS, RD, CD, Director of Clinical Nutrition, Children’s Wisconsin 

Chris Schwake, MD, FAAP, Director of Quality and Patient Safety for Children’s Medical Group, Children’s Wisconsin 

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Get the policy brief: Advancing the Key Elements of Whole Child Health: Provider Case Study - Children's Wisconsin

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Vanessa Garcia-Brito, Vice President and Chief Impact Officer at Nike, shares how the company is helping make youth sports more accessible in communities everywhere. We explore why sport, play and movement are essential building blocks for lifelong physical health, mental well-being, confidence and connection – and how Nike is equipping parents, coaches and mentors with free, evidence-based tools to help every child thrive through play.

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Featuring: Vanessa Garcia-Brito, Vice President and Chief Impact Officer, Nike

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Learn more about Nike’s free coaching resources.

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What if one of the most powerful tools for preventing disease is already in your kitchen? Dr. Nathan Wood is a physician, trained chef and director of culinary medicine at Yale School of Medicine. He discusses how teaching kitchens translate nutrition science into practical, hands-on training for medical students, patients and families. Dr. Wood also explains why home cooking is one of the most accessible tools for disease prevention, particularly in pediatrics and shares strategies to help families make healthy eating affordable, realistic and engaging for children and teens.

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Featuring: Nathan Wood, MD, Director, Culinary Medicine, Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Health System

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, Knownwell Health, is a leading expert in pediatric and adult obesity medicine. She joined us at HLTH in Las Vegas to discuss obesity as a complex disease and why children with this diagnosis need supportive, stigma-free care. Dr. Fitch covers the growing use of GLP-1 medications in adolescents, what is known about their safety, and how families and clinicians can make informed decisions together. She also shares strategies to help kids build healthier habits and shift the focus from “the number on the scale” to managing weight for overall health.

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Featuring: 

Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM, Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, Metabolic Health & Primary Care Physician, Knownwell Health

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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What happens when a journalist turns the lens on herself — and uses what she learns to change how communities face cancer? Ysabel Duron, Founder, President, and Executive Director of the Latino Cancer Institute, reflects on how her stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis in 1999 became a personal and professional turning point — one that inspired her to help children, families and communities confront fear, stigma, misinformation and the silence that often surrounds cancer.

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Featuring: 

Ysabel Duron, Founder, President and Executive Director, The Latino Cancer Institute

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Duron's recent article in Springer Nature: Climate Change, Cancer, and the Importance of Community Engagement.

Also check out: Benito, You Can Do It!

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Leana Wen, MD, MSc, FAAEM, health columnist, The Washington Post, is one of today’s most trusted voices in public health. She shares her perspective on whether AI can meaningfully address health care’s biggest challenges and discusses her concerns about bias, privacy and the potential for a two-tiered system. She also reflects on how parenthood reshaped her views on medicine, paid leave, childcare and empathy, and how her mother’s misdiagnosis inspired her to advocate for clinicians to enhance their listening skills in the exam room.

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Featuring: 

Leana Wen, MD, MSc, FAAEM, Health Columnist, The Washington Post

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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At the 2025 Ginsburg Institute Symposium in Orlando, themed Healing Through the Arts, the fireside chat brought together two self-described “theater kids” and leaders in children’s health: Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, CMHC, CEO, Unified Youth, and Myron Rolle, MD, MS, former NFL player and current pediatric neurosurgeon, Nemours Children’s Health. Together, they explore how creativity and play are essential to child development — strengthening brain architecture through neuroplasticity and supporting emotional regulation and resilience. Drawing on science, medicine and personal experience, the conversation underscores why the arts, nature and other whole-child approaches should complement traditional health care to help children thrive.

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Featuring: 

Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, CMHC, Chief Executive Officer, Unified Youth

Myron Rolle, MD, MS, former NFL player, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Nemours Children's Health

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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