Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club Podcast

Dr. Molly Candon is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Health Care Management at The Wharton School. The goal of Dr. Candon’s research is to identify ways to expand access and improve the quality of care delivered to patients with behavioral, cognitive, and chronic pain conditions.

This third episode discusses the topics of healthcare organizations in clinical settings with Dr. Ingrid Nembhard. Professor Nembhard's research focuses on how characteristics of healthcare organizations, leaders, and staff contribute to their ability to implement new practices, engage in continuous organizational learning, and ultimately improve quality of care.

This second episode talks about telehealth, healthcare policies, and behavior economics in the healthcare industry featuring Dr. Amol Navathe. Dr. Navathe is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine here at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Navathe is a health economist, physician, researcher, entrepreneur, and more. His work focuses on payment models and incentive designs using behavioral economics.

This Podcast talks about vaccine development, vaccine delivery, and the current COVID-19 situation features Dr. Paul and TemPower. Dr. Paul Offit is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center; he is also the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine.