In 2021 state-based abortion restrictions swelled across the country and a powerful challenge to Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision that protects a pregnant person’s right to choose to have an abortion, will be decided in the Supreme Court this year. All admist a backdrop of pervasive disparities in access to family planning, prenatal care, and maternal and child mortality across race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Tiffany Green, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology at UW-Madison, and Dr Lina Maria Murillo, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, History, and Latina/o/x Studies at the University of Iowa, to help us understand the history of reproductive rights and justice and what might lie ahead given the current policy context.

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For our first episode of 2022 we’re joined by Jesus Ramirez-Valles, a researcher and director of the Health Equity Institute at SF State who has traversed tenure-track faculty positions, led academic departments and research centers, and headed up leading journals in public health. Jesus reflects on his career promoting health equity and training the next generation of diverse scholars, as well as the challenges along the way.

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We all know the importance of socioeconomic resources in relation to health. There are countless studies conducted over decades that continue to demonstrate socioeconomic resources such as income affect a wide range of outcomes. Despite the extensive documentation of the importance of socioeconomic resources, especially income, as they relate to health and health inequities, the field of population health spends much less time considering how to get money into the hands of people who need it. One solution is the implementation of guaranteed income programs. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Lorraine Dean, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Health Management and Policy at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss guaranteed income initiatives and more.

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Sleep is often referred to as the third life, as we literally spend about a third of our lives sleep. And while we may not be conscious, there is a massive amount of physiological activity occurring during sleep. Therefore, the effects of sleep, both quantity and quality, on overall health and well-being are tremendous. Additionally, researchers have linked aspects of sleep to racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health inequities. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Dayna Johnson, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Emory University. Dr. Johnson’s investigates the root causes of sleep health disparities and their impact on cardiovascular disease. Join us as we discuss the many effects of sleep on health and health equity.

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In this very special episode of Sick Individuals/Sick Populations, we’re broadcasting live from the floor of the 2021 IAPHS Annual Meeting! Join our hosts as they chat with conference-goers about the research they’re presenting during the meeting; exciting sessions that they’ve attended so far; and their general, overall (virtual) conference experience.

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With the federal COVID-19 unemployment relief ending, and the paradox of high rates of unemployment coupled with millions of unfilled jobs, we’re joined by Quan Mai, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers, to discuss the state of work in the US and across the globe. Join us as we discuss good jobs, bad jobs, and precarious-gig work. We chat about how the job market evolved historically and politically and the implications of precarious work for social inequality, adult transitions, and health.

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With the Fall job market on the horizon, we’re joined by three guests, Drs Akilah Wise, Alana Inlow, and Alexis Santos-Lozada, who share their journeys navigating their professional careers while aiming to strike a balance with their personal identities, goals, and interests. Join us as we learn how these early-career scholars learned how to find their fit and follow their passions throughout their careers. This episode was envisioned and organized by the IAPHS Student Committee.

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In the midst that is happening all around us in the United States right now, it is easy to lose sight of what is happening across the globe. Haiti is a country rich in history and culture that has experienced a great deal of misfortune, historically and contemporarily. Just in the last six weeks, there has been a presidential assassination, an earthquake and torrential storms all while rates of Covid-19 have surged. In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Lora Iannotti, a global health researcher who has been working in Haiti for several decades. We discussed the historical context of Haiti, the unique challenges the country has faced and what solutions are needed to lead to sustainable progress in Haiti.

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Welcome back for another episode of Sick Individuals/ Sick Populations. In this episode, we were fortunate to be joined by Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences and Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research examines how and why racial and gender inequality persists in professional occupations. Her most recent book, Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy, won the 2019 C. Wright Mills Award. In our wide ranging conversation, we discussed the impact of the pandemic on health workers, particularly Black American providers who were already marginalized and bearing a disproportionate burden prior to the pandemic. Dr. Harvey Wingfield also shed light on what companies and organizations should be doing to support equity beyond hashtags and statements.

Link to the book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520300347/flatlining

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On this episode of Sick Individuals/Sick Populations, we wrap up the inaugural season of our podcast. Join our hosts as they recap their favorite moments from the first season, reflect on what they’ve learned in conversation with our podcast guests, and preview what we have in store for Season 2.

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