Matter over Words: A Conversation with Shehzad Ghias Shaikh
Zaitoon By Dr. Butool Hisam Matter over Words: A Conversation with Shehzad Ghias Shaikh There’s a phrase in Urdu ‘Dukh Hota Hai’ which, loosely translated, means ‘It hurts’. The word ‘dukh’ relates to grief or an overwhelming sense of pain. It is not a word you would associate with comedy. And yet, that’s the exact […]
HPHR Fellow Priya Vedula Reflects on Her Experiences with Attending Medical School Online During the Pandemic
. I imagined my first year full of scrubs, white coats, dissections, late nights at the library, and lots of new friends. Unfortunately, these experiences were not in the cards for many of us entering our first year of medical school in the midst of a worldwide pandemic.
HPHR Fellow Priya Vedula Reflects on her Participation in Street Medicine as a Medical Student
Our student group partners with local nursing students to provide a range of services to individuals who receive free hot meals from a local non-profit. We set up tents and tables in the patio area where we check vitals, take blood glucose readings, care for wounds, and provide hygiene items such as masks, hand sanitizers, and sunscreen.
Ellen Considine on Climate Change, Air Quality, and Health: Part 3/3
Challenges in the climate change mitigation space: emissions “leakage”, pollutant shifts, and balancing economic and equity concerns
Joanna Burke-Bajaj discusses the role of gender equality in improving access to clean water
Health with Humanity By Joanna Burke-Bajaj Gender Equality and Water: The effects of advancement of the status of women on improved clean water accessibility Within many low-to-middle income countries and communities (LMICs) around the world, women’s health and significant facets of women’s lives are intrinsically tied to water, often through applied social gender roles […]
Javaid Iqbal discusses “Why Data Are Not Enough To Change Human Behavior”
The i-value By Javaid Iqbal Why Data Are Not Enough To Change Human Behavior Covid cases are rising across the United States due to the transmission of the delta variant. The steepest increases have been in the South, where Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina are dealing with the most extensive outbreaks in the […]
Dr. Heather Tillewein Interviews a Conversion Therapy Survivor
HPHR Fellow, Dr. Heather Tillewein, does an in-depth interview with conversion therapy survivor, Clare Killman. This interview looks into Clare’s family background and the extent her family took to prevent Clare from living as a Transgender Female. Clare Killman discusses what it was like during conversion therapy and the lasting impact this form of therapy has had on her life.
Naomi Fukuda interviews Dental Therapist, Nikita
This vlog discusses the dental therapy profession and Nikita’s journey!
Dr. Ankit Raj discusses Global Surgery: From the Deep End in his last blog post
Lessons from Bihar By Dr. Ankit Raj Talking Global Surgery: From the Deep End Global surgery, like its elder cousin Global Health, remains largely dominated by students and experts from high-income countries. In the previous blog, we talked about Global Surgery and learned through brief introduction, scope and boundaries that define the field. We also […]
Dr. Ankit Raj introduces Global Surgery in his blog “Talking Global Surgery”
Lessons from Bihar By Dr. Ankit Raj Talking Global Surgery: An Introduction “5 billion people do not have access to safe, affordable, surgical and anaesthesia care when needed.” Global surgery is an interdisciplinary field encompassing the cross-cutting segments of surgery, anesthesia, public health, epidemiology, and health policy. This field is relatively young and lesser known […]
