26 JUN 2023 · In this episode, we speak to Dr. Harold “Woody” Neighbors, Senior Advisor for public health research and Research Professor with Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, about his life experiences that led him to study the intersection of socio-political determinants and behavioral response in producing racial disparities in disease. We discuss several aspects of his work, including the concept of goal-striving stress, its effects, and racial differences in mental health as well as his experience with community-based participatory research. Bio: https://sph.tulane.edu/sbps/harold-neighbors Papers discussed in this episode: https://tulane.box.com/s/1pulh1yw8jww1pjvqh6jqfpxsl7i892w https://tulane.box.com/s/g8ty7o3mi791j4swexcz3b8icc736bi4 https://tulane.box.com/s/vkx8ah1b4twhz0c3ragafyne4fss6nsf https://tulane.box.com/s/lrxuths8t59pjjtmlndxsufiav5d39oh https://tulane.box.com/s/jzteqe8jtspcl6upj1kjvhtjncnnaf5s https://files.constantcontact.com/4c2e156f801/b5e9c0c9-2dd3-475c-a171-34d87b4159ea.pdf https://youtu.be/MJiQabtSjlg

24 MAY 2023 · In this episode, we speak with Kyriakos (Kokos) Markides, PhD, the Annie and John Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor of Aging and Professor at the School of Public and Population Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and Editor of the Journal of Aging and Health. We discuss his immigration to the United States from Cyprus as a child, and how his life journey led him to the study of aging and health issues in the Mexican American population as well as his development of the hypothesis, the “Hispanic Epidemiological Paradox.” Full bio: https://www.utmb.edu/spph/kyriakos-s-markides-phdhttps://www.utmb.edu/spph/kyriakos-s-markides-phd Article and Paper discussed in this episode: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3086917/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3086917/ https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/59/2/205/5151354 https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/59/2/205/5151354 https://files.constantcontact.com/4c2e156f801/66f39738-147a-4d22-92db-9239e26cf03b.pdf

24 MAY 2023 · In this episode we speak with Louis Sullivan, M.D., former Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush, and the founding dean and director of the School of Medicine at Morehouse College. We discuss defining moments in his life and how they influenced his pursuit of a career in medicine, his establishment of institutions to improve opportunities for historically underrepresented communities, and his time as Health and Human Services Secretary, where he led several efforts to reduce health inequities. He is also author of several books, including https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12885/well-fight-it-out-here Full biography: https://pemsm.com/enter/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LWS-Bio-2021.pdf https://files.constantcontact.com/4c2e156f801/ea6a665f-1469-4f80-be3b-6a427f5947f4.pdf