Best Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako Md Ms Podcasts (2024)

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What Is Protest and What Is Insanity? 27:02

2+ y ago27:02

27:02

Max discusses with Professor Jonathan Metzl, MD, Ph.D., professor of Psychiatry and Sociology at Vanderbilt University, where he directs the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society. The conversation covers his broad scholarship, beginning with his book "Protest Psychosis," and factors that shape the overdiagnosing of Black men with schizophrenia, …

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No More Beds 34:00

3y ago34:00

34:00

In this episode, Max is joined by George Aumoithe, Ph.D., assistant professor of global health at Stony Brooke University, in the department of Africana Studies. They discuss his work on the effect of anti-inflationary economic policy and colorblind legal ideology on public hospitals, as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely, hospital bed sho…

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Worry About Infra-Redlining 38:32

3y ago38:32

38:32

Max is joined by Amy Moran-Thomas, PhD, associate professor of anthropology at MIT. They discuss current shortcomings in the FDA's medical devices approval process, with a sharp focus on pulse-oximeters, a device rendered particularly popular during the Pandemic. Studies have long shown that they do not detect low oxygen as accurately among people …

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Vaccine Passports, Health Security & Limitations 44:18

3y ago44:18

44:18

Max is joined by Adia Benton, PhD, MPH, cultural anthropologist with interests in global health, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern University. Given her previous work on the HIV and Ebola epidemics, she shares her insights on the U.S.' management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of vaccine passports, health security and ongoing …

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Polio and Covid Wars: Warm Springs and Mar-a-Lago 44:39

3y ago44:39

44:39

Max is joined by Yale historian of medicine Naomi Rogers, PhD. In their discussion, they compare the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Polio pandemic, with regards to racial disparities during both pandemics, access to treatment and vaccines, and discuss implications for U.S. social and health policy making for the Biden administration.-…

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Black Maternal Health 34:16

3y ago34:16

34:16

Max is joined by Jasmine Johnson, MD, Maternal & Fetal Medicine fellow, and obstetrician gynecologist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. They discuss her work related to preterm birth disparities the toll it has on Black families and other issues related to Black maternal health.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com…

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Black Medical Students’ Mental Well-being 20:36

3+ y ago20:36

20:36

In this brief episode, Max is joined by Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, associate professor and endowed Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity in the division of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Helth. Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher, but on this episode, they discuss …

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No More to Spend 31:42

3+ y ago31:42

31:42

Max is joined by Luke Messac, MD, PhD, an emergency medicine resident at Brown University and historian of science and medicine. They discuss his recent book, “No More to Spend: Neglect Construction of Scarcity in Malawi’s History of Healthcare.” They cover the impact of colonization and neocolonialism on healthcare policy in Malawi, and draw paral…

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A Disease of Huge Disparity 33:26

3+ y ago33:26

33:26

Max is joined by Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, an OB/GYN and global health research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. They discuss her research which is focused on intervention to make cervical cancer screenings more accessible to women in rural Kenya, as well as ways to translate lessons from healthcare delivery in low resource sett…

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Sunscreen Wars 27:37

3+ y ago27:37

27:37

Max is joined by Adewole Adamson, MD, MPP, a dermatologist and assistant professor at UT Austin. They discuss the controversy around UV exposure and cutaneous melanoma in people with darker skin, disparities in access to care for skin cancer, and pitfalls in dermatological education regarding skin of color at different stages in training. Dr. Adams…

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Health Insurance fights: In the Middle of a Pandemic! 40:19

3+ y ago40:19

40:19

Max is joined by Jamila Michener, PhD, associate professor in the department of government at Cornell University, and health policy scholar (@povertyscholar on twitter). They discuss Americans' the affordable care act and government-sponsored health insurance, what's race, ethnicity and migration got to do with it, and the future of the ACA in ligh…

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Sacred Birth 35:37

3+ y ago35:37

35:37

Max is Joined by Karen Scott, MD, MPH, an obstetrician-gynecologist at UCSF. They discuss her work as a reproductive justice-informed perinatal epidemiologist and obstetrician, the concept of participatory quality improvement, and her ongoing study "SACRED Birth" aimed at addressing obstetric racism faced by birthing Black people.--- Support this p…

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Looking beyond BMI 41:05

3+ y ago41:05

41:05

Max is joined by Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, an obesity medicine physician for children and adults, and researcher at Harvard Medical School. They discuss her work which focuses on racial disparities in obesity as a chronic illness, to disparities in access to treatment, stigma, and patient experiences in clinical settings. You'll also hear…

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So, Are You Jewish? 36:08

4y ago36:08

36:08

For breast cancer awareness month, Max is joined by Erika Stallings, an attorney, writer and BRCA awareness advocate. Erika describes her experience testing positive for the BRCA2 mutation and undergoing a prophylactic double mastectomy, her journey dealing with this experience herself, racial disparities in access to genetic testing, and her advoc…

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Same Burden, Different Outcomes 40:29

4y ago40:29

40:29

Black women have a similar disease burden of endometrial cancer compared to White women, but markedly greater mortality rates.Max is joined by Kemi Doll, MD, MCSR, a gynecologic oncologist and health services researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle. They discuss her research, focused on the experiences of Black women with endometrial …

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The Reproductive Health Umbrella 34:52

4y ago34:52

34:52

Max is joined by Monica McLemore, RN, MPH, PhD, associate professor in Family Health Care Nursing at the University of California San Francisco. She shares her perspective as a researcher focused on the experience of people with reproductive potential, the importance of interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations to solve problems and ar…

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Staying Afloat in Academic Medicine 38:41

4y ago38:41

38:41

Max is joined by Utibe Essien, MD, MPH, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh in general internal medicine. They discuss why he chose to pursue a research career and what helped him, as well as the need for more minority medical trainees to consider, and succeed in academic medicine. Subscribe and listen to Flip the Script on iTunes, …

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Entrenched in Racism 34:09

4y ago34:09

34:09

Today on Flip the Script, Max is Joined by Uche Blackstock, MD, physician and CEO of Advancing Health Equity. They discuss her experience as a Black physician in academic medicine, her health equity efforts since leaving academia, and her perspective as both a frontline healthcare worker during COVID-19 and a health justice advocate. Listen and sub…

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So Much Trauma 30:51

4y ago30:51

30:51

Max is joined by Brian Williams, MD, a trauma surgeon at the University of Chicago, and host of the podcast Race Violence & Medicine. They discuss police violence, the killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling in July 2016, and the subsequent mass shooting against law enforcement in Dallas, where he was the on-call trauma surgeon. What his ex…

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Racism, Kidney Function and More 32:07

4y ago32:07

32:07

Max is joined by Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, nephrologist at the university of pennsylvania. They discuss the landscape of racial disparities in kidney health across the lifespan. What role does race correction play in kidney function calculations? Who gets what kind of dialysis? What does the end of life look like for people with end stage renal disea…

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I Would (not) Like to See It 36:02

4y ago36:02

36:02

Max is joined by Myles Moody, PhD, incoming assistant professor in medical sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss his work on second-hand or vicarious racism and its impact on Black people's mental health, especially in the context of constant exposure to viral videos of anti-Black violence, news coverage and even freque…

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What Is Racial Capitalism? 32:13

4y ago32:13

32:13

Max is joined by Whitney Pirtle, PhD, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California Merced. They discuss her recent writing on racial capitalism in the context of COVID-19, the corporate response to Anti Black racism, and her thoughts on the future of pre-health education.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

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Divesting from Whiteness 38:13

4y ago38:13

38:13

Max is joined today by Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, pediatrician, child and community health advocate from California. They discuss her review of the book "Dying of Whiteness" by Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD, and implications related to the recent response to COVID-19, racial disparities related to COVID-19 and her thoughts on what to expect should there be a va…

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Dealing with Racism as a Family 30:14

4y ago30:14

30:14

Max is joined by Riana Anderson, PhD, psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. They discuss her program EMBRACE, aimed at helping Black families cope with racism, as well as “our mental health minute,” a video series aiming to raise mental health awareness and address mental health stigma in the Bl…

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Structures and Self 23:40

4+ y ago23:40

23:40

Max is joined by Zoe Julian, MD, MPH OBGYN & research fellow at the university of Alabama in Birmingham. They discuss the landscape of reproductive justice in medical/health professional's education, the role of community expertise in health professionals' education on structural racism & reproductive justice, and the self-learning platform she dev…

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Constant Vigilance 30:57

4+ y ago30:57

30:57

Max is joined by a returning guest, Yale’s Ben Howell, MD, MHS. They discuss his involvement in advocacy efforts to get medication for opioid use disorder in Connecticut’s prisons and jails, as well as the social and legal complexities individuals with a history of incarceration & opioid use disorder face trying to access basic necessities such as …

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Making PrEP More Accessible 24:08

4+ y ago24:08

24:08

Max is joined by Oni Black Stock, MD, MHS, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control for the NYC Health Department. They discuss her transition from a primarily academic career to public health and service, sex and gender disparities in access to Pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV, and her office's efforts to…

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When the Personal Is Political 28:25

4+ y ago28:25

28:25

Max is joined by Gregg Gonsalves, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, Activist and 2018 MacArthur Genius Grant winner. They discuss his work at the intersection of human rights and public health, more specifically HIV/AIDS activism, and global and domestic issues pertaining to harm reduction and access to p…

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Lonely, LGBTQ and Seeking Asylum 31:03

4+ y ago31:03

31:03

Max is joined by Sam Fox, MD, JD, a psychiatry resident in the Boston area and Yale Med alum. They discuss her work on LGBTQ asylum seekers' mental health, and the barriers they face during the asylum process.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flip-the-script-max/support…

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Reach Out and Read 30:34

4+ y ago30:34

30:34

Max is joined by Dr. Nathan Chomilo, a pediatrician and Internist in Minnesotta, with a passion for education and literacy for children. They discuss the impact of structural racism on k-12 education, downstream effects on child, adolescent and adult health outcomes, and the national "Reach out and Read" initiative in clinical settings, aiming at i…

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Look up 'Bigot Your Way to Success' 30:02

4+ y ago30:02

30:02

Max is joined by Dr. Jennifer Tsai, Yale Emergency Medicine resident and writer. They discuss race-based medicine: its pitfalls, its impact on medical education, and her vision for a medical education -- and medical field in general, that engages critically with the social sciences for the better.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify…

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Recovery from a Gun Shot Wound 27:52

4+ y ago27:52

27:52

Max is joined by Dr. Katie O'Neill, a general surgery resident and fellow in the National Clinician Scholar Program. She is interested in trauma surgery, and he research focuses on the experiences of individuals who have been victims of gun shots. They talk about the recovery period for such individuals, and especially ongoing initiatives in the Ne…

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Mississippi Appendectomy 28:11

5y ago28:11

28:11

Max is joined by Harriet Washington, journalist, ethicist and author of the award-winning book "Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present" for a discussion of the book's legacy 12 years after its publishing, and her insights on unequal medical treatment on the basis of race,…

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Policing Black Reproduction 36:15

5y ago36:15

36:15

Max is joined by Dorothy Roberts, JD, professor of Law, Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss her work of 30+ years analyzing the role of government in policing, and criminalizing Black women's behaviors during pregnancy, race-science, how these policies and theories propagate and have a larger impact of both …

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Opioids in Black and White Pt II: IMANI. 26:49

5y ago26:49

26:49

Max discusses with Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in psychiatry and addiction specialist at Yale School of Medicine (and friendly-rival Hampton Pirate) about the manifestations of the current opioid epidemic specifically as it regards the Black community, disparities in coverage and funding for treatment, as well as her faith-based inte…

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The Space We Occupy: Academic Medical Centers and their Neighboring Communities 38:20

5y ago38:20

38:20

Max's guest is Sakena Abedin, MD, PhD, a pediatrician and historian of science and medicine at Yale University. They discuss the history of the relationship between Yale New Haven Hospital, the School of Medicine, and the surrounding New Haven, and larger Connecticut communities. They explore the themes of race, class and barriers that often impact…

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What Could Healthcare do? (Health in the Box pt 3) 29:52

5+ y ago29:52

29:52

Max speaks with Dr. Emily Wang, physician and head of the health justice lab at Yale University. They discuss the nationwide Transitions Clinic Network's growth, the impact this model of care is having on the participants, and the role that the healthcare industry at large could play in contributing to criminal justice reform at a policy level, and…

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Coming Home (Health and the Box pt 2) 31:02

5+ y ago31:02

31:02

Do you know anyone who's been to jail or prison? How is their health? This episode, Max chats with Dr Lisa Puglisi and Ms Monya Saunders of the Transitions Clinic in New Haven, CT, a member-site of a network of clinics that specialize in providing care for individuals who have histories of incarceration. They talk about the nuts and bolts of the pr…

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Health and the Box (pt 1) 31:30

5+ y ago31:30

31:30

Max discusses incarceration and health with Dr. Benjamin Howell, a physician and fellow in the national clinical scholars program at Yale. We discuss the challenges and shortcomings of U.S. healthcare and criminal justice systems, the ways in which specific conditions are criminalized and concentrated in prison settings, and the pitfalls at the int…

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Poor, Black and Pregnant 32:29

5+ y ago32:29

32:29

Our guest is Khiara Bridges, JD, PhD, professor of law and anthropology at Boston university, and reproductive rights expert. We discuss the experience of low-income, pregnant Black women in NYC as they seek prenatal care -- their experience with the healthcare system, navigating imposed rules and restrictions as recipients of public insurance. We …

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Hello, Pipeline Efforts 22:50

6y ago22:50

22:50

This episode’s topic is pipeline efforts in medicine. Max chats with Drs Darin Latimore and Joan Reed, respectively deans of diversity, inclusion and community engagement at Yale School of Medicine and Harvard School of Medicine. They have both built successful pipeline programs, and share insights in terms of why they matter, the impact they can h…

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Both Hospitals Were Destroyed (Hurricane Series Part 2 of 2) 27:35

6y ago27:35

27:35

Max meets up with Dr. Marcella Nuñez-Smith, a physician and health equity researcher at Yale University and a native of Saint Thomas. They discuss the after-math of hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Eastern Caribbean, challenges the region faces due to healthcare policies affecting the 5 U.S. territories, and a pat…

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Puerto Rico Se Levanta (Hurricane Series Part 1) 27:38

6y ago27:38

27:38

In light of the 1 year anniversary of hurricane Maria, We are doing a 2-part series on the U.S. territories affected by last year's hurricanes Maria and Irma. For Part 1, Max chats with Dr Marietta Vazquez, a Yale pediatric infectious disease specialist and Boricua, about the hurricane aftermath from the Puerto-rican diaspora’s perspective: the med…

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Acá y Allá: Protest Psychiatry and Physician Activism 26:57

6y ago26:57

26:57

Max discusses with Dr. Marco Ramos, a psychiatry resident and historian of medicine at Yale, about the activist role psychiatrists played in Argentina during the authoritarian regime through their therapeutic relationships with patients who faced state violence, some outcome of this movement, and lessons to be learned for today's medical trainees i…

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More Harm Reduction, Please. 22:11

6y ago22:11

22:11

Max meets up with Dr. Benjamin Oldfield, a primary care physician at Yale. They talk about harm reduction: the concept, current efforts, barriers and patient engagement strategies, as we face the current drug epidemic, and work towards improving our health systems' effectiveness.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flip…

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Opioids in Black and White 34:27

6y ago34:27

34:27

Max talks with Dr. Helena Hansen, a psychiatrist and anthropologist at NYU, about opioids and other addictive substances: drug marketing, federal and state policies, overdose epidemics, public reaction and the racialization of it all, having led to the creation of a 2-tiered system when it comes to addiction interventions, primarily on the basis of…

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Let's Get Active 26:52

6y ago26:52

26:52

Max meets up with Dr. Akshay Pendyal, a cardiologist & fellow in the national clinician scholars program at Yale, and they discuss his recent piece in KevinMD, calling physicians to action about using their power to address structural racism. They take a closer look at a particular issue impacted by structural racism: housing insecurity, and this c…

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To Heal and To Harm 30:27

6y ago30:27

30:27

Max's guest is Dr. Carolyn Roberts, an assistant professor of history of science and medicine at Yale University. Max and Carolyn discuss the role physicians had in the British transatlantic slave trade, from the coast of Africa to the Americas, as well as the burgeoning of the pharmaceutical industry then; and what lessons we can learn from this h…

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Flip The Script: Teaser 1:33

6y ago1:33

1:33

Want to hear more about the gaps in health outcomes between different groups in our society? Ever wonder why your zip-code is such a strong predictor of health? Flip The Script’s goal to shine a light on issues related to health disparities nationally and globally, and discussing potential solutions with our guest-experts. We’ll interview healthcar…

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