45. Increasing the Number of Melanated Health Professionals and Allies
Release Date: 03/03/2021
52. Public Health Culture Podcast Finale
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This is it! The last episode of the Public Health Culture Podcast! In this episode, you will hear about my journey as a Podcaster and what led me to this decision. I also share other Public Health Podcasts that I enjoy. I started a nonprofit called, the Association of Black Researchers (ABR). The mission of the Association of Black Researchers is to cultivate, highlight, advance, and advocate for a multidisciplinary community of Black researchers through the following objectives: Increase knowledge in all areas of research. Amplify the voice of the Black Researcher. Improve research...
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51. Black Health, Black Wealth
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Dr. Zenobia Bryant has a PhD in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from Walden University. She also has a BS degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University. Dr. Bryant is passionate about mental health, adolescent health, the health of young black women, financial health, and the barriers and structural racism that hinder fulfillment in these areas. She is the founder and CEO of Black Health Black Wealth, LLC that envisions optimal wellness and true health equity for young black and brown women. Her organization disseminates mental health, public...
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50. Building Community Trust in Research: Strategies, challenges, and lessons learned from the field
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Leonore Okwara, MPH is CEO and Founder of Public Health Research Consulting, and host of the Public Health Culture Podcast. She helps researchers meet the unique needs of the community and the funders in two ways: 1) hosting community engagement in research webinars and trainings to equip researchers with strategies on building community trust in research, and 2) providing program management trainings to help researchers manage their grant-funded research studies with ease. Joyee Washington, MS, MPH, CHES is CEO and Founder of Joyee Washington Consulting, LLC. She is a public health and...
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49. The S.O.U.L: Empowering and Developing Communities
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Tomorrow Bowen is a senior in undergrad in socio-behavioral health with a minor in Sociology. She just applied to grad school for an MPH. She’s a researcher at heart and runs a nonprofit The S.O.U.L and hosts the podcast, Not A Health Guru. She’s most passionate about housing and homelessness but also has a focus on food policy and environmental justice. In This Episode We Cover: Her public health journey so far and how she started out as a nursing major/working as CNA (certified nursing assistant) and she realized this wasn't what she wanted to do and made the shift to public health. Her...
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48. Sisters in Public Health: Connecting and Empowering Women
Public Health Culture
Angela N. Frazier, MPH is the Founder of Sisters in Public Health® , speaker, mental health advocate, and author of A Kids Book About™ Suicide.” A Portland native, Angela earned her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and Communication from Portland State University. She earned her MPH in Community Health from UT Health School of Public Health, and currently lives in Houston TX. She started a nonprofit called Sisters in Public Health to connect and empower all women in Public Health and to support the next generation of public health professionals. After losing her...
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47. Fit for Life: How to Stay Active, Find Support, and Prevent Disease
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Kristie Hicks, MPH, CHES, CPT is a public health professional with experience in chronic disease management, health and nutrition education, and fitness. She’s the founder of , a health and wellness organization for women of color and which offers online fitness training and wellness coaching services. She is the author of a peer-reviewed North Carolina Medical Journal article featuring her childhood obesity research. She is a National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coach, Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), and an ACE Certified Personal Trainer. She is passionate about...
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46. Elevating the Multidimensional Skill Set of Community Health Workers
Public Health Culture
Quisha Umemba, MPH, BSN, RN, CDCES, CHWI is a Registered Nurse with a background in Public health. She is Founder and CEO of Umemba Health LLC, a public health consulting and education agency that provides workforce development and community health worker training. She is also the Executive Director and CEO of a nonprofit called Diversity in Diabetes. A Superwoman, she is a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Certified Community Health Worker, a Certified Lifestyle Coach, a wife and a mother. She lives in Austin, TX. In This Episode We Cover: Her passion for...
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45. Increasing the Number of Melanated Health Professionals and Allies
Public Health Culture
Kayla Holston, MPH is a second-year medical school student at Thomas Jefferson University who also works in collaboration with a Labor and Delivery Hospital in Malawi to improve the safety and patient experience of mothers and their families. She also founded and runs a business called Melanin Med, a merch store for melanated health professionals & allies. With a Bachelor degree in biomedical engineering and in cognitive science, she melds these fields with medicine and public health to work towards health equity. In This Episode We Cover: - Her experience working in collaboration...
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44. Addressing Health Equity by Expanding Healthy Food Access
Public Health Culture
Nkechi Michel, MPH, CHES is a Public Health Advocate and Educator for the Obesity Prevention Program, SNAP-Ed in Sacramento, CA. Working in community health, she loves helping people and being on the ground. Her biggest passions include nutrition and environmental racism. She is the Founder of @thatpublichealthchick, her Instagram platform where she loves to share public health messages and engage with people virtually. Queenivism is her website where she has a public health merchandise line of clothing and accessories that she designed to get people sharing, thinking about and promoting...
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43. Creating Conversations Around Mental Health, Health Equity, & Self-Care in Communities of Color
Public Health Culture
Theresa Alphonse, MPH is a Public Health Professional, Educator, and Writer. She has a public health focus on community health, health equity, working with the population who receives Medicaid, and immigrants. She is the Founder and Executive Director of What’s on Your Mind, A Nonprofit 501c3, whose mission is to normalize conversations around thoughts, emotions and feelings in communities of color. She started What’s On Your Mind five years ago because she wanted to get down to the real issues of the community. So she went out and started having conversations with people, and as it...
info_outlineKayla Holston, MPH is a second-year medical school student at Thomas Jefferson University who also works in collaboration with a Labor and Delivery Hospital in Malawi to improve the safety and patient experience of mothers and their families. She also founded and runs a business called Melanin Med, a merch store for melanated health professionals & allies. With a Bachelor degree in biomedical engineering and in cognitive science, she melds these fields with medicine and public health to work towards health equity.
In This Episode We Cover:
- Her experience working in collaboration with a Labor and Delivery Hospital in Malawi.
- How they engage with the physicians and patients there.
- All about her merch business Melanin Med at her passion for increasing representation of Black women and men in the health professions.
- Racism as a public health issue and how wearing a “Black Patients Matter” pin can be so powerful in the healthcare setting.
- Her goal to provide mentorship and scholarship opportunities for future Black health professionals.
- Her work promoting efficiency and improved care at a refugee women’s clinic.
- The importance of existing relationships for community collaboration.
- Her experiences as a black medical student and how this has shaped her experience and her desire to help remove barriers for other Black health professionals.
- How one of her passions is helping other Black students to move through the educational process without it being a financial burden.
- The avenues she used to get the word out about Melanin Med and engage her community.
- The two biggest ways she helps move the needle towards health equity.
Advice for Public Health Professionals:
Her advice for someone going to medical school (or school for any health profession) is to find what you love and don’t do anything else except for that. There are so many opportunities, but if they aren’t taking you towards your goal and what you are most passionate about, they are taking away time from moving towards your passion.
Connect:
- Web: https://www.melaninmed.com
- Instagram: @melanin_med_
- Email: [email protected]