Archive: Media and Scholarship
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NutrireCoLab Episode 5: Edna Bosire in Conversation with Emily Mendenhall on her Work at the Intersection of Health, Nutrition, Anthropology, and Health Systems
Emily Mendenhall interviews her longtime colleague Edna Bosire about her personal journey in the field of anthropology, and her work at the intersection of health, nutrition, anthropology, and health systems. Bosire also provides insights into her work as an ethnographer of health policy and systems in Malawi and in her work with Health Systems Global.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Women in Research: Christopher Tancock Interviews Emily Mendenhall
Emily Mendenhall talks with Christopher Tancock about her work as co-Editor-in-Chief of the Social Science and Medicine-Mental Health journal, and the biggest challenges and obstacles women face in the editorial world.
Category: Media
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“Palaeoecological Data Indicates Land-Use Changes Across Europe Linked to Spatial Heterogeneity in Mortality During the Black Death Pandemic”
Timothy Newfield and his co-authors write about their application of a pioneering new approach, ‘big data palaeoecology’ to evaluate the scale of the Black Death’s mortality on a regional scale across Europe using palynological data.
Category: Scholarship
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“Did the ‘Black Death’ Really Kill Half of Europe? New Research Says No”, The New York Times Covers Timothy Newfield’s Research
The New York Times covers the research Timothy Newfield co-authored and recently published on the uneven impacts of the plague across Europe, causing “a patchwork of destruction”.
Category: Media
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“The Black Death Was not as Widespread or Catastrophic as Long Thought – New Study”, Timothy Newfield, Adam Izdebski and Alessia Masi Write on The Conversation
Timothy Newfield, Adam Izdebski and Alessia Masi compared the Black Death’s demographic impact across the continent, concluding that the pandemic’s toll was not as universal as currently claimed, nor was it always catastrophic.
Category: Media
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“Deep Dive Needed on DC Racial Health Disparities” WTOP News on Research Co-Authored by Dr. Christopher King
WTOP News talks about findings on the recent publication co-authored by Dr. Christopher King, about how structural racism has left DC with stark differences in health outcomes.
Category: Media
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Scrub In Podcast, Episode 9: Getting Centered on Wellbeing, with Dr. Daniel Marchalik
This episode of the Scrub In podcast focuses on the new MedStar Health Center for Wellbeing. Host Crystal Morales, one of the leaders of this new Center, talks with Dr. Daniel Marchalik, its executive director.
Categories: Media, Past events
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“Race, Place, And Structural Racism: A Review Of Health And History In Washington, D.C.”
Dr. Christopher King and his co-authors do a historical review of policies, practices, and events that have sustained systemic racism on the health of the United States. It focuses on Washington, D.C.—a city with a legacy of Black plurality — , while also reflecting on the national landscape, policies and events that socially, economically, and politically disenfranchised Black residents, yielding stark differences in health outcomes among Washington, D.C. populations.
Category: Scholarship
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“To Close Racial Health Inequity Chasm, a Comprehensive Audit of Historical Policies, Events and Practices is Needed” the Georgetown University Medical Center Covers Research Co-Authored by Dr. Christopher King
The Georgetown University Medical Center highlights the research co-authored by Dr. Christopher King on how structural racism yields stark differences in health outcomes.
Category: Media
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Stockdale Radio: James Giordano on What Is Brain Science
The first episode of Stockdale Radio three-part series on brain science and technology in relation to military applications.
Categories: Media, Past events