All Episodes
Addressing Anxiety and Depression w/ Kayla Bell-Consolver, MS, LMHC
In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Kayla Bell-Consolver, MS, LMHC Counseling Director, Drake Clinic. Kayla talks about how she helps the students on...
The Future of Health Coaching With Marina & Eugene Borukhovich
Health Coaching has come a long way and due to the pandemic, the demand for health coaching in a digital space has been higher than ever before. In this episode, I spe...
Social Care for Healthier Communities
Have you ever thought about the role of social workers in population health? The social work profession is uniquely positioned to play an increasingly significant role...
Improving Health Literacy can Improve Health outcomes with Laurie Myers
A person's health literacy can be defined as their ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information. A high level of health literacy is positively...
Purpose Drives Motivation
You started the new year motivated to make a change in your life. Then some things changed. The motivation was gone and your goals were right behind it. Just because y...
Improving Health Equity Through Digital Health with Dr. Shikha Anand
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Shikha Anand, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at Withings. Through its award-winning ecosystem of health tracking devices, Withings pr...
Make Love Fun Again with Our.Love CEO Tal Zlotnitsky
"All you need is Love." Those may be popular lyrics to a Beatles song, but there is a lot of truth to it! It has been shown that happy, healthy relationships reduce st...
Medical Burnout with Dr. Naomi Jean-Baptiste, MD
A recent Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation survey of 1,327 front-line health care workers in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that medica...
Black Representation in Medical Illustrations with Chidiebere Ibe
Do you remember the last time you saw a medical illustration of a Black body? A viral image of a Black fetus in a Black woman's womb this month led many to admit they ...
The Importance of Diversity in Medical Schools with Ruffin Tchakounte
Providing excellent care to all patients and minimizing racial disparities requires medical professionals to recognize and acknowledge differences within different pop...
Addressing Health Disparities as a Health Coach w/ Melissa Arthur, MA, ACC, NBC-HWC
There are many differences in health and wellness goals that exist between people of different socio-economic backgrounds. Health coaching is a process that supports s...
The Value of Diverse Genetic Data w/ Michael Akinyele & Dr. Bradford Wilson, PhD
The Lack of diversity in genetic research is a problem and can lead to misleading and worsening health disparities, but it's fixable. This week on The Healthy Project ...
Skin Cancer in People of Color, Signs & Prevention with Dr. Nada Elbuluk, MD MSc FAAD
As a person of color, you may wonder whether skin cancer should be one of your top health concerns. So people of color may not even think they can get skin cancer. Tho...
How to Prevent Cancer w/ Dr. John Whyte, MD
The power to reduce your cancer risk is in your hands! In this episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, I sit down with Dr. John Whyte, MD Chief Medical officer at WebM...
No Shave November
Each of us knows someone who has been touched by a cancer diagnosis, be it a friend, co-worker, or family member. For the month of November, we will be talking all abo...
The Evolving Role and Impact of the Pharmacist w/ Gurdeep Sareen, PharmD, MPH
Pharmacists are increasingly being integrated into primary care teams in countries such as Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. About 200 phar...
Ethics of Telemedicine with Marianna Imenokhoeva, founder at LinktoMedicine
Marianna Imenokhoeva has 20 years of experience in IT including regional sales, marketing, and operations director roles within Xerox, where she also acted as a Member...
Digital Healthcare in Latin America with Dr.Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades, MD
Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades, MD is a Medical Doctor and executive who works with technologists, developers, medical professionals, and patients to deliver the right d...
Value-Based Care: Taking Equity in Patient Care with Logan Ferrie
In a value-based healthcare delivery model, healthcare providers are incentivized to focus on the quality of services instead of the quantity. In this episode, I speak...
Understanding Hypertension
Hypertension has been on the menu a lot lately in my office so I decided to do a quick episode about what I talk to patients about in my office.What is Hypertension?Nu...
The Importance of Risk Adjustment in Value-Based care with Gabrielena Alcala- Levy
The U.S. healthcare system is shifting to an incentive structure where healthcare providers are rewarded for better care, not more care. This transition from fee-for-s...
Health Equity: Why it Matters and How to Achieve it (Recap)
In this episode, I give my thoughts on my latest interview with Dr. Shah titled Investing in Community Health. If we want to improve health equity, it's going to be a ...
Investing in Community Health with Dr. Yogesh Shah
Health equity means assuring that everyone has the possibility to be as healthy as possible. Yet, factors outside of a person’s control, such as discrimination and lac...
The Importance of Physical Activity with Sabrena Jo
Physical activity or exercise can improve your health and reduce the risk of developing many diseases like type 2 diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Physica...
Emotional Health and Wellbeing w/ Dr. Hansa Bhargava, MD, CMO of Medscape
Good emotional health and wellbeing are not only about feeling confident and happy; it is also about being positively engaged with the world and having a solid sense o...
How Your Area Code Can Influence Your Health w/ Pat Ford, PT, DPT, OCS
Health equity has been the topic of discussion lately. Recent data have focused on disparities through another lens, especially the correlation between where people li...