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Advancing Equity Through Genomics in Nursing: An Interview with Dr. Andrew Dwyer

For the fifth episode of Vital Voices Season 3, Dr. Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Andrew Dwyer, PhD, FNP-BC, a board-certified family nurse practitioner and Associate Professor of Nursing at Boston College’s William...
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Battling the Opioid Epidemic Locally: An Interview with Dr. Sara Arter

For the fourth episode of Vital Voices Season 3, Dr. Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Sara Arter, PhD, RN, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Miami University in Ohio.
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Identifying Gaps in Surgery Training: An Interview with Dr. Brenessa Lindeman

For the third episode of Vital Voices Season 3, Dr. Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, Associate Professor of Surgery and Medical Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink...
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Serving the Underserved: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Vanjani

For the second episode of Vital Voices Season 3, Dr. Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Rahul Vanjani, MD, MSc, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. 

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Ensuring Inclusive Parental Support in Medical Schools

In so many cases, parents or prospective parents in medicine have to make painful choices which make it hard to be successful both as a student or doctor and as a parent. But what if there were ways to support these parents and mitigate their sacrifices to their families and line of work?

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Putting Knowledge into Action to Reduce Maternal Mortality

Everyone who goes into healthcare does so because they want to help people. How, then, can this mission sometimes go awry?

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A Hands-On Approach to Enhance Community Care

Most patients think about healthcare in the United States as a single, interconnected system. They don’t necessarily distinguish between primary care providers, specialists, public health experts, emergency providers, and others.

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