In response to the coronavirus outbreak, medical clinics and labs ramped up capacity to treat patients and develop tests, increasing already high rates of stress for physicians and scientists. Then came tragic acts of police brutality against

Battling a Pandemic in a Large Urban Jail with Connie Mennella, MD

Sep 11th, 2020 13m 3s

At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, Cook County Jail in Chicago reported the highest rate of virus infection in a congregate setting. As cases in Chicago peaked, cases in the jail started to decline and by June refl

A Response to two Pandemics: COVID-19 & Systemic Racism with Quentin Youmans, MD

Sep 11th, 2020 6m 45s

As COVID-19 cases started to spike across the U.S., rates of infection, hospitalization and death disproportionately afflicted Black Americans. In May, George Floyd, a Black man who had recovered from COVID, was murdered by a white Minneapolis

A Lesson on COVID-19 from the 1918 Spanish Flu with Kara Goldman, MD

Sep 11th, 2020 6m 27s

In 1918, the Spanish Flu infected one-third of the world's population, killing an estimated 20 to 50 million people. Dr. Kara Goldman's grandmother was one of the lucky ones who contracted the disease and survived. Dr. Goldman is an assistant

Stroke Recovery as a Doctor with Todd Kuiken, MD

Jul 24th, 2019 8m 47s

For over two decades, Todd Kuiken, MD, had been helping others regain mobility through his practice and research as a physiatrist. When he had a stroke, he found himself in need of rehabilitation and discovered a renewed pride in his work, incl

Laughter in Oncology with Suneel Kamath, MD

Jul 24th, 2019 5m 55s

During his final year of his oncology fellowship at Northwestern, Suneel Kamath, MD, was finally getting used to telling people that he treats cancer for a living. He has perfected the art of letting people know that it is 'not as depressing as

Stopping Gunshot Deaths from the Trauma Bay and Beyond with Mamta Swaroop, MD

Jul 24th, 2019 10m 50s

Teaching teens and adults across Chicago how to tie a tourniquet with a piece of clothing was not part of Mamta Swaroop’s job description as a trauma surgeon and Global Surgery Program Director at Northwestern. But she had seen too many people

The Political Landscape as a Leader in LGBTQ Health with Brian Mustanski, PhD

Jul 24th, 2019 5m 38s

In 2015, the same year the Supreme Court struck down state bans on same-sex marriage, the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing was founded at Northwestern. It’s the largest institute in the U.S. to focus on sexual and g

A Day in a Wheelchair at Medical School with Samantha Schroth, MD PhD Student

Jul 24th, 2019 5m 32s

Samantha Schroth, a MD/PhD student at Feinberg, didn’t always plan on becoming a physician. After graduating from college in 2013, her sights were set on veterinary school. But when an accident that summer left Samantha with a serious spinal co

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