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Urban Service Talks is a student centered, student run podcast series developed and produced by Urban Health/AHEC Scholars, and is sponsored by CT AHEC. Urban Service Talks explores issues and answers questions important to today's and tomorrow's healthcare workforce. The focus of the podcast includes key pillars of the Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars program: interprofessional education and team-based care, addressing social determinants of health, and care for the underserved, while featuring the voices of students from a variety of healthcare profession training programs at UCONN and Quinnipiac University. The topics for the podcasts are varied and feature students, professionals, and community members. The target audience includes health professions trainees, health and public health professionals, as well as pre-health professions students. To listen to the podcast, access Urban Service Talks through your preferred media account. Stay connected with Urban Service Talks through Twitter @TalksService and Instagram @urbanservicetalks. We welcome listener feedback about topics, presenters and most importantly, the dialogue and energy of our podcast series. Please contact us at ust.pod@gmail.com.
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Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
This Urban Service Talks podcast episode features UConn medical student Claire Surkis and Bhavana Gunda interviewing Dr. Susan Levine, an internist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, about her career and immigrant and refugee health. Dr. Levine details her journey through global health, from earning her Master's in Public Health to working in Haiti and Libya, ultimately leading her to develop the UConn Immigrant Health program, which focuses on the clinical care of immigrants and refugees and aims to educate students and advocate for this population. Dr. Levine highlights the unique needs and challenges faced by immigrants and refugees, emphasizing the importance of cultural humility, building trust, and understanding the health risks associated with their home country, migration, and resettlement. She also discusses healthcare disparities and encourages students to get involved in advocacy efforts to support these populations.
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