Yale Global Health Insights Podcast

Yale Global Health Insights, hosted Dr. Sharon Chekijian, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, is a podcast that explores and uncovers the personal stories and insights of global health stakeholders at Yale and their partners worldwide. Our mission is to bring the personal side of global health and why clinicians and researchers do the work that they do. We’ll provide a platform for the voices shaping the landscape of global health. In each episode, we’ll unravel their personal journeys, the moments that ignited their interest in global health, the challenges they faced, and the triumphs that keep them moving forward. It’s a chance to see beyond the titles and credentials to understand the human side of why we all choose to do what we do.

Podcast Guests

In the Olive Grove: Health and Olive Oil
Dr. Tassos Kyriakides, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health and Director of the VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center
Across Silos: Using Social Entrepreneurship for Change
Dr. Teresa Chahine, Senior Lecturer at the Yale School of Management and Faculty Director of the Social Innovation Initiative at the Jackson School of Global Affairs
Building Global Health Through Nursing Leadership
Featuring Dr. Azita Emami, Dean of the Yale School of Nursing, Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing
Voices of Global Health: Driving Change
Featuring Dr. Sten Vermund, Dean of the USF Health College of Public Health
Empowering Communities in Health Solutions (Part Two)
Featuring Dr. Albert Ko, Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Empowering Communities in Health Solutions (Part One)
Featuring Dr. Albert Ko, Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Global Surgery at the Crossroads: Advancing Equity and Care
Featuring Dr. Melanie Sion, Assistant Professor of Surgery (General, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care)
Building Sustainable Global Health and Bidirectional Partnerships
Featuring Dr. Tracy Rabin, the Director of the Office of Global Health at Yale School of Medicine
Bridging Worlds: Impacting Health from Uganda to Yale and Back Again (Part Two)
Featuring Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, former Dean of Makerere University School of Medicine
Bridging Worlds: Impacting Health from Uganda to Yale and Back Again (Part One)
Featuring Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, former Dean of Makerere University School of Medicine
The Path of Serendipity (Part Two)
Featuring Dr. Robert Hecht, President of Pharos Global Health Advisors
The Path of Serendipity (Part One)
Featuring Dr. Robert Hecht, President of Pharos Global Health Advisors
Eyes on the World: Using Data to Combat Human Rights Violations in Conflict (Part One + Two)
Featuring Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health
A Look into the Health Challenges in Artsakh
Featuring Dr. Sharon Chekijian introduction and Dr. Svetlana Harutyunyan, collaborator in Artsakh, Armenia