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A Commitment to Student Engagement: Dr. Kamla Ahluwalia, Department Chair of Health Sciences at Samuel Merritt University
Episode 604
Picture an anatomy professor on stage in front of more than a hundred students, pounding his chest like a gorilla to bring a lecture on locomotion to…
8 hours ago
“The Traveling Oncologist” Bridges Gaps In Rural Healthcare Access: Dr. Robert Hoyer, UCHealth Hematology and Oncology
Episode 603
Fifty years ago, rural Americans were less likely to die of cancer than people living in cities, but a study released earlier this year by the Americ…
5 days, 7 hours ago
Treating Deaths in the Criminal Justice System and Violence in Communities as Public Health Issues: Dr. Roger Mitchell, Immediate Past President of the National Medical Association and Co-Author of Death in Custody
Episode 602
"We know in public health that if you're not counting, there's no way to develop prevention programs or policies.” That understanding explains why fo…
1 week, 5 days ago
Giving Nursing Students the Best Possible Start: David Tanner, Director of Nursing Programs at Guilford Technical Community College
Episode 601
On today’s episode, we kick-off a series of conversations with winners of the 2026 Raise the Line Faculty Awards from Elsevier Health, who were selec…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Chase Social Connection and Meaning, Not Longevity: Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and Author of Eat Your Ice Cream
Episode 600
"Throw a dinner party. It's the best wellness thing you can do." That surprising prescription comes from Dr. Zeke Emanuel, whose book, Eat Your Ice C…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
“We Have To Keep Politics Out Of Healthcare”: Dr. Jason Goldman, MD, MACP, Immediate Past President of the American College of Physicians
Episode 599
As we've noted on Raise the Line from Elsevier before, the system Americans rely on to keep vaccine recommendations grounded in science has changed i…
1 month ago
The Biggest Challenge Facing Emergency Medicine Might Surprise You: Dr. Ryan Stanton, President-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Medical Director for the AMR/NASCAR Safety Team
Episode 597
As many of our listeners know from news reports, emergency departments have been under enormous strain in recent years trying to manage overcrowding,…
1 month, 1 week ago
Pioneering A More Humane Cancer Treatment: Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, Founder & President, Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation
Episode 598
Limiting the side effects of cancer treatments has been an animating force in the field of oncology for many years, and there’s been progress to repo…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What’s the Actual Value of Common Tests and Procedures?: Dr. Rita Redberg, Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at UCSF
Episode 596
"It's really hard to justify a test that has any complications if there isn't any reasonable expectation of benefit," says Dr. Rita Redberg, who has …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Closing the Information and Generation Gaps in Reproductive Health: Dr. Charis Chambers, Chief Medical Officer at Clue and Founder of The Period Doctor
Episode 595
For millions of young women and girls, often the first place they turn with questions about their bodies isn't a doctor's office, it's social media w…
2 months ago