Episodes

Pull up a chair and grab some tea as Dr. Whitney Irie and I engage an intimate conversation on the soulful resonance in the pursuit of health justice proxied by implementation science and research. The discussion is grounded in a very personal connection to the work of health equity and implementation science, calling up on the "use of self" that empowers study and discourse in health justice and implementation. Dr. Irie offers hearty analyses of positionality that emerge into defining scholarship with Black women and health systems in the promotion and dignity of sexual and reproductive choices for Black women. Dr. Irie leads the discussion into a reflection on the criticality that implementation science requires and concrete examples of those analyses in her work.

In this episode with Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo-Davis, the following has been discussed: Exploring Health Equity and Public Health Work in St. Louis How can we define health equity, especially when it comes to public health work? Could you share some of the strengths and challenges that the City of St. Louis Department of Health is currently facing? What have been the most rewarding and challenging aspects of your role? You've managed to establish some impressive partnerships and alliances for St....

Dr. Tucker-Seeley is currently the Vice-President of Health Equity at ZERO- Prostate Cancer. In this role, he leads the development and implementation of ZERO’s health equity strategy to reduce racial/ethnic and place-based disparities in prostate cancer. Dr. Tucker-Seeley completed master's and doctoral degrees in public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention and control at HSPH and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI...

Cultural Adaptation Across Implementation Stages with Evan Eschliman --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catchthepower/message

Understanding mistrust, distrust, and trustworthiness in medical care and medical research to advance health equity with Dr. Derek Griffith --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catchthepower/message

Exploring the Link Between Social Needs Screening, Health Equity, and Implementation Science. Join Dr. Connor Drake and Dr. Cory Bradley in a thought-provoking episode where they discuss the research on "Implementation of social needs screening in primary care: a qualitative study using the health equity implementation framework." The conversation delves into how awareness of social care needs assessed in screening can be integrated into care practices to improve implementation of tools and int...

Scientists in countries in Africa have taken a leadership role. In this episode, Dr. Bradley and his friend and colleague, Dr. Nadia A. Sam-Agudu discussed the growing momentum in global health research to support the creation of a research ecosystem free of residual colonial practices and thinking. The issue of coloniality and injustice in global health is multifaceted and complex. The knowledge system in global health is often built on the foundations of white supremacy and colonialism. As su...

We are making huge strides in preventing and managing HIV and AIDS over the last two decades. According to UNAIDS, new HIV infections decreased by over 50% since their peak in 1996. In spite of the breakthroughs, these conditions continue to impact over a million people in the United States alone. Over 10 percent are not even aware of their status. Further, these diseases still disproportionately affect certain populations. According to the CDC, in 2019, nearly 500,000 black or African America...

Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancer types worldwide. According to Breastcancer.org, it accounts for around 30% of cancer cases in the United States. But this information is not painting an entire picture. The American Cancer Society (ACS) revealed that the mortality rate for both men and women declined by almost 35% from its peak from 1991 to 2019. And while progress against this dreaded disease has remained stable, the disparity continues. In the same report, the ACS shared th...

Welcome to Catch the Power Podcast! This podcast, Catch the Power operates in partnership with the Context and equity in implementation science work group of the Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science. And this consortium is an open consortium where Cancer Moonshot investigators as well as other researchers and practitioners. Together to address the key challenges to the advancements of an implementation science agenda in cancer. This podcast is really oriented to provide a more immersiv...

Racism continues to be pervasive and permeates every aspect of living, including healthcare. With the CDC having declared racism a serious public health threat, such consideration must make its way to the design of interventions and their implementation which require attention to racialized contexts. This conversation is guided by insights based on the guidance Rachel Shelton and her colleagues offer through a critical paper on developing anti-racist implementation science. In their paper published in 2021, Application of an antiracism lens in the field of implementation science (IS): Recommendations for reframing implementation research with a focus on justice and racial equity, we discuss a broad range of important points the article raises as Dr. Shelton’s reflects on her research journey in advancing health equity through implementation science.

This podcast, Catch the Power operates in partnership with the Context and equity in implementation science work group of the Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science. And this consortium is an open consortium where Cancer Moonshot investigators as well as other researchers and practitioners. Together to address the key challenges to the advancements of an implementation science agenda in cancer.