Inspired To Heal
Stories of clinicians, educators, innovators, and researchers who built or led programs of excellence in government health institutions. Each guest has excelled in clinical medicine, program building, or public health. They persevered and succeeded through a clear vision, collaboration, and a passion for the mission of government-run health systems. Their stories will inspire those seeking change in their own organizations.
Inspired To Heal
Latest Episodes
How Community Health Centers Began: The War on Poverty's Lasting Legacy
Dan Hawkins, former Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Research at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), to trace the 60-year history of the community health center movement. Hawkins shares firsthand stories fro...
Ethical Human Research: IRB Leaders at Cook County Hospital
Cook County Hospital's former Institutional Review Board (IRB) leaders discuss the principles and structures that protect participants during research. How does a major public safety-net institution protect marginalized populations from unethic...
Cook County Hospital Medical Bag: Mission Possible (updated)
What literal or figurative tool is essential for a long, fulfilling career in medicine? In this episode, healthcare veterans from Chicago’s legendary Cook County Hospital—including doctors, nurses, social workers, legal counsel, and a communica...
Koch Institute Disease Detective: Poisons, Choirs & Sprouts
In this episode, veteran disease detective Dr. Udo Buchholz from Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) unpacks five outbreak investigations spanning Los Angeles to Germany. Dr. Buchholz reveals the twists of tracking intentional poi...
Infectious Outbreak Responses Inform Opioid Crisis Control
How do lessons from combating Ebola and MERS stop opioid overdoses? Former Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner and CDC official, Dr. Allison Arwady, reveals how applied public health methods can defeat the deadliest drug epidemic i...
