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Just MedicineAuthor: Just Medicine Podcast
Just Medicine is a podcast on equity in healthcare, hosted by medical students in British Columbia. Each episode, we bring on a guest to chat about a range of social justice topics and how they relate to medicine and health care. The aim of the podcast is to equip medical trainees with the knowledge and skills to provide inclusive care to a growingly diverse population. The podcast is released every second Thursday of the month, starting on January 12, 2023. This podcast is not affiliated with UBC Faculty of Medicine and is not meant to provide medical advice. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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40. Reconciling the practice and promise of global health
Sunday, 26 July, 2026
Our guest on the podcast this month is Dr. Madhukar Pai, a public health physician by training and current professor and Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and Global Health at McGill University. As Dr. Pai explains, global health isn’t about “tropical medicine” or installing toilets in faraway places. It’s something that we all participate in every day – a shared reality, as well as a shared responsibility.Resources: - Learn more about the importance of allyship in global health: Pai, M., Bandara, S., and Kyobutungi, C. (2024). Shifting power in global health will require leadership by the Global South and allyship by the Global North. The Lancet, 404(10464). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02323-7/fulltextRogan, E., and Pai, M. (2026, March 26). Global health: the long road from saviorism to justice. Speaking of Medicine and Health: PLOS Blogs. https://speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2026/03/26/global-health-the-long-road-from-saviorism-to-justice- Read Dr. Pai’s review of Science Under Siege by Drs. Peter Hotez and Michael E. Mann: Pai, M. (2025). From doing science to saving science. Lancet, 406(10519). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02373-6/abstract?rss=yes- Check out Dr. Pai’s LinkedIn post on practical advocacy steps that you can take to seek positive change.- Watch a short clip on how grandparents are helping dispel disinformation about vaccines in the United States.- Have a listen to relevant past episodes, eg. on the structural determinants of health, on realizing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s health-related calls to action, and on the equity dimensions of climate change.Credits:Additional music by Audiocoffee used under the Pixabay content license.Survey:To help us make the best possible podcast, please consider filling out this short, anonymous survey after listening.
