Max is joined by Adia Benton, PhD, MPH, cultural anthropologist with interests in global health, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern University. Given her previous work on the HIV and Ebola epidemics, she shares her insights on the U.S.' management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of vaccine passports, health security and ongoing global health concerns including trade, travel, and the more recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Max is joined by Yale historian of medicine Naomi Rogers, PhD. In their discussion, they compare the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Polio pandemic, with regards to racial disparities during both pandemics, access to treatment and vaccines, and discuss implications for U.S. social and health policy making for the Biden administration.

Max is joined by Jasmine Johnson, MD, Maternal & Fetal Medicine fellow, and obstetrician gynecologist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. They discuss her work related to preterm birth disparities the toll it has on Black families and other issues related to Black maternal health.

In this brief episode, Max is joined by Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, associate professor and endowed Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity in the division of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Helth. Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher, but on this episode, they discuss her previous work focusing on healthcare workforce diversity and health, more specifically, racial and gender disparities in medical student mental wealth being, and her insights on needed change in that domain. Listen to Flip the Script on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud or wherever you get your podcast.

Max is joined by Luke Messac, MD, PhD, an emergency medicine resident at Brown University and historian of science and medicine. They discuss his recent book, “No More to Spend: Neglect Construction of Scarcity in Malawi’s History of Healthcare.” They cover the impact of colonization and neocolonialism on healthcare policy in Malawi, and draw parallels with U.S. neoliberal policies and lessons applicable is healthcare system. Listen to Flip the Script on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcast.

Max is joined by Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, an OB/GYN and global health research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. They discuss her research which is focused on intervention to make cervical cancer screenings more accessible to women in rural Kenya, as well as ways to translate lessons from healthcare delivery in low resource settings towards addressing health disparities in the U.S. Listen to Flip the Script on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud or wherever you get your podcast, and leave us reviews!

Max is joined by Adewole Adamson, MD, MPP, a dermatologist and assistant professor at UT Austin. They discuss the controversy around UV exposure and cutaneous melanoma in people with darker skin, disparities in access to care for skin cancer, and pitfalls in dermatological education regarding skin of color at different stages in training. Dr. Adamson recently published a systematic review on UV exposure and cutaneous melanoma in skin of color in JAMA dermatology. Listen to Flip the Script on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud or wherever you get your podcast, and follow us on twitter @maxjordan_n, @fliscriptpod, and our guest @adeadamson.

Max is joined by Jamila Michener, PhD, associate professor in the department of government at Cornell University, and health policy scholar (@povertyscholar on twitter). They discuss Americans' the affordable care act and government-sponsored health insurance, what's race, ethnicity and migration got to do with it, and the future of the ACA in light of a new Democratic administration set to assume office in January 2021. Follow us at @flipscriptpod on twitter, leave us reviews and tune in on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud or wherever you get your podcasts

Max is Joined by Karen Scott, MD, MPH, an obstetrician-gynecologist at UCSF. They discuss her work as a reproductive justice-informed perinatal epidemiologist and obstetrician, the concept of participatory quality improvement, and her ongoing study "SACRED Birth" aimed at addressing obstetric racism faced by birthing Black people.

Max is joined by Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, an obesity medicine physician for children and adults, and researcher at Harvard Medical School. They discuss her work which focuses on racial disparities in obesity as a chronic illness, to disparities in access to treatment, stigma, and patient experiences in clinical settings. You'll also hear about how obesity relates to COVID-19 morbidity, and pitfalls in medical education regarding obesity, and metabolic syndrome. Follow Dr. Stanford on twitter at @askdrfatima. Check Flip the Script (@flipscriptpod) out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, or wherever you get your podcasts. And leave us reviews!

For breast cancer awareness month, Max is joined by Erika Stallings, an attorney, writer and BRCA awareness advocate. Erika describes her experience testing positive for the BRCA2 mutation and undergoing a prophylactic double mastectomy, her journey dealing with this experience herself, racial disparities in access to genetic testing, and her advocacy work in this sphere. You may find her work at http://erikastallings.com/. Follow the podcast at @flipscriptpod on twitter, listen on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud or wherever you get our podcast, and leave us reviews!