What exactly is a space nurse? with Starr Schroeder
In this episode, WEMCast host Dr Shawna Pandya dives deep into this very question with none other than AstroRN Starr Schroeder, a nurse passionate about pioneering, defining, and developing the role o...
28 Sep 202143min
Climate Change and Patient Outcomes: How We Can Make an Impact with Dr Louis Nguyen & Dr Liz Yates
In this session host Stephen Wood speaks with Dr Louis Nguyen and Dr Liz Yates, surgeons and researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston discuss the impact of climate change on healthcar...
7 Sep 202147min
The story of Amanita Phalloides: The Death Cap Mushroom with Anne Pringle
Host, Stephen Wood and Dr Anne Pringle, a mycologist and botanist, tell the story of the Amanita Phalloides mushroom. This is not a mushroom native to the United States, but it has found its way there...
2 Sep 202136min
Assessing Medical Fitness for Extreme Environments with Dr Kent Haworth
Occupational Health is concerned with the impact of health on work and vice versa. We discuss the key approaches and broad principles in matching an individual’s medical background with the environme...
24 Aug 20211h 1min
The Challenges of COVID in Areas of Conflict with Jocelyn Kelly
Jocelyn Kelly is the founding director for Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s (HHI) Women in War program, and currently is a fellow at HHI where she designs and implements projects to examine issues re...
17 Aug 202141min
The Secret World of Weather with Tristan Gooley
In this episode Medical Director Dr Will Duffin welcomes back The Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley to share insights from his latest book ‘The Secret World of Weather’. They discuss: Early 19th-...
10 Aug 202132min
Humanitarian Action & Conflict with Johnathan Povey
In this episode we chat with Johnathan Povey, Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) turned humanitarian clinician. Johnathan speaks of his multiple deployments to various contexts from an initial hu...
3 Aug 202139min
The Thai Cave Rescue with Dr Stephen Rush
Dr Stephen Rush is a Lt. Colonel and Flight Surgeon. He is the former medical director for Pararescue and the current medical group commander of the 106th Rescue Air Wing in New York. He is a radiatio...
20 Jul 202135min
