JuxtaPod

The official podcast of Juxtaposition Global Health Magazine at the University of Toronto. With a special focus on topics that particularly impact the vulnerable and marginalized globally, Juxtapod provides a multidisciplinary forum for promoting discussion and encouraging action in global health. The first series of episodes will focus on the socio-cultural, political, economic, and legal implications of the COVID-19 pandemic across Ontario.

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Episode 5: Cancer prevention and nutrition

In this episode, James Korini discusses cancer research and preventative measures with Dr. Kenneth Yip. As a researcher at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a professor in the Department of Cells and Systems Biology (University of Toronto), Dr. Yip explores cancer prevention from a nutritional perspective and introduces his valuable and evidence-based website, Anticancer.ca.

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Episode 4: Infection Prevention and Control

JuxtaPod is back! In this episode, James Korini talks with Benjamin Rogers, an Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Benjamin Roger’s portfolio includes patient and staff education, data analysis, quality improvement projects, and the Hand Hygiene program. He shares his insights on the continued growth of IPAC (Infection Protection and Control Canada), microbiology, and quality improvement.

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Episode 3: The Dimensions of Data and COVID-19

For the first JuxtaPod episode of the New Year, Mariam talks with Dr. Laura Rosella, an epidemiologist working in population health. Dr. Rosella talks about the importance of community and discusses the tool that she and a team of researchers at developed to provide the public with a data-driven understanding of the pandemic.

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Episode 2: Kids and COVID-19

Dr. Nisha Thampi, a Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician and the Medical Director of the Infection Prevention and Control Program at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), shares her insights on schools being open amidst the pandemic, pediatric COVID-19 cases, and more.

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Episode 1: The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19

Mariam talks with Anjum Sultana, the National Director of Public Policy and Strategic Communications at YWCA Canada. Sultana shares her work in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Welcome to JuxtaPod!

Introducing Juxtaposition Global Health Magazine’s new podcast, “JuxtaPod”, hosted by Mariam Zaidi.

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