In Context: James Hamblin
Clarity in health communication is not simplicity. When James Hamblin introduced this idea, the challenge was already emerging: more health information did not mean better understanding. Simplifying medicine …
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In Context: Bill Frist
In this In Context companion, TEDMED revisits a central idea from Bill Frist’s 2017 Talk: that global health is not only humanitarian work, but a foundation for peace. …
In Context: Zubin Damania
What happens when the systems meant to support clinicians begin to deplete them instead? In this 2-minute context brief, we revisit Zubin Damania’s TEDMED Talk to examine how …
In Context: Mitchell H. Katz
What assumptions does the U.S. healthcare system make about the people it serves? In this 2-minute context brief, we revisit Mitchell H. Katz’s Talk to examine how complexity, technology, and structural design can unintentionally widen the access gap.
The courage to live with radical uncertainty
At 27-years old, Compassion-Driven Oncologist Shekinah Elmore was accepted to medical school and diagnosed with two different cancers, lung cancer and breast cancer. Despite all odds and in …
What it takes to create social change against all odds
It is impossible to think about environmental advocacy today without remembering what brought us here. For decades, Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader has been identifying corporate misdeeds, galvanizing public …
Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?
In early days of his career, Virologist Leor Weinberger noticed a fundamental mismatch in the creation of viral therapies. While viruses are dynamic, therapies were static. He spent …
A dose of reality about generic drugs
12 years ago, Investigative Journalist Katherine Eban received a phone call that would be the start of the investigation of a lifetime. Katherine walks us through the horrifying …
Why every story is a brain story
In this powerful TEDMED 2020 Talk, Neurolaw Rebel Francis X. Shen makes a compelling case for merging the field of neuroscience with the legal system to move our …
The link between climate change, health and poverty
Over the last 5-7 years, Clinician for Climate Action Cheryl Holder has noticed the rise of a different epidemic among vulnerable and low-resource populations. She is witnessing first …