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Jun 20, 2022
One Pharmacist's Long Journey
COP alum Dr. Tatiana Ouabo discusses her career in pharmacy at an Indian Health Services clinic in Hoopa. With limited available medical services, Dr. Ouabo does more than just manage prescriptions for the clinic's patients.
Music by: AShamaluevmusic.com
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May 30, 2022
Pharmacy in the Future
COP alum, faculty, and infectious disease researcher Dr. Monica Donnelley discusses her path into pharmacy and where she sees the profession heading in the coming years.
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May 16, 2022
Nevertheless, She Persisted
COM alum and Assistant Professor Dr. Stacia Sloane discusses how she turned a series of stumbling blocks into stepping stones during medical school and through her residency.
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Apr 25, 2022
PA Life: From Classroom to Clinic
MSPAS graduate and current faculty member Darcie Larimore-Arenas talks about the ever-changing nature of the PA profession, from the classroom to the clinic, and how TUC works to stay on the leading edge of the industry.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Apr 11, 2022
Principal Pursuits: Leadership in the Modern Age
Principal Kenneth Bonner discusses how educators are evolving their ideas of learning and leadership to help students thrive in an ever-changing society.
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Mar 28, 2022
The evolution of PA training
PA alum and current TUC faculty member Josie Hunt describes the many different ways the PA program is evolving to ensure current and incoming students are as well-trained as possible.
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Mar 14, 2022
Be the One: Inside Membership Medicine
Drs. Brett London and May Lin of One Medical discuss the benefits of membership-based health services, as well as the freedom to bring Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) into their daily practice.
Music by AShamaluevMusic.com
Learn more about One Medical: https://www.onemedical.com/
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Feb 28, 2022
Emergency Medicine: Inside the real E/R
Dr. Joshua Kravetz has spent his entire medical career working in emergency medicine. What are the joys, what are the challenges and what keeps this veteran physician going in one of the most difficult callings in medicine?
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Feb 14, 2022
Meet Your New Alumni Engagement Officer!
Kristin Middaugh comes to Touro University from Utah State University, bringing a wealth of experience and professionalism to the position. She is eager to start making the experience of TUC's wonderful alumni as positive as can be.
Connect with here: kmiddaug@touro.edu
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Jan 31, 2022
A Story of Hard Work, Grit & Resilience
National Student-Doctor of the Year Teekz Yenpasook talks about his path to becoming a doctor, overcoming numerous difficult challenges throughout the process, and his plans to help open the door for more future doctors.
Music: Shamaluevmusic.com
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Jan 17, 2022
Bringing vaccination to the underserved
COP graduate Dr. Denise Yeung discusses her involvement with the Touro CARES MVP effort, along with her path along the ever-changing pharmacy landscape, her journey as a student at Touro and how MVP volunteers help ease anxiety among the vax-hesitant.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Jan 3, 2022
Keeping Things Fresh: MPH helps with food insecurity
MPH graduate Amy Vang works for the California Department of Social Service's program, CalFresh. At one time, she benefitted from the state nutrition program. Now, as a Touro grad, she's helping ensure vulnerable populations throughout the state don't have to go hungry.
https://www.getcalfresh.org/
Music: AShamaluevemusic.com
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Dec 20, 2021
Paper Trail in the Digital Age
MPH graduate Devin Oates discusses how the State of Vermont is digitizing its health records to make it easier to share an analyze data in real time to help public health professionals have a clear and accurate picture of pending crises.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Dec 6, 2021
What a pharmacist does
Dr. Brigitte Ouabo, host of the YouTube channel "The Rookie Pharmacist" explores the different avenues available to graduates of pharmacy school. Dr. Ouabo is also an inspiration for many as she overcame many obstacles in order to graduate from Touro University California.
Rookie Pharmacist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCruEdnK-Ty-sqCqgsPVn30Q/videos?view=0&sort=p
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Nov 22, 2021
Is Homeschooling the Right Option for You?
Visions in Education Vice Principal and alumni of TUC's GSOE program Beyonka Marshall shares her expertise as to why some parents choose to homeschool their children, dispels some misconceptions about homeschooling, and discusses why it's a good option for some students.
Music: AShamaluevemusic.com
Learn more: https://www.viedu.org/
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Nov 8, 2021
Screening and treatment: Battling prediabetes and diabetes
Touro faculty member and College of Pharmacy alumni Dr. Clipper Young discusses what prediabetes is, why it's important to treat it and to manage Type II diabetes, and ways to screen to see if you have a prediabetic condition.
Music: AShamaluevMusic.com
Learn more at: http://tu.edu/mobec/
Stay connected:
*Facebook: **@DiabetesDREAMTeam** *
*Twitter: **@DiabetesTUCA** *
*Instagram: **@diabetestuca*
*YouTube Playlist: **TUC Mobile Diabetes Education*
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Oct 25, 2021
Connecting with Mental Health Services
MPH grads Alaina Star and Valentina Kelly discuss a grant-funded project, Solano Connex, which helps people in need of mental health services with clinics and providers in the area that are as close as a simple app away.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
Find out more: http://solanoconnex.tu.edu/
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Oct 11, 2021
Maintaining Community During COVID
MSMHS grad and COM student Regina Woo tells how the community-focused student body maintained that sense of camaraderie and unity when COVID caused such disruptions to daily life.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Sep 27, 2021
Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy
Nursing grad and current FNP student Verna Sabio talks about the different ways she uses compassion, understanding and a sprinkling of facts and science to help ease the concerns of those who are still hesitant about getting a COVID vaccine.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Sep 13, 2021
Building Community from Within
MSMHS grad and current COM student Shalaya Yazdi, MPH, explains the struggles of keeping Touro's strong sense of campus community and commitment to the external community going during the pandemic.
Website: http://tu.edu/mobec/zoomintowellness.html
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Aug 30, 2021
Jazzy Doc: A Voice in the Darkness
"The Jazzy Doc," Dr. Jasmine Singh recounts how she became involved in psychiatric medicine, the mental toll of COVID-19, and why and how it is important to seek mental health treatment for symptoms both large and small.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
Connected with Dr Singh:
https://www.thejazzydoc.com/
IG: thejazzydoc
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Aug 9, 2021
Inside PA life: The day-to-day of a care provider
PA graduate Lauren Williams takes us inside the daily life of a Physician Assistant, as well as how her time with the Student Run Free Clinic and Touro's focus on diabetes helped prepare her for her day-to-day tasks.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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Jul 26, 2021
Surfside collapse: Anatomy of a Disaster
COM alum Dr. Ben Abo shares his experiences on scene with Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue during the Champlain Towers collapse in Surfside, Florida, June 24, as well as his experiences working with the History Channel and his inspiration for developing the Touro Bull mascot.
Music by AShamaluevmusic.com
Connect with Ben Abo:
IG & Twitter: @benabo
https://www.facebook.com/ChroniclesofanEMSphysician/
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Jul 12, 2021
From Student to Teacher: Staying the Course
Nursing professor Niki Hardwick followed a long and daunting path to go from working nurse, to undergrad degree, to master's degree and now finally nursing instructor. Find out her words of encouragement for young nurses and students of all types.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
Connect with Niki Hardwick:
nkhardwick@unitekcollege.edu
IG: @asn2msncnl
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Jun 28, 2021
Bridging the Cultural Divide
College of Pharmacy grad Dr. Fatima Hernandez discusses ways medical providers can better interact with Hispanic/Latino patients, as well as her efforts to increase the numbers of Hispanic/Latino healthcare students.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
Reach Dr. Hernandez:
(915) 922-0258
fatima.hernandez@tu.edu
or on Facebook: Fatima Ester Hernandez
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Jun 14, 2021
What did students D.O. during the pandemic?
Recent Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates Dr. Zoe Lehman and Dr. Greg Weygandt discuss the anxiety and challenges that came with finishing their final years of medical school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Find Greg at Family Health Centers of San Diego: https://www.fhcsd.org/
Find Zoe at Swedish Health Services in Seattle: https://www.swedish.org/
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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May 31, 2021
So wait, what is a PA?
Physician Assistants fill an important role in the healthcare industry and it's likely most of us have been treated by a PA at some point or another. There's only one question. What is a PA? No worries. Dr. Joy Moverley, a PA program grad, associate professor and Associate Program Director of the Joint MSPAS/MPH program at Touro is here to sort out the history and future of PAs in our nation.
Connect with Dr. Moverley: joy.moverley@tu.edu
To learn more about veteran's scholarships: https://www.veteranscaucus.org/scholarships/
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
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May 17, 2021
Magic Mushrooms and More
TUC College of Pharmacy alumni Dr. Ben Malcolm discusses research and medical applications of psychedelic substances like psilocybin.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
Connect with Dr. Malcolm: https://www.spiritpharmacist.com/
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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May 3, 2021
Charter school crash course
TUC's GSOE alumnus Jared Austin, Executive Director of Kairos Public Schools in Vacaville talks about how his faculty and student body have grown, how charter schools are similar to and different from public and private schools, and how the team at Kairos has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic.
Music by AShamaluevmusic.com
Connect with Jared: https://www.kairospublicschools.org/
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Apr 19, 2021
Picture this! Inside Interventional radiology
TUCCOM grad Dr. Henry Szeto takes us inside the growing specialty of Interventional Radiology, which is helping doctors see inside the human body with greater detail and accuracy than ever before.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Apr 5, 2021
Medical marijuana overview
TUC alumni Dr. Rachna Patel discusses the differences between medical and recreational marijuana use, developments in the study of CBD and THC, and the future of marijuana for medicinal applications.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Mar 29, 2021
Being Women Strong
TUC grad Dr. Brooke Schneider discusses how she got into the field a psychiatry, as well as the evolution of the modern women's empowerment movement.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
Connect with Brooke:
https://www.womenstrongtogether.com/
facebook.com/womentogetherstrong
IG:women_strong_together
https://www.wholeness.com/
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Mar 22, 2021
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
Our continuing series in honor of Women's History Month.
Public Health alum Ari Ramos tells of her role in California's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as discusses the challenges she faced during a 2018 trek where she jogged from Jacksonville, Fla, to Santa Monica, Ca. on her own.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Mar 15, 2021
Vaccines & School Re-openings
GSOE alum Lisa Gottfried discusses the challenges of teaching in a digital space, even for tech savvy students and teachers, as well as the hurdles facing districts and teachers as we look to transition students into traditional classroom settings.
Music: AShamaluevmusci.com
Connect with Lisa: https://lisagottfried.weebly.com/
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Mar 8, 2021
Stethoscopes & Yoga
Our continuing series in honor of Women's History Month.
TUC grad Melody Reyes, MSPAS, MPH, PA-C, balances the stress of the COVID-19 frontlines with the grounding relief from yoga.
Music:AShamaluevmusic.com
Connect with Melody:
http://www.stethoscopesandyoga.com/
https://www.instagram.com/stethoscopesandyoga/
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Mar 1, 2021
Become Legendary
TUC alum Jennifer Ellison tells the story of how her elementary school class of English Language Learners became the topic of a documentary for one of the biggest production companies in Hollywood - Legendary Pictures, producers of such film franchises such as Superman, Batman, Godzilla, King Kong, The Hangover, Jurassic World, as well as beloved films like 42, Straight Outta Compton, and Inception.
Music: AShamaluevmusic.com
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Feb 15, 2021
Children in Crisis
Pediatrician Dr. Tami Hendriksz details how unrest, protests, and the pandemic affect children's health both mentally and physically.
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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Jan 26, 2021
Introduction
Welcome to The Current at Touro University California. Each episode, our expert alumni will serve as a foundation for current events discussions on interesting, timely, and complex topics. Join our host, Bill Hicks, with Advancement Associate Vice President Andrea Garcia, and Alumni Engagement Officer Scott Cooper as we preview the show's format, purpose and tone.
Music by: freemusicarchive.org
*Disclaimer: Views contained in this episode are the opinions of the research team and do not necessarily extend to Touro University.*
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