A radio show and podcast produced by McMaster medical students, featuring interesting topics of medicine that have come up in our studies - the stories of medicine and the people behind them. New episodes bi-weekly!

Welcome To The ID Podcast

Dr. Amanda Marrone joins us in studio to tell us all about what practising lifestyle medicine looks like and why it may be beneficial to adopt prophylactic lifestyle interventions to decrease preventable disease. Dr. Marrone shares insights on how she has shaped her practise to take a major emphasis on preventing disease rather than early detection and management. The EPIC study referenced by Dr. Marrone can be found here: https://www.epictrial.com/

Ep. 01 Lifestyle Medicine w/ Dr. Amanda Marrone

What constitutes safe recreational cannabis use? What are the recommended medicinal uses for cannabis? Dr. Catharine Munn and Jillian Halladay, researchers and experts in adolescent cannabis use and mental health join us in the studio to talk to us about cannabis use disorder and the various uses for medicinal cannabis. 

Guests: Dr. Catharine Munn & Jillian Halliday 

Episode Director: Daniel Borins 

Hosts: Gurinder Sandhu & Mike Ge

Research Director: Jenny Zhu

Editor: Daniel Borins

Music: Isabella Stefanova

Ep. 02 Cannabis - What's the deal? Pt.1/2

Deena is our first guest on ID Spotlight! In this segment, we profile individuals who have had an interesting and somewhat unconventional pathway to medical school. In this conversation, Deena shares her views on how being in medical school make her a better wife and mother. Moreover, we learn about how Deena's faith makes navigating her studies unique. If you're looking for some inspiration, look no further than this episode!

Interviewers: Naman Arora & Kathy Huang
Hosts: Mike Ge & Naman Arora
Episode Director: Kathy Huang
Research Director: Prasiddha Parthasarathy
Editor: Daniel Borins
Music: Isabella Stefanova

Ep. 03 ID Spotlight: Deena Herman

As the realities of a global pandemic putting a hard pause of medical education began to set in, medical students from across the country scrambled to find ways to help out in a myriad of ways. Mackenzie & Marina join us to discuss how they, along with a group of students at McMaster University created the 'Informal Baby Sitting Club' to address the emergent childcare needs of frontline workers in southern Ontario. 

 

Guests: Mackenzie Stoness (@mackieG5687) & Marina Liu (@marinaxliu)

Hosts: Gurinder Sandhu & Naman Arora

Editor: Isabella Stefanova

Music: Isabella Stafonova 

Graphic: Omri Nachmani

Ep. 04 Student Response to COVID-19 - Childcare Initiative

The ID Podcast is dedicated to sharing stories about medicine and the people behind them. As a group of medical students, we recognize that the experiences of Black patients have historically and continue to be underrepresented in the conversations of health and Black students continue to be underrepresented in healthcare fields. Anti-black racism is a public health crisis that demands our collective attention. The intersection of race and health is highlighted in the continued lack of access to healthcare and community services amongst Black Canadians. We would like to highlight some of the disparities that Black Ontarians face today. 

Thank you to Black Health Alliance for providing some of the following information shared on this episode of the ID Podcast.

To make a donation or find additional information about Black Health Alliance, please visit: http://blackhealthalliance.ca/ or follow on twitter and instagram @BlackHealthCAN.

For an extensive list of anti-racism resources please visit our website: https://infectiousdialogue.wordpress.com/anti-racism-resources

Anti-Black Racism - A Public Health Crisis

Dr. Amanda Marrone joins us in studio to tell us all about what practising lifestyle medicine looks like and why it may be beneficial to adopt prophylactic lifestyle interventions to decrease preventable disease. In part 2 Dr. Marrone focuses on lifestyle changes can be made sustainable and addresses everyone's favourite diet topic: CHEAT DAYS! She shares insights on how she has shaped her practise to take a major emphasis on preventing disease rather than early detection and management. The EPIC study referenced by Dr. Marrone can be found here: https://www.epictrial.com/

Ep. 05 Lifestyle Medicine w/ Dr. Amanda Marrone Pt. 2

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