S2E4: Straight Talk about Biases in Healthcare with Dr. Clyde Yancy

SkinnyTrees: Lift Health for All

In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Clyde Yancy -- Vice Dean for Diversity & Inclusion and Chief of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (NUFSM). In our discussion we covered the dangers of implicit bias in healthcare, addressing inequities in academic medical institutions, and how Dr. Yancy’s upbringing and experience has informed his research and practice. For more information on NUFSM’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion please visit https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/diversity/ For more information on the Center for Health Equity Transformation please visit us at: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/chet/ Books recommended by Dr. Clyde Yancy: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-gladwell/blink/9780316010665/ Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling , Anna Rosling Rönnlund , et al. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250107817 Contact Us: https://twitter.com/skinnytrees312 https://skinnytreespodcast.com/ [email protected] Outro music provided by: - https://soundcloud.com/jbpositivemusic