Women Leading Prevention Science

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Each episode features a conversation with two women researchers from the HEAL Prevention Cooperative who discuss the public health problems they're trying to solve through their work and tell the stories of their journeys into the prevention science field. They discuss their academic backgrounds, mentoring, career choices, work-life balance, advice they would give young women interested in the prevention field, and much more. This podcast was developed as part of the HEAL Prevention Cooperative funded through the NIH, helping to end addiction long term initiative, an aggressive effort to speed scientific solutions to curb the national opioid public health crisis. The HEAL Prevention Cooperative includes ten research projects throughout the country and one coordinating center based at RTI International in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. For more information on the HEAL Prevention Initiative, please visit Heal.NIH.gov. The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewers and do not reflect the opinions of the NIH.

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Including Indigenous Voices in Prevention Research

Jul 11 2023 27 mins

In this episode of Women Leading Prevention Science, Sara Hairgrove talks with Hannah LaBounty from the Cherokee Nation, and Bethany Jolly-Livingston from Emory University about how they found their way to their current roles in prevention science and their experiences partnering with and serving indigenous populations. They talk about the personal and professional lessons they lea

Trailer: Including Indigenous Voices in Prevention Research

In the final episode, Sara Hairgrove speaks with Hannah LaBounty from the Cherokee Nation and Bethany Jolly Livingston from Emory University. They discuss how they found their way to their current roles in prevention science and their experiences partnering with and serving indigenous populations. For young women interested in pursuing prevention science, Bethany suggests exploring

Intersecting Identities: First Gen Women Scientists

Apr 03 2023 26 mins

In Episode 12, Jasmine Ramirez speaks with Dr. Erin Bonar from the University of Michigan and Dr. Alina Palimaru from the RAND Corporation. They discuss how being first generation college students impacted their career trajectories and the challenges they faced as they navigated college and their educational training. Erin shares how she struggled with feeling out of place, and Ali

Trailer: Intersecting Identities: First Gen Women Scientists

In Episode 12, Jasmine Ramirez speaks with Dr. Erin Bonar from the University of Michigan and Dr. Alina Palimaru from the RAND Corporation. They discuss how being first generation college students impacted their career trajectories, the challenges they faced as they navigated college and their educational training, and their professional successes and accomplishments. They share th

Championing Prevention Science at the Federal Level

Mar 21 2023 21 mins

In this episode, Sara Hairgrove talks with Dr. Sarah Steverman, a Social Behavioral Scientist Administrator in the Prevention Research Branch at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). NIDA's mission is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and use disorders, and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health. Dr. Steverman describ

Trailer: Championing Prevention Science at the Federal Level

In Episode 11, Sara Hairgrove speaks with Dr. Sara Steverman from the National Institute on Drug Abuse about her career journey and how it led her to contributing to prevention science from a position in the federal government. They discuss the educational and work experiences that helped her focus in on the type of work she wanted to do. Dr. Steverman believes it's important

Recognizing the Unique Needs and Strengths of Immigrant Youth

Mar 07 2023 28 mins

In this episode of Women Leading Prevention Science, Jasmine Ramirez talks with Dr. Lissette Saavedra from RTI International, and Dr. Claudia-Santi Fernandes, from Yale University School of Medicine. Lissette is a bilingual Colombian and indigenous woman. Claudia is the multilingual child of parents who immigrated to the US from Portugal and Italy. They discuss how these identities

Trailer Episode 10: Recognizing the Unique Needs and Strengths of Immigrant Youth

In Episode 10, Jasmine Ramirez speaks with Dr. Claudia Fernandes from the Yale University School of Medicine, and Dr. Lissette Saavedra from RTI International. Claudia is the multilingual child of parents who immigrated to the United States from Portugal and Italy. Lissette is a bilingual Colombian and indigenous woman. You will learn about how these identities have shaped their wo

Using Innovative Research to Support Youth in Contact With the Legal System

Feb 20 2023 24 mins

In this episode, Jasmine Ramirez, a counseling psychology doctoral student and a research associate at the University of Oregon, talks with Dr. Marina Tolou-Shams from the University of California, San Francisco, and Dr. Yang Yang from Texas Christian University about the novel research they are conducting with you in contact with the legal system. They discuss the early experience

Trailer: Episode 9 Using Innovative Research to Support Youth in Contact With the Legal System

In Episode 9, Jasmine Ramirez speaks with Dr. Marina Tolou-Shams from the University of California, San Francisco, and Dr. Yang Yang from Texas Christian University. You will learn about the early experiences that led them to a career in prevention science, the novel research they are conducting with youth in contact with the legal system, and their advice to young women who may be