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201. Sister Talk: Ellen Contini Morava (31:25)

Date:
1995 to 2000
Main contributors:
WTJU (Radio station : Charlottesville, Va.)
Summary:
Ellen Contini Morava, program chair of linguistics and professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia, discusses the different feminist moral stands on the Clinton White House's controversy.

206. The opioid epidemic's impact on public health and patient care (59:55)

Date:
October 4, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
The opioid epidemic raging in the U.S., including in Virginia and neighboring states, took nearly two decades to develop and will take years to quell. So says the recent National Academy of Medicin...

208. The malaria project: the secret government mission for a cure (1:02:36)

Date:
October 19, 2016
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
With malaria a real threat to American troops' fighting fitness, the U.S. government during World War II mounted an all-out hunt for a malaria cure. Tropical-disease researchers with the Rockefelle...

213. Care: inside the world of elder home caregiving (50:19)

Date:
October 25, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
A diverse population of caregivers working in clients' homes constitutes a vital link in our health care “system,” their services filling a gap between institutional care and what families are able...

215. A story of success in reversing urban health disparities (58:56)

Date:
March 1, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Where you live in a particular U.S. city determines your predicted life expectancy. Neighborhood is destiny, in a way. For example, in New Orleans, there is a twenty-five-year difference in life ex...

217. When addiction strikes a family: writing for recovery (59:46)

Date:
February 13, 2019
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Amid the current opioid epidemic in the U.S., discourse around addicts and addiction can be overwhelmingly negative, pessimistic, and hopeless, reinforcing negative stereotypes. Even in health care...

218. Women changed by cancer: the Whistle Words project (53:22)

Date:
January 30, 2019
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Whistle Words is a multimedia project helping women reclaim their sense of self after a life-changing cancer diagnosis--with the simple aid of a pen. Charlottesville-based Whistle Words offers writ...

220. Oral History Interview with Bobby Vassar and James Ghee (1:04:16)

Date:
May 14, 2022
Main contributors:
Vassar, Bobby; Ghee, James
Summary:
Oral history interview of Bobby Vassar and James Ghee, both class of 1972, took place on May 14, 2022, at the Law School during Reunion Weekend. Vassar and Ghee discussed their experiences as Afric...