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Toward Ground Zero of Zoonoses: Book Review of “Dead Epidemiologists”

On the Origins of the Origins Discourse On May 3, 2020, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo proclaimed, “there is a significant amount of evidence that [COVID-19] came from that laboratory in Wuhan.” ((Borger, J. (2020, May 3). Mike Pompeo: “enormous evidence” coronavirus came from Chinese lab. The Guardian. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/mike-pompeo-donald-trump-coronavirus-chinese-laboratory)) His…

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November 8, 2022
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Locating Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” Within Current Public Health Epistemology: A Book Review

From the beginning of this transformative text, Tolle explicitly articulates that the purpose of the book is to bring a shift in consciousness and to awaken us as individuals and communities. Identifying ego as the root of the dysfunction, insanity, and suffering that we experience as humans, Tolle clearly advocates…

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October 12, 2022
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Finding Our Way: Book Review of The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life

In The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life, we are told how, according to Chinese tradition, people can reconstruct their past over and over and may, in turn, live differently. Using simple yet sophisticated prose, the authors Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh catalyze this process…

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August 9, 2021
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Book Review: Understanding Microinflammation: The Common Link Between Aging, Cancer, and Coronary Disease

Understanding Microinflammation: The Common Link Between Aging, Cancer, and Coronary Disease is a must-read text for chronic disease-focused public health and medical professionals. The book summarizes the current literature on microinflammation in an accessible way for people without a strong biochemistry background. The authors advance the conversation on comprehensive chronic…

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May 26, 2021
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Mentor Interviews: Dr. Sarah Andrea on Methorship, EpiGirlGang, and the EpiCookieChallenge

As a Senior Fellow at the University of Washington School of Public Health, Dr. Sarah Andrea's (@SarahBAndrea) research investigates strategies to mitigate gender, racial, and class-based inequities in health that originate early in the life course. I had the pleasure of meeting Sarah Andrea years ago, when I first started…

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May 5, 2020
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A Beginner’s Guide to Equality: Melinda Gates’ Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

The world's countdown to gender equality – total and absolute – has been slow, arduous, and occasionally regressive. The gender equality timeline has seen pushes and shoves towards an equal share of the pie for males and females, and now, finally, for non-conforming, trans and binary individuals. Even the smallest…

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May 4, 2020
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Book Review

This story was one of betrayal from the Johns Hopkins hospital, and heartbreak over the loss of someone special. Skloot, who is an experienced science writer, touches upon some significant concepts throughout the book, ranging from the mistreatment of Blacks and minorities as research tools for medicine, to the lack of knowledge the Lacks family had towards mental health and their well-being.

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January 14, 2020
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