HUGS: a Podcast by EMBRACE

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Student Dr. Serena Gilmore will share more about the Center & Care Study. The Paper : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40250799/ The Infographic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoN-s_wCfOI Student Dr. Gilmore is a fourth-year medical student at UCSF. Her research interests include medical disparities, particularly those that affect the Black population,...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Ursula Griffiths-Randolph will talk about the Center & Care Study! The Paper : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40250799/ The Infographic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoN-s_wCfOI

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Lawren Wooten will talk about baby’s weight. Dr. Wooten (she/hers) is a national leader, pediatrician in training, cellist, and award winning activist committed to health equity and service. She got her BS from Cornell University College of Human Ecology and went on to graduate from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences,...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, we are joined by Dr. April Edwell. Dr. April is a PICU physician, working in the ICU with sick kids. She also works closely with physicians in training to be pediatricians.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Lawren Wooten will talk about the most important things to know about baby’s pooping and peeing. Dr. Wooten (she/hers) is a national leader, pediatrician in training, cellist, and award winning activist committed to health equity and service. She got her BS from Cornell University College of Human Ecology and went on to graduate from the George Washington...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Kayla Karvonen will share an overview of the neonatal intensive care unit. Dr. Karvonen is a neonatal-perinatal fellow physician at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) where she also completed her pediatric residency. She grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, majored in Biochemistry & Cell Biology and Psychology at Rice University in Houston, Texas, a...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Dannielle McBride discusses co-sleeping and safe sleep! Dr. McBride was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. She attended college at Sacramento City College and the University of California, Berkeley where she graduated with a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology and a minor in African American Studies. She went to medical school at Johns Hopkins School...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Josten Overall discusses tummy time! Dr. Josten Overall, MD, MPH is a resident physician in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Overall obtained her Bachelor of Science at the University of California, Davis and her medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is passionate about community engagement, ant...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Tiana Woolridge discusses teething! Dr. Woolridge is a resident physician in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She is passionate about health education for Black and brown communities and has previously worked with an inner city school district to design and implement an award-winning school-based mental health p...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Ursula Griffiths-Randolph discusses cradle cap.

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Tiana Woolridge discusses vaccinations! Dr. Woolridge is a resident physician in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She is passionate about health education for Black and brown communities and has previously worked with an inner city school district to design and implement an award-winning school-based mental heal...

Welcome back to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Julius Oatts discusses what your baby can see! Dr. Oatts is a pediatric ophthalmologist (eye doctor and surgeon) and assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at UCSF. He is also associate residency program director for ophthalmology. He serves on the Department of Ophthalmology diversity, equity, and inclusion executive committee and was nam...

Welcome to HUGS! In this episode, Dr. Ursula Griffiths-Randolph discusses newborn rashes. Click this link to see pictures of the rashes discussed on Black babies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10bDN8Az-iU0m_MTv-sxfcOgoEALlT8s2jd4ktCW1e_M/edit?usp=sharing