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John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesBrandon Johnson: Building Community and Fighting StigmaBrandon Johnson is a public health advisor at the Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration, SAMHSA, in the suicide prevention branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, where he oversees a number of suicide prevention grant programs. Outside of his work at SAMHSA, Brandon is the creator of the Black Mental Wellness Lounge, a YouTube channel dedicated to discussing black mental health and healing. In this episode, Brandon speaks to us outside of his role representing SAMHSA. Everything that he shares with us are his opinions, not those of the agency he w...2022-12-1528 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesLittle Otter: Pediatric Mental Healthcare, Made BetterWe welcome Rebecca Egger and Dr. Helen Egger to the podcast. Rebecca's the CEO, and Dr. Egger is the Chief Medical Officer of Little Otter Health. Rebecca's also Dr. Egger's daughter. Together, they started Little Otter, a company that takes a family-first approach to mental health care.Episode Quotes:On the inspiration for the company[7:31] Little Otter was born out of the experience with my son's illness. And just to be clear, it presented with psychotic and other neuropsychiatric symptoms– and with autoimmune encephalitis. And so again, my child is alive because I wa...2022-12-0529 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesAllison Rodriguez: Making Research and Work Come TogetherToday, we welcome Allison Rodriguez to the podcast. In addition to being a John E. Martin Fellow, which Allison received in 2017, she's a senior training specialist at West Coast Children's Clinic in California, a psychotherapist, and an advocate for children's welfare.She has a wide breadth of experience working across the US as a teacher, researcher, trauma specialist, and advocate for veteran, maternal, adolescent, and Latinx communities.Episode Quotes:On the nature of her work[5:14] The kids that we see are almost all traumatized in some way. Most of them meet...2022-11-2125 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesMarti Taylor: Advancing the Field of Behavioral HealthMarti Taylor is the president and CEO of OneFifteen and the Executive Director of Behavioral Health at Verily. She started her career in nursing, Prior to joining Verily and OneFifteen, she spent many years working in hospital administration.Most recently, she served as CEO of the University Hospital and the Ross Heart Hospital at the Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center.Episode Quotes:On the name of her company[6:32] OneFifteen is a sobering acknowledgement that more than 115 people were dying every day in the United States in 2017, 2018 from an opioid overdose...2022-11-0730 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesAnise Health: In Understanding Mental Health, Culture MattersToday, we talk with Alice Zhang and Nisha Desai, co-founders of Anise Health. Anise is a culturally responsive digital mental health and well-being platform dedicated to meeting the unique needs of communities of color. For now, it’s focused on Asian American folks. This is our first episode of the 2022 season of the John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast. But more than that, it’s a homecoming of sorts. We first met Alice and Nisha in 2021 when they were business school students competing in the John E. Martin Dental Healthcare Challenge case competition. Today, we find them worki...2022-10-1024 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesAnita Tarab - From Mining Industry to Tech Company: Implementing Occupational Mental Health ProgramsOccupational health and safety aren't confined to the physical and industrial protection of workers. Most of the time, job responsibilities take a toll on our mental health. By recognizing that workers' emotional and mental struggles are as equally important as their physical pain, Anita Tarab was able to start conversations around it and stir workers to be more open to receiving help. Anita is the Global Sr. Director of Sustainability, Environment, Health, and Safety at Google Data Centers. She is responsible for ensuring the health and safety of employees and contractors at all Google data centers and c...2021-12-0439 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesErica Stephens-Lynch - Creative Ways to Advance Opportunities for Diverse SuppliersIn this episode, we speak with Erica Stephens-Lynch, Global Supplier Diversity Director at Dow (material sciences company) about how companies can contract with and support diverse suppliers. Diverse suppliers are businesses that are 51% or more owned by people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, veterans, and other minorities. The episode discusses how diverse suppliers can be supported by advocacy groups, health insurance pooling through professional employment organizations, creative payment terms and contracts, and the overall ways in which mental health challenges intertwine with these issues. When supported by well-resourced companies, diverse suppliers can profit and b...2021-11-2352 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesLee Jourdan - Creating a Psychologically Safe Space Through Authenticity and VulnerabilityGrowing up in a predominantly White community, Lee Jourdan knows that an inclusive and psychologically safe space is needed for people of color to reach their full potential at work. Lee graduated with a degree in National Security and Foreign Affairs from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was former Chief Diversity Officer, Global Diversity at Chevron Corporation, where he works to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion for all people in the workplace. Lee is currently an independent board director of PROS Holdings, a provider of AI-solutions, where he serves on the Leadership and Compensation committee...2021-11-1750 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesKaran Singh - Developing a Preventative Approach to Inclusive Mental Health CareIn this episode, we’ll talk about the accessibility, affordability, and diversity issues surrounding mental health care, including health insurance coverage and provider availability. Karan Singh is the co-founder and COO of Ginger, a mental health company that provides chat with a trained behavioral health coach within seconds and video appointments with licensed therapists and psychiatrists within days. Karan advocates for a preventative approach to addressing the unmet needs in mental health, including health insurance coverage and diversity and availability of providers. Ginger has recently finalized a merger with the meditation and mindfulness-focused company Headspace, forming Headspace Health.L...2021-10-2145 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesNewton Cheng, MBA 08 - Designing a Culture of Wellness in the WorkplaceIn the first episode of the John E. Martin Mental Health Care podcast, we feature corporate health and wellbeing coach Newton Cheng. His passion solves business problems for employers who want to provide physical and mental health support to their employees. As the Global Director of Health and Performance at Google, Newton has been helping businesses create a culture of wellbeing. He emphasized that investing in their employees' wellbeing generates a greater return on investment than clawing back healthcare claims costs.Tune in to the next episodes of John E. Martin's Mental Healthcare Podcast, where y...2021-10-1243 min
John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast SeriesJohn E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast Series - TrailerWelcome to the John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast Series. My name is Corinne Marquardt, and I'm Elle Wisnicki. We are both full-time MBA students at Haas and your cohost for this show.This podcast mini-series was designed with two audiences in mind, case competition participants and general mental health enthusiasts. We are excited you all are here.We know that some of our listeners are competitors in the John Martin Mental Healthcare Case competition. Each of our guests was selected to give you an additional perspective as you work on your competition solutions.2021-10-0501 min