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The DoseOn the Need for Diversity in Medical IllustrationsIn medical school, students learning about illness, pathology, and disease are trained almost exclusively on images of white patients. Even materials on illnesses that predominantly affect Black people, like sickle cell disease, and textbooks used in medical schools in countries where most people are Black, are filled with illustrations of white bodies and white skin. This leaves doctors underprepared to care for Black patients. For Nigerian medical student and illustrator Chidiebere Ibe, accurate representation is a starting point for health care equity. Ibe has founded Illustrate Change, the world's largest open-source digital library of medical illustrations featuring...2024-04-2625 min
Brand New Dr.Collection: Chidiebere IbeIn this Collection episode of Brand New Dr., I look back at my time with Chidiebere Ibe. Chidiebere, whose innovative work is shaking up the norms and earning recognition from platforms like Forbes and CNN, is making strides in diversifying the representation in medical textbooks.In this collection episode, he reveals the struggles and setbacks he encountered in his path to becoming a medical doctor and his unwavering determination to transform the face of healthcare education.Connect with Rolake Ojo:LinkedInInstagramWebsiteBrand New Dr. is pr...2023-11-0111 min
AO Access to successEp14 - A glaring disparity: the underrepresentation of black people in medical illustrationsThe impact of the glaring underrepresentation of black people in medical illustrations and, by extension, medical education extends beyond the pages of textbooks or clinical journals, influencing patient experiences, outcomes, and the broader understanding of health inequities rooted in systemic racism. Listen to Chidiebere Ibe and AO Access Steering Committee member Amy Kapatkin discuss consequences, impact and potential solutions. 2023-09-1221 min
The CMO PodcastChidiebere Ibe and Shamel Washington | Two of the Leaders behind Illustrate ChangeOn this special Creative Collisions episode, Jim Stengel chats with Chidiebere Ibe and Shamel Washington, two leaders of an initiative called Illustrate Change. Chidiebere is a Nigerian medical illustrator, medical student, and aspiring pediatric neurosurgeon. In the summer of 2020, Chidiebere's image of a black fetus medical illustration went viral around the world. It sparked a groundswell about representation in medical imagery: less than 5% of medical imagery shows dark skin.Joining Chidiebere is Shamel Washington, an Associate Creative Director at Deloitte Digital, focusing on life sciences and healthcare. Shamel is the lead creative director on the Il...2023-07-1238 min
Global Health UnfilteredChallenging Dominant Global Health Narratives With Prof. Iruka OkekeSend us a textThe “decolonize global health movement” has grown in popularity recently. Is this movement new? Is it helpful or harmful? On this episode, we are joined by an expert who has been working in global health for many years and will share her thoughts on this issue. For this episode, our guest is Prof Iruka Okeke.Iruka is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research group investigates the mechanisms bacteria use to colonize humans, cause disease and gain drug resistance.Iruka is a Fellow of b...2023-05-3034 min
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2023-05-081h 02Global Health UnfilteredAnalyzing Nigeria's Anti-Brain Drain Bill with Ifeanyi NsoforSend us a textNigerian medical and dental graduates are emigrating in droves to high-income countries such as the USA, UK, and UAE. In response to this crisis, Rep. Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson has sponsored a bill amending the 2004 Medical and Dental Practitioners Act. Nigeria-trained medical and dental practitioners will have to work in Nigeria for five years before they are granted a full license. To discuss this bill with us today is Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor. As a global health equity advocate, he will bring unique insight into the state of health workforce retention in Nigeria...2023-04-2835 minGlobal Health UnfilteredExamining Dependency In Global Health Financing With Sam OtiSend us a textWelcome once again to the global health unfiltered podcast, a podcast about unspoken realities about global health in Africa and the world. Today, we will be talking about funding global health initiatives; who funds what? How are the decisions made? Are African countries too reliant on external funding for public health? And we have an awesome guest with tons of experience in this sector who will be sharing his views with us. We would also like to acknowledge the sponsors of this episode, the “Promoting Decolonization using innovative knowledge practices" grant host...2023-04-1350 minGlobal Health UnfilteredElevating Genetic Research In Africa with Ambroise WonkamSend us a textIn today’s episode, we discuss genetic research as it pertains to the African genome. Joining us today to talk about this topic is world-renowned geneticist, Ambroise Wonkam. Ambroise Wonkam is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Wonkam received medical training from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Yaoundé I. He completed a thesis in Medical Sciences from the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics from...2023-02-2843 min
aRDistsEp 2 - Representation in DieteticsGo watch Chidiebere Ibe's TEDx Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfJhHssfSr8 - How Diversity in Medical Illustrations Can Improve Healthcare Outcomes.
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Join the Fac...2023-02-2118 minGlobal Health UnfilteredFostering African Medical Journals With Raoul KamadjeuSend us a textThis is the first episode of a six-episode series that we will be realising once a month for the next six months. This special series is thankfully supported by the "Promoting Decolonization using innovative knowledge practices" grant hosted by the Center for Tropical Medicine and Global Health of Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Medicine. In these six episodes, we will showcase the contributions of six African global health leaders.Our first guest in this series is Raoul Kamadjeu, a physician, co-founder, and managing editor of the Pan African...2023-02-0149 minGlobal Health UnfilteredChampioning Safe Maternal Surgical Care With Salome MaswimeSend us a textWelcome back to a new year and a new season of global health unfiltered! Thank you to all the fans who tuned in last year and continue to listen in. One of the goals of the show is to highlight African global health leaders who are leading public health initiatives on the continent and we have just one such leader to open our season. We are so excited to have host Prof. Salome Maswime, joining us from Cape Town South Africa. Salome Maswime is Professor and the Head of Global Surgery a...2023-01-2430 min
We Love ScienceEp 20: Who Should Art Represent? - The WorkSend us a textIn this episode, Chidiebere Ibe talks about his work as a medical illustrator. He is known for producing vivid depictions of people of color in various medical contexts. Some of these contexts are so normal and universal to humans that it's surprising to find a paucity of such images including persons of color. Here, he shares with us the details of some of his current projects, his creative process, and his future plans to fulfill his mission of normalizing diversity in medical illustrations. Tune in to learn more, and to find out how...2023-01-1522 minGlobal Health UnfilteredInnovating African solutions to global health challenges with Yap BoumSend us a textWelcome to the final episode of our first season. In this episode, Ulrick converses with Dr. Yap Boum about the importance of identifying and supporting African solutions and innovations to global health challenges. They discuss lessons on African innovation during covid-19, the importance of African-led research, and a new innovation called The Village. Professor Yap Boum II is the Executive Director of the Institute Pasteur of Bangui in Central Africa Republic and the former Regional Representative for Epicentre in Africa, the research arm of Medécins sans Frontieres (MSF). He has i...2022-12-2323 min
Fiftyfaces Focus Medicine and ScienceChidiebere Ibe: Medical Illustrator - Representation with a DifferenceChidiebere Ibe is a medical student and Forbes-Featured medical illustrator whose illustration of a black fetus in utero went viral in December 2021. Many commentators said that this was the first time that they had seen a depiction of a dark-skinned fetus or pregnant woman and provoked a discussion about the lack of representation of such images in textbooks and journals. Chidiebere has a bachelors degree in chemistry from the University of Uyo in Nigeria, and is the Chief Medical Illustrator at the Journal of Global Neurosurgery. He holds numerous roles on various committees relating to medical education....2022-12-1321 minGlobal Health UnfilteredBringing down global health's Berlin Wall with Ulrick Sidney KanmounyeSend us a textWelcome, everyone. In this episode, we discuss how global health conference locations influence power dynamics and representation.Unfortunately, global health conference locations serve as an uncharacteristic, perennial, and highly effective gatekeeping mechanism. This “Berlin wall” keeps low- and middle-income country (LMIC) researchers outside global health decision rooms allowing LMIC researchers to face numerous challenges in attending these events, notably visas and costs. Our co-host, Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye, has encountered these challenges, and he shared his experience in a BMJ op-ed and co...2022-11-1232 min