2021 Articles

The parallels and collisions of two female medical pioneers; a role for social media during the pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 6, 2021
June 4, 2021
Interviews with physician, writer and Upstate alumnus Mike Magee, MD, and...

Medical trailblazers and frenemies, Elizabeth Blackwell and Florence Nightingale fought Victorian social expectations on parallel tracks
May 17, 2021
Interview with Upstate graduate and medical historian Mike Magee, MD

The pandemic's uneven effects across racial groups; historical echoes of personal freedom vs. public health: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021
February 18, 2021
Interviews with Upstate Chief Diversity Officer Daryll Dykes, MD, PhD, JD, and...

Concept of 'medical liberty' stirred emotions in 19th-century Britain as well as in modern-day America
February 17, 2021
Interview with Haejoo Kim, a PhD candidate at Syracuse University

A biographer looks at pioneering physician Elizabeth Blackwell; doctors-to-be reflect on Blackwell and their med school experience: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021
January 29, 2021
Interviews with biographer Janice Nimura and Upstate medical students Neelima...

Author of new Blackwell biography shares details about the groundbreaking Upstate graduate
January 28, 2021
Interview with Janice Nimura, author of a new biography of the sisters Elizabeth...

What medical school is like for women today
January 22, 2021
Interview with Upstate medical students Sruti Akula, left, and Neelima...

Boosting one's spirits and energy in winter; insights into pandemics; regenerating the retina: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021
December 31, 2020
Interviews with Assistant Dean of Wellness Kaushal Nanavati, MD; authors and...