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This is Retitled, a series in which I try to find people who work in women’s health and related fields. I’ll ask them why they entered into their profession, the impact their work has on women’s health, and discuss the issues around women in health, science, and society. In this episode, I interview Dr. Michelle Staples-Horne, medical director for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, a member of the board of directors for the academic consortium on criminal justice health, and former president of the Society of Correctional Physicians. Dr. Staples-Horne talks about the challenges she faced being black and female in the workplace, how she made a career change while having a family, and how the corrections system became a steady source of healthcare for many young people in our communities.

In this episode of Retitled, I interview Navid Madani, Senior Scientist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Instructor at Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. We talk about how her work of HIV biochemistry has lead to improving research capacity and empowering women scientists in the Middle East and North Africa. Check out her projects here: 1. CTRL+S (https://ctrlstd.com/en/) 2. Science for Disenfranchised Youth, Nature Asia. (http://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2015.199) 3. AIDS epidemic: Iran needs global support to fight HIV, Nature. (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v494/n7437/full/494314c.html)

SamataRadio is proud to introduce our second podcast, Mujer Simbolo de Vida. This show is hosted by Margarita Olarte, a medical student at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. Margarita will talk to outstanding women in Medellin about how society has shaped them into who they are today, and how they now work to change society tomorrow. This first episode features Sofia Corsi of the Filarmónica de Medellín (filarmed.com). This, and all future episodes will be in Spanish. Please share and comment on SamataRadio.org.

This series is called Retitled, where I try to find people who work in women’s health and related fields. I’ll ask them why they entered into their profession, the impact their work has on women’s health, and just have a discussion about the issues around women in health, science, and society. Dr. Marcela Garces is an associate professor at the Universidad de Antioquia Department of Preventative Medicine and Public Health, in Medellin, Colombia. In this episode, we talk about her year after medical school in the Amazon, the challenges of obtaining work in the US when her degrees weren't recognized, and finding success and happiness at home in Medellin.