Scott Heysell, MD, MPH
The UVA Speaks podcast features Scott Heysell, MD, MPH, the Thomas H. Hunter Associate Professor of International Medicine and director of the Center for Global Health Equity at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Heysell is an active clinician and researcher who supports partners worldwide in reducing tuberculosis-related deaths and correcting factors that contribute to tuberculosis, including poverty, health system management, and chronic medical conditions such as HIV and diabetes. His research group also studies maximizing drug efficacy to improve treatment outcomes.
In the podcast, Dr. Hysell describes the work of UVA’s Center for Global Health Equity, which offers interdisciplinary research and clinical training opportunities across various global locations like Rwanda, South Africa, India, Nicaragua, and Southwest Virginia. In collaboration with their international partners, Heysell and the Center’s clinicians and researchers seek to dismantle structures of inequity and marginalization, respond to community needs, and build more equitable and effective global healthcare systems.
Podcast: Global Health—Treating Patients Across the Globe & Addressing Health Inequity
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