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(Y)Our Health (2023-24)
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Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions 2023: (Y)Our Health includes discussions of Global One Health, Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, Environmental and Human Health, Basic Needs, and Community Solutions. How do we care for billions of people on an ever-changing planet while increasing access to health care and sharing new technologies? What are the current problems we face and what problems will we need to address in the future?
Unit 1: Interconnections
ST
MB
Published: Aug 04, 2023
One Health is the idea that animals, plants, the environment, and human society are all connected.
RK
Published: Jun 22, 2022
Not only do we affect animals, but our well-being is tied to theirs. The COVID-19 epidemic has made this point even more clear—we cannot separate ourselves from nature, instead we have to learn how to manage interactions to reduce the risk.
MM
Published: Aug 04, 2023
To improve medical decisions we must apply a systems approach and consider a range of factors that influence health and wellbeing.
JK
Published: Aug 11, 2022
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is emerging as a set of principles and practices whose aim is to give greater voice and choice to the interested and affected public well before innovations enter the marketplace or environment.
CV
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Although race has no biological basis or widely accepted formal definition, the concept of race has been used to enact practices and legislation that have negatively impacted certain groups of people.
CW
Published: Jun 22, 2022
Cat Warren's expertise as a journalist impacted her experience and reflections in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
JG
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Dr. Gayles shares her journey through the COVID-19 shutdown, how she dealt with the challenges, and how she used what she learned to lead as president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
JC
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Jennifer Capps believes you (yes, you!) should explore entrepreneurial thinking at NC State, because entrepreneurial skills can serve you well in any future career. She believes anyone can be an entrepreneurial thinker, and shares NC State's resources to help you get involved.
Unit 2: Basic Needs
NO
Published: Aug 04, 2023
The field of bioinformatics can be instrumental in addressing health inequities.
SQ
TA
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Sara Queen and Tania Allen discuss how they use maps in their work to "make the abstract concrete and to connect meanings and concepts."
DJ
Published: Aug 11, 2022
Biological and agricultural engineer Daniela Sofia Jones discusses how she and her colleagues use data analytics, and the growing potential of data analytics to help solve agricultural challenges.
DJ
Published: Sep 23, 2024
La ingeniera biológica y agrícola Daniela Sofia Jones analiza cómo ella y sus colegas utilizan el análisis de datos y el creciente potencial del análisis de datos para ayudar a resolver los desafíos agrícolas.
MH
Published: Aug 11, 2022
Dr. Mary Haskett discusses the food insecurity some NC State students face, and ways to both offer and get help.
SB
Published: Aug 11, 2022
What some people tell us about what we should eat and cook collides with the realities of food insecurity and systemic inequities.
FI
Published: Aug 11, 2022
Dr. de los Reyes discusses in depth the wicked problem of human waste, how systems thinking is essential to understanding and addressing this problem, and how other disciplines and perspectives are also necessary to fully tackle it.
JH
LL
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Parks and greenspaces are key to supporting a happier and healthier population, yet many people don't realize the unique health benefits that nature can provide.
KB
Published: Jan 15, 2022
Kofi Boone explains how the design of landscapes has the ability to harm, or to heal. He reflects on the environment in which he grew up in Detroit, and shares the work he and his students have done in Ghana.
KP
Published: Jan 15, 2022
Dr. Paige argues that "music can help us imagine distant futures" and that "soundscapes invite us to attend to both who and what is creating certain sounds ... as well as how our reactions to environmental sounds can drive us toward certain kinds of behaviors."
SQ
TA
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Sara Queen and Tania Allen use maps to examine and visualize patterns of confederate memorialization - an aspect of the built environment that can give rise to strong emotions.
Unit 3: Disease
MR
Published: Aug 04, 2023
A decade before John Snow was investigating cholera in London, James Ormiston McWilliam was across the world studying yellow fever in Cape Verde. This approach of utilizing interviews would become an integral part of the field of epidemiology.
HH
Published: Jun 22, 2022
Dr. Holly Hurlburt discusses human reaction to pathogens during the bubonic plague of 1347-1349. She tells the story of the plague by referencing the 1348 last will and testament of Dogaressa Elisabetta Dandolo as well as Boccaccio’s Decameron.
MG
Published: Jun 22, 2022
Dr. Gordon discusses a pair of films centered on tuberculosis: one from 1912 (Falling Leaves) and the other from 1914 (The Temple of Moloch).
MG
Published: Jun 22, 2022
Dr. Gordon discusses Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion (2011), which is about the emergence of a pandemic and the responses aimed at stopping its spread. She concludes with a brief discussion of Plandemic, a short conspiracy theory video.
SA
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Dr. Sarah Ash looks back at how hard it was for nutrition scientists to discover vitamins over one hundred years ago, and then talks about why it is so much harder today for scientists to figure out the relationship between diet and disease.
MK
Published: Jun 22, 2022
Dr. Koci explains what a virus is, how common viruses are and the basics of the virus "life cycle" (although viruses don't meet the biological definition of "alive"). You'll hear about what we know about viruses and the enormous impact of these tiny microbes.
JP
JP
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Drs. Piedrahita and Pierce discuss how the use of mini-organs -- organoids made from stem cells -- can play a role in developing new drugs.
JL
Published: Jan 15, 2022
To take more control over your own decisions (what to do, what to believe, how to think critically), it helps to understand the deep secrets of learning (Part 1/2).
JL
Published: Jan 15, 2022
To take more control over your own decisions (what to do, what to believe, how to think critically), it helps to understand the deep secrets of learning (Part 2/2).
SN
Published: Jun 22, 2022
Dr. Neupert shares some of her research that highlights for whom and under which circumstances well-being can be optimized in times of stress.
MK
Published: Aug 04, 2023
COVID-19 highlighted many of the inequities in our public health system; to solve these issues it's going to take everyone, not just those in healthcare and medical sciences.
Unit 4: Environment
CM
Published: Aug 04, 2023
In her video, Dr. Mattingly discusses the field of toxicology and the complex effects of the environment on your health.
BD
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Mapping point source dementogens (toxins that cause dementia) and testing the ability of environmental tonics to mitigate public health concerns.
CG
Published: Aug 04, 2023
The microbial communities around us hold great potential, and we can now uncover their genetic sequences and powers!
CG
Published: Aug 04, 2023
¡Las comunidades microbianas que nos rodean tienen un gran potencial y podemos descubrir sus secuencias genéticas y poderes!
Published: Sep 17, 2024
Environmental scientist Madhusudan Katti delves into the complex history of national park creation and management, challenging the traditional narrative of pristine wilderness preservation.
RE
Published: Jan 15, 2022
Dr. Ryan Emanuel discusses the inequities of climate change in terms of who is impacted. He introduces how "seven generations thinking" is one way to reduce inequities and environmental harm.
CH
Published: Jan 15, 2022
Dr. Chris Hawn talks about finding ways to combine their passion for ecology, health and community through a public science initiative designed to measure air pollutants.
JT
Published: Jan 15, 2022
Jessica Yinka Thomas introduces a growing business model movement called B Corp, which supports businesses that want to focus on sustainability as well as profits.
Unit 5: Healthy Wolfpack
AS
Published: Aug 04, 2023
What do you need on a daily basis to maintain your wellness? Throughout this podcast, we use the wellness wheel to highlight eight dimensions of wellness and the importance of a multi-pronged approach to reviewing our own wellness each day.
AS
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Here, we'll discover how we define wellness at NC State and discuss how movement impacts almost every element of our well-being.
JB
Published: Aug 04, 2023
Dr. Jason Bocarro discusses how participating in sport can impact people’s physical and mental health.
JM
Published: Jul 27, 2022
In this uplifting talk recorded in 2020, Jamal Moss shares his experience as an undergraduate student and graduate of NC State.
DA
Published: Aug 04, 2023
With thousands of new students joining the Pack each year, how will you find your place?
