Inspired To Heal

About Inspired To Heal

Stories of clinicians, educators, innovators, and researchers who built or led programs of excellence in government health institutions. Each guest has excelled in clinical medicine, program building, or public health. They persevered and succeeded through a clear vision, collaboration, and a passion for the mission of government-run health systems. Their stories will inspire those seeking change in their own organizations.

Publisher

William Trick

Category

government · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jan 2025

Latest episode

29 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Healing Across Cultures: A Pediatrician's Journey Through Migrant, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal Healthcare

   After graduating from Wake Forest Medical School, pediatrician Jennie McLaurin spent her career serving migrant farmworker families, Native Hawaiian communities on Molokai, and the Lummi Nation in Washington State. In this conversation with host William Trick, she discusses the hidden dangers facing child farmworkers, why "talk story" builds trust, the importance of family care in these communities, how she navigated vaccine hesitancy without judgment, and the ideas behind her book Designed t...

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   How Community Health Centers Began: The War on Poverty's Lasting Legacy

   Dan Hawkins, former Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Research at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), to trace the 60-year history of the community health center movement. Hawkins shares firsthand stories from the program's 1965 War on Poverty origins in Boston and Mound Bayou, Mississippi, through the rise of migrant health centers, rural health clinics, and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Listeners will learn how community-governed, patient-ma...

3. 

   15 Aug 2026

   Ethical Human Research: IRB Leaders at Cook County Hospital

   Cook County Hospital's former Institutional Review Board (IRB) leaders discuss the principles and structures that protect participants during research. How does a major public safety-net institution protect marginalized populations from unethical research? Audrey French and Mildred Williamson share vital insights into the everyday application of the core ethical pillars from the Belmont Report that underpin modern research: Beneficence, Justice, and Respect for Persons. Discover how a frontli...

Who has been a guest on Inspired To Heal

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kyran Quinlan
• Marla Robinson
• Dr Jeff Schaider

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

45

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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