CMU College of Medicine

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Impacts of Social Isolation on Children

In March 2020, children were not going to school, not seeing friends, and faced isolation with their families. Learn how social isolation has affected children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: The Lost Year

The COVID pandemic caused schools and universities to close. Students shifted to online learning, and participation in sports and extracurricular activities was limited. Listen as our speakers share how these changes affected students of all ages.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Contribution of COVID to Child Abuse and Mental Health Crises

The pandemic has taken a toll on families, resulting in trips to the hospital and emergency room for children, for more than COVID infections.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Variants, Vaccines, and Post-COVID Conditions in Children

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a race against the spreading SARS-CoV2 virus and its variants, and getting populations to herd immunity with vaccines. Learn more about vaccines and variants in children.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Spotlight on the Children’s Foundation

This special episode features an interview with Larry Burns, the president and CEO of the Detroit-based Children's Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises money to make positive impacts in the lives of children, adolescents, and young adults.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccines

Many pharmaceutical companies spent most of 2020 trying to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Learn about the development of the vaccines, and how they work to prevent COVID-19 infections.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and healthcare providers scrambled to provide adequate care at a distance. This episode will focus on how healthcare providers navigated the shift to virtual patient interaction forced by the pandemic.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Physical Health Inequalities and Racism

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed a light on healthcare inequalities along lines of race and socioeconomic status.  People of color have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in America and in Michigan.  

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Mental Health Inequalities and Racism

Persons of color are less likely to seek and receive mental healthcare.  This episode will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating that reality, and what individuals and communities can do to improve access to mental healthcare.

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health: Building Resilience in Caregivers

This episode is Building Resilience in Caregivers.  The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyone's normal routine.  This episode will show how healthcare professionals can support children by working with their parents and caregivers.