Better Together
Better Together
The UIC Center for Global Health
Episode 18: Indigenous Health
28 minutes Posted May 19, 2026 at 4:54 pm.
0:00
28:49
Download MP3
Show notes

Indigenous communities, both in the U.S. and around the globe, face significant health disparities due to numerous factors including structural racism, poverty, historical forced assimilation, intergenerational trauma, and underfunding. Dr. Valerie Dobiesz, Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Front Line Indigenous Program (FLIP), joins Better Together to discuss academic and clinical partnerships and career pathway programs designed to address these disparities through workforce development and capacity building.