In this episode, we speak with Kyriakos (Kokos) Markides, PhD, the Annie and John Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor of Aging and Professor at the School of Public and Population Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and Editor of the Journal of Aging and Health. We discuss his immigration to the United States from Cyprus as a child, and how his life journey led him to the study of aging and health issues in the Mexican American population as well as his development of the hypothesis, the “Hispanic Epidemiological Paradox.”Full bio: https://www.utmb.edu/spph/kyriakos-s-markides-phdArticle and Paper discussed in this episode:The Health of Hispanics in the Southwestern United States: an Epidemiologic Paradox KYRIAKOS S.MARKIDES, PhD, JEANNINE COREIL, PhD , Public Health Reports, May-June 1986, Vol 101The Healthy Immigrant Effect and Aging in the United States and Other Western Countries Kyriakos S.Markides, PhD and Sunshine Rote, The Gerontological Society of America 2018Transcript

In this episode we speak with Louis Sullivan, M.D., former Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush, and the founding dean and director of the School of Medicine at Morehouse College. We discuss defining moments in his life and how they influenced his pursuit of a career in medicine, his establishment of institutions to improve opportunities for historicallyunderrepresented communities, and his time as Health and Human Services Secretary, where he led several efforts to reduce health inequities. He is also author of several books, including We'll Fight it Out Here: America’s Black Health Professionals and the Legislative Battleground. The Story of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools.Full biography: https://pemsm.com/enter/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LWS-Bio-2021.pdfTranscript