2015-2016 Public Voices Fellowship Cohort

Laura Barraclough:
Pacific Standard, “The Rise of Homelessness in the Valley,” October 8, 2015
LA Times, “In defense of Mexican rodeo,” October 22, 2015
LA Times, “If L.A. wants to be a world class city, it needs to stop micromanaging its public spaces,” November 11, 2015
Huffington Post, “Why White People Should Care About Anti-Racism on Campus,” February 24, 2016
Atlantic Citylab, “The Meaning of an Equestrian Center for Compton,” March 14, 2016

Cordelia Carter:
CNN, “Why are Kids injured more often in sports,” October 28, 2015

Albert Sergio Laguna:
CNN, “One class all students should take,” November 10, 2015
The Washington Post, “Americans tourists want to see a Cuba that Cubans want to leave behind,” March 20, 2016

Laura Morrison:
Quartz, “We Can’t Cheat Death – But We Can Control How We Die,” June 9, 2016
The Huffington Post, “It’s Time to Train All Doctors on how to talk to patients about end-of-life care,” June 15, 2016

Christine Ngaruiya:
The Hill, “Silent Killers: pandemic of the 21st century,” October 13, 2015
TruthOut, “Lessons from the Ebola Epidemic,” November 17, 2015
Medium​, “America the great…third world country?” November 18, 2015
Medium/Development Set, “Do I Have Your Consent?” December 16, 2015
Huffington Post Entertainment, “Nicki Minaj and Ne-Yo Take the Stage in Controversial Africa Performances: Where Do We Draw the Line?”, January 23, 2016
The World Post, ”Why Syrian Refugees May Find Less Solace With Us Than Our Favorite Hunger Games Heroes and Heroines,” January 21, 2016
Huffington Post Healthy Living, “Robert Kardashian Health Scare Is a Window Into an Epidemic Afflicting the Rest of the World,” February 6, 2016
Tilde Cafe, “Global Noncommunicable Diseases: An Epidemic of Silent Killers,” April 5, 2016
TruthOut, “Neocolonialism Served to Me on a Platter: A Kenyan Doctor’s Experience on Returning Home,” April 6, 2016
Medium, “The Media’s Assault On Humanity–a Tale of Two Cities,” April 6, 2016
Global Health Now, “NCD Focus Lags Behind Global Need” May 31, 2016
The Huffington Post, “Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month: The Kenyan and the Kettlecorn”, June 16, 2016
TruthOut, ”The Emancipation of the Minority Academic,” June 17, 2016
Medium, “Christian versus academic physician: hell of heavenly union?” June 19, 2016
The World Post, “World Refugee Day Passes Without Notice, Syrian Refugee Crisis Lingers On,” June 27, 2016

Women’s eNews, “My Daughter’s Pink Cleat Laces Make Me Wonder,” October 26, 2015
Time Ideas, “Why We Need to Talk About Alzheimer’s,” November 23, 2015
SGIM Forum, “A Graphic Experience While Getting Chemotherapy,” January 4, 2016 
Cognoscenti/WBUR, “Harming Patient Satisfaction In The Process Of Measuring It,” January 11, 2016
Port*land, PechaKucha Speakers Series. January 22, 2016.
The Health Care Blog, “Enduring Effects of Trauma in Newtown and Beyond,” January 28, 2016
Boston Globe, “After Flint, why would anyone trust a family doctor?”, February 8, 2016
Time Ideas, “Brandi Chastain is a Role Model for Safety,” March 17, 2016
CommonHealth, “Narrating Medicine: How Cultural Differences Challenge Doctors,” March 23, 2016
Medium, “Parenting Through Groundhog Day,” April 7, 2016
CommonHealth, “She Wiped Her Nose, Then Prepped My Biopsy” April 15, 2016
CommonHealth, “Pediatrician Asks, Why Can’t I Talk To You About Guns In The Home?” May 11, 2016
Kevin MD, “Talking to Our Children about Terrorism Now – When we are not in Crisis Mode,” May 25, 2016
CommonHealth, ”Narrating Medicine: What I Learned About Cancer Survivorship Clinics,” June 8, 2016

Pacific Standard, “Beating AIDS with the Help of Big Data - and Engaging Directly with your care,” November 10, 2015
WTNH Channel 8 - New Haven, “New Haven woman unlikely risk for HIV/AIDS,” November 17, 2015
HuffPo, “What Ryan White Teaches Us, 25 Years After His Death,” December 28, 2015
HuffPo, “Moving Forward with Faculty Diversity at Yale,” January 22, 2016

Marney White:
Washington Post, “To Prevent Suicide in College, Make Mental Health Screening Mandatory,” December 21, 2015
MSN, “Va. Tech Murder Plot Suspect Was No Longer Seeing Mental Health Counselor,” February 7, 2016
Washington Post, “Academia and Motherhood: We can have both,” April 27, 2016
Chronicle of Higher Education, “Mean Girls with PhDs,” June 14, 2016