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Zina Jawadi

Insights

Zina Jawadi

I am a medical student with significant hearing loss. Here’s what the pandemic has been like for me and others with my disability

January 6, 2022

A physician in a lab

Washington Highlights

A physician in a lab

NIH Advisory Committee Discusses COVID-19, UNITE Initiative in Two-Day Meeting

December 17, 2021

Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, MD, now a trauma surgeon at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, saw a flood of deaths during the pandemic and has suffered symptoms of PTSD.

Wellness

Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, MD, now a trauma surgeon at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, saw a flood of deaths during the pandemic and has suffered symptoms of PTSD.

For providers with PTSD, the trauma of COVID-19 isn’t over

June 29, 2021

Sunita Sharma, MD, a pulmonologist at UC Health in Aurora, Colorado, with a patient.

Wellness

Sunita Sharma, MD, a pulmonologist at UC Health in Aurora, Colorado, with a patient.

Doctors with long COVID-19 share their struggles to heal

May 4, 2021

Jane Tobias, DNP, RN, MSN, gives a patient a COVID-19 vaccine at an April 3 event in Philadelphia that Jefferson Health designed to meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities.

Insights

Jane Tobias, DNP, RN, MSN, gives a patient a COVID-19 vaccine at an April 3 event in Philadelphia that Jefferson Health designed to meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities.

The terrible toll of COVID-19 on people with intellectual disabilities

April 20, 2021

Gail and Robert Pursel of Millville, Pennsylvania, receive their COVID-19 vaccines, thanks to Geisinger’s in-home health care service.

Health Care

Gail and Robert Pursel of Millville, Pennsylvania, receive their COVID-19 vaccines, thanks to Geisinger’s in-home health care service.

Homebound, but not hopeless

April 6, 2021

Two female physicians in a conversation

Washington Highlights

Two female physicians in a conversation

Associations Suggest Strategies for More Inclusive Patent and Innovation System

February 26, 2021

A medical provider rests his head on his hands

Wellness

A medical provider rests his head on his hands

Doctors forgo mental health care during pandemic over concerns about licensing, stigma

December 10, 2020

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Diversity and Inclusion

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Paving the way for physicians with disabilities

November 25, 2019

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Medical Education

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The disabilities we don't see

July 2, 2019