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Oct 2018
41m 12s

How Does Global Health Affect Everything...

Sony Music Entertainment / Jonathan Van Ness
About this episode
Dr. Laura Ferguson is an assistant professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California and the associate director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights at the USC Institute for Global Health. She joins Jonathan to discuss the importance of global health and its impact on day-to-day life. Dr. Ferguson is on Twitter @lauraf_la. ... Show More
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