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Worlds Collide: The legality and psychology of intimate partner violence

Worlds Collide: The legality and psychology of intimate partner violence

A man in Minnesota, Long Vang, has been charged with third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, and stalking after his ex-girlfriend, Jessica Haban, committed suicide. These charges are unprecedented both in Minnesota and across the country. As a Clinical Psychologist with a Forensic sub-specialty and Director of Domestic Violence, Research and Education at a FQHC, I will be following this case with a close eye and heavy heart. This couple was ‘culturally married’ in 2010 and shared two children. One of Mr….

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Dr. John Ioannidis, Co-Director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center, Stanford

Dr. John Ioannidis, Co-Director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center, Stanford

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. John Ioannidis, Professor in Disease Prevention at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Co-Director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford, where his team is working on developing improved evidence based research protocols across multiple scientific and medical disciplines.

Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Hi everyone- My name is Susan Brule. Most parents have wondered at one time or another why kids don’t come with an instruction booklet. As program director for CHC’s Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, I like to say we just might be the next best thing.  I work with new moms or moms-to-be and their significant others in Meriden, Wallingford, Middletown and Waterbury and some small surrounding towns to support the growing family with educational materials, developmental…

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2016 Garden Club Annual Celebration

2016 Garden Club Annual Celebration

Each summer the Middletown Garden Club partners with MARC Community Resource, Inc. to plant and maintain the garden beds on the roof of the Community Health Center in Middletown. Tuesday afternoons, a group of 10-15 members gather for a quick meeting and head out to the garden where they plant, water and weed their freshly grown flowers and produce. This year they grew tomatoes, onions, carrots, sunflowers, kale, strawberries and more. As their plants mature, they weigh and package all…

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Dr. Benjamin Sommers, Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Benjamin Sommers, Harvard School of Public Health

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Benjamin Sommers, health economist, physician and professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Sommers discusses his ongoing research on the impact of increased health coverage under the Affordable Care Act which has fostered improved access to care for 20 million newly insured Americans, as well as the need for modifications to the ACA to expand that access…

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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, ranking member on the Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Representative DeLauro discusses the opioid crisis, lead poisoning, lack of funding for research, as well as her efforts to create a permanent health emergency fund to be ready to confront emerging disease outbreaks like Ebola and the Zika Virus.