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A new UCLA-produced podcast is giving listeners new ways to think about the sometimes unexpected ways that health and wellness influence and affect everyday life. It even offers a unique peek into the backgrounds and outside interests of the UCLA experts being interviewed about their work.Hosted by Dr. Wendelin Slusser,the LiveWell podcast, in its first two episodes, presented interviews with UCLA faculty on topics as varied as why wecrave baked goods instead of fruits and veggies when we ’re stressed out, and theevolutionary benefit of music.In the third episode, which went online today, Dr. Jonathan Fielding,  a UCLA distinguished professor  of health policy and management, talks about the most criticalpublic health crises facing our planet.Slusser is associate vice provost for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA, which was envisioned and is supported by philanthropists Jane and Terry Semel. Slusser and Meagan Wang, a graduate student researcher at the Semel HCI who manages the podcast, spoke about how they hope the episodes will inspire listeners and reveal some of the hidden expertise on UCLA ’s campus.Apart from the broader goals of the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative, what are your specific objectives for the LiveWell podcast?Wendy Slusser:To create engagement in health and well-being, celebrate the great minds and the work being done on our campus, inspire people to think about health in different ways, and educate our listeners on the many ways th...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news