Closing the Gender Gap in Healthcare and Fighting Misinformation
In this episode of the HIT Like A Girl podcast, Joy talks to Dr. Shikha Jain, a medical oncologist at the University of Illinois in Chicago, who wears multiple hats in the healthcare space. Dr. Jain shares her involvement in two non-profit organizations, Women in Medicine, and Impact. She discusses the Women in Medicine Summit, which she started five years ago, with the aim of closing the gender gap in healthcare and creating a more equitable healthcare system. Dr. Jain also talks about the Impact organization that focuses on public health messaging and addressing misinformation and disinformation during the pandemic.
