The BioStudio Podcast
The BioStudio Podcast
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Assata Worrell is a scientific and medical illustrator.
Through her work, she meets researchers, scientists, doctors, and entrepreneurs who have some interesting ideas and projects. Learn about these contributors to science, and how we all hope to make the world better.
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The podcast covers a range of topics including scientific and medical illustration, the history of Black midwives in America, and community health initiatives. Specific episodes feature discussions from honoring historical figures like LillyBell Davis to exploring tools for digital artists, such as Procreate and Adobe Photoshop, and community support through healthcare efforts led by figures like Dr. Caldwell.
Assata Worrell is a scientific and medical illustrator.
Through her work, she meets researchers, scientists, doctors, and entrepreneurs who have some interesting ideas and projects. Learn about these contributors to science, and how we all hope to make the world better.
In this episode, I discuss the case of Adriana Smith, a Black woman in Georgia who was kept on life support because of the state’s fetal-personhood law, and what her story reveals about medical racism today. I also talk about Dr. Shalon Irving, a CDC epidemiologist who studied Black maternal mortality yet died from preventable complications herself. We explore the historical roots of this crisis—drawing on Medical Apartheid—and how the erasure of Black bodies in medical illustration continues to shape patient care. I share how my own work in inclusive medical illustration aims to support self-advocacy and rebuild trust in a system that…
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