Bridget Balch

Nov 11, 2024 | aamc.org | Bridget Balch

Physicians with lived experience of navigating a career in medicine with a disability share their insights on the barriers built into medical education.

Sep 23, 2024 | aol.com | Bridget Balch

September 23, 2024 at 3:09 PMnortonrsx/istockphotoWhy we know so little about women’s healthThroughout history, doctors have considered women’s bodies atypical and men’s bodies the “norm,” despite women accounting for nearly half the global population and outnumbering men in the United States since 1946. Though policy and social changes in the 1990s have helped turn the tide, women remain underrepresented in research, sometimes grossly so.

Sep 19, 2024 | mediafeed.org | Bridget Balch

Editor’s note: This story was first published on Aug. 14, 2024, and has been updated to reflect the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of updated vaccines. If there’s one thing that’s predictable about the virus that causes COVID-19, it’s that it will continue to evolve and find new ways to infect — and reinfect — the world’s population.

Sep 14, 2024 | mediafeed.org | Bridget Balch

Throughout history, doctors have considered women’s bodies atypical and men’s bodies the “norm,” despite women accounting for nearly half the global population and outnumbering men in the United States . Though policy and social changes in the 1990s have helped turn the tide, women remain underrepresented in research, sometimes grossly so.

Jul 31, 2024 | aamc.org | Bridget Balch

As DEI efforts face criticism and are being defunded in some states, DEI leaders say the work is essential to improving health care for all.