Center for Health Equity Transformation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
37 episodes
4 months ago
Dr. Kimbra Bell is a dynamic and accomplished physician with extensive experience in the medical field. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Northwestern University Medical school and in 2021 was appointed as medical director of the new Northwestern Bronzeville Outpatient Care Center (open Fall 2025).
She is board certified in Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Since 2000, she has successfully served as a staff member at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and has been recognized for her contributions throughout her tenure at Northwestern.
Dr. Bell joins us to talk about her journey and plans for the NM Bronzeville Outpatient Care Center.
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Dr. Kimbra Bell is a dynamic and accomplished physician with extensive experience in the medical field. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Northwestern University Medical school and in 2021 was appointed as medical director of the new Northwestern Bronzeville Outpatient Care Center (open Fall 2025).
She is board certified in Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Since 2000, she has successfully served as a staff member at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and has been recognized for her contributions throughout her tenure at Northwestern.
Dr. Bell joins us to talk about her journey and plans for the NM Bronzeville Outpatient Care Center.
"Well Mama" Maternal Health Limited Series | Breastfeeding Support with Janel Hughes-Jones, PC
SkinnyTrees: Lift Health for All
58 minutes
4 years ago
"Well Mama" Maternal Health Limited Series | Breastfeeding Support with Janel Hughes-Jones, PC
In this limited series of episodes, we have conversations with a variety of experts and community leaders in the field of maternal and child health to discuss how to advance maternal health equity.
In this episode we spoke with Janel Hughes-Jones, a bilingual breastfeeding Peer Counselor (PC), with more than 18 years of experience working with many organizations to facilitate breastfeeding communities in public health, hospital, educational, business and faith based settings in the State of Illinois.
She was the co-chair of JABA (Joliet Alliance of Breastfeeding Advocates)from 2004 - 2019. She is the President and Founder of Milk of the Heart Inc. a 501-c3 breastfeeding education, support and advocacy non-profit, where she raises funds for equity projects like hiring a translator to translate the “Illinois Breastfeeding Law Card” into Spanish and receiving donations to build incentive bags for women to take an infant feeding class.
She is a proud member of BELA, Birth Equity Leadership Academy, (Health Connect One) and has been a long time speaker at the Illinois’ Baby Expo, Northwestern University, and APHA’s Annual Meeting/Expo.
She was a co-author to scientist, Lauren Keenan-Devlin’s and Dr. Ann Borders’ recently published work in the Journal of Perinatology, April of 2021 entitled, “Clinically integrated breastfeeding peer counseling and breastfeeding outcomes.”
RESOURCES:
• Firstdroplets.com
• Womenhealth.gov
• Wicbreastfeeding.fns.usda.gov
• Magicalhour.org (9 stages of attachment)
• Breastfeedingresourcesontario.ca (positioning and latching-scroll
down to how to engage the chin first before latching)
• svucko@vuckolaw.com a women’s workplace rights firm
SkinnyTrees: Lift Health for All
Dr. Kimbra Bell is a dynamic and accomplished physician with extensive experience in the medical field. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Northwestern University Medical school and in 2021 was appointed as medical director of the new Northwestern Bronzeville Outpatient Care Center (open Fall 2025).
She is board certified in Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Since 2000, she has successfully served as a staff member at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and has been recognized for her contributions throughout her tenure at Northwestern.
Dr. Bell joins us to talk about her journey and plans for the NM Bronzeville Outpatient Care Center.
