Dr. Wendy Nielsen joins Mindworks in Conversation to explore why Frankenstein still shapes how we think about technology, medicine, and humanity.
Dr. Jennifer Frank believes every patient has a "truth line" that reveals what's really happening beneath the symptoms. Finding it requires listening beyond the chart.
Theatre artist, educator, and SP pedagogy leader Kevin Hobbs joins us for a rich exploration of how performance, story, and relational work strengthen the education of future clinicians.
When Katrina (Kate) Pugh is called in to handle thorny issues – downsizing, isolation, and the intersection of AI and business strategy – in the workplace, her Columbia University classroom or the community at large, she begins as she always does, mulling it over with a conversation.
In this Mindworks in Conversation, actor and Shakespeare teacher Charles E. Gerber invites us into the emotional world behind A King’s Curtain, a powerful short film where he portrays Richard Easley, a veteran performer slipping into dementia yet still anchored by the poetry that shaped his life.
An educator-practitioner at Columbia’s Narrative Medicine program, Cindy Smalletz brings the humanities to the bedside—cultivating trust, reflection, and practical “caring on” skills for clinicians, students, and communities.
