A mother secures her food provisions by hanging them from the ceiling in the middle of the family’s apartment, safe from the cockroaches and rats. A scene from a developing country in an impoverished part of the world? No. South Los Angeles. It was the first destination for a group…
Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington participated in a summit meeting in Atlanta on May 21 titled “Sustaining U.S. Leadership in Global Health and Water.” The conference, which was co-sponsored by the Center for Strategic & International Studies, the World Affairs Council…
Carol Barbee, executive producer of “Touch,” talks about a South Africa trip organized last year by Hollywood, Health & Society and its director, Sandra de Castro Buffington, that served partly as the inspiration for an episode that she later wrote called “Safety in Numbers.” …
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An animated show featuring a pint-sized, pig-tailed 6-year-old with a pink stethoscope who makes boo-boos better just may be the ticket to help young African-American girls dream big and consider a career in medicine. That’s the hope of two black female doctors recently profiled in an Associated…
Hollywood, Health & Society and the CAA Foundation co-sponsored a panel discussion titled “I Am a Citizen (and So Can You!) on June 27 at the agency’s Ray Kurtzman Theater in Los Angeles. In announcing the event, the CAA Foundation—the philanthropic arm of the legendary Hollywood talent…
NBC’s hit series Parenthood, now in its final season, received first place in the Drama category in the 2014 Sentinel Awards for its story about Hank, played by Ray Romano, who learns he may have Asperger’s Syndrome. The Normal Heart on HBO won first place for Drama TV Movie with a powerful story…
Harvard geneticist Pardis Sabeti is among the many scientists who are collaborating on intense research to solve the Ebola outbreak in Africa. In a PRI interview she mentions working with one of HH&S’ global centers, Nollywood Workshops in Nigeria, which she says has done a “tremendous” job in…
More than 60 entries that span network and cable entertainment have been submitted for the 2014 Sentinel Awards, which recognize exemplary achievements in television storylines that inform, educate and motivate viewers to make choices for healthier and safer lives. The awards are sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and…
HH&S Director Kate Folb was interviewed on NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon on Aug. 16, discussing our work with the entertainment industry. Folb told Simon that HH&S was “a one-stop shop for public health, medical and climate change” information for TV writers. After Simon pointed out that doctors must grow…
