Since 2020, Healthcare is Human (HIH) has been telling authentic healthcare stories. Dr. Ryan McCarthy created HIH in Martinsburg, WV, to give voice to individuals who were under-presented and unappreciated as the COVID-19 pandemic began.  Since then, HIH has grown exponentially and is now a complex narrative medicine initiative, bringing arts and medicine together.  Writer, poet, and narrative medicine expert Renée K. Nicholson co-hosts the podcast. Molly Humphreys, native of Shepherdstown, WV, is the project's photographer and has captured hundred of authentic images of healthcare workers. Visit HIH on Facebook and Instagram to see these incredible photos . Molly's world class commercial portfolio can be found by searching for Piccadilly Posh. Kym Mattioli produces the podcast. HIH is supported by a grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council, WVU Foundation, and generous donors in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Original music composed by Robert Sears and Jared Sims. Isaac McCarthy plays the banjo to open and close the podcast. Our first exhibit 'Wild, Wonderful and Brave: Fighting the Pandemic in the Eastern Panhandle' ran at the  Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, VA, from June 2022-June 2023. Our latest exhibit is open to the public in the Pylons Commons at the Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center in Morgantown, WV, running through June 2024. Dozens of the best photographs from the project are featured alongside poetry by Marc Harshman, Torli Bush, Renée K. Nicholson, and Randi Ward. Our companion film, directed by Corwyn Garman, can be viewed in the William A. Neal Museum. Healthcare is Human has been featured in 100 Days in Appalachia, West Virginia Public Radio, Synapsis, INSider, KevinMD, and the Gold Foundation.  A book is in development as is HIH narrative medicine curricula at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Find us on TED.com to hear our origin story.  more

Adjusting the Sails is a podcast aimed to discuss the lives and specific challenges children with special health care needs and other disabilities and their families, caregivers, and service providers face, and how to manage those challenges. The podcast will serve as a platform for all disability-related topics to be discussed and as a mediator between families and caregivers to share their stories and experiences. more

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Living with and beyond cancer can be challenging. This Living Beyond Cancer podcast is for people currently receiving cancer treatment, those who have completed cancer treatment, and their caregivers. Hosted by WVU Cancer Institute's Cancer Prevention and Control, the podcast is supported by a grant from the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health in collaboration with Mountains of Hope, West Virginia's cancer control coalition. more

Improving the health of West Virginians and all we serve through excellence in patient care, research, and education. more