Prescribing A Healthier Future with Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson
Prescribing A Healthier Future with Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson
Hosted by California State Senator and board-certified OB/GYN Dr. Akilah Weber, Prescribing a Healthier Future explores the powerful connection between policy and public health. Each episode examines the social determinants of health—like neighborhood safety, school quality, environmental justice, and economic opportunity—through conversations with healthcare heroes, community leaders, policymaker…Social links:
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Having a Healthy Holiday With Family
Family holidays are supposed to be joyful — but for many of us, they’re complicated, emotional, and sometimes exhausting. In this episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Webber Pearson sits down with her cousins for a deeply honest conversation about what family gatherings are really…
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The Truth About HBCUs: Underfunded, Targeted… and Still Winning
What does it really mean to walk onto a college campus where you’re not the minority — where your professors, your classmates, your leaders look like you? In this powerful episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Weber Pearson sits down with Dr. Kelly Elmore to explore the impact of Hi…
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Mother, Mentor, and Democracy Defender: Dr. Shirley Weber on Raising Kids & Protecting Our Future
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson sits down with her mother, Dr. Shirley Weber — California’s Secretary of State, educator, and trailblazer. Together, they discuss: How parenting has evolved across generations Raising children …
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How Social Determinants Shape Our Health
What if your doctor’s prescription for better health had nothing to do with medicine—and everything to do with where you live? In this episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Weber Pearson, physician and California State Senator, sits down with Dr. Rodney Hood, a nationally recognize…
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Why California Is Fighting Back
What happens when the rules of democracy are rewritten in the middle of the game? In this urgent first episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, California State Senator and physician Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson exposes a national power grab threatening not just our democracy, but the very programs t…
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