Dr. Aletha Maybank is a pediatrician and preventive medicine physician, a public health professional, and a Senior Vice President within the American Medical Association. As Chief Health Equity Officer, she is the founding leader for the AMA’s Center for Health Equity, and a recognized speaker, writer, and expert on health equity and racial justice.

In these capacities, she is influencing the embedding of equity throughout the AMA Enterprise and across the healthcare ecosystem. Dr. Maybank uses her platform to make injustice visible across our health systems and country, with emphasis upon solutions that honor the legacy of our ancestors while preserving our desires for rest and joy. She has won numerous awards for her groundbreaking efforts.

On this episode of The Vault, we talk about the challenges that black women in healthcare face, the importance of diversity in medicine and struggles that professional women face in the workplace.


 How to foster diversity in healthcare.
 How to address healthcare inequity.
 How to thrive as a woman in medicine.
 The importance of community in medicine.
 Taboo health topics.
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression in Healthcare settings.

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 American Medical Association Website https://www.ama-assn.org/
 American Medical Association Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amermedicalassn/


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Dr. Dr. Siyamak Saleh (Dr. Siya), is an award winning content creator with a community of over 3.5 million followers. He debunks myths related to intimacy health and has received awards for working with South African communities to educate about topics that are taboo and that people feel ashamed talking about. Dr. Siya knows that most patients won’t read medical guidelines but they will get their health info from influencers on social platforms. Dr.Siyah teamed up with Andy Pattinson at the World Health Organization to become a digital health consultant to recruit qualified healthcare workers online to educate the public about health issues. I was a recent recruit of Dr. Siya, and I worked with Andy and

Dr. Siya at the United Nations general assembly week events this year on several panels. We talked about supporting health professionals to use digital platforms to spread accurate information online and we also addressed topics like burnout and depression in healthcare professionals. On this episode of the Vault, Dr. Siya shares how he masked high functioning depression with productivity. At a time in his life when he was nominated for TikTok Creator of the year, was mentioned in the British Medical Journal, was in major media outlets like Huffington Post and was gaining top recognition by the World Health Organization, he was also
struggling in silence. We discussed ways that he healed and ways that busy and
productive people can heal from High Functioning Depression.

 How Intimacy Health I related to Mental health
 Myths about Intimacy health.
 How to identify signs of High Functioning Depression
 High Functioning Depression in Healthcare workers
 Anhedonia
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression

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Isis Asare is the CEO/Founder of Sistah Scifi. Sistah Scifi is the first Black-owned bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy in the United States as validated by the American Booksellers Association. Located in cyberspace, Sistah Scifi is a national brand with over 50K points of contact.

In February 2023, the first three Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines were launched in California and Washington. In March 2024, Asare became the first African American Executive Director of the Aunt Lute Foundation, the second oldest feminist press in the country. She has a bachelors degree in psychology from Stanford University, a masters degree in public policy from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Isis currently resides in Oakland, CA with their supportive and evolving polycule. On this episode of The Vault, we discuss how representation in film, books, and fiction validates. black mental health and allows the community to heal.

 How Representation In Media Validates Us
 Diversity in Film and Book Helps Others to Heal.
 Mental Health Themes in Literature.
 High Functioning Depression in Entrepreneurs
 How To Be Your Authentic Self
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression

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