This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Terry Dixon about protecting teens and young adults from meningococcal disease.  Dr. Dixon is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at MUSC Children’s Health.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Susan Newman about the education, training and day to day responsibilities of Nurse Scientists.   Dr. Newman is the Director of the Ph.D. in Nursing Science Program in the College of Nursing at MUSC.

In rural South Carolina, where access to healthcare can be limited, schools are looking for ways to bring care to their students. At Mary Bramlett Elementary School in Gaffney, the school has partnered with the Medical University of South Carolina to bring specialty care to students through telehealth. Students visit the school nurse’s office and connect digitally to a provider.

“Thanks to telehealth, we have more resources to educate the whole child,” said Johnnette Nesbitt, the school’s principal.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elisha Brownfield about specific vaccinations that are recommended to prevent infectious disease and complications in older adults.  Dr. Brownfield is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at MUSC.

A new school-based telehealth program in Darlington County will expand students’ access to physicians and mental health specialists, superintendent Tim Newman said.

The program, which starts this week, is the first of its kind in the Pee Dee region. Four schools will begin using live video technology to connect students to providers while at school.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Christopher Cowan about research underway to better understand the role of epigenetics in substance use disorder and relapse.  Dr. Cowan is the William E. Murray SmartState Endowed Chair in Neuroscience at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Leigh Ridings about addressing the mental health care needs of children (and their caregivers) following a pediatric traumatic injury and hospitalization. Dr. Ridings is a Clinical Psychologist and a Postdoctoral Fellow at MUSC.

"South Carolina leads the nation," Governor Henry McMaster said in Wednesday night's speech. McMaster delivered his state of the state address highlighting telehealth in South Carolina. 

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Bernadette Marriott about and dietary supplements.  Dr. Marriott is a Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry at MUSC, and earlier in her career she was the Founding Director of the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health. 

The Food Safety Modernization Act is transforming the nation’s food safety system by shifting the focus from responding to food-borne illness to preventing it. Brooke Horton from the SC Department of Agriculture joined us at "Making It Grow" to share how South Carolina is helping farmers prepare.