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An Open Memo to Medical Facilities using Ethylene Oxide as a Sterilant

by Janette DeFelice August 11, 2019 0

Talking Until We’re Blue in the Face About Climate Change and Carbon Dioxide

by Janette DeFelice May 5, 2017 0

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by Janette DeFelice March 15, 2020 0

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How Do We Talk To Kids About Coronavirus?

PolitiKids Podcast Episode 3 is up! https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uscbfr/Politikids_Ep_3_-_3_15_20_12_49_PM.mp3

by Janette DeFelice March 1, 2020 0

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PolitiKids Podcast Ep. 2 is Up!

We discuss the Civil War, Intersectionality, and Art with a 10-year-old. Please listen! https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9y269w/Politikids_Ep__2_-_3_1_20_11_08_AM.mp3

by Janette DeFelice February 23, 2020 0

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New Podcast Alert!

Our first episode of PolitiKids is up! How do you talk to kids about politics? We will be exploring thatContinue Reading

by Janette DeFelice December 6, 2019 0

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Motherhood, Medicine, and the Patriarchy (or Who’s Going to Take Care of These Babies?)

The day I went into the student dean’s office at my medical school to tell her I was pregnant, IContinue Reading

About

Janette DeFelice, MD, MA is a writer currently focusing on how the changing environment affects our health. Her new novel Delia Rising: A Ballet in Three Acts is available now. She has also published at Be The Change Mom, ChicagoNow, and Medium.com.

She holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Chicago Medical School and a Master’s degree in Humanities from the University of Chicago, where her major essay was Hegel and Ibsen: The Evolution of Consciousness in Ibsen’s Prose Play Cycle. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Indiana University.

A former professional dancer, former adjunct Humanities professor, and former lecturer in Medical Clinical Skills, as well as a mom of 9-year-old twins, she currently finds herself at a career/life crossroads at which she is trying to figure out how to use all aspects of herself (her art, her medical and scientific knowledge, her philosophical explorations, her interest in popular culture as a teaching tool, and her unique perspective) for the good of humanity.

Read along with her journey.