Ep 89: Bridging Communication, Art, and Health - The Journey

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Beth Amato, exploring her journey from disliking science to finding connections between storytelling and public health.

Today, we continue interviewing Beth Amato, a public health research communicator and writer at the University of Witwatersrand and Wits Health consortium in South Africa. In her early days, Beth truly disliked science and preferred poetry and storytelling. It wasn’t until she was much further in her education that she saw the link between captivating stories and science, and was really intrigued. Beth’s childhood memories were deeply touched by her mother who struggled with mental illness an...

People in this episode

Hosts: Shekerah Primus, Fatu Badiane

Guest: Beth Amato

Topics covered

• public health
• communication
• art
• storytelling
• mental health

Keywords

• public health
• communication
• art
• storytelling
• mental illness
• education
• South Africa

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Witwatersrand, Wits Health consortium

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