Welcome to "The Science Of" Podcast, where students from the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA sit down with top scientists, doctors, and other leaders in the world of science from the globally renowned UCSD and the UCSD Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, CA.

In this episode, Riley James and Margaux Stack-Babich from the UCSD Moores Cancer Center, sit down to discuss THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL NEEDS with Dr. Mateo Banegas, an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Health Equity Education and Research (CHEER) in the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences (RMAS) at the UCSD School of Medicine. Trained as a health services researcher, with an emphasis in cancer prevention and control, Dr. Banegas uses quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the intersection between health care delivery and costs, social determinants of health, and health outcomes for individuals diagnosed with cancer. He is co-Principal Investigator of “Cancer Financial Experience (CAFÉ): clinic-based intervention to address financial hardship for people with cancer, one of the first NCI-funded randomized controlled trials that aims to mitigate financial hardship from cancer. 
Dr. Banegas is a Member of the Cancer Control Program at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center and a Senior Affiliate Investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research. He serves as Vice Chair of the Health Disparities Committee in the Cancer Control Program of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.  

Enjoy this episode and get your PODucation on!! 

TIME | DISCUSSION
02:21 | About Dr. Mateo Banegas
03:10 | Rapid Fire Questions 
08:00 | The destiny of his career choice
11:42 | What are social needs? 
13:09 | Why it's important to study social needs and healthcare outcomes 
16:38 | The importance of asking patients about the social questions
18:48 | The patient information gap 
22:49 | The value of community health fairs (kudos to the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA)
24:20 | Important research at the UCSD Moores Cancer Cener 
27:19 | The importance of great patient communication 
28:32 | A future prognosis
30:20 | If I were healthcare emperor for a day...
32:00 | Advice to young students...take risks! 

Enjoy this excellent conversation, the "Rapid Fire" questions, and insights on an issue needing big attention!

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