Michael Wilkes

Michael Wilkes

Host of 'Second Opinion'

Michael Wilkes is Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Davis. He recently stepped down as Vice Dean at the School of Medicine and is now Director of Global Health. For most of Wilkes' career as a doctor he lived and worked in Los Angeles.

At UCLA he was a founder of UCLA's innovative Doctoring Curriculum which now serves as a model for UC Davis School of Medicine and many other medical schools domestically and internationally. Dr.Wilkes works frequently with medical schools and public health systems in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.

He is also an active education and health services researcher working in the area of medical education, technology assisted learning, clinical genetics, doctor-patient communication, end of life care, and conflicts of interest in medicine.

Wilkes is trained in internal medicine and has had additional training in adolescent medicine and public health.

He is an award winning journalist having worked for the New York Times, ABC News, CBS News, and The Los Angeles Times, and of course his more than 20 years in public radio!

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Anthrax – an example of how the US Government has worked to stop the spread of disease

One Health, One World, One Essential Partner: USAID

Anthrax – an example of how the US Government has worked to stop the spread of disease

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Without warning, and with no time to develop alternative approaches, funding just stopped. People are dying.

The impact of USAID funding cuts in Uganda

Without warning, and with no time to develop alternative approaches, funding just stopped. People are dying.

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Data suggests that barriers may exist with adults being aware of this option for care at the end of life.

Disparities in “Assisted Aid in Dying”

Data suggests that barriers may exist with adults being aware of this option for care at the end of life.

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