Journalism Grants
Funding For:
Pharmanipulation: Battling Drug Industry Influence
Cost & Quality / Prescription Drugs
Recipient:
PharmedOut, Georgetown University Medical Center
Grant Period:
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
AMOUNT:
$30,000.00
Summary of the Project:
The project will examine the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on what consumers and health care providers believe about medicine and health.
About the Grantee:
PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center project that advances evidence-based prescribing and educates health care professionals and students about pharmaceutical and medical device marketing practices.
Related Grantee Work
January 5, 2023
Episode 1 - Unlocking Pharma's Secrets
In Episode 1, PharmedOut introduces their new show called Pharmanipulation. The show will focus on pharmaceutical marketing tactics, industry influence on medical knowledge, and invented diseases. Join hosts Caroline Renko and Patricia Bencivenga as they interview Adriane Fugh-Berman MD, the Director of PharmedOut.
Learn MoreFebruary 15, 2023
Episode 2 - "Here Comes the Sun(screen): Myths about Melanoma"
Pharmanipulation invites Adewole S. Adamson MD, MPP, to discuss the relationship of sun exposure to melanoma, whether sunscreen actually prevents skin cancer, and the overdiagnosis of melanoma.
Learn MoreMarch 29, 2023
Episode 3 – “Paying Attention to ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children”
Pharmanipulation invites Gretchen LeFever Watson PhD and Robert Whitaker to question diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and to critique drug treatment of behaviors associated with ADHD.
Learn MoreMay 26, 2023
Episode 4 – “How Do We Know We are Sick? Culture, Disease and Illness”
Pharmanipulation invites medical anthropologist Sylvia Önder PhD and cultural psychologist Yulia Chentsova Dutton PhD to discuss the differences among disease, sickness and illness and explore the concepts of invented diseases, folk illnesses, and the social value of certain diseases.
Learn MoreJuly 11, 2023
Episode 5 - “Under the Knife and Over it”
Pharmanipulation invites Tony Scialli MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist and reproductive toxicologist, to talk about the overuse of gynecologic surgeries – namely hysterectomies and Cesarean sections.
Learn More