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Joel Bervell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Canada |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University (BS) |
| Years active | 2019 - present |
Joel Bervell is a Ghanaian-American Internet personality and sometimes referred to as the "medical mythbuster.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Bervell was born in Canada and raised in Mukilteo, Washington.[2][3][4] Bervell's parents are from Ghana, and his family made frequent trips to Ghana throughout his childhood.[3] Bervell's father is a transportation engineer for Snohomish County and his mother works at a local hospital.[5]
While in middle school, Bervell and his siblings founded a nonprofit organization called Hugs for Ghana.[4] Between 2007 and 2022, Hugs for Ghana raised over $500,000 for medical and school supplies in Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.[4] Bervell and his family traveled to Africa each year to distribute the supplies.[4]
Bervell attended Kamiak High School, where he served as Student Body President.[5] He graduated from the school in 2013.[4] He then attended Yale University, receiving a bachelor of science degree in molecular cellular developmental biology in 2017.[3] Bervell's college education was funded by $150,000 in scholarships.[5] Following his graduation from Yale, Bervell was accepted to the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University.[3][4][6] He began attending the school in 2017, and is a member of the inagural class, among which he is one of the first Black students at the medical college.[3][7][1]
Career[edit]
In 2019, during his first year of medical school, Bervell created a TikTok account, posting his first video in December of that year.[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bervell read an article about pulse oximeters which cited a research finding that pulse oximeters have the ability to overestimate blood oxygen aspiration levels in people with darker skin.[3] Despite the research being decades old, the Food and Drug Administration did not have a warning on pulse oximeters.[6] In response, Bervell created a TikTok video about racial bias and pulse oximeters, which began a series on racial bias in medicine.[3][6] Following attention from Bervell's video, the FDA added a warning to their website about the effectiveness of pulse oximeters on darker skin.[6]
In 2021, Bervell was named a top TikTok "Voice for Change."[4][2]
By September 2022, Bervell had amassed more than 391,000 followers on TikTok and more than 60,000 followers on Instagram.[2]
In 2023, Bervell was invited to the White House's Healthcare Leaders in Social Media Roundtable.[1][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Gross, Rachel E. (March 19, 2024). "The Unbearable Vagueness of Medical 'Professionalism'". New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Edwards, Jeanine (February 9, 2022). "In The Know by Yahoo Honors: Joel Bervell". Yahoo!. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h DiBenedetto, Chase (November 4, 2021). "Unpack racial biases in medicine with a myth-busting TikTokker". Mashable. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Podsada, Janice (April 5, 2022). "Joel Bervell: Highlighting racial disparities in medicine". Everett Herald. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Turnbull, Lornet (May 4, 2016). "High Achieving Siblings Give Back In Many Ways". The Seattle Medium. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Weekman, Kelsey (November 4, 2021). "How a medical student (and TikTok star) is revolutionizing the future of the health care system: 'A lot of medicine is still crude'". Yahoo!. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "WSU medical school gets preliminary accreditation". Seattle-Times News. October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- ^ Holohan, Meghan (February 21, 2023). "Medical student shares surprising myths about race that persist in medicine". Today. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- Joel Bervell at IMDb
Category: Living people Category: People from Mukilteo, Washington Category: Yale University alumni