Scepticemia

Ten Years of Making Unconventional Career Decisions & Starting A New Public Health Journey (Revisited)

Looking back on ten years of an unconventional career decision.

Nov 1 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

October 2025

Book Review: Rebel Without Borders

A review of Marc Vachon's semi-autobiographical book which delivers a candid and deeply honest look into the world of humanitarian health.

Oct 31 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

Book Review: No One Can Stop the Rain

A very quick and captivating read from a couple who gave up a high-flying career to work with Doctors Without Borders in Angola.

Oct 29 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

August 2025

Witnessing Death: The Charnel House of Choeung Ek, Cambodia

Reflections from a trip to the Killing Fields in Cambodia.

Aug 4 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

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The Nocturnal Odyssey: Driving as a Pathway to Cognitive Restoration and Creative Insight

How taking a long drive on a rainy night helped unshackle my mind and overcome a crippling episode of writers' block.

Aug 1 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

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July 2025

From Risk to Resource: Professionalizing Informal Veterinary Healthcare Providers for Strengthening our One Health Future

Talking about the controversial move to integrate informal veterinary healthcare providers into the formal systems and why that is the disruptive change…

Jul 28 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

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A Cellist-Physician’s Quest to Save the Lives of Countless Cambodian Kids

My thoughts on the incredible life and work of Dr. Beat Richner.

Jul 23 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

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The Wicked Web of Antibiotic Overuse

Antibiotic overuse is a classic example of what happens when soft, hard and messy problems collide.

Jul 21 • 

Pranab Chatterjee

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June 2025

Decolonizing the NTD Knowledge Ecosystems: Power, Knowledge, and Justice – A Freireian Analysis

Analyzing the movement to decolonize Neglected Tropical Disease knowledge ecosystems using Paulo Freire's concepts in "Pedagogy of the Oppressed"

Jun 20 • 

Pranab Chatterjee