Access To Care Episodes

114: How Federal Agencies Can Work Together
Feb. 8, 2022

114: How Federal Agencies Can Work Together

Dr. Josh Sharfstein, a former public health official in Maryland and principal deputy commissioner at the FDA from 2009 until 2011, says continued public confusion over testing, booster doses, and medications could be improved if two federal agencies...
Guests: Kristin Ahrens , Joshua Sharfstein MD , Richard Hamburg MPA
110: Healthy Home Improvements
Feb. 2, 2022

110: Healthy Home Improvements

Kristin Ahrens, Deputy Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Office of Developmental Programs, says the pandemic crisis ultimately will make services for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities stronger; ASTHO’s Abe Kulungara shares...
Guests: Kristin Ahrens , Abraham Kulungara MPH
105: Rural Health Needs
Jan. 26, 2022

105: Rural Health Needs

ASTHO and associations representing epidemiologists, counties, cities, and public health labs issue a statement supporting jurisdictions moving away from universal case investigation and contact tracing at this point in the pandemic; Dr. Ayne Amjad,...
Guests: Devon Page , Ayne Amjad MD MPH
103: Ending the HIV Epidemic
Jan. 24, 2022

103: Ending the HIV Epidemic

Dr. Joseph Kanter, Louisiana’s State Health Officer, talks about fighting the HIV epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic as ASTHO releases a set of 10 policy briefings focused on public health issues expected to be priorities this year; ASTHO offers...
Guests: Joseph Kanter MD MPH , John Wiesman DrPH MPH
98: MLK and Health Equity
Jan. 14, 2022

98: MLK and Health Equity

ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser considers Dr. Martin Luther King’s influence on public health and his impact on the organization’s approach to equity; Dr. Alexis Travis, Michigan’s State Health Officer, tells us how the civil rights icon has influenced...
Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Alexis Travis PhD , John Wiesman DrPH MPH
97: Announcing ASTHO’s 2022 Federal Policy Agenda
Jan. 13, 2022

97: Announcing ASTHO’s 2022 Federal Policy Agenda

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, outlines the organization’s 2022 federal policy agenda and tells members what they ought to expect from Washington this year; ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser says...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP