CNMI Episodes
March 19, 2026
1089: Telehealth Across the Islands: Expanding Care in the Northern Marianas
On today's episode, Eleanor Cabrera from the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shares how telehealth is helping transform care delivery in island jurisdictions.
Guest: Eleanor Cabrera
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Oct. 20, 2025
1014: PHF Technical Assistance, Island Area Relationships
Helen Linda, public health workforce development coordinator at the Vermont Department of Health, explains the value of academic health departments and shares how she worked with the Public Health Foundation to assess the current state of her agency’s experiential learning environment; Emman Parian, immunization program manager for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation of the Northern Mariana Islands, discusses...
Guests: Emman Parian MPH , Helen Linda MLIS
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Sept. 26, 2025
999: Islands Population Health Summit, View From Washington
Halina Palacios, chief operations officer for population health at the Commonwealth Health Care Corporation in the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, discusses a recent population health summit specifically for Pacific public health teams; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO’s senior vice president of government affairs and public relations, breaks down how the potential government shutdown could impact access to public health funds...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Halina S. Palacios MPH
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July 18, 2025
950: Food Code Adoption, Public Health Impacts on Overdose
Aileen Benavente-Pangelinan, environmental health program manager at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, describes how the new food code adopted by the Northern Mariana Islands will improve public health safety; Jessica Hulsey, founder and CEO of the Addiction Policy Forum, explains...
Guests: Aileen Benavente-Pangelinan , Jessica Hulsey
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Sept. 27, 2024
759: New CDC Rural Health Plan, Congress Extends Funding for Public Health
Dr. Diane Hall, director of the CDC Office of Rural Health, dives into the CDC’s new Rural Public Health Strategic Plan; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO senior vice president of Government Affairs and Public Relations, tells us how Congress avoided a...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Diane Hall PhD