Employee Well-being Episodes
June 1, 2026
1136: Building Public Health Workforce Capacity Across Island Jurisdictions
On today's episode, Melissa Sever from the Public Health Accreditation Board tells us about the Strengthening Public Health Workforce Capacity in Island Jurisdictions Project and the unique workforce challenges facing island jurisdictions.
Guest: Melissa Sever, MPH, MCHES
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Nov. 4, 2025
1025: From The Ground Up: PHIG In Action In Kansas
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Jade Ramsdell, performance improvement director with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), shares how KDHE is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG)...
Guest: Jade M. Ramsdell MBA
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Oct. 7, 2025
1006: PHIG Funding The Future Workforce
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Celeste Jorge, epidemiologist and evaluator with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, discusses how her department is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant.
Guest: Celeste Jorge MPH
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Sept. 3, 2025
982: Collated Public Health Data; Succession Planning
Former ASTHO president Dr. Anne Zink, senior clinical fellow at Yale University and practicing emergency medicine physician, shares how PopHIVE, an interactive database of de-identified, population-level health data, can help public health providers navigate health trends in their respective jurisdictions...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Joy Ermie MPH
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Aug. 11, 2025
966: Get To Know ASTHO, Workforce Well-Being
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO senior vice president of government affairs and public relations, shares more of her story in this installment of "Get To Know ASTHO;" Juliane Walker, public health program specialist at the Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute, discusses the Public Health Employee Well-Being Assessment Guide...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Juliane Walker MSW
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July 11, 2025
945: Workforce Capacity, BBB Public Health Impacts
Maggie Nilz, senior analyst for preparedness at ASTHO, explains how states can help support public health preparedness workforce resilience and capacity; Carolyn Mullen, senior vice president of government affairs and public relations at ASTHO, shares what Congress has been busy with in this week’s View from Washington, D.C. report...
Guests: Maggie Nilz, MPH, CPH , Carolyn Mullen
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June 10, 2025
924: ASTHO State Health Policy, Workforce Engagement
Andy Baker-White, ASTHO senior director for state health policy, is the first member of ASTHO’s state health policy team to be featured in the 'Get To Know ASTHO' segment; Ken Harrison, workforce development director with the Alabama Department of Public Health...
Guests: Andy Baker-White, JD, MPH , Ken Harrison
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May 1, 2025
897: Baston Steps Down, AI for Vaccine Misbelief Correction
Dr. Kaitlan Baston, ASTHO alum and the former New Jersey commissioner of health, reflects on her time in the role as she steps down; Dr. Hang Lu, assistant professor in the department of communication and media at the University of Michigan, discusses an...
Guests: Kaitlan Baston MD MSc , Hang Lu PhD MS
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April 15, 2025
885: PHIG Funds PH Residency Program
Dr. Jamie Means, workforce development director for the Metro Public Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County, explains how they have used Public Health Infrastructure Grant dollars to fund a public health residency program in the latest PHIG Impact Report.
Guest: Jamie Means DBA MPH SHRM-CP
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March 28, 2025
873: Enhance Business Partnerships, Tech Updates w/ PHIG
Emma Dewhurst, senior program and research associate at the de Beaumont Foundation, tells us why public health and business partnerships are still rare; Edlen Anzures, acting ceputy secretary for the Ministry of Health and Human Services in the...
Guests: Emma Dewhurst MPP , Edlen Anzures