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July 31, 2023

471: Disability Equity Tools, ASTHO Wins Vaccine and Preparedness Awards

Adrianna Evans, ASTHO’s Director of Preparedness and Disability Integration, outlines how public health ethics committees help guide preparedness; Kurell Julien, Associate Director of Equity, Inclusion and Justice at Business for Social...

Guests: Annie Evans MPH , Kurell Julien

July 26, 2023

468: Pandemic Preps, New Ways to Think About Public Health

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, ASTHO Alum and Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, says growth is needed in public health to be prepared for the next pandemic; Raymond Neal, Project Director at...

Guests: Thomas Dobbs MD MPH , Raymond Neal

July 12, 2023

458: Indiana Invests in Local PH, Youth Mental Health Webinar

Pam Pontones, Deputy Health Commissioner of Local Public Health Services for the Indiana State Department of Health, shares Indiana’s plan to invest in local health departments to address community health needs; Ioana Ungureanu, ASTHO's Senior Analyst for...

Guests: Ioana Ungureanu MPH , Pam Pontones MA

July 11, 2023

457: Medicaid Strategies for Rural Communities, Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Disorders

Lexa Giragosian, Analyst for Maternal & Infant Health at ASTHO, explains the improvements being made to health care for pregnant people and infants in rural areas; Ilisa Stalberg, Maternal and Child Health Deputy Director for the Vermont...

Guests: Lexa Giragosian MPH , Ilisa Stalberg MSS

July 5, 2023

453: REPLAY: Dealing with Xylazine, Island Care for Veterans

This special edition revisits Episode 386 of Public Health Review Morning Edition from March 28th. Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, discusses the dangers of Xylazine, a strong tranquilizer,...

Guests: Daniel Edney MD , Moses Pretrick

Aug. 23, 2022

247: CDC Reforms

Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO’s President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, commends CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky for wanting to improve the CDC’s mission; Rachel Scheckman, an ASTHO Senior Policy Analyst,...

Guests: Nirav Shah MD JD , Rachel Scheckman MPH

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

Jan. 6, 2022

92: School Nurses Navigate Omicron’s Surge

Dr. Linda Mendonca, President of the National Association of School Nurses, explains how her members are coping with students’ return to classrooms amid the threat of the Omicron variant; Robert Jennings, Executive Director of the National Public...

Guests: Linda Mendonca DNP MEd PHNA-BC NCSN FNASN , Robert Jennings

Jan. 4, 2022

90: Helping Kids Hurt by COVID

ASTHO President Dr. Nirav Shah outlines four priorities he says must be at the top of the public health agenda in 2022; John Bridgeland, Co-Founder and CEO of the COVID Collaborative, discusses recommendations for helping children who’ve lost a...

Guest: John Bridgeland JD