Immunization Episodes

357: Testing School Vaccination Requirements, Retail Food Safety Focus
Feb. 14, 2023

357: Testing School Vaccination Requirements, Retail Food Safety Focus

Claire Hannan, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers, is worried some who previously supported bills to prevent mandatory COVID vaccinations now might try to also weaken school vaccination requirements; Abe Kulungara, ASTHO...
Guests: Claire Hannan MPH , Abraham Kulungara MPH , Christopher King PhD FACHE
356: New York’s Opioid Partnerships, Arizona’s Mobile Vaccination Clinics
Feb. 13, 2023

356: New York’s Opioid Partnerships, Arizona’s Mobile Vaccination Clinics

Dr. Jim McDonald, New York State Acting Health Commissioner, says partnerships with people in local communities are key to the state's response to the opioid crisis; Siman Qaasim, Health Equity Administrator for the Arizona Department of Health...
Guests: James McDonald MD MPH , Siman Qaasim MBA
355: Healthy Aging Strategies, Helping Make Sense of Public Health
Feb. 10, 2023

355: Healthy Aging Strategies, Helping Make Sense of Public Health

Claire Pendergrast, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, has new research outlining five key strategies ASTHO members can use to promote healthy aging in their jurisdictions; Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist, created...
Guests: Claire Pendergrast MPH , Katelyn Jetelina PhD MPH
353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities
Feb. 8, 2023

353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities

Ernia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organization hopes to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates with grants to more than 1,400 community health centers...
Guests: Ernia Hughes MBA , Sana Chehimi MPH
346: Federal Budget Partners, Rural Telehealth Strategies
Jan. 30, 2023

346: Federal Budget Partners, Rural Telehealth Strategies

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, is keeping an eye on the budget wrangling taking place on Capitol Hill; Ashley Cram, with ASTHO, explains how ASTHO members are working to help people in rural...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Ashley Cram MPH
345: Promoting PH Lab Positions, Annual COVID Shots
Jan. 27, 2023

345: Promoting PH Lab Positions, Annual COVID Shots

Dr. Christine Bean, Chief Learning Officer at the Association of Public Health Laboratories, talks about recruiting candidates into laboratory positions on ASTHO’s new jobs website, ; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of...
Guests: Nirav Shah MD JD , Christine Bean PhD
344: Maine Loves Dr. Shah, Territories Moving Forward
Jan. 26, 2023

344: Maine Loves Dr. Shah, Territories Moving Forward

Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, reflects on his work in the state of Maine as he readies for his next job as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's number two in charge;...
Guests: Esther Muña PhD MHA FACHE , Nirav Shah MD JD
343: Vaccination Disparities, Retail Food Mentorships
Jan. 25, 2023

343: Vaccination Disparities, Retail Food Mentorships

Dr. Shannon Stokley, an Epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about another drop in childhood vaccination rates; Tiara Smith, a Program Analyst for Environmental Health with the National Association of County and...
Guests: Shannon Stokley DrPH , Tiara Smith
334: Flu Messaging, Pandemic Partner
Jan. 11, 2023

334: Flu Messaging, Pandemic Partner

Dr. Umair Shah, Washington Secretary of Health, says Congress needs to be continually updated about the winter flu season; Elke Shaw-Tulloch, Idaho State Health Officer with the Department of Health and Welfare, reflects on the importance of ASTHO’s...
Guests: Umair Shah MD MPH , Elke Shaw-Tulloch MHS
333: COVID-19 Booster Strategy, Medicaid Policies
Jan. 10, 2023

333: COVID-19 Booster Strategy, Medicaid Policies

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, says public health agencies are increasing the focus on COVID-19 boosters for those living in nursing homes and other care settings; Alex Kearly, ASTHO's Director of Medicaid and Value Based Payment,...
Guests: Marcus Plescia MD MPH , Alex Kearly MPH
332: Public Health Polling, Flu Vaccine Strategies
Jan. 9, 2023

332: Public Health Polling, Flu Vaccine Strategies

Dr. Meredith Li-Vollmer, Risk Communication Manager for the Seattle and King County Public Health Department, says polling data helped agencies better understand community attitudes and opinions during the pandemic; Shalini Nair, ASTHO Senior Analyst...
Guests: Meredith Li-Vollmer PhD , Shalini Nair MPH
324: Vaccine Anniversary
Dec. 15, 2022

324: Vaccine Anniversary

Brent Ewig, Chief Policy and Government Relations Officer for the Association of Immunization Managers, marks the second anniversary of COVID-19 vaccines this week; Jamie Pina, ASTHO Vice President of Public Health Data Modernization, says states and territories are taking action to...
Guests: Jamie Pina PhD MSPH , Brent Ewig MHS
301: Health in All Policies Primer
Nov. 9, 2022

301: Health in All Policies Primer

Kerry Wyss, ASTHO’s Director of Environmental Health, outlines a new report about the value of a Health in All Policies approach to public health; Ali Aslam, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst for Environmental Health, discusses how grantmakers can...
Guests: Kerry Wyss , Donna Levin JD , Ali Aslam MPH
299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern
Nov. 7, 2022

299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, releases a statement addressing the response to a spike in respiratory infections; Dr. Jose Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, addresses the latest concerns...
Guests: Anne Zink MD FACEP , Jose Romero MD , Jeanne Ayers MPH , JoAnne Deehr MSW , Dawn O'Connell JD
297: Virus Triple Threat
Nov. 3, 2022

297: Virus Triple Threat

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, discusses concerns with RSV infections and the triple threat that comes with treating those cases at the same time people are getting sick with...
Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Mark Starr DVM
288: ACIP Immunization Decisions Explained
Oct. 21, 2022

288: ACIP Immunization Decisions Explained

In a special episode of the newscast, Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, explains the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decision earlier this week. The committee voted Thursday to add pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to...
Guest: Marcus Plescia MD MPH
287: New Disability Preparedness Toolkit
Oct. 20, 2022

287: New Disability Preparedness Toolkit

Dawn Skaggs, Emergency, Disaster, and Climate Resilience Specialist for the World Institute on Disability, promotes a new Public Health Emergency Planning Toolkit to help agencies better serve people living with disabilities during emergencies; Lillie...
Guests: Dawn Skaggs , Lillie Seels
286: Creative Vaccine Strategies
Oct. 19, 2022

286: Creative Vaccine Strategies

Margaret Jaco Manecke, the Director of Practice Improvement at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, is looking for public health professionals to join the Council’s next annual learning community; an ASTHO work group recommends improvements to...
Guests: Geetika Nadkarni MPH , Margaret Jaco Manecke MSSW
283: New National Children’s Health Survey
Oct. 14, 2022

283: New National Children’s Health Survey

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, is joined by local public health directors to discuss public interest in the new COVID-19 booster; ASTHO is working with the National Community Action Partnership and five...
Guests: Chrissie Juliano MPP , Raynard Washington PhD MPH , David Persse MD , Reem Ghandour DrPH
280: Promoting the New COVID-19 Booster
Oct. 11, 2022

280: Promoting the New COVID-19 Booster

Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, explains how he is working to convince more people to get the new COVID-19 booster shot; ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser attends a White House Summit on Indoor Air Quality; Priya Shah, an...
Guests: Sameer Vohra MD JD MA FAAP , Priya Shah MPH
278: How to Push Back on STDs
Oct. 6, 2022

278: How to Push Back on STDs

Dr. Leandro Mena, Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC, discusses the latest preliminary data that counts 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis last year; Reyna Olaguez, Executive Director of South Kern Sol,...
Guests: Leandro Mena MD MPH , Reyna Olaguez MPA
275: PH Can Help End Hunger
Oct. 3, 2022

275: PH Can Help End Hunger

ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser reflects on last week’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, makes a seasonal vaccine...
Guests: Nirav Shah MD JD , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Jessica Frain MSW
273: Classroom Mental Health
Sept. 29, 2022

273: Classroom Mental Health

Dr. Sharon Hoover, Co-Director of the National Center for School Mental Health, describes how students are wrestling with mental health challenges; Stephen Massey, Director of the Health Action Alliance, discusses a playbook to guide businesses...
Guests: Stephen Massey MIA , Sharon Hoover PhD
272: Oregon’s Regional Health Equity Coalitions
Sept. 28, 2022

272: Oregon’s Regional Health Equity Coalitions

Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, discusses a White House summit he attended in recognition of National Recovery Month; Mike Fraser, ASTHO’s CEO is heading to the White House for the bipartisan Conference on Hunger,...
Guests: Jeffrey Ekoma , Danielle Droppers MSW