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July 27, 2022

228: Hawaii’s 9-8-8 Experience

Belinda Danielson, Access Supervisor with the State of Hawaii Department of Health, discusses the launch of the new national 9-8-8 hotline for mental health services; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Health Equity and...

Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Belinda Danielson

July 5, 2022

212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

This special edition revisits Episode 201 of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 16th. Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensuring health equity for people belonging to the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; and...

Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Jan Malcolm

June 24, 2022

206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations

Dawn Berkowitz, Chair of the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee, discusses a new policy recommendations guide released by the group; Liz Hendrix, the Policy Control Officer for the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee details what she...

Guests: Ellen Pliska MHS , Dawn Berkowitz MPH , Liz Hendrix MPP

June 16, 2022

201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota’s Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensure health equity for people in the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives,...

Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Jan Malcolm

June 14, 2022

199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments from Miss Opal Lee known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, as part of a Juneteenth webinar on...

Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Genny Grilli MPH

June 13, 2022

198: Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook

Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the WHERE, discusses vaccines and what to expect for the rest of this year as panels for both the FDA and the CDC begin discussing the COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of five;...

Guests: Thomas Dobbs MD MPH , Paul Offit MD

June 1, 2022

190: Learning to Live with COVID-19

Justa Encarnacion, Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, discusses the differences and similarities in responding to COVID-19 as a territory as opposed to a state. Encarnacion also expands on the challenges the U.S. Virgin...

Guest: Justa Encarnacion RN MBA HCM

May 11, 2022

176: Smart Health Cards

ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says continued federal investment can help keep the nation on the right track in the fight against the COVID-19 virus; Dr. David Rhew, Global Chief Medical Officer at Microsoft, explains how Smart Health...

Guests: Marcus Plescia MD MPH , David Rhew MD

May 3, 2022

170: Hepatitis Alert

Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama’s State Health Officer, discusses how states and territories are on alert for cases of hepatitis and adenovirus in children; Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas’ Secretary of Health, is worried about increasing cases of...

Guests: Scott Harris MD MPH FACP FIDSA , Jose Romero MD

April 18, 2022

159: Do People Trust Public Health?

Dr. Gillian SteelFisher, Deputy Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, says a recent poll finds most U.S. adults think public health agencies are important to their communities; Richard Quartarone, a health communicator in the CDC’s...

Guests: Gillian SteelFisher PhD MSc , Richard Quartarone

April 8, 2022

153: Equity Gap – Public Health Week

Joan Adam, South Dakota’s Secretary of Health, discusses the health equity gap as part of our recognition of National Public Health Week; Dr. Jose Montero, Director of the Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support at the CDC, outlines...

Guests: Jose Montero MD MHCDS , Joan Adam

March 30, 2022

146: Boosting Vaccine Uptake

ASTHO and the de Beaumont Foundation release early results of a new survey of America’s public health workforce; ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says there are steps public health departments can take to address lagging COVID-19...

Guests: Marcus Plescia MD MPH , Scott Harris MD MPH FACP FIDSA

March 15, 2022

138: New Healthy Aging Toolkit

Talyah Sands, ASTHO’s Director of Health Improvement, describes a new toolkit to help public health agencies assess cognitive health needs and promote healthy aging; ASTHO plans two webinars later today to explain its upcoming 2022 Profile of State...

Guests: Anne Marie Murphy PhD , Talyah Sands MPH

March 11, 2022

136: Grassroots Vaccine Outreach

Dr. Anne Marie Murphy, Executive Director of Equal Hope in Chicago, explains the work her team does to reach unvaccinated populations with COVID-19 information and vaccines; Jessica Baggett, ASTHO’s COVID-19 Response Director, shares what members...

Guests: Jessica Baggett MPH , Anne Marie Murphy PhD

March 7, 2022

132: New Vaccine Equity Program

Geetika Nadkarni, ASTHO’s Director of Infectious Diseases, outlines a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in vaccination rates among adult racial and ethnic minority groups and rural communities; the Community COVID Coalition adds more...

Guests: Geetika Nadkarni MPH , Mei Kwong JD