Leadership And Workforce Development Episodes

Sept. 16, 2025

991: PHIG Funding + Interoperable Systems

In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Dr. Edward Simmer, ASTHO member and the interim director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, discusses how his department is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant.
Aug. 25, 2025

976: New DELPH Cohort, Global Partnership for Telehealth

Keyonie 'Key' James, reproductive health unit manager with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, shares her takeaways as a recent graduate of ASTHO’s Developing Executive Leaders in Public Health program; Suleima Salgado, CEO of the Global Partnership for Telehealth and principal in…
Aug. 15, 2025

970: Respiratory Virus Season Briefing, CICT Course

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO chief medical officer, Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO president and state health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health, Dr. Ayanna Bennett, director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, and Dr. Manisha Juthani, ASTHO presid…
Aug. 14, 2025

969: Record Low Infant Mortality, Island Areas Learning Series

Dawn Shanafelt, director of the division of maternal and infant health for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, shares the policies and program that helped the state record its lowest infant mortality rate on record; Dulce Mendoza, senior analyst of island support at ASTHO, explai…
Aug. 8, 2025

965: Leadership in Emergencies, PFAS Activity

Sam Jarvis, community health division manager at Johnson County Public Health in Iowa, explains how his DELPH experience helps him prepare others to be leaders in emergencies; applications for ASTHO’s DELPH program are now open; Heather Tomlinson, ASTHO senior analyst for environmental health, upda…
July 31, 2025

959: Overdose Death Reduction, ASTHO Data Modernization Resources

Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, ASTHO member and chief medical executive for the State of Michigan, explains how Michigan’s multifaceted approach has reduced overdose deaths across the state; Heidi Westermann, director of public health data modernization and informatics at ASTHO...
July 17, 2025

949: Improved Leadership in Public Health, Wastewater Surveillance

Laura Knights, CEO and founder of Knights Consulting, shares what the second installment of ASTHO’s Ignite, Accelerate, Activate series has to offer public health leadership; Dr. Anil Mangla, director for disease surveillance and control at the South Nevada Health District...
July 3, 2025

940: Audience Favorite PHRME: Local PH Departments + PHIG Funding

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from June 3, 2025. Autumn Watson, Public Health Organizational Development Director for the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department, ...
June 13, 2025

927: Federal Health Data Survey, New ASTHO Member

Dr. Anna-Michelle McSorley, assistant professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut, details the findings of her recent study on quality of life indicators in three U.S. territories and explains the importance of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveill…
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...
June 3, 2025

919: Local PH Departments + PHIG Funding

In today's 'Investing in Tomorrow: PHIG Impact Report,' Autumn Watson, public health organizational development director for the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department, explains how PHIG is being used at the local level.
May 27, 2025

914: Island Area PHIG Impacts

In today's PHIG Impact Report, Moses Pretrick, assistant secretary for the Department of Health & Social Affairs with the Federated States of Micronesia, explains how the Public Health Infrastructure Grant has worked for his team.
April 21, 2025

889: Skills for Public Health Leaders, CDC Opioid Data

Christy Jones, president and CEO of the Monday Solutions Group, details how leaders can benefit from skill development in preparation for several upcoming ASTHO Ignite Leadership Series webinars; Dr. Allison Arwady, director of the National Center for...
April 8, 2025

880: ASTHO BCAH Program, New 2025 Model of Health

Kilah Walters-Clinton, director of race, equity, and community engagement for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in Rhode Island, explains how ASTHO’s Building Capacity to Advance Health Certificate Program has helped dozens across...
April 3, 2025

877: Getting Further Faster Webinar, CNMI Capitol Hill Needs

John Vick, director of the Office of Primary Prevention at the Tennessee Department of Health, discusses how important partnerships are since many industries affect public health; Esther Muna, chief executive officer of the CNMI Commonwealth...
April 2, 2025

876: PH Workforce Lessons, Interagency Leadership Convening

Ryan Jury, assistant division director for operational excellence with the Department of Health and Human Services in North Carolina, tells us what he has learned from the ASTHO Leadership Institute and the ASTHO Spring Leadership Forum; Justa Encarnacion...
March 27, 2025

872: Leadership Skills in Public Health, PH AmeriCorps

Kelly Anderson Thomas, deputy commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health, explains why ASTHO’s Leadership Institute has been so helpful; Ali Grossman, prevention and intervention section supervisor at the Iowa Department of Health and Human...
March 20, 2025

867: Ethics of Wastewater Surveillance, Opioid Funding for Next Two Decades

Allison Wheeler, wastewater surveillance unit manager at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and co-director of the Wastewater Center of Excellence in Colorado, tells us about a recently published ASTHO report on ethical considerations in public health wastewater surveillance;…
March 17, 2025

864: Impressive Vaccination Rates, Changing Immunization Conversation

Dr. Jerome Larkin, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health and an ASTHO Member, explains how his state achieved such impressive vaccination rates; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's senior vice president of Health Initiatives...
March 14, 2025

863: ASTHO Capitol Hill Visits Critical

Dr. Daniel Edney, state health officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health and an ASTHO member, tells us how his meeting on Capitol Hill went this week; the Essentials of Leadership and Management Workshop Series kicks off on Wednesday,...
March 7, 2025

858: 2025 Executive Leadership Forum Preview

Avia Mason, ASTHO vice president of Leadership and Learning, tells us what to expect from ASTHO’s 2025 Spring Executive Leadership Forum; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO senior director for Government Affairs, takes us through some of the priorities for meetings on...
March 3, 2025

854: Program Introduces Students to PH, ASTHO Leadership Institute

Elle Talsma, project supervisor for the INSPIRE Program at the Minnesota Department of Health, tells us how the program encourages students to take an interest in public health; Chris Baumgartner, deputy chief informatics officer at the Washington...
Feb. 24, 2025

849: Revamped Onboarding Shows Results, PHIG Year 2 Success

Kyle Mangloña, onboarding experience manager at the Washington State Department of Health, tells us about the department’s revamped onboarding program; Lindsey Myers, ASTHO vice president for Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure, gives us an...
Feb. 4, 2025

836: Workforce Investments w/ PHIG

Dr. Manisha Juthani, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the ASTHO president-elect, tells us how the Public Health Infrastructure Grant has allowed her team to invest in her workforce’s well-being.