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May 16, 2023

421: Talking TechXpo, Maternal Mortality Help

Avia Mason, ASTHO Vice President of Leadership and Learning, shares what attendees can expect from ASTHO’s Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum happening next week in Chicago and online; Dr. Lily Lou, former Chief Medical Officer in Alaska and...

Guests: Avia Mason MPH , Lily Lou MD FAAP , Andrea O'Brien-Vives

May 11, 2023

418: Post-Emergency Plans, Americorps Investment

The public health emergency ends today; ASTHO CEO Dr. Mike Fraser says ASTHO members are prepared; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, explains that public health is adopting emergency measures into local statute and policies;...

Guests: Maggie Davis JD MA , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , AJ Pearlman JD , Micky Tripathi PhD

May 2, 2023

411: Racism Linked to Heart Disease, Benefits of Diverse Leadership

Shanshan Sheehy, Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor at Boston University, studies the correlation between racism and heart disease among black women; Alonza Pamplin, Communicable Disease Supervisor for the Wake County Department of Health and...

Guests: Alonza Pamplin , Shanshan Sheehy MD ScD

April 26, 2023

407: Disaster Response Getting Better, Leadership Diversity

Maggie Nilz, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst of Preparedness and Disability Integration, says preparedness is important to public health; the annual Preparedness Summit is ongoing in Atlanta; Dr. Kandi Fredere, Upstate Regional Health Director for the South...

Guests: Maggie Nilz MPH CPH , Kandi Fredere PhD

Feb. 22, 2023

362: Teen Girls in Crisis, Looking for Diverse Executives

Robin Matthies, ASTHO’s Director for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, encourages ASTHO members to review a CDC report that says teen girls in the U.S. are in crisis; Harold Gil, a graduate of ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public...

Guests: Robin Matthies MSW , Harold Gil MSPH

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

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

Jan. 12, 2023

335: Conflict Training, Diverse Executives Search

Montrece McNeill Ransom, Director of the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training at the National Network of Public Health Institutes, previews her upcoming ASTHO webinar to help diverse professionals navigate personal conflict in the...

Guests: Kyle Gasaway , Montrece Ransom JD MPH

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

Jan. 6, 2023

331: Vaccine Hesitancy Study, Diabetes in Palau

Dr. Kimberly Martin, a President’s Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California San Francisco, says black people likely avoid COVID-19 vaccines because of their distrust of the healthcare system; Antonnette Merur, Chief of Nursing for the...

Guests: Kimberly Martin PhD , Antonnette Merur

Jan. 5, 2023

330: Reproductive Health, Climate Challenges

Dr. Denise Johnson, Acting Secretary of Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, says effective reproductive health policies strengthen communities; Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, says jurisdictions...

Guests: Denise A Johnson MD FACOG FACHE , Sameer Vohra MD JD MA FAAP

Dec. 20, 2022

327: COVID Impacts Top Issues in 2023

Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses the purpose of the organization’s annual legislative series which identifies the top 10 public health issues to watch in the new year; Dr. Dan Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of...

Guests: Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Daniel Edney MD , Brent Ewig MHS

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

Nov. 21, 2022

308: Thankful for People in Public Health

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer of the Alaska Department of Health, shares some encouraging words to celebrate Public Health Thank You Day; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, appreciates the significance of Public Health Thank You Day,...

Guests: Anne Zink MD FACEP , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Beth Giambrone MPP

Oct. 26, 2022

291: Vermont’s New “Facing Suicide” Campaign

Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, discusses the state’s new Facing Suicide VT campaign, which focuses on encouraging people to discuss the issue of suicide; ASTHO is working with states and territories to highlight...

Guest: Mark Levine MD

Oct. 24, 2022

289: Monkeypox Communication Strategies

Dr. Carlton Thomas, a gastroenterologist in San Diego, discusses a recent CDC report on monkeypox which he says is an argument in favor of communicating on mobile apps and other platforms that are familiar to people in at-risk communities; Kyle...

Guests: Kyle Gasaway , Carlton Thomas MD

Oct. 17, 2022

284: Public Health Careers Website Launches

Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce Development discusses the debut of ASTHO’s new public health jobs website, ; an ASTHO blog article assesses Tennessee’s progress on Opioid Use Disorder throughout its maternal and child health...

Guests: Joanne Pearsol MA MCHES , Stephen Shedletzky MBA

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

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

Sept. 22, 2022

268: ACEs Legislative Scan

Dr. Jonathan Purtle, Associate Professor at New York University's School of Global Public Health, discusses an ASTHO report on preventing adverse childhood experiences; Lisa Peterson, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Preparedness, talks about ASTHO’s...

Guests: Lisa Peterson MPH , Jonathan Purtle DrPH , Stephen Massey MIA

Sept. 20, 2022

266: ASTHO’s New President-Elect

Dr. Steven Stack, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, and new ASTHO President-Elect, discusses the role and the pandemic’s impact on public health; Chris Taylor, ASTHO’s Director of Infectious Disease Outbreak Response and...

Guests: Steven Stack MD , Chris Taylor

Sept. 16, 2022

264: New PH Job Website

Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce Development, discusses a new careers website helping people and organizations connect; Mike Fraser, ASTHO’s Chief Executive Officer, joined an online news conference to discuss a White House proposal...

Guests: Joanne Pearsol MA MCHES , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Lori Freeman MBA , Cesar Arias MD PhD

Sept. 12, 2022

260: ASTHO’s Impact on Public Health

ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser previews his State of ASTHO address to members meeting this week in Atlanta; Mark Miller, Vice President of Communications for the de Beaumont Foundation, says when it comes to restoring trust in public health, there are no...

Guests: Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Mark Miller

Sept. 9, 2022

259: Training for Diverse Public Health Pros

Jill Miller, Interim Deputy Director, Family Health Services, Alameda County Public Health Department, shares how she learned new leadership skills as a scholar in ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program; ASTHO surveys digital...

Guests: Heidi Westermann MPH , Jill Miller PsyD