OB-GYN Episodes
July 23, 2026
1171: Leveraging the Rural Health Transformation Grant to Strengthen Maternal Health Systems
In this bonus, long-form episode, Daniel Edney, ASTHO president-elect and state health officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, explains how Mississippi is using Rural Health Transformation Program grant funding to strengthen maternal health systems, Then, Ramya Flores, director of Maternal and Infant Health at ASTHO, puts Mississippi's work into a national context, highlighting how states are adopting levels of maternal care to improve access to risk-appropriate services.
Guests: Daniel Edney MD , Ramya Flores, MPH
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Oct. 9, 2025
1008: Infant Mortality PH Emergency, Chagas Disease
Dr. Daniel Edney, state health officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health and ASTHO member, shares how his state declared infant mortality a public health emergency to offer services across the state more rapidly; Bonny Mayes, epidemiologist with the Texas Department of State Health Services, discusses the article she co-authored...
Guests: Daniel Edney MD , Bonny Mayes, MA
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June 24, 2025
933: ASTHO’s Policy Navigation Expertise, Pregnancy-Related Deaths Rise
Beth Giambrone, senior analyst for state health policy at ASTHO, discusses her role on the state health policy team in this installment of the Get to Know ASTHO segment; Dr. Rose Molina, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School...
Guests: Beth Giambrone, MPP , Rose Molina MD MPH
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Jan. 25, 2024
587: ASTHO Urges White House to Implement Menthol Rule, Advocates Join Call for Menthol Ban
Josh Berry, ASTHO Director of Chronic Disease Risk Factors, says ASTHO is calling on the White House to implement a rule that would prohibit the sale of menthol-flavored tobacco products; Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health...
Guests: Joshua Berry MPH , Chrissie Juliano MPP