Public Health Infrastructure Episodes

697: Best of PHRME: Pacific Islands Embrace PHIG Investments, New Dashboard Calculates Heat Risk
July 2, 2024

697: Best of PHRME: Pacific Islands Embrace PHIG Investments, New Dashboard Calculates Heat Risk

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from May 24th, 2024. ASTHO staff, members, and alumni, discuss a recent meeting focused on the implementation of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant program for...
Guests: Mark Levine MD , Alex Wheatley MPA , Gaafar Uherbelau , Arthur San Agustin MHR , Aaron Bernstein MD MPH
693: Lit Scan Examines Workforce Diversity, Vaccination Barriers Impact People with Disabilities
June 26, 2024

693: Lit Scan Examines Workforce Diversity, Vaccination Barriers Impact People with Disabilities

Dr. Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Health Foundation, discusses a scan of literature focused on diversity to encourage people to consider work in public health; Dr. Nassira Nicola, deputy director for Access and Inclusion in the...
Guests: Elena Rios MD MSPH MACP , Nassira Nicola MA
687: Island Area Agencies Make Time to Plan, PH Leaders Wanted
June 17, 2024

687: Island Area Agencies Make Time to Plan, PH Leaders Wanted

Megan Drake-Pereyra, ASTHO advisor for Public Health Infrastructure, says island area agencies are looking to update plans and processes following the pandemic; Arthur U. San Agustin, special assistant to the Office of the Governor, tells us Leaders...
Guests: Arthur San Agustin MHR , Megan Drake-Pereyra , Taban Harrington
684: Epidemiology Competencies Toolkit, Advancing Vaccine Equity
June 12, 2024

684: Epidemiology Competencies Toolkit, Advancing Vaccine Equity

Sarah Auer, program analyst for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, tells us about the Applied Epidemiology Competencies toolkit; Lillie Seels, director of Practice Transformation at the National Community Action Partnership, says...
Guests: Lillie Seels , Jon Junior Calvo MPA , Sarah Auer, MPH, CHES®
683: RSV Season Preps Underway, Tips to Build PH Trust
June 11, 2024

683: RSV Season Preps Underway, Tips to Build PH Trust

Dr. Michelle Fiscus, chief medical officer at the Association of Immunization Managers, discusses numbers released in March that show the RSV immunization for infants is 90 percent effective; Dr. Tom Frieden, president and chief executive officer of...
Guests: Tom Frieden MD MPH , Darrah Dunlap MPH LEHP , Michelle D. Fiscus MD FAAP
682: PH Trust in Three Steps, Mobile Clinics Roll in SD
June 10, 2024

682: PH Trust in Three Steps, Mobile Clinics Roll in SD

Dr. Tom Frieden, president and chief executive officer of Resolve to Save Lives, shares three steps he says are needed to rebuild trust in public health; Melissa Magstadt, secretary of Health for the South Dakota Department of Health and an ASTHO...
Guests: Tom Frieden MD MPH , Melissa Magstadt CNP MBA
669: Lawmakers Consider PH Priorities, Public Health Strategies for Older Adults
May 21, 2024

669: Lawmakers Consider PH Priorities, Public Health Strategies for Older Adults

Lillian Colasurdo, ASTHO director of Public Health Law and Data Sharing, tells us about part one of ASTHO’s 2024 Legislative session update; Dr. Katrina Piercy, director of the Division of Prevention Science in the Office of Disease Prevention and...
Guests: Lillian Colasurdo JD , Katrina Piercy PhD
660: Retail Food Safety Barriers, Guam Launches Public Health AmeriCorps
May 8, 2024

660: Retail Food Safety Barriers, Guam Launches Public Health AmeriCorps

Amber Gibbar, health promotion coordinator for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, says they have been working for years to dismantle communication barriers in retail food safety; Julia Rivera, program director for the Public Health AmeriCorps...
Guests: Julia Rivera , Amber Gibbar
658: Avian Flu Symposium Takeaways, Adolescent Immunization Toolkit
May 6, 2024

658: Avian Flu Symposium Takeaways, Adolescent Immunization Toolkit

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO chief medical officer, elaborates on a blog he authored on takeaways from the recent Avian Flu Symposium; Katelyn Wells, chief research evaluation and development officer for the Association of Immunization Managers,...
Guests: Marcus Plescia MD MPH , Katelyn Wells PhD
656: Racism A Public Health Threat, Syndemic Approaches
May 2, 2024

656: Racism A Public Health Threat, Syndemic Approaches

Dr. Robert Goldstein, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and an ASTHO member, details his state’s Strategic Plan to Advance Racial Equity; Michelle Van Handel, associate director for the Program and Performance Improvement...
Guests: Robert Goldstein MD PhD , Michelle Van Handel MPH
646: Climate Health Training, Updated PFAS Provider Guidance
April 18, 2024

646: Climate Health Training, Updated PFAS Provider Guidance

Ben Fulgencio-Turner, director of the Climate for Health Program at ecoAmerica, discusses a new ASTHO training program that connects the impacts of climate change to public health; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO chief medical officer, tells the news site...
Guests: Marcus Plescia MD MPH , Aaron Bernstein MD MPH , Ben Fulgencio-Turner MPP
639: Workforce Pipeline Progress, Strategies to Reduce Congenital Syphilis
April 9, 2024

639: Workforce Pipeline Progress, Strategies to Reduce Congenital Syphilis

AJ Pearlman, director of Public Health AmeriCorps, says more than 4-thousand people are learning about public health as part of the program; Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, and Dr. Debra Bogen, acting secretary of...
Guests: Anne Zink MD FACEP , Bruce Vanderhoff MD MBA , AJ Pearlman JD , Debra Bogen MD FAAP
633: Voting Impacts Public Health, States Make Transportation Connections
April 1, 2024

633: Voting Impacts Public Health, States Make Transportation Connections

Jeanne Ayers, ASTHO alum and executive director of Healthy Democracy Healthy People, says research has shown that a civically engaged community is a healthy community; Betty Bekemeier, professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing, tells...
Guests: Jeanne Ayers MPH , Betty Bekemeier PhD MPH RN FAAN
631: Inspired by Public Health, TFAH Reports on Readiness
March 28, 2024

631: Inspired by Public Health, TFAH Reports on Readiness

Dr. Karen Smith, former director of the California Department of Public Health, tells us about the early days of her career; Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, president and CEO of Trust for America's Health, details the Ready or Not Report which gets specific...
Guests: J. Nadine Gracia MD MSCE , Karen Smith MD , Josh Wymer DNP MSPM MA RN CNOR CSSM(E) FACHE FAAN
630: Data Sharing Considerations, Alliance Benefits Women’s Health
March 27, 2024

630: Data Sharing Considerations, Alliance Benefits Women’s Health

Susan Bsharah, associate director at Guidehouse, discusses an upcoming TEFCA webinar set for April 4; Elizabeth Hertel, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and an ASTHO member, tells us about the “Good Housing = Good...
Guests: Elizabeth Hertel MBA , Pattie Tucker DrPH RN , Susan Bsharah
629: Long COVID Strategies, Updated ACEs Approaches
March 26, 2024

629: Long COVID Strategies, Updated ACEs Approaches

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO chief medical officer, updates us on the Long COVID situation; Dr. Mark Levine, commissioner of health for the State of Vermont, tells us about ASTHO’s recently updated policy statement on adverse childhood experiences; and...
Guests: Marcus Plescia MD MPH , Mark Levine MD , Tara Kirk Sell PhD MA
621: New Assessment of Public Health Authority, Federal Fund Braiding Guide
March 14, 2024

621: New Assessment of Public Health Authority, Federal Fund Braiding Guide

Dr. Michelle Mello, professor of Law at Stanford Law School and a professor of Health Policy at Stanford University School of Medicine, teamed up with colleagues at Temple University to study the legislative response to legal authority; Danielle...
Guests: Michelle Mello JD PhD MPhil , Danielle Nelson MPH
617: Social Media Oversight, Spending Deadline Concerns
March 8, 2024

617: Social Media Oversight, Spending Deadline Concerns

Dr. Matthew Biel, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, worries about the impact of social media on young people; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO senior vice president for Government Affairs and Public Relations, says...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Matthew Biel MD MSc
616: Social Media Epidemic, States Act to Address Youth Eating Disorders
March 7, 2024

616: Social Media Epidemic, States Act to Address Youth Eating Disorders

Dr. Matthew Biel, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, tells us social media is not necessarily a good part of childhood; Lexa Giragosian, ASTHO senior analyst for Maternal and Infant Health, says...
Guests: Lexa Giragosian MPH , Matthew Biel MD MSc
615: Grad Considers DELPH Colleagues Family, New ASTHO CEO is “Nice, Kind, Caring”
March 6, 2024

615: Grad Considers DELPH Colleagues Family, New ASTHO CEO is “Nice, Kind, Caring”

Keon Lewis, equity and development coordinator for the Cabarrus Health Alliance, talks about his experience as a recent graduate of ASTHO’s DELPH program; Dr. Joseph Kanter is ASTHO’s new CEO and begins his role in April; Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO...
Guests: Joseph Kanter MD MPH , Steven Stack MD , Keon Lewis MHSA
614: New ASTHO CEO Announced
March 5, 2024

614: New ASTHO CEO Announced

Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO president and commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, announces Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO alum, as incoming CEO; Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO’s newly-announced CEO, who joins ASTHO from the Louisiana Department of...
Guests: Joseph Kanter MD MPH , Steven Stack MD
609: Tool Helps Assess Outdated HIV Laws and Policies, Fraser on Time as ASTHO CEO
Feb. 27, 2024

609: Tool Helps Assess Outdated HIV Laws and Policies, Fraser on Time as ASTHO CEO

Iyanrick John, vice president of External Affairs at ChangeLab Solutions, tells us about his organization partnering with the CDC to create a legal and policy assessment tool; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, will be leaving the organization after more than...
Guests: Amber Williams MS , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Iyanrick John JD MPH
604: How to Build a Rural Health Workforce, Pacific Island Agencies Make PHIG Plans
Feb. 20, 2024

604: How to Build a Rural Health Workforce, Pacific Island Agencies Make PHIG Plans

Dr. Nizar Wehbi, ASTHO Member and North Dakota state health officer, says North Dakota has a plan to attract healthcare workers; Lindsey Myers, ASTHO vice president for Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure, tells us Pacific Island area public...
Guests: Lindsey Myers MPH , Nizar Webhi MD MPH
603: Report Calls for New Health Data Approach, ASTHO Members Plan Hill Visit
Feb. 16, 2024

603: Report Calls for New Health Data Approach, ASTHO Members Plan Hill Visit

Dr. Gabriel Seidman, Director of Policy at the Ellison Institute of Technology, details the need for a stronger nationwide health data ecosystem; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director for Government Affairs, tells us how some topics on the Hill that...
Guests: Gabriel Seidman DrPH , Jeffrey Ekoma