Public Health Law Episodes
337
June 18, 2025
930: State Policy Work, CHW Funding
Lillian Colasurdo, ASTHO’s director of public health law and data sharing, is featured in today's Get To Know ASTHO segment; Lesley Wolf, director of programming for Envision, discusses how their new CHW Financial Sustainability Toolkit can help public health programs...
Guests: Lillian Colasurdo JD , Lesley Wolf
334
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 Surveillance System; Christina Severin, director of public health law at ASTHO, discusses her role on the State Health Policy team...
332
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...
Guests: Andy Baker-White, JD, MPH , Ken Harrison
326
June 2, 2025
918: Tick-Borne Diseases At All-Time High, PH Legislation Roundup
Laura Harrington, professor in the department of entomology at Cornell University and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, explains how public health can combat tick-borne diseases; Beth Giambrone, ASTHO senior analyst for state health policy, discusses public health legislation in states around the country...
Guests: Beth Giambrone, MPP , Laura Harrington PhD
319
May 21, 2025
911: Admin. Preparedness Key In Emergencies, Mosquito Control Trends
Julia McIlroy, procurement content manager for the National Association of State Procurement Officials, discusses administrative preparedness for public health emergencies...
Guests: Lillian Colasurdo JD , Julia McIlroy MS
507
May 5, 2025
899: Preventing Lead Exposure, Disability Definition
Brian Weaver, lead policy advisor at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, tells us about an emergency rule to strengthen standards that protect children from lead exposure; Annie Evans, ASTHO’s director of preparedness, discusses a recent...
Guests: Annie Evans, MPH , Brian Weaver, MPH
488
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...
437
Jan. 23, 2025
828: White House Sepsis Roundtable, AI & PH Webinar
Dr. Jerome Larkin, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health and an ASTHO Member, recaps a White House roundtable meeting that focused on sepsis; Meghan Mead, deputy director in the Mid-States Region at the Network for Public Health Law, tells...
Guests: Jerome Larkin, MD , Meghan Mead JD
419
Dec. 13, 2024
810: Maternal and Childhood Health Prospectus, Pertussis Persists
Dr. Debra Bogen, secretary of health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an ASTHO Member, discusses ASTHO’s Maternal and Childhood Health Legislative Prospectus; Dr. Tina Tan, president of the Infectious Disease Society of America, tells us how...
384
Oct. 22, 2024
775: Long COVID Policies, H5N1 Talking Points
Catherine Murphy, Government Affairs analyst at ASTHO, previews a new blog article that details federal efforts for Long COVID; Ewa King, PhD, chief program officer at the Association of Public Health Laboratories, details a new online resource for...
Guests: Catherine Murphy , Ewa King PhD MSE
235
March 19, 2024
624: Balance Can Benefit PH Authority, Vending Kiosks Offer COVID and Flu Tests
Dr. Michelle Mello, professor of law at Stanford Law School and professor of health policy at Stanford University School of Medicine, studied state lawmakers’ response to the use of public health authority during the pandemic; Dr. Tao Sheng...
181
Nov. 4, 2022
298: Washington’s Opioid Agreement
Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for the State of Washington, discusses a settlement with three companies the state says played a key role in driving the opioid epidemic; Donna Levin, Director of Act for Public Health, discusses the legal landscape...
Guests: Umair Shah, MD, MPH , Donna Levin JD
6
Feb. 23, 2022
124: ASTHO Heads to Capitol Hill
Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, shares how public health leaders will engage with Members of Congress today in virtual Hill Day meetings; Amber Williams, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Leadership and...
Guests: Carolyn McCoy, MPH , Amber Williams, MS
5
Feb. 22, 2022
123: Territories Visit Capitol Hill
Alex Wheatley, a Senior Analyst on ASTHO’s Territorial Support Team, explains the work Territorial members will do tomorrow during the organization’s annual Hill Day event in Washington, D.C.; Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Federal...
Guests: Carolyn McCoy, MPH , Alex Wheatley, MPA
4
Feb. 18, 2022
122: ASTHO’s New Resiliency Program
ASTHO announces a new resiliency program to support the strained public health workforce; Avia Mason, ASTHO’s Vice President of Learning Strategy, outlines the plan for the organization’s Washington Week gathering next week; and Cortney Lovell...
Guests: Avia Mason, MPH , Cortney Lovell
93
Jan. 7, 2022
93: Supreme Court Hears Vaccine Cases
Lawrence Gostin, law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C., tells us what to expect from today’s Supreme Court hearing on two Biden Administration COVID vaccine mandates; ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser says states and...
91
Jan. 5, 2022
91: Immunization Proposals Await Action
Andy Baker White, ASTHO’s Senior Director of State Health Policy, discusses immunization proposals scheduled for consideration in legislatures across the nation; Caroline Chen, a journalist writing for ProPublica, connects syphilis to the public...
Guests: Andy Baker-White, JD, MPH , Caroline Chen
78
Dec. 6, 2021
78: Vaccine Mandate Prediction
ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says influenza and COVID-19 have a lot in common, as National Influenza Vaccination Week kicks off today; Professor James Hodge Jr., at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University...
Guests: Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH , James G. Hodge JD
58
Nov. 1, 2021
58: School Mask Lawsuits
Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, examines the flurry of lawsuits and court orders resulting from legislative and executive prohibitions of school masking policies; Lindsey Myers, ASTHO’s Vice President of Social and...