Public Health Systems Improvement Episodes
April 20, 2026
1109: Modernizing Grants Management
In this episode, ASTHO's Colton Anderson explains how agencies across the country are rethinking and improving their grants management processes.
Guest: Colton Anderson MPH
April 16, 2026
1108: How Louisiana Transformed Performance Management
On today's episode, Anna Bryant from the Louisiana Department of Health breaks down the essential connection between performance management and quality improvement, showing how big-picture strategy and day-to-day problem solving must work hand in hand.
Guest: Anna Bryant, MSN, RN, CEN
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Feb. 26, 2025
851: STI Surveillance Report, Maryland “SHIP” A Team Effort
Dr. Bradley Stoner, director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC, reports the findings in the latest STI Surveillance report; Katherine Feldman, chief performance Officer at the Maryland Department of Health, details the success of...
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Jan. 28, 2025
831: PHIG TA Assists Reaccreditation, Performance Management System Best Practices
Ashlyn Sherman, health planning coordinator for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, tells us how a PHIG-funded ASTHO technical assistance opportunity helped her department; Colton Anderson, an ASTHO senior analyst for Public Health Systems Improvement, details what to...
Guests: Ashlyn Sherman, MPH , Colton Anderson MPH
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Nov. 8, 2024
788: Honoring Veterans in Public Health, Public Health Planning Learning Community
Dr. Kenneth Fink, director of the Hawaii Department of Health, an ASTHO member and a retired Air Force colonel, tells us how the military prepared him for his role in public health; Sara Bell, ASTHO senior analyst for Public Health Systems and...
Guests: Kenneth Fink MD MGA MPH , Sara Bell, MPH
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Oct. 18, 2022
285: COVID-19 Spending Oversight
Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, says oversight of COVID-19 spending might increase if midterm elections lead to change in U.S. House leadership ; Heidi Westermann, ASTHO’s Director of Public Health Systems and...
Guests: Heidi Westermann MPH , Jeffrey Ekoma, MBA, MS