Stress And Burnout Episodes
June 3, 2026
1138: How Mentorship Strengthens the Maternal and Child Health Workforce
On today's episode, Candice Simon from the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs discusses the Maternal Health Innovation Leaders Mentorship Program and the value of meaningful professional guidance in public health.
Guest: Candice Simon, MPH
April 29, 2026
1115: How Mentorship and Training Are Transforming Public Health Leadership
In this episode, Joshua Allen from the South Carolina Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Organizational Development discusses how targeted supervisor training and mentorship programs are reshaping workforce culture in public health.
Guest: Joshua Allen, HCI-CHC, CLC
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
March 18, 2026
1088: Keeping Public Health Nurses: Strategies to Reduce Burnout and Strengthen Retention
On today's episode, Shirley Orr from the Association of Public Health Nurses shares insights from the Public Health Nursing Workforce Learning Lab series, including what the results of the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey reveal about this essential group of professionals.
Guest: Shirley Orr MHS APRN NEA-C
Feb. 13, 2026
1069: Data, People, and the Future of Public Health Response
Behind every public health response are two make-or-break factors: the people doing the work and the systems that help them work together. First, Shirley Orr, Executive Director of the Association of Public Health Nurses,, discusses the Public Health Nursing Workforce Learning Lab Series Session 5 with insights from PH WINS, the nation’s only survey of the state and local public health workforce, which reached nearly 50,000 professionals. The data paints a detailed picture of who makes up today’...
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Oct. 27, 2025
1019: PH Lessons From Wildfires, End-Of-Year Legislative Priorities
Michelle Hale, preparedness program director with the Office of Preparedness and Response at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, shares what her state learned about responding to critical public health challenges amid a surge of wildfires in the state; Catherine Murphy, senior analyst of government affairs at ASTHO, discusses the Federal Health Policy Update she authored...
Guests: Catherine Murphy , Michelle Hale
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Sept. 3, 2025
982: Collated Public Health Data; Succession Planning
Former ASTHO president Dr. Anne Zink, senior clinical fellow at Yale University and practicing emergency medicine physician, shares how PopHIVE, an interactive database of de-identified, population-level health data, can help public health providers navigate health trends in their respective jurisdictions...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Joy Ermie MPH
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July 15, 2025
947: PH Workforce Survey, STI Education Credits
Dr. Brian Castrucci, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, shares how the 2024 PH WINS survey can help state and local health departments develop more strategic workforce development plans; Dr. David Spach, editor-in-chief of the National STD Curriculum...
Guests: Brian Castrucci, DrPh, MA , David Spach MD
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April 2, 2025
876: PH Workforce Lessons, Interagency Leadership Convening
Ryan Jury, assistant division director for operational excellence with the Department of Health and Human Services in North Carolina, tells us what he has learned from the ASTHO Leadership Institute and the ASTHO Spring Leadership Forum; Justa Encarnacion...
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March 28, 2025
873: Enhance Business Partnerships, Tech Updates w/ PHIG
Emma Dewhurst, senior program and research associate at the de Beaumont Foundation, tells us why public health and business partnerships are still rare; Edlen Anzures, acting ceputy secretary for the Ministry of Health and Human Services in the...
Guests: Emma Dewhurst MPP , Edlen Anzures
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Aug. 1, 2024
719: Tick Talk, Government Worker Burnout
Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO president-elect and state health officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health, tells us about an education campaign about tick-borne diseases; Sean Newhouse, staff reporter for Government Executive, explains a study...
Guests: Scott Harris, MD, MPH , Sean Michael Newhouse
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July 19, 2024
710: Workforce Burnout Strategies, Naloxone Saturation Academy
Melissa Jezior, CEO of Eagle Hill Consulting, says burnout on the decline continues to create challenges in the workplace; Dr. Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Use Treatment at SAMHSA, tells us the Naloxone Saturation Policy Academy...
Guests: Melissa Jezior , Yngvild Olsen MD MPH
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May 7, 2024
659: Break Free From Burnout; Nurse Workforce Diversification
Omar Khalid, ASTHO director of workforce, tells us about the American Nurses Foundation’s upcoming webinar, “Break Free From Burnout”; Maya Goldman, a healthcare reporter for Axios, discusses her article on the nurse workforce; and ASTHO has a...
Guests: Omar Khalid , Maya Goldman