ASTHO Episodes

372: Pew Polls PH Officials, ASTHO Meets the Administration
COVID-19 Public Health Crisis Management ASTHO Spring Meeting

372: Pew Polls PH Officials, ASTHO Meets the Administration

March 8, 2023

Alec Tyson, Associate Director of Research at the PEW Research Center, previews a survey of Americans’ views of public health officials and their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Me…

339: Messonnier’s COVID Reflections, Equity Tops Pandemic Lessons
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339: Messonnier’s COVID Reflections, Equity Tops Pandemic Lessons

Jan. 19, 2023

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Dean of the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic with her unique perspective as a top CDC official at the time; Dr. John Wiesman, forme…

338: Medicaid Cliff, Global View for Public Health
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338: Medicaid Cliff, Global View for Public Health

Jan. 18, 2023

Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, shares the good news that Congress has addressed Medicaid funding concerns that have plagued the U.S. territories for years; Dr. Jay Butler, former ASTHO Pr…

337: Dr. Nirav Shah’s Big News, National Day of Racial Healing
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337: Dr. Nirav Shah’s Big News, National Day of Racial Healing

Jan. 17, 2023

Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President, will leave his job as director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to take the number two position at the CDC; Joya Coffman, ASTHO Senior Advisor for Perform…

334: Flu Messaging, Pandemic Partner
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334: Flu Messaging, Pandemic Partner

Jan. 11, 2023

Dr. Umair Shah, Washington Secretary of Health, says Congress needs to be continually updated about the winter flu season; Elke Shaw-Tulloch, Idaho State Health Officer with the Department of Health and Welfare, reflects on …

262: Meet ASTHO’s New President
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262: Meet ASTHO’s New President

Sept. 14, 2022

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO’s New Board President and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, looks at the year ahead and the work she hopes to continue; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses the White House request for emergency monkeypox fun…

261: ASTHO’s Outgoing President
ASTHO Public Health Leadership

261: ASTHO’s Outgoing President

Sept. 13, 2022

Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO’s Outgoing Board President, reflects on his time leading the organization during the COVID-19 pandemic; ASTHO has a new webinar series to help you prepare for a public health emergency; and make sure yo…

160: Variant Fatigue
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160: Variant Fatigue

April 19, 2022

Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of Health at the Vermont Department of Health, explains how the COVID BA.2 sub-variant is being received by people in his state; Caroline Brazeel, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Population Health a…

144: ASTHO Turns 80 Today
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144: ASTHO Turns 80 Today

March 23, 2022

Dr. Leah Devlin, former ASTHO president and North Carolina state health official, reflects on ASTHO’s support for state and territorial public health leaders and the organization’s 80th anniversary celebrated today; Dr. Jami…

127: Territories Deliver Hill Messages
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127: Territories Deliver Hill Messages

Feb. 28, 2022

Dr. Esther Muña, Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation in the Northern Mariana Islands, and Dr. Carlos Mellado, Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Health, deliver key policy messages duri…

124: ASTHO Heads to Capitol Hill
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124: ASTHO Heads to Capitol Hill

Feb. 23, 2022

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…

122: ASTHO’s New Resiliency Program
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122: ASTHO’s New Resiliency Program

Feb. 18, 2022

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;…

117: ASTHO’s New Strategic Plan
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117: ASTHO’s New Strategic Plan

Feb. 11, 2022

Zarnaaz Bashir, ASTHO’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, says the organization’s new strategic plan was created during and influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic; Dr. Robert Bourgeois, an occupational and environmental health ex…

105: Rural Health Needs
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105: Rural Health Needs

Jan. 26, 2022

ASTHO and associations representing epidemiologists, counties, cities, and public health labs issue a statement supporting jurisdictions moving away from universal case investigation and contact tracing at this point in the …

100: Rethinking School Discipline Part 2
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100: Rethinking School Discipline Part 2

Jan. 19, 2022

Robin Matthies, Director of Public and Behavioral Health Integration at ASTHO, explains why it’s important to consider restorative justice approaches to discipline in schools; Andy Baker-White, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Sta…