Overdose Prevention Episodes

July 1, 2025

938: Audience Favorite PHRME: Historic Strides For Overdose Prevention, SLF Advocacy Roundup

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from April 18, 2025. Dr. Allison Arwady, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC, tells us about historic progress in the field of overdose prevention; Catherine Murphy, A…
June 27, 2025

936: Reducing Opioid Overdoses, FY26 Budget Breakdown

Kelly Dougherty, deputy commissioner at the Vermont Department of Health, shares how drug testing has helped reduce the state’s opioid overdose deaths; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s senior director for government affairs, breaks down this week’s View From Washington, D.C. report on public health news from…
June 26, 2025

935: Federal Funding Cuts, Opioid Overdose Death Decline Strategies

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO; Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO president; Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO chief medical officer; Dr. Lindsay Weaver of Indiana; Dr. James McDonald of New York; and Dr. Ralph Alvarado of Tennessee, share more from Tuesday’s deskside briefing on the Impact of Nutrition on Chronic Dis…
June 17, 2025

929: PHIG Funding for PH Workforce

In the latest PHIG Impact Report, Dr. James McDonald, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, explains how the Public Health Infrastructure Grant strengthens the state’s public health workforce.
June 5, 2025

921: Anonymous Naloxone Kits; Performance Management Help

Melissa Magstadt, secretary of health for South Dakota and an ASTHO member, explains the state’s first-in-the-nation anonymous naloxone kit distribution program; Colton Anderson, ASTHO senior analyst for public health systems and improvement, tells us about ASTHO’s Quality Advisory Group...
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…
May 7, 2025

901: Opioid Engagement, Radiological Readiness

Dr. Alex Walley, professor of medicine at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, addresses the opioid overdose crisis and community engagement, topics at the Rhode Island’s Community Overdose Engagement (CODE) Summit; Sean...
May 1, 2025

897: Baston Steps Down, AI for Vaccine Misbelief Correction

Dr. Kaitlan Baston, ASTHO alum and the former New Jersey commissioner of health, reflects on her time in the role as she steps down; Dr. Hang Lu, assistant professor in the department of communication and media at the University of Michigan, discusses an...
April 18, 2025

888: Historic Strides For Overdose Prevention, SLF Advocacy Roundup

Dr. Allison Arwady, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC, tells us about historic progress in the field of overdose prevention; Catherine Murphy, ASTHO government affairs analyst, discusses the advocacy effort...
April 17, 2025

887: Keep America Safe Coalition, Puerto Rico Health Priorities

Sharon Gilmartin, executive director of the Safe States Alliance, tells us about the Keep America Safe Coalition; Dr. Victor Ramos, secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Health and an ASTHO member, breaks down the health priorities for Puerto...
March 25, 2025

870: Opioid Overdose Declines, Tobacco Roundup

Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and an ASTHO Member, tells us how Illinois worked to successfully reduce opioid overdoses; and Beth Giambrone, ASTHO senior analyst of state health policy, recaps some of the...
Feb. 11, 2025

841: Opioid Overdose Tool, Adolescent Behavioral Health

Mia Christopher, research epidemiologist at RTI International, explains how the Opioid Overdose Community Decision Tool could benefit public health; Lexa Giragosian, ASTHO senior analyst for Maternal and Infant Health, tells us why she believes her...
Jan. 24, 2025

829: Overdose Prevention in the Justice System, Fentanyl Crisis Federal Action

JoAnne McClure, senior analyst on ASTHO’s State Health Policy Team, discusses a new ASTHO Health Policy Update that centers on the need for more overdose prevention supports for those in the criminal justice system; Catherine Jones, ASTHO Government...
Jan. 8, 2025

818: Tobacco-Related Disparities, Illegally Manufactured Fentanyl Report

Dr. Kristy Marynak, senior science advisor at the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, details a report on tobacco-related disease and death; Dr. Jean Ko, deputy director at the CDC's Scientific Programs for the Division of Overdose Prevention, discusses a CDC report about overdose rates involving i…
Dec. 9, 2024

806: Substance Misuse and Overdose Prevention Outlook, PHAB Journey

Dr. James McDonald, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, discusses substance misuse and overdose prevention as part of ASTHO’s Legislative Prospectus Series; Dr. Lindsey Kato, director for the Division of Public Health with the...
Dec. 4, 2024

803: ASTHO Legislative Prospectus Series Kicks Off

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, gives us an overview of what to expect from ASTHO’s annual Legislative Prospectus Series; ASTHO’s INSPIRE: Readiness Series can help you foster innovation in your public health systems; and learn all about PHIG by...
Sept. 17, 2024

751: SUD Funds Approved, Workforce Shortages Vary by State

Elizabeth Hertel, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and an ASTHO Member, discusses the allocation of  $300 million to address substance use disorder; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO chief medical officer, spoke to Route...
Sept. 4, 2024

742: Maryland Overdose Dashboard Supports Field Partners, Immunization Awards Honor Advocates

Dr. Laura Herrera Scott, secretary of health for the Maryland Department of Health and an ASTHO Member, discusses the state’s revamped overdose dashboard; Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, tells us how...
Sept. 3, 2024

741: Rhode Island’s Opioid Strategy, PH Detectives Hunt for TB Meds

Dr. Rachel Wightman, consultant medical director at the Rhode Island Department of Health for Drug Overdose Prevention and Surveillance, catches us up on the state’s opioid strategy; Kelly White, director of the infectious disease epidemiology and...
June 4, 2024

678: HEALing Communities Study, Heat Impacts on EMS

Monika Salvage, project director for Cayuga County in New York, explains their participation in the HEALing Communities Study; Dr. Hao Yu, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, conducted a national study on the effect of record heat on EMS;...
May 31, 2024

676: How Tobacco Cultivates Young Customers, Opioid Crisis Solutions

Ellen Cartmell, Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program manager at the Kentucky Department for Public Health, updates us on her state’s tobacco situation for World No Tobacco Day; an ASTHO blog article outlines how your jurisdiction might leverage...
May 30, 2024

675: Latest Tobacco Concerns, Overdose Data Brings Mixed Results

John Bowman, executive vice president for U.S. Tobacco Programs at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, sounds the alarm about the tobacco industry’s relentless drive to encourage young people to use their products; Kayley Humm, ASTHO senior analyst...
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...
March 25, 2024

628: PA Overdose Training, PH’s Role In Transportation

Dr. Debra Bogen, acting secretary of health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health and ASTHO member, discusses Pennsylvania’s work to expand overdose training to many different populations; Beth Giambrone, ASTHO senior analyst for State Health...