Episodes

July 15, 2024

706: State Policy Impacts Immunization Access, FDA Food Code Adoption

Maggie Davis, ASTHO director of State Health Policy, explains why some states had difficulty getting access to new immunization products; the newly announced implementation centers wouldn’t be possible without key partners; Dr. Manisha Juthani,...
July 12, 2024

705: BREAKING NEWS - New Centers to Support Agency Data Modernization Work

Dr. Jennifer Layden, director of the Office of Public Health Data Surveillance and Technology at CDC, tells us about CDC’s investment into the new Implementation Center program; Tabatha Offutt-Powell, ASTHO vice president of Public Health Data...
July 11, 2024

704: ASTHO Joins Healthcare Coalition, TFAH Cites ASTHO Healthy Aging Work

Chelsea Cipriano, managing director of the Common Health Coalition, tells us about ASTHO’s inclusion in the group that aims to build a bridge between healthcare and public health; Megan Wolfe, senior policy development manager for Trust for...
July 10, 2024

703: Mapping Policy Data, Trauma Informed Leadership

Scott Burris, director of the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law, explains the value of scientific legal mapping; ASTHO presents a webinar on how to share public health information with elected officials;...
July 9, 2024

702: Explore Leadership Opportunities, New STI Prevention Tool

ASTHO President and Kentucky Commissioner for Public Health, Dr. Steven J. Stack, shares how ASTHO's peer networks give agency leaders the opportunity to make connections with colleagues; Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC National Center for HIV,...
July 8, 2024

701: Creative Ways to Leverage Funding, Plan to End Homelessness

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO chief medical officer, encourages ASTHO members to consider braiding and layering funding approaches; Carrie Poser, Continuum of Care director for the Wisconsin Balance of State Continuum of Care, tells us how Wisconsin...
July 5, 2024

700: Best of PHRME: Utah State Disability Research, Maternal Implicit Bias Training

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from June 7th, 2024. Dr. Audrey Juhasz, researcher at the Institute for Disability Research Policy and Practice at Utah State University, discusses findings from...
July 4, 2024

699: Best of PHRME: Digital Accessibility, Research Guides Healthy Aging Work

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from May 16, 2024. Derek Olson, web content manager for the Washington State Department of Health, tells us the importance of digital access and inclusion; Emily...
July 3, 2024

698: Best of PHRME: Website Accessibility Rule, Tick-Borne Disease Awareness

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from June 3rd, 2024. Chris Teale, a journalist with Route Fifty, discusses a federal rule that requires websites to adopt standards outlined in the Americans with...
July 2, 2024

697: Best of PHRME: Pacific Islands Embrace PHIG Investments, New Dashboard Calculates Heat Risk

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from May 24th, 2024. ASTHO staff, members, and alumni, discuss a recent meeting focused on the implementation of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant program for...
July 1, 2024

696: Best of PHRME: Avian Flu Symposium Takeaways, Adolescent Immunization Toolkit

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from May 6th, 2024. Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO chief medical officer, elaborates on a blog he authored on takeaways from the recent Avian Flu Symposium; Katelyn...
June 28, 2024

695: LGBTQ+ Inclusivity, Appropriation Season in Full Swing

Dr. Jorge Petit, founder and CEO of Quality Healthcare Solutions, discusses his article in Forbes where he advocates for LGBTQ+ inclusivity; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO senior director for Government Affairs, helps us navigate appropriation season in D.C.;...
June 27, 2024

694: New Data Sources Inform Tobacco Prevention Work, Caring for PH Workers During Disasters

Eli Kern, senior epidemiologist at Public Health - Seattle & King County, says public health teams in Washington are finding new ways to identify tobacco prevention challenges and opportunities; Tiffany Meche, Director of the Bureau of Sanitary...
June 26, 2024

693: Lit Scan Examines Workforce Diversity, Vaccination Barriers Impact People with Disabilities

Dr. Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Health Foundation, discusses a scan of literature focused on diversity to encourage people to consider work in public health; Dr. Nassira Nicola, deputy director for Access and Inclusion in the...
June 25, 2024

692: Training New Tobacco Prevention Hires, Challenges Facing Work on Social Determinants

Katie Steffens, deputy program manager for the State of Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, is working to give potential employees the skills they need to thrive; Suja Shunmugavelu, ASTHO senior director of Engagement, discusses this...
June 24, 2024

691: Building Trust Takes Time, Science Supports Health Equity

Dr. Tara Kirk Sell, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, offers straightforward...
June 21, 2024

690: Medicaid Letter Supports Territories, FDA Food Code Resources

ASTHO CEO Dr. Joseph Kanter and Executive Director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, Kate McEvoy, have sent a letter to Congress to lift the Medicaid funding cap on all U.S. territories and approve a permanent 83 percent federal...
June 20, 2024

689: Territorial Medicaid Funding, Closing PH Knowledge Gaps

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, discusses a letter to Congress that asks lawmakers to lift the Medicaid funding cap on all U.S. territories; Gordon Thane, CEO and principal consultant for Public Health Insight says gaps in public health knowledge can...
June 18, 2024

688: Telehealth Needs Assessment, Executive Training in Action

Suleima Salgado, an ASTHO Telehealth Consultant, shares details of a new needs assessment focused on telehealth; Dr. Fredrick Echols, CEO and Founder of Population Health and Social Justice Consulting LLC and a DELPH Graduate, tells us how DELPH...
June 17, 2024

687: Island Area Agencies Make Time to Plan, PH Leaders Wanted

Megan Drake-Pereyra, ASTHO advisor for Public Health Infrastructure, says island area agencies are looking to update plans and processes following the pandemic; Arthur U. San Agustin, special assistant to the Office of the Governor, tells us Leaders...
June 14, 2024

686: Community Tobacco Control Strategies, Health Equity Science

Ashley Hebert, senior program manager for Community and Government Relations with The Center for Black Health & Equity, says despite challenges organizations must continue their work to protect communities of color from tobacco industry campaigns;...
June 13, 2024

685: Washington State University Disability Data, FSM Improving Healthcare Access

Dr. Liz Wood, scholarly assistant professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University, discusses her grant-winning research on disability data; Julia Von Alexander, ASTHO senior analyst for Island Support, says leaders...
June 12, 2024

684: Epidemiology Competencies Toolkit, Advancing Vaccine Equity

Sarah Auer, program analyst for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, tells us about the Applied Epidemiology Competencies toolkit; Lillie Seels, director of Practice Transformation at the National Community Action Partnership, says...
June 11, 2024

683: RSV Season Preps Underway, Tips to Build PH Trust

Dr. Michelle Fiscus, chief medical officer at the Association of Immunization Managers, discusses numbers released in March that show the RSV immunization for infants is 90 percent effective; Dr. Tom Frieden, president and chief executive officer of...