Season 2

Public Health Funding View From Washington, D.C. Capitol Hill School Nutrition USDA White House

389: Seeking School Lunch Comments, Debt Ceiling Discussions

March 31, 2023

Shannon Vance, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst, Family and Child Health, encourages ASTHO members to comment on the USDA's proposed standards for school lunch and breakfast programs; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Governme…

Immunization COVID-19 Community Health Workers Tribal Health Community Partnerships National Doctors Day Native Americans TechXpo Premier Sponsor Native Americans

388: Tribal Vaccine Messaging, Celebrating a Family of 163 Doctors

March 30, 2023

Gary Lankford, Advances in Indian Health Care Program Director at the Association of American Indian Physicians, explains vaccine messaging that appeals to American Indian and Alaskan Native populations; Dr. Laura Chanchien …

Health Equity Public Health Data Modernization Women's History Month TechXpo Public Health Data And Technology

387: Women Leading ASTHO, Attending TechXpo

March 29, 2023

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, celebrates women who've held ASTHO leadership positions over the last several decades; Jamie Pina, ASTHO's Vice Preside…

Substance Misuse Island Jurisdictions Public Health Funding Opioid Epidemic Federated States Of Micronesia Veteran's Health Veteran's Health

386: Dealing with Xylazine, Island Care for Veterans

March 28, 2023

Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, discusses the dangers of Xylazine, a strong tranquilizer, and how to treat patients who have ingested it; Moses Pretrick, Federated State…

Public Health Infrastructure Public Health Workforce Social Determinants Of Health Public Health Policy Public Health Data Modernization Public Health Funding Women's History Month Capitol Hill

385: ASTHO Budget Pitch, Workforce Policy Approaches

March 27, 2023

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medical Officer, testifies before a House appropriations subcommittee in Washington D.C. seeking sustainable and flexible public health funding; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director …

Funding COVID-19 CDC Family And Child Health View From Washington, D.C. Capitol Hill Supply Chain School Nutrition World TB Day

384: New School Lunch Guidelines, ASTHO Testifies Before Congress

March 24, 2023

Cindy Long, Administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, says a new set of proposed school lunch guidelines are an important step to putting kids on a path to healthy lifestyles; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Direct…

Health Equity Funding COVID-19 Infant Mortality Child And Maternal Health Island Jurisdictions Public Health Policy U.S. Virgin Islands

383: Breastfeeding Partners, USVI Priorities

March 23, 2023

Carl Route Jr., Program Director for Reaching our Brothers Everywhere, says his group is on a mission to educate, equip, and empower men to increase breastfeeding rates and decrease infant mortality rates in the African-Amer…

COVID-19 Suicide Prevention Mental Health Social Determinants Of Health Public Health Funding

382: Suicide Rates Climbing, Mental Health Funding Opportunities

March 22, 2023

Deborah Stone, Behavioral Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains that after two consecutive years of declines, U.S. suicide rates increased in 2021, nearly returning to their 2018 peak; Hanna…

COVID-19 Access To Care Public Health Communication Public Health Emergency

381: Pandemic Polling, Ending the PH Emergency

March 21, 2023

Alyssa Boyea, ASTHO Director for Infectious Disease Preparedness, highlights resources to help public health agencies improve their COVID-19 communication and messaging approaches; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Me…

Immunization COVID-19 Island Jurisdictions Public Health Funding COFA Legislation

380: Immunization Exemption Strategies, Island Area Funding Pitch

March 20, 2023

Heather Tomlinson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Immunizations, reminds us in an ASTHO blog article that there are strategies to reduce the impact of non-medical immunization exemptions; the CDC has added COVID-19 vaccinations to…

Emergency Preparedness Funding COVID-19 Emergency Powers Policy And Advocacy View From Washington, D.C.

379: Changes to Emergency Powers, Hill Gives ASTHO Recess Homework

March 17, 2023

Gregory Sunshine, Public Health Analyst with the Centers for Disease Control, explains how state and territorial emergency powers have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic; and Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of …

Health Equity Island Jurisdictions Public Health Workforce

378: PH Losing People, History Impacts Equity

March 16, 2023

Dr. Brian Castrucci, CEO and President of the de Beaumont Foundation, talks about data that shows public health is on track to lose 130,000 people by 2025; an ASTHO blog article discusses how colonialism, military presence, …

Health Equity COVID-19 STIs Maternal And Infant Health

377: Lingering Pandemic Impacts, Screening for Syphilis

March 15, 2023

Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for Alabama Public Health, addresses the startling statistic that there have been more deaths in Alabama than births for two straight years; Nada Hassanein, Health Inequities Reporter f…

Public Health Workforce Public Health Data Modernization TechXpo Public Health Data And Technology

376: Dire Workforce Prediction, PH Tech Talk

March 14, 2023

Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says workforce data indicates public health agencies could lose nearly 130,000 employees by 2025;  J.T. Lane, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Population…

Funding COVID-19 Public Health Communication Gen Z

375: PH Communications Poll, Cultivating Gen Z Advocates

March 13, 2023

Alec Tyson, Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, explains the results of a recent poll that confirms the challenges public health agencies had communicating pandemic decisions; Emily Dore, Director of Polic…

Funding COVID-19 View From Washington, D.C.

374: New COVID-19 Dashboard, Biden’s Proposed Budget

March 10, 2023

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Relations, works through the numbers of President Biden’s proposed budget to evaluate the impact on public health funding and programs in this wee…

Health Equity Funding HIV Health Equity Summit STDs

373: PH Funding Barriers, Planning an Equity Movement

March 9, 2023

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, former State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health and now dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, urges agencies that …

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…

Environmental Health Health Equity COVID-19 Health Equity Summit

371: Tracking COVID Deaths, Building a Justice Movement

March 7, 2023

Dr. Jonathan Levy, Chair of the Department of Environmental Health with the Boston University School of Public Health, has new research that says white people in Massachusetts now are more likely to die from COVID than black…

Tobacco Control State Health Policy Spring Meeting

370: ASTHO Leaders Convene, Flavored Tobacco Legislation

March 6, 2023

Amber Williams, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Leadership & Organizational Performance, says ASTHO members have a busy schedule of meetings with Biden Administration and Congressional officials in Washington, D.C. this week…

Island Jurisdictions Public Health Policy View From Washington, D.C. Spring Meeting Capitol Hill

369: Island Officials Advocate, Congressional Mood Toward PH

March 3, 2023

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, previews the work ahead in Congress and ASTHO’s public health policy agenda in the first installment of the View from Washington D.C. re…

Funding Overdose Prevention Opioids Island Jurisdictions COFA

368: Island Health Push, Ending the X Waiver

March 2, 2023

Alex Wheatley, ASTHO Assistant Director of the Island Support Team, says there is an urgent need to approve agreements that continue funding for health programs in several island nations; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice Pr…

Emergency Preparedness Public Health Authority Long COVID Legislation

367: Leading on Long COVID, PH Authority Legislative Tracker

March 1, 2023

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, outlines the role of public health in addressing the challenges of long COVID; Katie Moran McCabe, Lead Law and Policy Analyst with the Center for Public Health Law Research a…

Funding Public Health Infrastructure Workforce Development Government Relations

366: Public Health Roadblocks, New Workforce Resource

Feb. 28, 2023

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, writes about problems impacting public health, such as underfunding, bureaucracy, and inadequate admini…

Immunization Maternal Morbidity And Mortality Vaccination Maternal And Infant Health

365: “Unacceptable” Maternal Mortality Rates, Mounting a Vaccination Defense

Feb. 27, 2023

Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, has studied the data in Mississippi’s latest Maternal Mortality Report and says the rates are unacceptable; Heather Tomlinson, ASTHO Seni…

Emergency Preparedness Health Equity COVID-19 Data Integration Social Determinants Of Health Pandemics Public Health Data And Technology

364: Illinois’ COVID-19 Experience, Khaldun’s Equity Plan for CVS

Feb. 24, 2023

Dr. Sameer Vorha, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, is taking note of the disparities laid bare by COVID-19 in a new guest column written for the Chicago Sun-Times; Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Vice President and…

Emergency Preparedness Health Equity COVID-19 Chronic Disease Social Determinants Of Health Heart Disease

363: Live to the Beat Campaign, Pandemic Take-Away

Feb. 23, 2023

Kinetra Joseph, Campaign Director for the CDC Foundation, says the Foundation’s Live to the Beat initiative has had a successful first year; Dr. Christopher King, Dean of the Georgetown University School of Health, spent muc…

Social And Behavioral Health Leadership And Workforce Development Mental Health Women, Infant, And Family Health Social Determinants Of Health DELPH Youth Mental Health

362: Teen Girls in Crisis, Looking for Diverse Executives

Feb. 22, 2023

Robin Matthies, ASTHO’s Director for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, encourages ASTHO members to review a CDC report that says teen girls in the U.S. are in crisis; Harold Gil, a graduate of ASTHO’s Diverse Executi…

Immunization Chronic Disease Women, Infant, And Family Health Heart Disease Infectious Diseases DELPH RSV

361: RSV Immunization Considered, Making CPR and AEDs More Common

Feb. 21, 2023

Dr. Christopher Rizzo, Senior U.S. Medical Director for Sanofi, is working on a passive immunization for RSV that could help protect young infants from the virus; Lana McKinney, ASTHO Senior Policy Analyst for State Health P…

Health Equity Public Health Communication Black History Month DELPH

360: Public Health Deniers, Pacific Islands Equity Summit Begins

Feb. 17, 2023

Dr. Scott Rivkees, Professor of Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown School of Public Health, writes about the impact of denialism on public health in a guest column published in Washington D.C.’s Hi…

Health Equity Insight And Inspiration Injury And Violence Prevention Public Health Communication Black History Month Public Health Data And Technology

359: Vermont’s Pandemic Communications, Gun Violence Grant

Feb. 16, 2023

Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, offers his colleagues some advice in a new ASTHO video about improving public health through data and communication; Dr. David Grossman, Vice President for S…

Risk Appropriate Care

358: FDA Blood Supply Proposal, Improving Perinatal Outcomes

Feb. 15, 2023

Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, State Health Director and the Chief Medical Officer for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, is optimistic about the FDA’s proposal to use an individual risk assessment when decid…

Immunization Women, Infant, And Family Health Food And Water Safety

357: Testing School Vaccination Requirements, Retail Food Safety Focus

Feb. 14, 2023

Claire Hannan, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers, is worried some who previously supported bills to prevent mandatory COVID vaccinations now might try to also weaken school vaccination requiremen…

Health Equity Immunization COVID-19 Overdose Prevention Insight And Inspiration Opioids Public Health Communication

356: New York’s Opioid Partnerships, Arizona’s Mobile Vaccination Clinics

Feb. 13, 2023

Dr. Jim McDonald, New York State Acting Health Commissioner, says partnerships with people in local communities are key to the state's response to the opioid crisis; Siman Qaasim, Health Equity Administrator for the Arizona …

Immunization COVID-19 Healthy Aging Public Health Communication

355: Healthy Aging Strategies, Helping Make Sense of Public Health

Feb. 10, 2023

Claire Pendergrast, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, has new research outlining five key strategies ASTHO members can use to promote healthy aging in their jurisdictions; Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, a…

Health Equity Overdose Prevention Opioids Climate And Health

354: Biden’s Opioid Message, Georgetown’s New Health Dean

Feb. 9, 2023

Richa Ranade, ASTHO's Senior Director for Overdose Prevention, says it's encouraging to hear President Joe Biden prioritize solutions to the opioid epidemic in his State of the Union address; Dr. Christopher King, the first …

Immunization COVID-19 Injury And Violence Prevention Infectious Diseases

353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities

Feb. 8, 2023

Ernia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organization hopes to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates with grants to more than 1,400…

Health Equity Insight And Inspiration Social Determinants Of Health Public Health Policy Policy And Advocacy Health E

352: Redefining Community Safety, New Capitol Hill Leadership

Feb. 7, 2023

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, says the Community Safety Campaign is about making sure people who live in communities have livable wages, and affordable and safe housing; Carolyn McC…

Health Equity Opioids Disability And Preparedness Women, Infant, And Family Health Social Determinants Of Health

351: A Reporter’s Drug Strategy, Childcare is Public Health

Feb. 6, 2023

Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has spent the last year reporting on the opioid crisis and offers some advice for public health; Shannon Vance, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Family & Child He…

Disability And Preparedness Public Health Workforce Policy And Advocacy

350: Disability Etiquette, Self-Care Tips for Staff

Feb. 3, 2023

Dawn Skaggs, the Emergency, Disaster and Climate Resilience Specialist at World Institute on Disability, will help lead an ASTHO training event on Monday that will ask attendees to develop more equitable approaches in their …

Overdose Prevention Opioids Public Health Workforce Infectious Diseases

349: Safe Drug Use Sites, Toxic Pandemic Stress

Feb. 2, 2023

Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, says drug use sites face many hurdles even if they have local permission to operate; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, tells the Associated Press that her m…

COVID-19 Overdose Prevention Opioids Emergency Powers Policy And Advocacy

348: WSJ on Fentanyl Dangers, COVID Emergency Ending

Feb. 1, 2023

Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has been reporting on the opioid crisis for more than a year but says it’s still a difficult story to write; Andy Baker-White, ASTHO Senior Director of St…

Emergency Preparedness Environmental Health Policy And Advocacy

347: Educating Capitol Hill, Buffalo Preparedness

Jan. 31, 2023

Devon Page, ASTHO Government Affairs Analyst, says ASTHO wants to work with both parties in Congress to find common ground for the good of public health; Arnold Bogis, ASTHO Senior Analyst and Research Associate, tells us wh…

Immunization COVID-19 Insight And Inspiration Rural Health Telehealth Public Health Funding Policy And Advocacy

346: Federal Budget Partners, Rural Telehealth Strategies

Jan. 30, 2023

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, is keeping an eye on the budget wrangling taking place on Capitol Hill; Ashley Cram, with ASTHO, explains how ASTHO members are working …

Immunization COVID-19 Public Health Workforce Food And Water Safety

345: Promoting PH Lab Positions, Annual COVID Shots

Jan. 27, 2023

Dr. Christine Bean, Chief Learning Officer at the Association of Public Health Laboratories, talks about recruiting candidates into laboratory positions on ASTHO’s new jobs website, ; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past Pre…

Health Equity Immunization COVID-19 Leadership And Workforce Development Medicaid And Public Health Partnerships

344: Maine Loves Dr. Shah, Territories Moving Forward

Jan. 26, 2023

Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, reflects on his work in the state of Maine as he readies for his next job as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Immunization Leadership And Workforce Development Women, Infant, And Family Health Food And Water Safety DELPH

343: Vaccination Disparities, Retail Food Mentorships

Jan. 25, 2023

Dr. Shannon Stokley, an Epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about another drop in childhood vaccination rates; Tiara Smith, a Program Analyst for Environmental Health with the National A…

Public Health Workforce Women, Infant, And Family Health Social Determinants Of Health Public Health Funding

341: Investing in PH, Protecting Children

Jan. 23, 2023

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Dean of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, says there's still a need for sustained investment in public health three years after the pandemic; Beth Giambrone, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Stat…

Emergency Preparedness Environmental Health Health Equity Climate And Health Pandemics TechXpo Public Health Data And Technology

340: Climate + Health Equity, ARPA Benefits

Jan. 20, 2023

Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for the Washington State Department of Health, is establishing connections between climate change, environmental justice, and health equity; Dr. David Gifford, Chief Medical Officer at the…

Emergency Preparedness COVID-19 ASTHO Pandemics

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…