Anne Zink, MD, FACEP
May 5, 2026
1119: How PopHIVE Is Rewiring Public Health Intelligence
Today, we’ll hear about a new platform, PopHIVE, aiming to unlock the full potential of population health data with insights from Anne Zink, ASTHO past president and a senior fellow at the Yale School of Public Health, and Jen Layden, senior vice president of population health and innovation at ASTHO.
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Jennifer Layden, MD, PhD
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Sept. 4, 2025
983: Accessible Public Health Data; Disaster Preparedness
Former ASTHO president Dr. Anne Zink, senior clinical fellow at Yale University and practicing emergency medicine physician, shares how PopHIVE, a database of de-identified, population-level health data, draws data from various sources, allowing public health providers to find patterns and make informed decisions; Nicholas Porter, director for environmental health at ASTHO, discusses...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Nicholas Porter MPH
387
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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May 23, 2025
913: 100 Miles in May, Gathering Community Engagement Metrics
Dr. Anne Zink, former ASTHO president and a senior clinical fellow at the Yale School of Public Health, describes the 100 Miles in May challenge; Anna Bradley, ASTHO senior analyst for public health infrastructure and performance improvement, discusses how...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Anna Bradley, MS
391
Oct. 31, 2024
782: Maternal Mortality Crisis Gets National Attention, Zink Still Educating
Laura Ungar, science and medical writer on the Global Health and Science Team for the Associated Press, discusses the two articles she wrote about the maternal mortality crisis; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO past president and Alaska’s former chief medical...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Laura Ungar
253
April 16, 2024
644: Stigma Slows STI Response, Training Climate Ambassadors
Dr. Anne Zink, chief medical officer for the Alaska Department of Health and ASTHO immediate past president, tells us stigma is to blame for slowing progress on sexually transmitted infections; Dr. Scott Harris, state health officer for the Alabama...
249
April 10, 2024
640: NY Study Compares Naloxone Doses, New Tools to Improve Behavioral Health
Dr. Sharon Stancliff, associate medical director for Harm Reduction in Healthcare at the AIDS Institute with the New York State Department of Health, discusses a study the state performed to test the pros and cons of different doses of naloxone; Tanya...
248
April 9, 2024
639: Workforce Pipeline Progress, Strategies to Reduce Congenital Syphilis
AJ Pearlman, director of Public Health AmeriCorps, says more than 4-thousand people are learning about public health as part of the program; Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, and Dr. Debra Bogen, acting secretary of...
183
Jan. 3, 2024
572: How Data Impacts Birth Defects, Parents and Teachers Can Help Prevent STIs
Dr. Karen Remley, ASTHO alum and director for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the CDC, says early detection of birth defects is a focus in January; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO immediate past president and chief medical...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Karen Remley MD MPH
177
Dec. 18, 2023
566: Policies to Curb Sexually Transmitted Infections, Xylazine Regulation and Testing
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO immediate past president and chief medical officer for the Alaska Department of Health, says policies can help address the fact that the number of babies born with syphilis is ten times higher than in 2012; JoAnne McClure, ASTHO...
154
Nov. 13, 2023
543: Rural Health Equity, Covey’s Advice for Building Trust
Dr. Somava Saha, President and CEO of Well-being and Equity in the World, discusses the importance of National Rural Health Day; Stephen Covey, a well-known author, had a message for ASTHO when he joined members at a meeting in Washington D.C. in late...
152
Nov. 8, 2023
541: Syphilis Needs a Campaign, Expand Your Community Health Worker Force
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO past president and Alaska chief medical officer, raises the alarm on the need for new attention to the rising number of syphilis cases in the U.S.; Stephanie Doyle, deputy director for the Bureau of Family Health and...
148
Nov. 2, 2023
537: Presidential Reflections, Medicaid Successes
Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska Chief Medical Officer and ASTHO Immediate Past President, reflects on her time at the head of the organization; Dr. Susan Kansagra (SHO-NC), North Carolina Assistant Public Health Secretary, says her agency...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Susan Kansagra, MD, MBA
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Aug. 11, 2023
480: RSV Messaging, Emergency Contraception
Hear from the experts who participated in an ASTHO online briefing on the coming RSV season; Sophia Durant, ASTHO’s Analyst of Family and Child Health, says access to emergency contraception is a health equity issue; and an ASTHO virtual session...
86
Aug. 4, 2023
475: Health Data Modernization, Senate Appropriations Bill
ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, says policy is the biggest challenge facing public health data modernization; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations,...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Carolyn Mullen
63
June 30, 2023
452: Making Federal Connections, Malaria in the U.S.
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer for Alaska Department of Health, explains best practices for building connections with the federal government; Dr. Benjamin Beard, Deputy Director of the CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases,...
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April 6, 2023
393: Mental Health is Public Health, Washington Post Opinion
On Day Four of National Public Health Week, Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of Health at the Vermont Department of Health, says mental health must be considered if we want to advance public health; Kate Woodsome with the Washington Post discusses key...
269
March 27, 2023
385: ASTHO Budget Pitch, Workforce Policy Approaches
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 of State Health Policy,...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Maggie Davis JD MA
265
March 21, 2023
381: Pandemic Polling, Ending the PH Emergency
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 Medical Officer for the State...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Alyssa Boyea, MPH, CPH
256
March 8, 2023
372: Pew Polls PH Officials, ASTHO Meets the Administration
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 Medical Officer for the...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Alec Tyson
191
Nov. 21, 2022
308: Thankful for People in Public Health
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer of the Alaska Department of Health, shares some encouraging words to celebrate Public Health Thank You Day; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, appreciates the significance of Public Health Thank You Day,...
182
Nov. 7, 2022
299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, releases a statement addressing the response to a spike in respiratory infections; Dr. Jose Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, addresses the latest concerns...
145
Sept. 14, 2022
262: Meet ASTHO’s New President
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 funding; and you're...
140
Sept. 7, 2022
257: Life Expectancy Data Sounds Alarm
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, says new CDC life expectancy data sounds an alarm for public health and the nation; ASTHO shares how public health leaders can help their teams recover from the pandemic; Dr....
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Frederic Bertley PhD
139
Sept. 6, 2022
256: Helping Youth in Crisis
Heather Sebero, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses the alarming mental health crisis impacting young people across the country; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect and the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska,...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Heather Sebero MPA
89
June 27, 2022
207: How to Address Burnout
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect, reflects on the problem of burnout among health care providers; Amelia Poulin, Senior Analyst for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response and Recovery at ASTHO, discusses the importance of COVID-19 case investigators...
118
Feb. 14, 2022
118: Selling Vaccines to Younger Adults
Julie Scofield, Project Director for the Community COVID Coalition, a project of the CDC Foundation, reports on the results of a months-long social media campaign to convince younger adults to get the COVID-19 vaccine; and Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO’s...
109
Feb. 1, 2022
109: Reflections on Black History Month
Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, reflects on current events in the context of Black History Month, on the first day of the month-long recognition; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO’s President-elect, considers the...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Ngozi Ezike MD
106
Jan. 27, 2022
106: Contact Tracing’s Role Today
ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia explains the latest thinking about how best to use case investigation and contact tracing to fight the Omicron variant; ASTHO joins several other national public health groups to issue a statement this...
Guests: Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH , Anne Zink, MD, FACEP
104
Jan. 25, 2022
104: Advancing Health Equity
Paula Tran, Wisconsin’s State Health Officer, says it’s possible to maintain health equity priorities even as the pandemic continues to strain resources. Health equity is among the issues considered in a set of 10 ASTHO policy briefings focused on...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Paula Tran MPH
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Nov. 30, 2021
74: The White House Celebrates Public Health
Several ASTHO members attend a White House event in appreciation of public health workers across the states and territories. ASTHO President Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President-Elect Dr. Anne Zink, California’s Dr. Tomas Aragon, and Dr. LaQuandra...
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Nov. 12, 2021
66: New Health Misinformation Toolkit
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy unveils a new health misinformation toolkit; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect, gives parents five reasons to vaccinate their kids against COVID-19; Sami Jo Freeman, Deputy Communications Director for the...
62
Nov. 5, 2021
62: Vaccine Hesitant Parents
A panel of ASTHO members met with journalists for a virtual news conference Thursday to discuss the new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine and the challenges involved with convincing hesitant parents to vaccinate their kids against the virus. Dr. Nirav Shah,...
50
Oct. 20, 2021
50: Social Media Health Concerns
Stephanie Smiley, former state health officer for Wisconsin, examines the impact of social media on young people; Community COVID Coalition members release new social media animations to educate people ages 18 to 24 about vaccine safety; ASTHO CEO...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Stephanie Smiley
46
Oct. 14, 2021
46: New FDA Booster Shot Debate
ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia forecasts this week’s FDA discussions about the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shots; ASTHO President Elect Dr. Anne Zink explains the importance of recognizing small victories even...
Guests: Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH , Anne Zink, MD, FACEP
41
Oct. 6, 2021
41: EUA Messaging
In a special edition of the newscast, ASTHO President Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President Elect Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser, and Scott Becker, CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories, discuss the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization...
31
Sept. 22, 2021
31: Booster Shot Debate
Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer and ASTHO President-elect, considers the potential for COVID-19 booster shots for some populations; Nick Porter, ASTHO’s Director for Environmental Health, explains how members can benefit from a new...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Nicholas Porter MPH
19
Sept. 3, 2021
19: COVID-19 News Conference
State health officials held a virtual news conference with journalists Thursday to address the latest in the public health response to COVID-19. Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr....
8
Aug. 19, 2021
8: COVID-19 Booster Shots
ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia considers what states and territories need to do to deliver COVID-19 booster shots starting next month; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, shares her approach to...