Joshua Sharfstein MD

Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Aug. 9, 2024

725: Baltimore Overdose Deaths, SNAP Funding Critical

Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, distinguished professor of practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the former Baltimore City health commissioner, explains the ups and downs of overdose deaths in Baltimore …
Feb. 8, 2022

114: How Federal Agencies Can Work Together

Dr. Josh Sharfstein, a former public health official in Maryland and principal deputy commissioner at the FDA from 2009 until 2011, says continued public confusion over testing, booster doses, and medications could be improv…
Feb. 4, 2022

112: Messaging COVID Vaccines to New Parents

Dr. Jose Romero, a pediatrician and Arkansas’ Secretary of Health, says there’s work to be done to prepare for the possibility of a vaccine for infants and toddlers; Dr. Josh Sharfstein, a pediatrician and former health offi…