Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, MD, MPH
Feb. 24, 2026
1075: From Pipeline to Public Trust: Strengthening the Next Generation of Public Health
On today's episode, ASTHO's Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge highlights why workforce pathway programs, mentorship, and hands-on partnerships between universities and health departments are critical. Then, Brian Castrucci, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, discusses his recent article, focused on ways the public health field can communicate its impact.
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March 17, 2025
864: Impressive Vaccination Rates, Changing Immunization Conversation
Dr. Jerome Larkin, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health and an ASTHO Member, explains how his state achieved such impressive vaccination rates; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's senior vice president of Health Initiatives...
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April 19, 2024
647: A New Social Determinant, Measles Outbreak Response
Admiral Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, reflects on the policy factors that impact public health; Massimo Pacilli, deputy commissioner of the Disease Control Bureau with the...
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Nov. 30, 2023
554: Ending Structural Racism, New Book on Public Health Strategy
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, senior vice president, Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, ASTHO outlines the organization’s updated policy statement on structural racism in public health; Dr. Brian Castrucci, president and CEO of the de...
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June 16, 2023
443: 2023 DELPH Cohort, House Hearing on Preparedness
Avia Mason, ASTHO Vice President of Leadership and Organizational Performance, explains the significance of the 2023 DELPH cohort; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director of Government Affairs, says public health emergency preparedness, data...
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June 15, 2023
442: Telling Public Health Stories, RSV Vaccine Reaction
Dr. Edward Ehlinger, former chair of the HHS Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality, says public health needs to look beyond numbers to best serve American Indian and Alaska Native mothers and their babies; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge,...
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March 29, 2023
387: Women Leading ASTHO, Attending TechXpo
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 President of Public Health Data...
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March 9, 2023
373: PH Funding Barriers, Planning an Equity Movement
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 fund local public health...
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Jan. 13, 2023
336: MLK in Public Health, Lactation Help for Incarcerated People
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, reflects on the importance of Dr. King’s message to people working in public health; Shatoria Townsend, ASTHO Senior Analyst for the Maternal...
Nov. 3, 2022
297: Virus Triple Threat
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, discusses concerns with RSV infections and the triple threat that comes with treating those cases at the same time people are getting sick with...
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July 27, 2022
228: Hawaii’s 9-8-8 Experience
Belinda Danielson, Access Supervisor with the State of Hawaii Department of Health, discusses the launch of the new national 9-8-8 hotline for mental health services; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Health Equity and...
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July 25, 2022
226: CDC’s Multi-Billion Dollar Investment
Nick Davidson, Senior Deputy for Public Health with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, discusses the CDC’s plan to invest almost four billion dollars in public health capacity, workforce, and data upgrades; Dr. Joseph...
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July 22, 2022
225: Health Equity Summit Preview
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, previews the goals of next Wednesday’s Health Equity Summit 2022; Dr. Lorraine Backer, Senior Environmental Epidemiologist at the National...
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July 5, 2022
212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
This special edition revisits Episode 201 of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 16th. Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensuring health equity for people belonging to the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; and...
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June 17, 2022
202: Equity on Juneteenth
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, and Dr. Arthur James, a retired OB/GYN and pediatrician, examine the steps required to achieve health equity in a webinar to recognize this...
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June 16, 2022
201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota’s Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensure health equity for people in the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives,...
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June 14, 2022
199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments from Miss Opal Lee known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, as part of a Juneteenth webinar on...
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April 15, 2022
158: Best of ME– Epidemiologists Needed
Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, explains the critical need to hire hundreds of epidemiologists in public health departments nationwide; Richard Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, outlines...
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March 1, 2022
128: Epidemiologists Needed
Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, explains the critical need to hire hundreds of epidemiologists in public health departments nationwide; Richard Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, outlines...
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Jan. 14, 2022
98: MLK and Health Equity
ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser considers Dr. Martin Luther King’s influence on public health and his impact on the organization’s approach to equity; Dr. Alexis Travis, Michigan’s State Health Officer, tells us how the civil rights icon has influenced...
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Oct. 8, 2021
43: New Tools to Reduce STIs
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s new Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, wraps up her first week on the job; Julia Greenspan, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst for Infectious Diseases, debuts a new set of tools to help...
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Aug. 18, 2021
7: Equity and Diversity Initiatives
Dr. Joe Smyser, CEO of The Public Good Projects, discusses the hard work required to manage vaccine misinformation; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge talks about her new job as ASTHO’s senior vice president of health equity and diversity initiatives;...