Health Policy (Audio)
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Health Disparities For People With Developmental Disabilities
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Amged Soliman from the National Council on Disability provides an update on health disparit...
Barriers to Care for People with Developmental Disabilities
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the 2024 Developmental Disabilities Conference, three leaders of the disability community - Max Barrows, Matteo Musso, and Elizabeth Grigsb...
Software Tracking COVID Variants in Real Time is Key to Controlling Outbreak
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
UC Santa Cruz developed a computational tool known as UShER that enables real-time SARS-CoV-2 tracking and helps researchers identify new lineages of ...
Why We Are Failing - Historical Perspective on California's Homeless
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since the mid 1970s, California policy makers have attempted to address the ever-growing problem of homelessness and incarceration of people with seri...
How to Solve California's Chronic Homelessness
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's California doing to address the issue of chronic homelessness? Some say nothing while others point to many efforts at the local and state level...
21st Century Global Health Priorities with Christopher Murray
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The world has lived through 2+ years of the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the awareness of the links between health and other aspects of life includi...
The Status Quo Loves To Say No: Disability Rights and the Battle Against Structures of Exclusion with Judith Heumann
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disability rights activist Judy Heumann has been fighting for inclusion for over six decades, in ways that transformed legal and societal understandin...
Marion Nestle: The Journey of One Woman in Science and Policy
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marion Nestle, Ph.D., MPH, reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowned food politics expert, public health advocate, and a founder of the ...
Metrics in Action: Lessons Learned from 30 Years of the Global Burden of Disease Study with Christopher Murray
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began in 1991 sponsored by the World Bank and the World Health Organization to fill a critical gap in global ...
How To Bolster The Safety Net For Those Most Impacted By The Pandemic
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local and state level are seeking solutions to help restore the health and well-bei...
Why Are People Acting So Weird? Social Disruption Stress and Substance Use During the Pandemic
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives over the last two years. Policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to myria...
Health Workforce Shortages in the Wake of the Pandemic
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives, and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to help restore the health a...
Seeing CLIIR-ly: Insights from UCSF's Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to help restore the health an...
Is Parental Leave Costly for Parents and Co-Workers?
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this program, Heather Royer, Ph.D., discusses the challenges and benefits of parental leave, including the impact on families, companies, the labor...
Food and Nutrition Security
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to myriad problems, including...
Design at Large: Future Prospects in Health Equity and Technological Innovations
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is increasing awareness that health disparities are largely a result of the socioeconomic position in which you are born, the housing and neighb...
Triton Talks: Fighting Forward Through Public Service
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, public office is about the opportunity to improve the lives of the people he serves. Fletcher's road ...