Population Healthy
Episodes
Maternal Health: Improving Well-Being for Moms and Babies
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health discuss how social factors, environmental exposures and maternal support contribute to...
Adolescent Health in America: Transforming Care to Better Serve Young People
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michigan teens and experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health take an honest look at the realities of managing health as an adole...
Instructions for Life: How Food, Stress, and Our Genes Shape Our Health
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health unpack how our genes respond to changes in our diets, stress levels, and exposure to t...
Pollution: The Harmful Agents Impacting Your Health
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pollution has an effect on more than just the environment and the impact on our health may be surprising. Experts from the University of Michigan Scho...
Disease Detectives: How to Track an Epidemic
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tracking epidemics—is it really like the movies portray? From legionella outbreaks and coronavirus, to predicting this year's flu spread, hear from ...
Mobile Health: Supporting Your Health Beyond the Clinic
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How are public health professionals implementing mobile devices, smartphone apps, and texting to create health management plans? Experts from the Univ...
A City of Resilience: Public Health in Detroit
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Detroit is more than a single city — it’s hundreds of neighborhoods and hundreds of thousands of people living, working and growing together. In P...
Aging in America: Addressing the Complexities of Longer Lives and an Aging Population
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With Americans living longer than ever before, how do we stay healthy as we get older? Experts from Michigan Public Health dive into the public health...
Preventing Cancer: Thwarting a Disease that Affects 1 in 3 Americans
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chances are you or someone you love has been affected by cancer. From early detection, to community interventions and environmental protections, Unive...
Taking Back the ‘F Word’: Depoliticizing Firearms and Focusing on Safety to Protect Children and Teens
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of kids die each year in the US because of firearms — how do we reduce that number? Through the lens of injury prevention, experts from th...
Food and Family: How to Raise Kids Who Have a Healthy Relationship With Food
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How can we set kids up from an early age to have a healthy relationship with food? With childhood obesity and eating disorder rates on the rise, nutri...
Popular Genetics: How Learning About Our Genes Offers Both Benefits and Limitations
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health explore the field of genetics and its key role in public health work. They discuss the...
The Opioid Epidemic: How We Got Here and What We Can Do
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Michigan Medicine and the Kent County Health Department discuss the complex nature of...
Invisible Impact: How Vaccines Seem to Make Diseases Disappear
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health discuss the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases, how vaccines work, what makes peop...
Season 1 Preview: Kate Bauer on Family and Food
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this preview of the University of Michigan School of Public Health's upcoming podcast, "Population Healthy," Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sci...