Public Health Review Morning Edition
Episodes
243: Predicting COVID in the Fall
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan George, the Director of Operations for the Center for Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics with the CDC, discusses what could happen with...
242: New Data on Public Health Authority
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Davis, ASTHO's Director of State Health Policy, discusses a project to survey recent changes in laws governing public health authority; Dr. Har...
241: Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the plan to stretch monkeypox vaccine supplies by giving smaller doses; Arjun Srinivasan,...
240: Monkeypox Funding
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the challenges posed by the monkeypox outbreak and admits the evolving strategy can be to...
239: Infectious Disease Planning
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winfred Rawls, ASTHO's Director for Preparedness and Evaluation, explains a project that will lead to the development of a clearinghouse with informat...
238: New York Responds to Monkeypox
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. James McDonald, Medical Director in the Office of Public Health for the New York State Department of Health, says the monkeypox response in New Yo...
237: New School Year, New COVID Strategy
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, discusses the state's plan to help schools deal with COVID-19 this f...
236: Optimistic About the PH Workforce
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO's Director of Workforce Development, says the PH WINS survey shows many public health workers remain committed to their work des...
235: Public Health is Underfunded
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health, discusses the organization's latest report addressing the impact of chronic und...
234: PH WINS Survey Released
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Castrucci, de Beaumont Foundation President and CEO, discusses the concerning results of the latest PH WINS Survey of nearly 45,000 public h...
233: New CDC Workforce Survey
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Laura Parajon, the Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Health for the New Mexico Department of Health, discusses a new CDC survey of more than 26,000 peop...
232: North Carolina's Child Vaccine Strategy
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, North Carolina's State Health Director, discusses vaccine uptake among children and why she believes North Carolina has been abl...
231: Monkeypox Response
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Taylor, Director of Infectious Disease Outbreak Response & Recovery at ASTHO, reflects on the Monkeypox outbreak now in its third month here in ...
230: Filling the Workforce Pipeline
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Laura Parajon, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Health at the New Mexico Department of Health, discusses a new internship program that helps students u...
229: Heat Waves Require New Thinking
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Evan Mallen, an ORISE Fellow with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says cities and states need to adapt plans and programs to chang...
228: Hawaii's 9-8-8 Experience
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
227: Best of ME: Hope for the PH Workforce
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from April 20th. Dr. Bruce Perry offers encouragement for the ...
226: CDC's Multi-Billion Dollar Investment
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Davidson, Senior Deputy for Public Health with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, discusses the CDC's plan to inv...
225: Health Equity Summit Preview
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, previews the goals of next Wednesday's Health...
224: Children's Mental Health
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Evans, ASTHO's Director of Preparedness and Disability Integration, discusses the results of an 18-month project that placed disability and prep...
223: New PFAS Water Quality Advisories
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bruno Pigott, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection Agency, calls attention to new drinking water gui...
222: Better Data, More Equity
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Carlos Oronce, an Advanced Health Services Research Fellow at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, discusses the challenges of COVID-19 b...
221: Massachusetts Opioid Strategy
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Margret Cooke, Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, reflects on new preliminary data showing possible improvement this year...
220: You Can Help Build the Health Equity Tracker
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Dawes, Executive Director for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, discusses a new Health Equity tracker th...
219: New Opioid Use Disorder Infographics
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sanaa Akbarali, ASTHO's Senior Director for Maternal and Infant Health, discusses strategies to improve care for pregnant and postpartum people with o...
218: Workforce Listening
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Taylor Jr., President and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, discusses how COVID-19 has forever changed the relationship between...
217: Opioid Abuse Child Impact Task Force
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Denise Johnson, Acting Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, outlines the goals of a new task force considering the impact opioid a...
216: Best of ME: Teen Mental Health Campaign
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 24th. Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director of the C...
215: Best of ME: Consulting School Nurses
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 19th. Linda Mendonca, President of the National Assoc...
214: Best of ME: Encouraging the Public Health Workforce
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 31st. Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Divi...
213: Best of ME: A New Way to Address Dementia
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 6th. Chelsea Kline, Associate Director of the Center...
212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition revisits Episode 201 of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 16th. Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota Health Commissioner, discu...
211: Monkeypox Response
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the growing concern over the monkeypox virus; Ellen Pliska, ASTHO's Family and Child Heal...
210: Responses to Gun Violence
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsey Myers, ASTHO's Vice President for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses a new blog article she authored with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcu...
209: New Tool Predicts PH Risks
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lisa Lines, Senior Health Services Researcher with RTI International, discusses a new tool built to help public health leaders measure, predict, a...
208: Inclusive Communications Tips
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Laird, a health communication specialist with the CDC, discusses the need to use more inclusive communication when working with individuals or g...
207: How to Address Burnout
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect, reflects on the problem of burnout among health care providers; Amelia Poulin, Senior Analyst for Infectious Dis...
206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Berkowitz, Chair of the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee, discusses a new policy recommendations guide released by the group; Liz Hend...
205: Why Listening is Important in Public Health
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Randall Williams, Missouri's former Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, joins us for a special edition of the newscast to di...
204: Smart Approaches to Brain Health
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jewel Mullen, Associate Dean for Health Equity in the Office of Health Equity at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, offers her...
203: Support for Syringe Services
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Denise Johnson, Pennsylvania's Acting Secretary of Health, explains how a statewide law permitting syringe services would give cover and funding t...
202: Equity on Juneteenth
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, and Dr. Arthur James, a retired OB/GYN and pe...
201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota's Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensure health equity for people in the nation's LGBTQI+ community; Dr. Kimberlee W...
200: Common Ground on Gun Violence Responses
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, discusses the tragedy of gun violence in America and its connection to men's mental health; Dr. Randa...
199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments fro...
198: Children's COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the WHERE, discusses vaccines and what to expect for the rest of this year as panels for b...
197: Preparing for Monkeypox
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the three-step approach to combat Monkeypox in the U.S.; Dr. Jinlene Chan, Maryland's Dep...
196: Gun Violence and Public Health
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Health Commissioner, explains how public health ought to respond to a recent spate of shootings that have left dozens dead an...
195: Hospitals Prepping for COVID Surge
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Akin Demehin, Senior Director of Quality and Patient Safety Policy with the American Hospital Association, explains how hospitals are preparing for th...
194: Pain in the Nation Report
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of the Trust for America's Health, details a new report that offers disturbing data on the drug, alcohol, and ...
193: A New Way to Address Dementia
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chelsea Kline, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence with the Alzheimer's Association, discusses a workshop planned in July that will give pu...
192: Helping LGBTQI+ Youth
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Admiral Rachel Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains how recent negative rhet...
191: New Mental Health Commission
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lynn Gallagher, former New Mexico State Health Director, explains how a new commission created by the New Mexico Supreme Court will work to address th...
190: Learning to Live with COVID-19
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justa Encarnacion, Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, discusses the differences and similarities in responding to COVID-19 ...
189: Encouraging the Public Health Workforce
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, looks back on the past 13 years of her career in Public Health. She has this con...
188: Funding the Future of Public Health
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Fraser, Chief Executive Officer for ASTHO, discusses the need for the continued funding of public health. Fraser also elaborates on the unique ch...
187: Fighting COVID-19 Fatigue
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, fresh off her time at the ASTHO COVID-19 Summit in Washington D.C., ...
186: 2022 COVID-19 Strategy Session
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, joins the show from the ASTHO COVID-19 Summit in Washington D.C. to discuss his expectations from t...
185: Teen Mental Health Campaign
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, explains the Forward Together campaign; Dr. James ...
184: Advice for PH Officials
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lisa Piercey, Tennessee's Health Commissioner, reflects on her time in office as she prepares to leave her position at the end of this week; Dr. L...
183: COVID-19 Fast Track
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gaafar Uherbelau, the Minister of Health in Palau, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic making landfall last December; Angela Minicuci, former Communicatio...
182: Consulting School Nurses
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Mendonca, President of the National Association of School Nurses, discusses nurses needing a break, but also wanting more input regarding school...
181: Messaging the Baby Formula Crisis
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Dittmeier, Senior Director of Public Policy at the National WIC Association, tells us how public health agencies can support parents through the...
180: Public Health Data Wishlist
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lena Sun, National Health Reporter at The Washington Post, joined a closing panel at last week's ASTHO Public Health Tech Expo to offer her wishlist f...
179: Public Health Recruits
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Dixon, Associate Professor at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, says the workforce pipeline is filling up...
178: Data Obstacles and Opportunities
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft's Global Chief Medical Officer, says there is technology available to help public health agencies standardize and modernize ...
177: Public Health's Golden Moment
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John Halamka, President of the Mayo Clinic Platform, kicked off the second day of ASTHO's Public Health TechXpo urging public health leaders to ta...
176: Smart Health Cards
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says continued federal investment can help keep the nation on the right track in the fight against the ...
175: Tracking Threats to Pregnancy Health
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Karen Remley, Director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities with the CDC, discusses the SET-NET project to prote...
174: Slow Uptake for COVID Therapies
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manisha Juthani, Connecticut's Public Health Commissioner, explains why providers may not be prescribing COVID-19 therapeutics; ASTHO publishes a ...
173: Talking About Ticks
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tamyra Porter, a partner at Guidehouse, explains a project to improve disease surveillance; Sara Robinson, an epidemiologist working for the Maine Cen...
172: How to Rebuild Public Trust
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ed Ehlinger, Minnesota's former health commissioner, reacts to the Harvard poll that says most people trust their public health department; Dr. Sc...
171: Protecting Public Health Authority
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, defends public health authority after a recent federal court ruling tossed the requirement for mask...
170: Hepatitis Alert
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, discusses how states and territories are on alert for cases of hepatitis and adenovirus in children;...
169: Listening Builds PH Trust
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ioana Ungureanu, ASTHO's Senior Analyst for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, discusses a new ASTHO report outlining 10 high-level strategies ...
168: All-Star TechXpo Lineup Revealed
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
J.T. Lane, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Population Health and Innovation, tells us who is on the agenda to speak during the Public Health TechXpo ...
167: TechXpo Preview
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
J.T. Lane, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Population Health and Innovation, explains how public health has a unique opportunity to modernize its dat...
166: PH Workforce Opportunities
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Leslie Dauphin from the CDC discusses the nation's public health workforce and the way forward; Emi Chutaro, Executive Director of the Pacific Isl...
165: New Healthy Aging Program
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Trust for America's Health unveils a new program to give agencies credit for their work promoting healthy aging; ASTHO delivers a report and hosts...
164: California's COVID-19 Plan
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Erica Pan, California's State epidemiologist, outlines the next phase of California's COVID-19 response; Dr. Nicole Bhave, a cardiologist at the U...
163: Mask Mandate Ruling
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Baker-White, ASTHO's Senior Director for State Health Policy, discusses the impact of this week's federal court ruling striking down the mask req...
162: Helping the PH Workforce
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bruce Perry, psychiatrist and author, tells public health leaders how they can help their frontline workers manage stress caused by the pandemic; ...
161: Hope for the PH Workforce
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bruce Perry offers encouragement for the public health workforce; Dr. Gillian SteelFisher explains how public health leaders might use the informa...
160: Variant Fatigue
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of Health at the Vermont Department of Health, explains how the COVID BA.2 sub-variant is being received by people in hi...
159: Do People Trust Public Health?
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gillian SteelFisher, Deputy Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, says a recent poll finds most U.S. adults think public health agenci...
158: Best of ME– Epidemiologists Needed
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, explains the critical need to hire hundreds of epidemiologists in public heal...
157: Health Equity Report Card
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Leandris Liburd, the CDC's Chief Health Equity Officer, talks about her job and the work underway to improve health equity in the U.S.; ASTHO has ...
156: STD Awareness
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Baggett, ASTHO's Director of COVID-19 Response, explains the strategies included in ASTHO's new COVID-19 management plan; Dr. John Hellerstedt...
155: Defining Health – Public Health Week
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nathaniel Counts with the non-profit Mental HeaIth America explains the effort to redefine health to include a consideration of mental wellness, as we...
154: Climate Health – Public Health Week
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John Balbus, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains the connection between weather and population health as part of our c...
153: Equity Gap – Public Health Week
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Adam, South Dakota's Secretary of Health, discusses the health equity gap as part of our recognition of National Public Health Week; Dr. Jose Mon...
152: Health as a Human Right – Public Health Week
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Denise Johnson, Pennsylvania's Physician General, tells us why health is a human right, as we continue our examination of the themes for this year...
151: Collaboration – Public Health Week
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Kanter, Louisiana's State Health Officer, explains the importance of collaboration and resilience in public health; ASTHO considers two sta...
150: Workforce - Public Health Week
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Laura Parajon, New Mexico's Deputy Secretary of Health, reacts to the findings of the new PH WINS survey and tells us how we can begin to support ...
149: Health Equity - Public Health Week
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, says health equity impacts every public health consideration; the ...
148: Public Health Under Attack
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Castrucci, CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says the results of a national survey of public health workers indicate a workforce under atta...
147: The Looming Medicaid Purge
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Brazeel, ASTHO's Senior Director for Population Health and Innovation, explains how states and territories are preparing for the moment when ...
146: Boosting Vaccine Uptake
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ASTHO and the de Beaumont Foundation release early results of a new survey of America's public health workforce; ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcu...
145: New Youth Tobacco Use Survey
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andrea Gentzke, a health scientist in the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, reviews the findings of the latest National Youth Tobacco Survey; Ja...
144: ASTHO Turns 80 Today
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Leah Devlin, former ASTHO president and North Carolina state health official, reflects on ASTHO's support for state and territorial public health ...