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1043: PHIG Funds Critical Services in New Hampshire
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's PHIG Impact Report, Patricia Tilley, ASTHO member and associate commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Servic...
1042: Naloxone’s Impact: Inside New York’s Landmark Study on Lives Saved and Dollars Returned
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New research out of New York shows that naloxone didn’t just save more than 6,500 lives in two years—it delivered one of the most dramatic returns...
1041: Protecting Newborns: Guidance for the Hepatitis B Vaccine Matters Now More Than Ever
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health and ASTHO member Dr. Debra Bogen joins us to break down a major change in national vaccine guidance,...
1040: When Vaccine Guidance Shifts: Michigan’s Chief Medical Executive on the Stakes of ACIP’s Hepatitis B Vote
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, ASTHO member and Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian breaks down a maj...
1039: How Illinois and Google Are Transforming Children’s Behavioral Health
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our spotlight series on artificial intelligence in public health, today’s episode explores the BEACON Portal—a groundbreaking collabora...
1038: Kentucky’s Pertussis Surge: Preventable Tragedies and a Path Forward
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kentucky is experiencing its largest spike in whooping cough cases since 2012, an alarming rise that has already claimed the lives of three infants in...
1037: Making the Case for Data Modernization: Stories, Strategy, and the Bottom Line
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, ASTHO’s Director of Public Health, Data Modernization, and Informatics, Allen Rakotoniaina, breaks down how public health agencies ...
1036: What the 2025 Government Shutdown Revealed and What Comes Next
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, ASTHO’s Catherine Jones, a senior analyst for government affairs, breaks down the 2025 federal government shutdown, the longest in ...
1035: Building Sustainable Public Health Data Systems in Montana
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Jenn Rico, Data Modernization and Surveillance & Informatics Supervisor at the Montana Department of Public Health a...
1034: Public Health at a Crossroads: Trust, Storytelling, and the Future of the Field
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Susan Kansagra joins us for a candid conversation about the state of public health today. She reflects on her unexpect...
1033: How Telehealth Is Expanding Access to Care and How North Dakota’s Academic Health Department Model is Growing Public Health Talent
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: how telehealth has evolved from a pandemic-era necessity into a powerful tool for improving access to healthcare. Senior analyst Ashl...
1032: Best of PHRME: CHW Funding Models, Public Health Job Applications
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Best Of PHRME episode, Maria Courogen, executive director for the Center for Access to Whole Person Care at the Washington State Departme...
1031: Public Health Wins: Reductions in RSV Hospitalizations and Overdose Rates Nationwide
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this Public Health Thank You Day, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Susan Kansagra, joins us to share encouraging news from the front lines of ...
1030: Rural Health in Focus: State Strategies for Transformation
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, health leaders from Iowa, Maine and Mississippi share their strategies for revitalizing rural healthcare. We hear excerpts from an AS...
1029: PHIG Impact Report: How Utah Builds a Modern Public Health Data System
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Utah’s Data Modernization Director, Nicole Yerkes, shares how the state is using PHIG funding to advance a unified, future-ready public health data ...
1028: Leading Through Change: Adaptive Leadership in Public Health
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Public health is at a crossroads. In this episode, Lillian Shirley and Itta Johnson from Public Consulting Group discuss how adaptive leadership can h...
1027: RSV Season Update: Data Gaps, Trends, and Immunization Efforts
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Susan Kansagra, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer at ASTHO, shares an update on rising RSV activity and how states are tracking trends during the fed...
1026: Best of PHRME: Public Health Data, Noise Exposure, and Community Resilience
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Best Of PHRME episode, ASTHO revisits an interview with Dr. Jennifer Layden, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President for Population Health and In...
1025: From The Ground Up: PHIG In Action In Kansas
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Jade Ramsdell, performance improvement director with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment...
1024: Best of PHRME: Rural Health Priorities, Nursing Workforce Focus
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's 'Best Of PHRME' episode, ASTHO revisits an interview with Dan Edney, ASTHO member and state health officer with the Mississippi Department ...
1023: AWS Examines AI In Public Health
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Daniel, Public Health Leader for State and Local Government at Amazon Web Services, examines AI usage in public health. HIMSS Web Page: Innovativ...
1022: AI Assists Data Infrastructure, AmeriCorps Program Helps Rural Population Needs
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Bari, Vice President of Policy and Partnerships at Innovaccer, shares how public health departments can become better prepared to use AI by addre...
1021: Measles Prevention, Academic Health Partnership Benefits
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Eason, Director of the Office of Communicable Diseases at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, explains how his department is wor...
1020: Vaccine Confidence Strategy, HEP FREE 2030
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Novneet Sahoo, Deputy Commissioner for Public Health at the New Jersey Department of Health, discusses his state's multi-pronged strategy to impro...
1019: PH Lessons From Wildfires, End-Of-Year Legislative Priorities
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Hale, Preparedness Program Director with the Office of Preparedness and Response at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, shares ...
1018: FHIR Improves Timely Data, Data Modernization Advisory Committee
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alfarena McGinty, Marion County Coroner in Indianapolis, Indiana, explains how her department's investment in Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resourc...
1017: Juthani Takes Over ASTHO Presidency, Public Health's Way Forward
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, joins the show for the first time as ASTHO's president to discuss he...
1016: Harris Reflects on Presidential Term, TFAH Obesity Report
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ASTHO President Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health, reflects on his time as president as he closes ou...
1015: PHIG Grant Management Improvements
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Amy Ferris, Chief Financial Officer at the Washington State Department of Health, shares how her dep...
1014: PHF Technical Assistance, Island Area Relationships
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Linda, Public Health Workforce Development Coordinator at the Vermont Department of Health, explains the value of Academic Health Departments an...
1013: Preparedness Peer Network, State Health Scorecards
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca Provenzano, Public Health Section Chief of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response with the Connecticut Department of Public H...
1012: Public Health's 40 Under 40, Litigation Round-up
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amelia Poulin, Assistant Director of Emerging Infectious Disease at ASTHO, discusses how she was recently recognized as an honoree of de Beaumont Foun...
1011: ASPR TRACIE, Public Health Storytelling
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Lehman, Acting Director of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)'s Technical Resources Assistance Center and Inform...
1010: PHIG For Workforce & Procurement
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Murakami, PHIG Workforce Director and Principal Investigator with the State of Hawaii, shares how his department is utilizing Public Health Infr...
1009: ACIP Updates, Suicide Prevention Studies
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Susan Kansagra, Chief Medical Officer at ASTHO, discusses some of the downstream implications of CDC's adoption of recommendations from the Adviso...
1008: Infant Mortality PH Emergency, Chagas Disease
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dan Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health and ASTHO member, shares how his state declared infant mortality a ...
1007: Public Health Strategic Skills Guide, PHIG Procurement Upgrades
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Gen Meredith, Associate Professor with the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health at Cornell University, Associate Director of the Master of...
1006: PHIG Funding The Future Workforce
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Celeste Jorge, epidemiologist and evaluator with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, discus...
1005: Scalable Data Surveillance For PH
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition, Eric Whitworth, CEO of Inductive Health, discusses the importance of scalable data su...
1004: CHWs + Dementia, Government Shutdown Effects
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mickal Lewis, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence on Dementia Risk Reduction with the Alzheimer's Association, shares how Community Health ...
1003: Anniversary Accomplishments, FHIR Pilot Program
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Edward Simmer, Interim Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, celebrates the department's one-year anniversary with a recap o...
1002: Upgraded Contract Tracking, Supporting Brain Health
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alfredo Ramirez, Director of the Operation Analysis Office at the Tennessee Department of Health, explains how his department expanded its contract tr...
1001: Public Health + Medicaid
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Public Health Review: Morning Edition, Julie Sullivan, Principal at Berry Dunn, discusses how public health agencies can pa...
1000: Rural Health Transformation Program, Youth Suicide Rates
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Jones, Senior Analyst of Government Affairs at ASTHO, breaks down what states need to know about the application for the Rural Health Transf...
999: Islands Population Health Summit, View From Washington
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Halina Palacios, Chief Operations Officer for Population Health at the Commonwealth Health Care Corporation in the territory of the Northern Mariana I...
998: Recent ACIP Meeting, Emergency Preparedness Priorities
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Martin, Director of Infectious Diseases at ASTHO, recaps the recent ACIP meeting that took place and discusses the conversation's potential impact...
997: CHW Funding Models, Public Health Job Applications
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Courogen, Executive Director for the Center for Access to Whole Person Care at the Washington State Department of Health, explains how her state...
996: COVID Vaccine State Legislative Activity, Emergency Prep
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Baker-White, ASTHO's Senior Director for State Health Policy, provides an update on the legislative actions states are taking across the country ...
995: CDC Funding Impact Report, Falls Prevention, EVD
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Kanter, CEO of ASTHO, joined Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health (TFAH), Rhea Faberman, Director of Strat...
994: Healthy Aging Tactics, PH Funding on the Hill
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
JW Randolph, Deputy Commissioner at the Tennessee Department of Health, shares how his state's new Office for Healthy Aging has been successful in coo...
993: New World Screwworm, States' Preparedness Policies
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shalini Nair, Senior Analyst of Infectious Disease at ASTHO, tells public health professionals everything they need to know about New World Screwworm ...
992: Respiratory Vaccines Update, Succession Planning How-To
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Susan Kansagra, Chief Medical Officer at ASTHO, discusses updates to federal health initiatives that continue to impact public health agencies, in...
991: PHIG Funding + Interoperable Systems
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Dr. Edward Simmer, ASTHO member and the Interim Director of the South Carolina Department of Public ...
990: Connecting Public Health Silos, Tracking Data for Emergencies
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marissa Eyanson, Director of Behavioral Health for the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, shares how her department is breaking down silos ...
989: HIV and STI Efforts in States
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses the Op-Ed he co-authored in the Chicago Tribune on the progress his ...
988: New Data Modernization Expertise, Hearing Loss and Public Health
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jen Layden, Senior Vice President for Population Health and Innovation at ASTHO, discusses her previous experience in data modernization and what'...
987: One Health, Fall Vaccination Season
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Catherine Brown, State Epidemiologist and State Public Health Veterinarian at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, discusses ASTHO's rec...
986: Infant Mortality Programs, CHW Alzheimer's Course
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lindsay Weaver, State Health Commissioner of Indiana, discusses the public health programs that Indiana employed to achieve its lowest infant mort...
985: Rural Health Transformation Program, Workplace Communication Skills
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dan Edney, ASTHO Member and State Health Officer of the Mississippi State Department of Health, and Dr. Susan Kansagra, Chief Medical Officer at A...
984: Childhood Vaccination Efforts; FY26 Public Health Funding
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Arti Barnes, Chief Medical Officer at the Illinois Department of Public Health, describes how her agency is working collaboratively with other sta...
983: Accessible Public Health Data; Disaster Preparedness
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink, Senior Clinical Fellow at Yale University and practicing emergency medicine physician, shares how PopHIVE, a dat...
982: Collated Public Health Data; Succession Planning
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink, Senior Clinical Fellow at Yale University and practicing emergency medicine physician, shares how PopHIVE, an in...
981: CDC's PHIG Perspective
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Patterson, Acting Director of CDC's Public Health Infrastructure Center, details her view of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant. PHIG Partner...
980: New Rural Health Program, Synthetic Opioid Policy Update
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Madison Hluchan, ASTHO Assistant Director of Medicaid Health Systems Partnerships, details how a new ASTHO resource can help your team with the Rural ...
979: Technical Assistance Infrastructure, Community Health Worker Awareness Week
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christy Roby, Local Public Health Performance Section Supervisor with Iowa Health and Human Services, explains how her agency developed a new technica...
978: PHIG Annual Recipient Convening, Rural Public Health Grants
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Kanter, CEO of ASTHO, joined us from the Public Health Infrastructure Grant Annual Recipient Convening to discuss the importance of public ...
977: CDC Mental Health Data Channel, PH Education Goals
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kayla Anderson, Senior Advisor for Mental Health and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, share...
976: New DELPH Cohort, Global Partnership for Telehealth
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key James, Reproductive Health Unit Manager with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, shares her takeaways as a recent graduate of AS...
975: CANNRA Priorities, ASTHO INSPIRE Web Page
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gillian Schauer, Director of the Cannabis Regulators Association, discusses the recent Cannabis Regulators Association external stakeholders meeti...
974: Rural Health Priorities, Nursing Workforce Focus
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dan Edney, State Health Officer with the Mississippi Department of Health, explains what the state is doing to meet the public health needs of rur...
973: Never A Bother Campaign, Expanding Academic Partnerships
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Darcy Pickens, Program Coordinator for the Office of Suicide Prevention at the California Department of Public Health, explains how the state's "Never...
972: PHIG Funding in Data Infrastructure
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lindsay Weaver, ASTHO Member and the State Health Commissioner of Indiana, discusses how her state is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant...
971: Medicaid & Public Health Team Up, Respiratory Virus Season
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, and Kate McEvoy, Executive Director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, discuss a new partnership between...
970: Respiratory Virus Season Briefing, CICT Course
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President and State Health Officer for the Alab...
969: Record Low Infant Mortality, Island Areas Learning Series
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Shanafelt, Director of the Division of Maternal and Infant Health and Title V Maternal Child Health Director for the State of Michigan, shares th...
968: Long COVID Education, Shah Addresses Public Health Leaders
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michelle Morse, Acting Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer for the New York City Health Department, explains how the city's new video series ai...
967: Healthcare-Associated Infection Response, Public Cannabis Education
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. James Lewis, Health Officer for the Snohomish County Health Department in Washington State, explains how data can help quicken healthcare-assoscia...
966: Get To Know ASTHO, Workforce Well-Being
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, shares more of her story in this installment of Get To Know AS...
965: Leadership in Emergencies, PFAS Activity
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Jarvis, Community Health Division Manager at Johnson County Public Health in Iowa, explains how his DELPH experience helps him prepare others to b...
964: MAHA Report, Subrecipient Monitoring
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Susan Kansagra, Chief Medical Officer for ASTHO, discusses the recent Make America Healthy Again report, and the work done by state and territoria...
963: Technical Assistance for Agencies, Administrative Preparedness
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Penniston, Chief of Staff of Public Health Services at the Maryland Department of Health, describes how ASTHO's Peer Assessment Program helped he...
962: Data Modernization + PHIG
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brooke Cunningham, ASTHO Member and the Commissioner of Health for the Minnesota Department of Health, discusses how her department is using the P...
961: Bicillin Shortage, ASTHO OD2A Support
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, outlines the recent recall of Bicillin; Marie Stratton, Overdose Data to Action Program Manager at th...
960: Animal Disaster Plans, View From Washington
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Jorgensen, member of the Board of Directors for the National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs, explains why it's ess...
959: Overdose Death Reduction, ASTHO Data Modernization Resources
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, ASTHO member and Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan, explains how Michigan's multifaceted approach has reduced...
958: Public Health & Politics, Community Connections Through Storytelling
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, epidemiologist and CEO of Your Local Epidemiologist, addresses the intersection between health and politics and provides words o...
957: Your Local Epidemiologist, Behavioral Health Commission
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, epidemiologist and CEO of Your Local Epidemiologist, shares how her public health newsletter helps to educate readers about the ...
956: Suicide Prevention Legal Mapping, Applied Public Health Training
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ali Maffey, Vice President of Social and Behavioral Health at ASTHO, explains how ASTHO's new legal map assists with suicide prevention infrastructure...
955: Medicaid Modernization with Leidos
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kris Mork, Chief Data Officer for Leidos' Health & Civil Sector, explains how Leidos is modernizing Medicaid. Leidos Web Page: Leidos awarded Med...
954: PHEP Funding, Effective Communication Strategies Webinar
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Murphy, Analyst of Government Affairs at ASTHO, describes the impact of potential cuts to federally funded public health preparedness progra...
953: Reducing Falls, Disability Data Collection
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Ciarlo, Senior Analyst for Chronic Disease Risk Factors at ASTHO, describes ASTHO's new Health Policy Update on recent legislation focused on limi...
952: PHIG Funding + Data Modernization
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Robert Goldstein, ASTHO Member and the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, takes us through how his department is using...
951: Food Safety Efforts, Long Covid Awareness
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Vanessa Coffman, Director of the Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness, shares how the organization's new Food Safety Culture Toolkit can help public...
950: Food Code Adoption, Public Health Impacts on Overdose
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aileen Benavente-Pangelinan, Environmental Health Program Manager at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, describes how the new food code adopted ...
949: Improved Leadership in Public Health, Wastewater Surveillance
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Knights, CEO and founder of Knights Consulting, shares what the second installment of ASTHO's Ignite, Accelerate, and Activate series has to off...
948: ASTHO CEO on PH Workforce Data, STI Testing Trends
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, shares how ASTHO will use the Public Health Workforce Interest and Needs Survey (PH WINS) to guide national public healt...
947: PH Workforce Survey, STI Education Credits
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, shares how the 2024 PH WINS survey can help state and local health departments d...
946: Stay Cool Campaign, Telling The Public Health Story
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kristin Raab, Director of the Minnesota Climate and Health Program at the Minnesota Department of Health, shares how the state's "Stay Cool Minnesota"...
945: Workforce Capacity, BBB Public Health Impacts
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Nilz, Senior Analyst of Preparedness at ASTHO, explains how states can help support public health preparedness workforce resilience and capacit...
944: State Activity on Food Dyes, PH collaboration
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Rogers, writer for CNN Wellness, explains why synthetic food dyes are being banned by states across the country and how each state is taking a...