Public Health Review Morning Edition

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...

943: Mental Health + Overdose Prevention, Island Challenges

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Allison Arwady, Director at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC, details a recent webinar focused on mental health an...

942: PHIG Funds Critical Services

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Patricia Tilley, Associate Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, details the critical needs the Public Health Inf...

941: Integration of AI, Effective Public Health Comms

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jay Varma, physician and epidemiologist with the Community Healthcare Network, describes the importance of embracing new AI technologies in public...

940: Audience Favorite PHRME: Local PH Departments + PHIG Funding

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from June 3, 2025. Autumn Watson, Public Health Organizational...

939: Audience Favorite PHRME: PHIG Funding Bolsters Core Capabilities

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from May 13, 2025. Esther Muña, Chief Executive Officer of th...

938: Audience Favorite PHRME: Historic Strides For Overdose Prevention, SLF Advocacy Roundup

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from April 18, 2025. Dr. Allison Arwady, Director of the Natio...

937: Audience Favorite PHRME: PHIG Showcases Public Health Success Stories

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from April 1, 2025. Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, gives exampl...

936: Reducing Opioid Overdoses, FY26 Budget Breakdown

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Dougherty, Deputy Commissioner at the Vermont Department of Health, shares how drug testing has helped reduce the state's opioid overdose deaths...

935: Federal Funding Cuts, Opioid Overdose Death Decline Strategies

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President, Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lindsay Weaver of Indiana, Dr. J...

934: ASTHO Deskside Briefing, Congressional Public Health Priorities

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President, Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lindsay Weaver of Indiana, Dr. J...

933: ASTHO's Policy Navigation Expertise, Pregnancy-Related Deaths Rise

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Beth Giambrone, Senior Analyst at ASTHO, discusses her role on the State Health Policy team in this installment of the "Get to Know ASTHO" segment; Dr...

932: ASTHO Board of Directors Meeting, Dialysis Education Program

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President and State Health Officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health, discusses takeaways from the most recent ASTH...

931: Academic Health Partnership Case Study, Community Partners

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nicole Magnuson, Director of the Live Well Center for Innovation and Leadership, discusses how the academic practice partnership between San Diego...

930: State Policy Work, CHW Funding

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lillian Colasurdo, ASTHO's Director of Public Health Law and Data Sharing, is featured in ASTHO's Get To Know You Segment; Lesley Wolf, Director of Pr...

929: PHIG Funding for PH Workforce

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. James McDonald, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, explains how the Public Health Infrastructure Grant strengthens the state...

928: Approachable AI for Public Health

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Truc Taylor, Director of Health Data Analytics at Guidehouse, a founding member of ASTHO's Innovation Advisory Council, which is a new multisector col...

927: Federal Health Data Survey, New ASTHO Member

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Anna-Michelle McSorley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut, details the findings of ...

926: Data to Reduce Heat Injuries, Public Health Rumors

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jim McDonald, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, discusses the State's Heat Risk and Illness Dashboard and how it can reduce...

925: KFF Tracking Poll, Youth Vaccines

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liz Hamel, Vice President and Director of Public Opinion and Survey Research at KFF, discusses KFF's latest KFF Tracking Poll on Information and Trust...

924: ASTHO State Health Policy, Workforce Engagement

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Baker-White, ASTHO Senior Director for State Health Policy, is the first member of ASTHO's State Health Policy team to be featured in ASTHO's Get...

923: New AIM Report, Communications Resources

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Hannan, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers, details AIM's 2024 Annual Report as they celebrate 25 years in existenc...

922: 2025 Preparedness Summit, Washington DC Report

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nate Weed, Chief of Resiliency and Health Security at the Washington State Department of Health, discusses a conversation at the 2025 Preparedness Sum...

921: Anonymous Naloxone Kits; Performance Management Help

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Magstadt, Secretary of Health for South Dakota and an ASTHO Member, explains the state's first-in-the-nation anonymous naloxone kit distributi...

920: Mobile Lab Experience, Kansagra + TFAH Brief Media

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Gunsalus, K-12 Education and Outreach Project Manager at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, explains how the department's Mobi...

919: Local PH Departments + PHIG Funding

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Autumn Watson, Public Health Organizational Development Director for the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department, explains how PHIG is being used ...

918: Tick-Borne Diseases At All-Time High, PH Legislation Roundup

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Harrington, Professor in the Department of Entomology at Cornell University and Director of the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vect...

917: World No Tobacco Day, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brian King, Executive Vice President for U.S. Programs at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, explains how state and local programs are the lifeblood ...

916: MAHA Report, School-Based Health Programs

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, offers details on the Make America Health Again report; Lexie Giragosian, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Ma...

915: Healthy Aging, New Federal Health Policy Update

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Staley, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Public Health Programs and Practice, details the recent Healthy Brain Initiative Summit where he present...

914: Island Area PHIG Impacts

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Moses Pretrick, Assistant Secretary for the Department of Health & Social Affairs with the Federated States of Micronesia, explains how the Public Hea...

913: 100 Miles in May, Gathering Community Engagement Metrics

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Anne Zink, Former ASTHO President and a Senior Clinical Fellow at the Yale School of Public Health, describes the 100 Miles in May challenge; Anna...