Public Health Review Morning Edition
Episodes
412: May 11 Preps, Linking Data to Protect Kids
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ASTHO CEO Dr. Mike Fraser discusses the end of the public health emergency on May 11th; Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, Medical Director of the Children's ...
411: Racism Linked to Heart Disease, Benefits of Diverse Leadership
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shanshan Sheehy, Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor at Boston University, studies the correlation between racism and heart disease among black wom...
410: Early Legislative Actions, Implement Data Systems Now
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Davis, ASTHO Director of State Health Policy, discusses policies that have been considered or approved across the country since January; Dr. Ga...
409: Data Landscape, Deeper in Debt Ceiling Debate
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Behm, President and CEO of CRISP, Maryland's Health Information Exchange, explains how technology has advanced data sharing capabilities; regist...
408: Childhood Toxic Stress, Encouraging Exercise
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nathaniel Harnett, Assistant Professor at The Harvard Medical School, discusses findings from his study connecting early childhood stress to menta...
407: Disaster Response Getting Better, Leadership Diversity
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Nilz, ASTHO's Senior Analyst of Preparedness and Disability Integration, says preparedness is important to public health; the annual Preparedne...
406: One Health Discussion, CDC Data Tech Funding
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Umair Shah, Washington State Secretary of Health, explains the One Health concept at the annual Preparedness Summit in Atlanta; Dr. Dylan George, ...
405: Childhood Immunization Schedules, Island Area Health Equity Plans
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the first day of National Infant Immunization Week, Dr. José Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at ...
404: Food Safety Goals, Debt Ceiling Debate
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jenice Butler, Project Manager with the U.S Food and Drug Administration, outlines a partnership with ASTHO and others that advances food safety; an A...
403: Immunization Data Sharing Reports, Equity Summit Take-Aways
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Ruebush, ASTHO Senior Director of Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics, previews two reports to help members navigate the immuni...
402: Equity Change Agents, Equity Success In Michigan
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Somava Saha, Founder and CEO of We in the World, shares a framework to help public health officials create health equity; Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian,...
401: New HAI/AR Resources, STI Hurdles and Opportunities
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Mothershed, Deputy Associate Director of State Strategy for the CDC, says it's important for leaders to work together on Healthcare-associat...
400: Four Trust Strategies, Modernizing STI Approaches
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the 400th episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition, Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Senior Associate Dean at the George Washington University School ...
399: Trust Strategies, Congress Gets Back to Work
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Senior Associate Dean at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health, reflects on restoring trust in public ...
398: Reducing STI Stigma, Community Engagement Benefits
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For STI Awareness Week, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, former State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, discusses STI treatment and prev...
397: Nominate a PH Pro, Clean Drinking Water
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says registration is open for the new "40 Under 40 in Public Health" cohort whic...
396: Nutrition is Public Health, Measuring PH Trust
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the final day of National Public Health Week, Laura Holtrop-Kohl, Utah Department of Health and Human Services HEAL Public Health Nutritionist, exp...
395: Invisible Disabilities, Is PH Ready or Not?
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Day Six of National Public Health Week, Dr. Alexis Travis, former Senior Deputy Director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, ...
394: Rural Health Solutions, Healthy People 2030 Training
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Day Five of National Public Health Week, Elke Shaw-Tulloch, Idaho Public Health Administrator for the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, explain...
393: Mental Health is Public Health, Washington Post Opinion
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Day Four of National Public Health Week, Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of Health at the Vermont Department of Health, says mental health must be co...
392: Emergency Contraception, PH Workforce Panel
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Day Three of National Public Health Week, Kelly Cleland, Executive Director of the American Society for Emergency Contraception, says college stude...
391: Heartbreaking Gun Violence, ACIP Explained
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Day Two of National Public Health Week, Rich Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, discusses policies that would help reduce gun...
390: Impact of Community on PH, Indigenous Data Justice
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Day One of National Public Health Week, Dr. Steven J. Stack, Commissioner for Public Health with the Kentucky Department for Public Health, kicks o...
389: Seeking School Lunch Comments, Debt Ceiling Discussions
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Vance, ASTHO's Senior Analyst, Family and Child Health, encourages ASTHO members to comment on the USDA's proposed standards for school lunch ...
388: Tribal Vaccine Messaging, Celebrating a Family of 163 Doctors
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Lankford, Advances in Indian Health Care Program Director at the Association of American Indian Physicians, explains vaccine messaging that appea...
387: Women Leading ASTHO, Attending TechXpo
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, celebrates women who've held ASTHO leadership...
386: Dealing with Xylazine, Island Care for Veterans
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, discusses the dangers of Xylazine, a strong tranquilizer, and h...
385: ASTHO Budget Pitch, Workforce Policy Approaches
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medical Officer, testifies before a House appropriations subcommittee in Washington D.C. seeking susta...
384: New School Lunch Guidelines, ASTHO Testifies Before Congress
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cindy Long, Administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, says a new set of proposed school lunch guidelines are an important step to putting ...
383: Breastfeeding Partners, USVI Priorities
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Route Jr., Program Director for Reaching our Brothers Everywhere, says his group is on a mission to educate, equip, and empower men to increase b...
382: Suicide Rates Climbing, Mental Health Funding Opportunities
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah Stone, Behavioral Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains that after two consecutive years of declines, U.S. s...
381: Pandemic Polling, Ending the PH Emergency
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa Boyea, ASTHO Director for Infectious Disease Preparedness, highlights resources to help public health agencies improve their COVID-19 communica...
380: Immunization Exemption Strategies, Island Area Funding Pitch
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Tomlinson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Immunizations, reminds us in an ASTHO blog article that there are strategies to reduce the impact of non-m...
379: Changes to Emergency Powers, Hill Gives ASTHO Recess Homework
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Sunshine, Public Health Analyst with the Centers for Disease Control, explains how state and territorial emergency powers have shifted during ...
378: PH Losing People, History Impacts Equity
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Castrucci, CEO and President of the de Beaumont Foundation, talks about data that shows public health is on track to lose 130,000 people by ...
377: Lingering Pandemic Impacts, Screening for Syphilis
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for Alabama Public Health, addresses the startling statistic that there have been more deaths in Alabama than b...
376: Dire Workforce Prediction, PH Tech Talk
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says workforce data indicates public health agencies could lose nearly 130,000 e...
375: PH Communications Poll, Cultivating Gen Z Advocates
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alec Tyson, Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, explains the results of a recent poll that confirms the challenges public health ag...
374: New COVID-19 Dashboard, Biden's Proposed Budget
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Relations, works through the numbers of President Biden's proposed budge...
373: PH Funding Barriers, Planning an Equity Movement
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, former State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health and now dean of the John D. Bower School of Population He...
372: Pew Polls PH Officials, ASTHO Meets the Administration
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alec Tyson, Associate Director of Research at the PEW Research Center, previews a survey of Americans' views of public health officials and their hand...
371: Tracking COVID Deaths, Building a Justice Movement
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jonathan Levy, Chair of the Department of Environmental Health with the Boston University School of Public Health, has new research that says whit...
370: ASTHO Leaders Convene, Flavored Tobacco Legislation
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Williams, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Leadership & Organizational Performance, says ASTHO members have a busy schedule of meetings with Bide...
369: Island Officials Advocate, Congressional Mood Toward PH
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, previews the work ahead in Congress and ASTHO's public health ...
368: Island Health Push, Ending the X Waiver
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Wheatley, ASTHO Assistant Director of the Island Support Team, says there is an urgent need to approve agreements that continue funding for healt...
367: Leading on Long COVID, PH Authority Legislative Tracker
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, outlines the role of public health in addressing the challenges of long COVID; Katie Moran McCabe, Le...
366: Public Health Roadblocks, New Workforce Resource
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, writes about problems impacti...
365: "Unacceptable" Maternal Mortality Rates, Mounting a Vaccination Defense
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, has studied the data in Mississippi's latest Maternal Mortality...
364: Illinois' COVID Experience, Khaldun's Equity Plan for CVS
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sameer Vorha, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, is taking note of the disparities laid bare by COVID-19 in a new guest column ...
363: Live to the Beat Campaign, Pandemic Take-Away
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kinetra Joseph, Campaign Director for the CDC Foundation, says the Foundation's Live to the Beat initiative has had a successful first year; Dr. Chris...
362: Teen Girls in Crisis, Looking for Diverse Executives
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Matthies, ASTHO's Director for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, encourages ASTHO members to review a CDC report that says teen girls in...
361: RSV Immunization Considered, Making CPR and AEDs More Common
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christopher Rizzo, Senior U.S. Medical Director for Sanofi, is working on a passive immunization for RSV that could help protect young infants fro...
360: Public Health Deniers, Pacific Islands Equity Summit Begins
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Scott Rivkees, Professor of Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown School of Public Health, writes about the impact of deni...
359: Vermont's Pandemic Communications, Gun Violence Grant
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, offers his colleagues some advice in a new ASTHO video about improving public healt...
358: FDA Blood Supply Proposal, Improving Perinatal Outcomes
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, State Health Director and the Chief Medical Officer for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, is optimisti...
357: Testing School Vaccination Requirements, Retail Food Safety Focus
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Hannan, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers, is worried some who previously supported bills to prevent mandatory COV...
356: New York's Opioid Partnerships, Arizona's Mobile Vaccination Clinics
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jim McDonald, New York State Acting Health Commissioner, says partnerships with people in local communities are key to the state's response to the...
355: Healthy Aging Strategies, Helping Make Sense of Public Health
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Pendergrast, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, has new research outlining five key strategies ASTHO members can us...
354: Biden's Opioid Message, Georgetown's New Health Dean
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richa Ranade, ASTHO's Senior Director for Overdose Prevention, says it's encouraging to hear President Joe Biden prioritize solutions to the opioid ep...
353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ernia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organizatio...
352: Redefining Community Safety, New Capitol Hill Leadership
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, says the Community Safety Campaign is about making sure people who live in co...
351: A Reporter's Drug Strategy, Childcare is Public Health
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has spent the last year reporting on the opioid crisis and offers some advice fo...
350: Disability Etiquette, Self-Care Tips for Staff
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Skaggs, the Emergency, Disaster and Climate Resilience Specialist at World Institute on Disability, will help lead an ASTHO training event on Mon...
349: Safe Drug Use Sites, Toxic Pandemic Stress
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, says drug use sites face many hurdles even if they have local permission to oper...
348: WSJ on Fentanyl Dangers, COVID Emergency Ending
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has been reporting on the opioid crisis for more than a year but says it's still...
347: Educating Capitol Hill, Buffalo Preparedness
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Devon Page, ASTHO Government Affairs Analyst, says ASTHO wants to work with both parties in Congress to find common ground for the good of public heal...
346: Federal Budget Partners, Rural Telehealth Strategies
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, is keeping an eye on the budget wrangling taking place on Capi...
345: Promoting PH Lab Positions, Annual COVID Shots
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christine Bean, Chief Learning Officer at the Association of Public Health Laboratories, talks about recruiting candidates into laboratory positio...
344: Maine Loves Dr. Shah, Territories Moving Forward
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, reflects on his work in the state of Maine as he ...
343: Vaccination Disparities, Retail Food Mentorships
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Shannon Stokley, an Epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about another drop in childhood vaccination rates; T...
342: Racial Healing, Tech Helps Messaging
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Brunton, Program Officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, talks about the National Day of Racial Healing first celebrated by the Foundation s...
341: Investing in PH, Protecting Children
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Dean of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, says there's still a need for sustained investment in public health thr...
340: Climate + Health Equity, ARPA Benefits
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for the Washington State Department of Health, is establishing connections between climate change, environmental j...
339: Messonnier's COVID Reflections, Equity Tops Pandemic Lessons
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Dean of the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic with her uni...
338: Medicaid Cliff, Global View for Public Health
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, shares the good news that Congress has addressed Medicaid funding concerns that ha...
337: Dr. Nirav Shah's Big News, National Day of Racial Healing
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President, will leave his job as director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to take the numb...
336: MLK in Public Health, Lactation Help for Incarcerated People
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, reflects on the importance of Dr. King's mess...
335: Conflict Training, Diverse Executives Search
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Montrece McNeill Ransom, Director of the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training at the National Network of Public Health Institutes, ...
334: Flu Messaging, Pandemic Partner
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Umair Shah, Washington Secretary of Health, says Congress needs to be continually updated about the winter flu season; Elke Shaw-Tulloch, Idaho St...
333: COVID Booster Strategy, Medicaid Policies
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, says public health agencies are increasing the focus on COVID-19 boosters for those living in nursing...
332: Public Health Polling, Flu Vaccine Strategies
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Meredith Li-Vollmer, Risk Communication Manager for the Seattle and King County Public Health Department, says polling data helped agencies better...
331: Vaccine Hesitancy Study, Diabetes in Palau
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kimberly Martin, a President's Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California San Francisco, says black people likely avoid COVID-19 vaccine...
330: Reproductive Health, Climate Challenges
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Denise Johnson, Acting Secretary of Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, says effective reproductive health policies strengthen commu...
329: Synthetic Nicotine, Ending HIV Stigma
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael Banks, Public Health Director for the Oregon Health Authority, says policymakers need to address the problem of synthetic nicotine; Dr. Scott ...
328: Opioids, Equity, and the Medicaid Cliff
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Department of Health's Commissioner of Health, discusses the opioid crisis in America and the policies his state has employed...
327: COVID Impacts Top Issues in 2023
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses the purpose of the organization's annual legislative series which identifies the top 10 public health issues to watc...
326: 2023 Federal Policy Agenda
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, is getting set to work on key public health policy issues with...
325: America's Alarming Preterm Birth Rate
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kathryn Mishkin, Head of the Office of Data Science and Mission Strategy with the March of Dimes, discusses the rise in preterm birth in the Unite...
324: Vaccine Anniversary
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brent Ewig, ASTHO Chief Policy and Government Relations Officer, marks the second anniversary of COVID-19 vaccines this week; Jamie Pina, ASTHO Vice P...
323: Mental Health Outlook
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsey Myers, ASTHO Vice President for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses the growing mental health crisis, and options available to public heal...
322: Sorting Anti-Vaccine Legislation
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brent Ewig, Chief Policy and Government Relations Officer for the Association of Immunization Managers, is tracking legislative attempts to weaken loc...
321: Celebrating ASTHO's 80th Birthday
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, discusses the significance of ASTHO's 80th anniversary; Dr. Nirav Sh...
320: Hurricane Health Hazards
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sidnie Christian, ASTHO Analyst for Infectious Diseases, calls attention to the public health impacts of hurricanes; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses...
319: Mpox Readiness
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, explains how the agency's Mpox response benefitted from its COVID-19...
318: STI Strategies in Rural Wyoming
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Fowler, Prevention Program Manager with the Wyoming Department of Health, discusses the challenges of reaching people with STI information and ...
317: Removing Barriers to HIV Treatment
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Martin, ASTHO's Director of Immunization, reminds us that vaccines this winter are more important than ever as we recognize National Influenza Vac...
316: Mental Health Needs of School-Age Girls
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Williams, ASTHO's Senior Vice President for Leadership and Organizational Performance, talks about the organization's annual winter retreat happ...
315: Historic PH Investment News
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Williams, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Leadership & Organizational Performance, discusses the CDC's announcement that ASTHO will receive sign...
314: Ending the AIDS Epidemic
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, CDC Director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, discusses the ongoing HIV epidemic on World AIDS Day; Mike Fraser, ASTHO ...
313: Tennessee's Health Resilience Grants
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Kallmyer, Vice President of Care and Support at the Alzheimer's Association, discusses National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month; Dr. Morgan M...