The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast
Episodes
Episode 28: Beyond the Clinic: How Medical Podcasts Are Educating Today’s Doctors
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Evidence to Impact Podcast, host Michael Donovan brings together three experts to explore how podcasts are transforming clinica...
Episode 27: Addressing Adolescent Substance Use Through School Outreach
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, host Michael Donovan, Associate Director of the Evidence to Impact Collaborative at Penn State, speaks with Dr. Stephen Sandelich, Assis...
Episode 26: An Innovative Approach to Community Connection Through the 'Health To Go' Program
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Michael Donovan, Associate Director of the Evidence to Impact Collaborative at Penn State, speaks with Dr. Alice Zhang, family m...
Episode 25 Part 2: Bridging the Gap: Community Policing's Role in Recovery and Crime Reduction
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 is here!In this follow-up episode, we take a deeper look at the Madison Area Recovery Initiative (MARI). Dr. Aleksandra Zgierska (Penn State), ...
Episode 25 Part 1: Bridging the Gap: Community Policing's Role in Recovery and Crime Reduction
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know what time it is - new episode! This one takes a deep dive into how community policing supports recovery and crime reduction, specifically wit...
Episode 24: The Opioid Crisis: Destigmatization and Recovery
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back! We have a discussion with Denise Holden, founder and CEO of the RASE Project, a recovery community organization that has since expanded o...
Episode 24: Research Translation Platform: Virtual Panel – Approaches to Addressing Substance Use Disorders in Justice-Involved Populations
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Supporting Recovery, Strengthening Families, & Fostering Healthier Communities: Effective Approaches to Addressing Substance Use Disorders in Just...
Episode 23: The Adolescent Health Network from Penn State PRO Wellness
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back! The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast is back with a new episode where we discuss The Adolescent Health Network (AHN) from Penn State PRO Welln...
Episode 22: A Government-Research Partnership in Action
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're closing out this semester's season with a conversation about prevention and partnerships. We focus on a discussion between a long-standing colla...
Episode 21: The Knowledge Mobilization Problem
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this month’s episode, we did something a little different. We spoke to two researchers with two different approaches to tackling the same proble...
Episode 20: Chronic Diseases: Underserved Communities, Prevention, and Genetic Factors
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episode tackles a fascinating combination of topics involving the impact of biological and social factors on chronic diseases like obesit...
Episode 19: Mental Health Screenings for Adolescents in the K-12 School System
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episode discusses mental health screenings for adolescents in the K-12 school system. We spoke to Deepa Sekhar, MD, Associate Professor, ...
Episode 18: The Perfect Storm: College Students, Mental Health, and the Sense of Belonging on Campus
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The end of the spring semester marks the release of another episode! This month, we tackled the tough topic of mental health among college students. W...
Episode 17: Digging Deeper into the Juvenile Justice System
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back for our third season! Kicking off the 2022 season, we explore the juvenile justice system in Pennsylvania.We spoke to Megan Kurlychek, Prof...
Episode 16: Debunking the U.S. Census
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episode tackles all things related to the U.S. Census. We discussed the decennial Census, the data products created and released from the...
Episode 15: Innovations In Healthcare: Enhancing Value, Health Equity, And The Social Determinants Of Health
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode, we tackled innovations in healthcare. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve seen a focus on various healthcare innov...
Episode 14: Navigating Pennsylvania’s Child Welfare System And Issues Of Child Maltreatment
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month marks the beginning of the third season of this podcast! We're kicking things off by exploring the opportunities and challenges of Pennsyl...
Episode 13: The Pandemic Perspective: Examining The Hardship Of Unemployment And The Pandemic Labor Market
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's episode, we explore a topic that we have wanted to cover for some time: unemployment and the pandemic labor market. As the natio...
Episode 12: The Pandemic Perspective: Revealing the Hidden Crisis of Food Insecurity
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's episode, we examined how the pandemic has revealed the "hidden crisis" of food insecurity throughout Pennsylvania and the rest of the...
Episode 11: The Pandemic Perspective: The Challenges and Opportunities of the Childcare System
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month, we return to our Pandemic Perspective series and explore the state of the childcare system in Pennsylvania during the pandemic. We discuss...
Episode 10: Exploring PacMAT, The Pennsylvania Coordinated Medication-Assisted Treatment Program
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month, we are taking a break from our Pandemic Perspective series to examine an existing working relationship between academia and government. Si...
Episode 9 - The Pandemic Perspective: The Local and State Government's Response to COVID-19, the 2020 Election, and Everything in Between (Part 2)
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episodes feature everything but the kitchen sink! We're tackling how government, primarily at the local and state levels, transitioned to...
Episode 8 - The Pandemic Perspective: The Local and State Government's Response to COVID-19, the 2020 Election, and Everything in Between (Part 1)
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month's two part (!) episode features everything but the kitchen sink! We're tackling how government, primarily at the local and state levels, tr...
Episode 7 - The Pandemic Perspective: Examining the Delivery of Special Education Services During COVID-19
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative Podcast is offering a new series called The Pandemic Perspective, where we examine how the ongoing COVID-19 p...
Episode 6 - Examining Income Inequality in Pennsylvania: Why We Need More (and Better) Data
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's episode, we spoke to Alexis Santos, PhD, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, and David Saunders...
Episode 5 - The Stigma of the Opioid Crisis
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is there left to say about the opioid crisis that has not already been said? It's claimed thousands of lives, torn apart families and communities...
Episode 4 - The Chronic Crisis of Housing
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and unemployment benefits for many Americans decrease significantly at the end of July, many Americans will be unab...
Episode 3 - Health in Rural Communities
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's episode, we spoke to Lisa Davis, Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and Ann Tickamyer, PhD, Professor Emerita of Rur...
Episode 2 - Aging in America: Challenges and Opportunities
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this month’s episode, we spoke to Penn State’s Marty Sliwinski, PhD, Director of the Center for Healthy Aging and Professor of Human Develo...
Episode 1 - Criminal Sentencing Guidelines
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we spoke to two experts on issue about criminal sentencing guidelines. Sentencing guidelines are a set of standards that are generally put...
Teaser Trailer
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join us each month as we explore issues affecting our families and communities.
Teaser Trailer
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join us each month as we explore issues affecting our families and communities.