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In this powerful episode of IDD Health Matters, Dr. Craig Escudé sits down with longtime civil rights attorney, disability advocate, and former Acting Administrator of the Administration for Community Living, Alison Barkoff. Now serving as the Hirsch Health Law and Policy Professor at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health, Alison shares her personal journey rooted in her experiences as a sibling of a person with an intellectual disability—and how that shaped her life's mission to advance health equity, civil rights, and inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Together, they explore: The historic update to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act—modernizing anti-discrimination protections in healthcare for the first time in nearly 50 years. The hard truths about ableism, medical bias, and discriminatory crisis standards of care exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The urgent need to incorporate clinical care curricula into medical and health professional training to eliminate health disparities for people with IDD. The challenges of navigating a fragmented service system—and why it's still worth the fight. Alison also shares her top three calls to action for improving the lives of people with IDD: building personal connections, embracing inclusive healthcare reform, and confronting the systemic complexity with commitment and compassion. If you're a healthcare professional, policymaker, or advocate looking to better understand the intersection of disability rights, healthcare, and public policy—this is an episode you don't want to miss.

In this powerful episode of IDD Health Matters, Dr. Craig Escudé sits down with longtime civil rights attorney, disability advocate, and former Acting Administrator of the Administration for Community Living, Alison Barkoff. Now serving as the Hirsch Health Law and Policy Professor at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health, Alison shares her personal journey rooted in her experiences as a sibling of a person with an intellectual disability—and how that shaped her life's mission to advance health equity, civil rights, and inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Together, they explore: The historic update to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act—modernizing anti-discrimination protections in healthcare for the first time in nearly 50 years. The hard truths about ableism, medical bias, and discriminatory crisis standards of care exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The urgent need to incorporate clinical care curricula into medical and health professional training to eliminate health disparities for people with IDD. The challenges of navigating a fragmented service system—and why it's still worth the fight. Alison also shares her top three calls to action for improving the lives of people with IDD: building personal connections, embracing inclusive healthcare reform, and confronting the systemic complexity with commitment and compassion. If you're a healthcare professional, policymaker, or advocate looking to better understand the intersection of disability rights, healthcare, and public policy—this is an episode you don't want to miss.

Medicare often pays clinics owned by hospitals double the amount it pays independent clinics for the exact same medical care. Ending that practice could save the federal government up to $150 billion over 10 years, but critics say it could push rural hospitals over the brink.Guests:Tim Rye, chief strategic development officer, Peterson Health Carrie Cochran-McClain, chief policy officer, National Rural Health AssociationLoren Adler, fellow and associate director at the Center on Health Policy, Brookings InstitutionDean Clancy, senior health policy fellow, Americans for Prosperity Ali Moghtaderi, assistant professor of health policy and management, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About this episode: Conversations about fluoride in the water supply are revving up but a key factor in the debate is the legal framework. In this episode: a discussion about the relevant law for assessing fluoride added to drinking water known as the Toxic Substances Control Act—a law limited to a focus on risk, not benefit—and what that means for emerging science and policy discussions around fluoridating water. Guest: Dr. Lynn Goldman is a pediatrician, the dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, and an expert in environmental health. Host: Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. Show links and related content: EPA ‘in a really tough spot' after landmark fluoride ruling—E&E News, Politico The Benefits and Risks of Fluoride, Explained—New York Times Fluoride's PR Nightmare—Unbiased Science Fluoride Face-Off: Court Ruling Challenges, But Science Stands Firm—Unbiased Science Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website. Follow us: @‌PublicHealthPod on X @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Instagram @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Facebook @‌PublicHealthOnCall on YouTube Here's our RSS feed

Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of America's 35th President, John F. Kennedy, has been nominated to be the next US health secretary by President-elect Donald Trump. The post oversees everything from medical research to food safety and public welfare programmes. Kennedy has been the face of “Make America Healthy Again”, a movement dedicated to “public health, sustainable practices and a government that truly serves the people”.This week of The Inquiry, we look at how MAHA wants to tackle chronic disease, in particular obesity. Will RFK carry these ideas into public office? How will food corporations and colleagues in the US Congress react? How feasible is it for the US Health Secretary to shift the dial on healthy eating?Contributors: Bill Dietz, Director of the Stop Obesity Alliance at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., US Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist and former Trump State Department official, US Professor Jerold Mande, CEO of Nourish Science, US Professor Colleen Heflin, Professor of public administration and international affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, USProduction Team: Presenter: Charmaine Cozier Producers: Vicky Carter and Matt Toulson Production Co-ordinator: Liam Morrey Technical producer: Richard Hannaford Editor: Tara McDermottPhoto Credit: Bloomberg via GettyImages

On Midday Healthwatch, our monthly conversations about public health with Dr. Leana Wen, we ask about the uptick in COVID-19 cases in Maryland and across the country. Should we be avoiding gatherings of people inside? Is it time to return to the precautious behavior from earlier in the pandemic? Plus, how to manage hypertension, the ‘silent killer' disease, which can be exacerbated by exposure to extreme heat. Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and she has been a regular guest on our show since her time as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, from 2015-2018. Today, the emergency physician serves as a research professor of healthy policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. Wen is also a columnist for the Washington Post and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

The effects of consuming non-nutritive sweeteners on weight control and health and well-being have been a source of continuing controversy. Dr. Sylvetsky, a professor and scientist at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington DC, talks with us about her research on the consumption of artificially sweetened food and beverages by children and adults. She discusses recent guidance provided by the World Health Organization about the use of non…

Barbara Kowalcyk, Ph.D., M.A., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and the Director of the Food Policy Institute at George Washington University's (GW's) Milken Institute School of Public Health. She also has an appointment in the U.S. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and is a fellow with the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness. Dr. Kowalcyk's research spans a range of topics related to food safety and infectious foodborne disease, and their intersection with nutrition security. She has extensively used epidemiologic methods, data analytics, and risk analysis to assess food safety risks and potential intervention strategies in both the U.S. and the Global South. Prior to joining GW in 2023, Dr. Kowalcyk was faculty at Ohio State University with appointments in the Department of Food Science and Technology and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and directed the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention (CFI), a nonprofit organization she co-founded in 2006. Prior to joining OSU, she was a senior food safety and public health scientist at RTI International and a research assistant professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Science at North Carolina State University. Dr. Kowalcyk holds a B.A. degree in mathematics from the University of Dayton, an M.A. degree in Applied Statistics from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati. She has served on many national committees, including two National Academy of Sciences committees and her current appointment to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Science Board.   In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak with Dr. Kowalcyk [39:50] about: Her research and advocacy work in the food safety realm, which focuses on advancing equitable food systems that promote public health and prevent foodborne illness How Dr. Kowalcyk's background and personal experiences shaped her career in food safety The interconnectedness of food safety, nutrition, and food security, and the need for an integrated approach to drive improvement in these three areas Dr. Kowalcyk's experience as part of the Reagan-Udall Foundation independent panel that conducted the 2022 evaluation of FDA's operations, and her impressions of the proposed reorganization plan for the agency's Human Foods Program The benefits of whole genome sequencing (WGS) and other technological advancements in foodborne illness outbreak detection and monitoring, and why “boots-on-the-ground” data is still crucial Current food safety challenges on Dr. Kowalcyk's radar, like the effects of climate change on the safety of water used in food production and the need for workforce development in the food safety industry. News and Resources FDA Publishes FSMA Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Final Rule [7:41] USDA Testing Retail Ground Beef for HPAI H5N1; Maintains That U.S. Meat Supply is Safe [17:28] FDA Testing Finds HPAI in Retail Milk Samples; Research Required to Determine Infectivity, Food Safety Risk Florida Becomes First State to Ban Cell-Based Meat [23:50] Alabama Poised to Ban Cell-Based Meat Thanks, Sesame: U.S. Food Recalls Due to Undeclared Allergens Skyrocketed in 2023, Causing Half of All Food Recalls [32:53] Food Safety Summit 2024 Keynote: On-Demand Replay Now AvailableFood Industry Counsel—Food Recall Search We Want to Hear from You! Please send us your questions and suggestions to podcast@food-safety.com

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani speaks to Barbara Kowalcyk, an Associate Professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health. They discuss the recent spread of avian influenza to cattle, what it means for the safety of beef and dairy products, and the holistic solutions that can help us monitor and and reduce the risk of infectious diseases to protect both animals and public health. While you're listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.

This time on Code WACK! Besides the Alabama IVF decision, how else are reproductive rights being rolled back in America? Why are some states going after emergency contraception known as the morning-after pill? What policy solutions are needed to better protect reproductive rights? To find out, we spoke to Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan, a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal health and reproductive rights and justice. Vina's work supports The Century Foundation's efforts to eliminate racial and gender disparities in health outcomes. Vina has a master's of public health in global health policy from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

This time on Code WACK!    Besides the Alabama IVF decision, how else are reproductive rights being rolled back in America? Why are some states going after emergency contraception known as the morning-after pill? What policy solutions are needed to better protect reproductive rights? To find out, we spoke to Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan, a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal health and reproductive rights and justice. Vina's work supports The Century Foundation's efforts to eliminate racial and gender disparities in health outcomes. Vina has a master's of public health in global health policy from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.   Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!  

This time on Code WACK! Besides the Alabama IVF decision, how else are reproductive rights being rolled back in America? Why are some states going after emergency contraception known as the morning-after pill? What policy solutions are needed to better protect reproductive rights? To find out, we spoke to Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan, a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal health and reproductive rights and justice. Vina's work supports The Century Foundation's efforts to eliminate racial and gender disparities in health outcomes. Vina has a master's of public health in global health policy from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.

This time on Code WACK! Where are we today when it comes to reproductive rights in America? And what does the latest IVF case in Alabama mean for reproductive justice and healthcare equity in America? To find out, we spoke to Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan, a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal health and reproductive rights and justice. Vina's work supports The Century Foundation's efforts to eliminate racial and gender disparities in health outcomes. Vina has a master's of public health in global health policy from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.

This time on Code WACK! Where are we today when it comes to reproductive rights in America? And what does the latest IVF case in Alabama mean for reproductive justice and healthcare equity in America?  To find out, we spoke to Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan, a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal health and reproductive rights and justice. Vina's work supports The Century Foundation's efforts to eliminate racial and gender disparities in health outcomes. Vina has a master's of public health in global health policy from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

This time on Code WACK! Where are we today when it comes to reproductive rights in America? And what does the latest IVF case in Alabama mean for reproductive justice and healthcare equity in America? To find out, we spoke to Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan, a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal health and reproductive rights and justice. Vina's work supports The Century Foundation's efforts to eliminate racial and gender disparities in health outcomes. Vina has a master's of public health in global health policy from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.

On today's podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink look back at 2023 and revisit conversations with psychotherapist and author of The Anxiety Audit Lynn Lyons, Executive Director of Harvard Law School Online and Sharenthood Author Leah Plunkett, as well as Rob Dapice, Executive Director of New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority. And finally, Assistant Professor in Global Health and Director of the Center for Community Resilience at the Milken Institute School of Public Health (George Washington University) Dr. Wendy Ellis walks us through a more resilient and equitable community.Support the showLISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ask your smart speaker to play NH Family NOW!

On the Well Woman Show today I interview Dr. Wendy Ellis, Assistant Professor in Global Health and the Founding Director of the Center for Community Resilience at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. I met Dr. Ellis at a summit on early childhood, childcare and workplace policy - one of my all time favorite topics. And when I heard her speak about resilience and her take on the Adverse Childhood Experience model (known as ACES), I just knew I had to have her on the show. While the world, and the US in particular, might be in breakdown, there are leaders that are already rebuilding, and actually facilitating the emergence of a new version of the systems and structures that we not build for or by women and certainly not women of color. Dr. Wendy Ellis is one of those leaders.She is an Assistant Professor in Global Health and the Founding Director of the Center for Community Resilience at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Dr. Ellis has spent the last fifteen years developing and working to grow a 'resilience movement' to address systemic inequities that contribute to social and health disparities that are often transmitted in families and communities from generation to generation.The Center for Community Resilience seeks to improve the health of communities by enabling cross-sectoral partners to align policy, program and practice to address adverse childhood experiences in the context of adverse community environments--or as Dr. Ellis has coined it "The Pair of ACEs". This innovative framing of ACEs, with an explicit focus on equity and prevention, has had a substantial influence on local initiatives, programs, public health initiatives and local, state and federal policy. Using the Pair of ACEs framing, Building Community Resiliencenetworks have successfully led systems and policy change focused on addressing long-standing economic, social and health disparties by partnering with community, integrating service delivery and building political will for change.The strengths-based approach is aimed at building the infrastructure to disrupt cycles of structural racism, foster equity and promote resilience in communities by improving access to supports and buffers that help individuals 'bounce back' and communities thrive.Leveraging her extensive background in communications, in 2022 Dr. Ellis produced a documentary, “America's Truth: Cincinnati” that follows her team's innovative approach to centering conversations on structural racism that galvanized a resilience movement to foster equity through systems and policy change. Dr. Ellis holds several leadership positions in public health including Chair of the National Academy of Sciences, Enhancing Community Resilience in the Gulf States Committee, Scientific Advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Prevention and Injury Center and the National Academy's Culture of Health Advisory Board. In 2018 Dr. Ellis was selected as an Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow to support her leadership in developing cross-sector strategies to address childhood trauma, foster equity and build community resilience.‌We discuss:Being unafraid in the face of change.Betting on yourself when it comes to your dreams and goals.andLeading with faith & focus as a leader.As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/322showThe Well Woman Show is thankful for support from The Well Woman Academy™ at

In this episode, host Dr. Sara Fletcher, CEO of the PA Education Association, chats with Dr. Howard Straker, PA-C, MPH, director of the Physician Assistant/MPH Program at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Dr. Nicole Burwell, PA-C, department chair and program director of the North Carolina A&T Physician Assistant Program. The three discuss the pros and cons of an entry level doctorate degree and its impact on the future of the profession.   This episode is sponsored by PA Excel. For more information, visit them online at paexcel.com.   Show notes Dr. Howard Straker has more than 30 years of PA educational and clinical experience, and is an assistant professor in the Physician Assistant Program. Straker serves as director of the Physician Assistant MPH Program, coordinating the joint degree curriculum across the Physician Assistant Program and four departments within the Milken Institute School of Public Health. He teaches in both the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and the Department of Prevention & Community Health. Straker's interests are in the preparation of practitioners to work in underserved communities, diversity and inclusion, health professions workforce, and blended learning pedagogy.  Dr. Nicole B. Burwell, PA-C, is the founding director of the Physician Assistant Studies master's program and chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and the John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences. She is a well-known figure in the PA field, currently serving as president-elect for PAEA. She is formerly director of the pre-clerkship for the Stanford University M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies program and director of clinical education for The George Washington University PA program.   This episode of All Thing PA Education is produced by Association Briefings.

Today on the podcast, Assistant Professor in Global Health and Director of the Center for Community Resilience at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University Dr. Wendy Ellis joins the show to talk about building community resilience and walk us through a day in the life. And co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink go back to school alongside their kids.Support the showLISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ask your smart speaker to play NH Family NOW!

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Dan Hesse talks with Michael Milken, whose lifelong commitment to finding faster cures for terminal illnesses, including cancer, has help improve the lives of countless children, adults and families over the past 50 years. Mike's book, Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health, is his memoir of his work in this regard and is well-worth the read. This work, however, has paralleled his revolutionizing of capital markets by pricing and rewarding risk more efficiently, ultimately helping to create millions of jobs. Mike Milken has been uniquely successful in creating value, whether measured in lives saved (Fortune magazine called him "The Man Who Changed Medicine"), students inspired (Forbes said he is an education visionary) or jobs created. A UCBerkeley grad with highest honors and an MBA from Wharton where he was a Joseph Warton fellow, Mike and his wife, Lori, have been married 55 years and are proud of their three children and 10 grandchildren (so far). Hang on to your seats for a fast-paced, engaging, innovative and absolutely inspiring interview with plenty of "nuggets" that will help you to lead YOUR best life! Mike's philanthropy, which began in the 1970s and paralleled his business career, expanded in 1982 with the establishment of the Milken Family Foundation.  Mike is also chairman of the Milken Institute, an economic think tank that hosts more than 200 annual conferences and other events around the world. The Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University offers 30 degree options. The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream is slated to open in 2024. Listen to this episode below or on ANY podcast platform (from Apple to Google to iTunes etc )— Just type in “THE Mentors RADIO” … even easier, Subscribe HERE & listen on any podcast platform! (click here).  And  if you like this show, we'd be grateful for a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! SHOW NOTES: MIKE MILKEN: BIO: https://fastercuresbook.com/about-the-author/ WEBSITE: https://www.mikemilken.com/ BOOK: Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health, by Mike Milken

It's another edition of theMidday Healthwatch, our monthly conversations about public health with Dr. Leana Wen. We'll be talking Dr. Wen today about the public health challenges caused by this summer's intense heat; the continued under-use of Paxlovid as a medication that can reduce the severity of COVID infections; and her assessment of the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC — Dr. Mandy Cohen — who was appointed by President Biden and sworn into office last month. Plus, Dr. Wen has been writing about other public health issues. These include the importance, especially for older adults, of getting the new RSV vaccine when it's available, the FDA's approval of the first-ever pill to treat post-partum depression; and what roles Artificial Intelligence might soon play in medicine. Dr. Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and she has been a regular guest on our show since her time as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, from 2015-2018. Today, the emergency physician serves as a research professor of healthy policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She's also a columnist for the Washington Post, a medical analyst for CNN, and a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. And she's the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Dr. Leana Wen joins Tom on Zoom...Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

It's another edition of the Midday Healthwatch, our monthly conversations about public health with Dr. Leana Wen. Today, Tom will be talking with Dr. Wen about the latest health news from Maryland. The state's COVID-19 Dashboard was moved to the Maryland Department of Health's main website. The state COVID Alert system is set to end Tuesday, May 9, while the federal state of emergency comes to an end on May 11. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is keeping its eye on a new variant of COVID. Who should get a second bivalent booster, and will it be effective against this latest iteration? We'll also talk to Dr. Wen about the deepening fentanyl crisis, and what we need to know about recreational marijuana. Plus, Baltimore is looking for a new health commissioner. The current head of the health department, Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, is leaving her post to become the interim Deputy Mayor for Equity Health and human services. Dr. Wen was the city's health commissioner from 2014 to 2018. We'll talk about the skills an effective leader in that job needs. Dr. Leana Wen joins host Tom Hall on Zoom. Dr. Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and she has been a regular guest on our show since her time as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, from 2015-2018. Today, the emergency physician is a research professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She's a columnist for the Washington Post, a medical analyst for CNN, and a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. And she's the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Sujani sits down with Anita Balan, a project director at the American College of Preventive Medicine. They discuss Anita's journey through grad school and the pit stops she took along the way, and ways to add to your skills toolkit by seizing opportunities outside of formal education.You'll LearnHow Anita discovered public health through a peer education opportunity on campusHow politics and public health are closely intertwinedThe importance of being open to different opportunities that may not necessarily be in your direct field of workAnita's experience and reflections on taking a break in between grad schoolHow you can upscale your school without needing formal educationHow volunteering is a valuable way to add skills to your toolkitHow to cope with failures and feelings of low self esteemWhat's next for Anita and how she is gathering information for her future career path through informational interviewsToday's GuestAnita Balan is a Project Director at the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). Currently, she is responsible for the day-to-day management and implementation of multiple grants funded through a cooperative agreement between ACPM and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, aimed at to strengthen public health systems and improve population health through national partnerships. Three of her projects focus on building the capacity of physicians, health systems and collaborating organizations to prevent diabetes, reduce hypertension and address COVID-19 among disproportionately affected populations. She provides staff support for the preventive medicine residency program directors and the Graduate Medical Education Subcommittee. Ms. Balan is a strong advocate for health promotion and disease prevention, investing in public health, public health law, addressing structural barriers and eliminating health disparities. She earned her MPH in Prevention and Community Health from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University and is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES). She serves on the boards of the National Capital Area chapter of the Society of Public Health Education (NCA SOPHE) and the South Asian Public Health Association (SAPHA). She is a believer in life-long learning and enjoys being a student of Indian Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam dance.ResourcesLearn more about the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Program Learn more about becoming a Certified Health Education SpecialistLearn more about Vote SmartLearn more about the American College of Preventive Medicine Listen to the previous episode with Joanna Suder and Gwyneth Eliasson Listen to the previous episode about informational interviews with Shanna Shulman and the previous career tips for informational interviewsLearn more about the Society for Public Health EducationSupport the showJoin The Public Health Career Club: the #1 hangout spot and community dedicated to building and growing your dream public health career.

It's another edition of the Midday Healthwatch, our monthly conversations about public health with Dr. Leana Wen. We'll be talking today about how, after the US Department of Energy gave oxygen to the lab-leak theory about the origins of COVID, new evidence has emerged suggesting the pandemic began because of animal-to-human transmission in a Chinese live-animal market. And what are the guidelines, and what should be the guidelines, about second bivalent boosters for people who are immunocompromised? Plus, Dr. Wen has been writing about several other important public health topics. These include: the FDA's decision to make Narcan available over the counter; the high numbers of people experiencing loneliness, even in this post-COVID period; and what's best for kids when it comes to social media and screen time. Dr. Leana Wen joins Tom on Zoom. Leana Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and she has been a regular guest on our show since her time as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, from 2015-2018. Today, the emergency physician is a research professor of healthy policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She's a columnist for the Washington Post, a medical analyst for CNN, and a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. And she's the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public HealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode we commemorate the publication of the Kinsey Reports, two scholarly books by Alfred Kinsey on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). These reports were among the earliest research studies to look at sexual behavior, but they also raise important questions for the data science community concerning ethics and bias. We explore those questions and more with the help of two experts.  Our Guests: Dr. Justin Garcia, Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute and the Ruth N. Halls Professor of Gender Studies at Indiana University, and Co-Chair of Human Sexuality and Health at the Indiana University School of Medicine.  Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz is also the President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. 

It's another edition of the Midday Healthwatch, our monthly conversations about public health with Dr. Leana Wen. Today, we'll discuss the continuing controversy surrounding theories about the origins of the COVID 19 virus. Plus, some new research about the problem of child obesity. And has Sen. John Fetterman's hospitalization for clinical depression helped to remove the stigma from mental health treatment? We'll talk to Dr. Wen about these and other public health issues. Dr. Leana Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts, and we are proud and grateful that she has been a regular guest on our show for many years. The former Baltimore City Health Commissioner is an emergency physician and a research professor of healthy policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She's a columnist for the Washington Post and a medical analyst for CNN, and a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. And she's the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health Dr. Leana Wen joins Tom on Zoom...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Becoming a more inclusive and accessible industry is at the very heart of solving the Wellness Paradox. Indeed, it will be through serving ALL individuals, regardless of their abilities, that we can truly meet the needs of both healthcare and a variety of different fitness consumers. As our guest in episode 90, Monica Forquer, points out; one group that is significantly underserved are individuals with both physical and intellectual disabilities. Monica is a subject matter expert in this area, but particularly as it relates to the fitness industry. She has worn many hats throughout her career, but has found a great deal of fulfillment, and need, working in the inclusive exercise space focusing on individuals with disabilities. She has experience working with Special Olympics, as well as creating resources for industry professionals and facility owner/operators to create more inclusive environments to engage in physical activity and exercise. Monica provides a great understanding of the foundational concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion in this conversation. More importantly, she explains in actionable detail steps fitness industry professionals and business owners can take to improve inclusivity in their environments. If we are truly going to become part of the healthcare delivery system, we must find ways to be inclusive to individuals of all ability levels. Monica provides a great path to do so in this engaging discussion.Show Notes Page: https://www.wellnessparadoxpod.com/podcast/episode/90  Our Guest: Monica Forquer, MSMonica Forquer is a fitness leader and physical activity advocate for 17 years with experience at the individual, community, national and international levels. Monica has dedicated her professional career to empowering underserved populations to take control over their health.  She spent the last eight years supporting people with intellectual disabilities by improving health literacy and increasing access to community physical activity opportunities.  Monica is the Founder of Active Health, LLC a consulting firm that supports strategic development, resource creation, program implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs.  Through her work she has developed wellness programming for the National Down Syndrome Society and provided strategic guidance and evaluation support to the Special Olympics fitness team.Prior to her consulting position, Monica served as the Senior Manager of Fitness at Special Olympics where she led the development and implementation of the global physical activity and nutrition strategy.  Under Monica's leadership, programming grew from nearly zero participants in 2015 to an annual reach of over 600,000 people with and without intellectual disabilities in at least 108 countries in 2021.  Monica is currently pursuing a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree at George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health.  She has a master's degree in exercise science from George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Western Michigan University.  Monica is a proud certified ACE personal trainer and has previously worked as a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, strength and conditioning coach, and physical educator.  Follow us on social at the links below: https://www.facebook.com/wellnessparadox https://www.instagram.com/wellnessparadox/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/wellness-paradox-podcast https://twitter.com/WellnessParadox

It's the Midday Healthwatch, with Dr. Leana Wen. Much of life has returned to pre-COVID normal. In several of her recent essays in the Washingon Post, Dr. Wen has written about new research into the vexing problem of Long COVID, the decision by the Biden administration to end the COVID state-of-emergency, how to help the immunocompromised, and how to more accurately account for the actual number of hospitalizations and fatalities that have been caused by COVID. We'll talk about these topics today with Dr. Wen, who is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts. She is an emergency physician and a former health commissioner of Baltimore. She teaches at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. In addition to writing a health column for the Washington Post, she's a medical analyst for CNN, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year! It's the Midday Healthwatch with Dr. Leana Wen, our monthly conversation about important current issues in public health. Rates of RSV and influenza (flu) are beginning to fall, but COVID-19 numbers are up around the country. The Maryland Health Department reported more than 1,500 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, and that number is almost surely an undercount. Thirteen people died from COVID-related disease in the past 24 hours. Lots of people are opting for masks again, but not many are opting for the bivalent booster to protect against the latest strains of the Omicron variant. Leana Wen is with us for the hour today to talk about these and other developments in public health. As always, we welcome your questions and comments about public health. Dr. Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts. She is an emergency physician and a former health commissioner of Baltimore. She teaches at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She writes a column for the Washington Post.  She's a medical analyst for CNN, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, host Karli Burridge speaks with the "Advocacy Power-Couple", Chris and Cristy Gallagher. Did you think they were the same person? Don't worry, up until a few months ago, Karli did too!Chris and Cristy discuss how softball brought them together, how they got involved in obesity advocacy, where the state of obesity treatment coverage is today, and how you can get involved to improve access to evidence-based obesity care.  Resources and links for advocacy:The Obesity Action CoalitionThe STOP Obesity AllianceThe Obesity Medicine AssociationAmerican Society of Metabolic and Bariatric SurgeryThe Obesity SocietyCristy Gallagher has spent over twenty years working in Washington DC on health, human services, and education policy.  She is the Senior Center Administrator, Redstone Center, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. Her current work is centered on the STOP Obesity Alliance, a part of the Redstone center.  The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance is made up of a diverse group of business, consumer, government, advocacy, and health organizations dedicated to reversing the obesity epidemic in the United States. Drawing on the strengths of the collaborative, STOP conducts research, makes policy recommendations, and develops hands-on tools for providers, advocacy groups, policymakers, and consumers. Chris Gallagher is the OAC's Policy Consultant and also serves on the Access to Care Committee. He has more than 30 years of legislative and lobbying experience where he has specialized in healthcare, tax and education issues. He currently manages several healthcare issues while working with different organizations, including being the lobbyist  for the Obesity Medicine Association, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and The Obesity Society. Support the showThe Gaining Health Podcast will release a new episode monthly, every second Wednesday of the month. Episodes including interviews with obesity experts as well as scientific updates and new guidelines for the management of obesity.If you're a clinician or organization looking to start or optimize an obesity management program, and you want additional support and resources, check out the Gaining Health website! We offer monthly and annual Memberships, which include live group coaching, a community forum to ask questions and post resources, pre-recorded Master Classes, digital resources inlcuding patient education materials and office forms, and much more! We also sell our popular Gaining Health products, including a book on developing an obesity management program, editable forms and templates, and patient education materials in our Gaining Health Shop! If you are loving this podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon

It's the Midday Healthwatch, with Dr. Leana Wen. COVID numbers are up, compounded by big increases in rates of influenza and RSV. Is there a full blown COVID surge on the way in the US? Experts fear that there may be a surge in China. Will highly transmissible Omicron variants prove to be too much for China's zero-COVID policy to handle? And the advances made in telemedicine during the pandemic made healthcare more accessible for millions of people. Will policy makers make sure that access continues? Democrats and the Biden Administration have promised to lower the cost of prescription drugs. In a column in the Washington Post, Dr. Wen profiled Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the first Black woman to lead the Center for Medicare and Medicaid, and the woman charged with overseeing the drug pricing program, and a host of other programs. We'll discuss these and other topics today... Dr. Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts. She is a former health commissioner of Baltimore and an emergency physician. She teaches at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She writes a column for the Washington Post.  She's a medical analyst for CNN, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The last day of voting in this contentious election season is tomorrow. Among the issues Maryland voters will decide is the future of recreational marijuana. What will the impact on youth be, if the referendum passes and cannabis is legalized? And, as winter approaches, a possible surge in COVID cases isn't the only cause for concern. Pediatric wards in hospitals around the country are packed with children suffering from RSV, and the flu is back in force as well. What's the best way to prepare for the challenges that attend colder weather? Dr. Wen is one of America's most trusted and knowledgeable public health experts. She is a former health commissioner of Baltimore and an emergency physician.  She teaches at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.  She writes a column for the Washington Post.  She's a medical analyst for CNN, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Rabies, to the Black Plague to Covid-19 to Monkey Pox - babies are subject to many preventable illnesses arising in their environment that can cause death. One Health is a crucial concept in understanding global health as climate change and transnational travel impact local public health issues for vulnerable populations - such as impoverished children and communities without access to healthcare.Dr. Bernadette Dunham from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University joins Yasmine Vaughan to discuss the idea that emerging diseases and existing medical conditions that threaten human life are better understood in the context of “one health.”Dr. Dunham graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph University in 1975 and joined a mixed animal practice. She  received her Ph.D. in cardiovascular pathophysiology in 1984 from Boston University and then served as Director of Laboratory Animal Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, N.Y. until 1995. She was recruited to be the Assistant Director with the American Veterinary Medical Association's Governmental Relations Division in Washington D.C.  and interacted with Members of Congress and their staff to heighten their awareness of the diversity of the veterinary medical profession. For eight years, she helped them think beyond the concept of local vets caring for  companion animals and food-producing animals to grasp the very important role that Veterinarians and Animal Scientists play in public health – zoonotic diseases being one of the most important areas for government policies and scientific research to address the growing threat for global dissemination of infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans.  "One Health is a collaborative, multi-sectoral, and trans-disciplinary approach - working at local, regional, national, and global levels - to achieve optimal health (and well-being) outcomes, recognizing the interconnections between people, animals, plants and their shared environment."  Centers for Disease Control, Washington, D.C.Links to know more:One Health Commission https://www.onehealthcommission.org/CDC https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/resource-library/one-health-graphics.htmlWHO https://www.who.int/health-topics/one-health#tab=tab_1WOAH https://www.woah.org/en/document/one-health-joint-plan-of-action-2022-2026-worki.ng-together-for-the-health-of-humans-animals-8-plants-and-the-environment/Helpingchildrenworldwide.org

Monkeypox hit our shores in May of this year. How did our public health agencies and infrastructure perform? What went right, what went wrong, and what needs to improve? We talked with three experts in public health and biodefense about the threats on their radar screens and how the U.S. can better prepare for the next inevitable outbreak or pandemic.Guests:Dr. Asha George, Bipartisan Commission on BiodefenseDr. Lynn Goldman, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington UniversityDr. John Redd, Medical Countermeasures Coalition 

And now, another edition of the Midday Healthwatch, Tom's monthly conversation with public health advocate Dr. Leana Wen. She's an emergency physician and visiting professor at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She's also a former Health Commissioner of the city of Baltimore, and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, as well as a commentator for CNN and a columnist for the Washington Post. Her latest book is called Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Today, Dr. Wen discusses whether the pandemic is really over, as President Biden recently asserted in his 60 Minutes interview on CBS. His statement stirred controversy. Health officials noted that nearly 400 people are still dying every day, and stocks of the three companies that produce vaccines tumbled down 9%. But does he have a point? The new bivalent booster that targets the omicron variant certainly presents an opportunity to enter a new phase in handling the disease. Who should get it, and when? And, what's the best way to handle the side effects of the boosters that some people experience? Plus, the nursing shortage persists in hospitals across the country. Dr. Wen has some observations about how to attract and retain these vital health care professionals. Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ans Irfan, MD, EdD, DrPH, MPH, is a faculty member, researcher, and critical public health scholar at Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. He is the Director of Climate & Health Equity Practice Fellowship, an international fellowship focused on training the next generation of climate medicine leaders in the Global South. He also is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Policy Research Scholar fellow. Currently, he is based at Harvard Divinity School, exploring the intersection of religion and public health policies, especially as those relate to climate change.

In this episode, our guest, Dr. Lance Price, discusses the phenomenon often dubbed "the silent pandemic", antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with our host, Maggie Fox.What causes antibiotics to stop working? What will a world without effective antibiotics look like? How can we fight to stop the present and growing crisis of AMR? Let's find out!More about our guest: Dr. Lance Price is a Professor at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Founding Director of GW's Antibiotic Resistance Action Center. Dr. Price works at the interface between science and policy to address the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance. His research, retracing the ecology, evolution, and epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, has been published in top peer-reviewed journals and covered in media outlets around the world.

On this week's Weekend Roundup, history was made this week when a new Supreme Court Justice was sworn in. CBS's Natalie Brand reports. We learn about some high profile rulings by the court with Legal Analyst Thane Rosenbaum. CBS News White House Correspondent Steven Portnoy on the President's response to the overturning of Roe V. Wade, plus our Dan Lieberman reports on the now patchwork of confusing state laws. And, Reporter Alexandra Koehn tells us what some men are doing now that the constitutional right to an abortion no longer stands. On the Kaleidoscope, CBS's Stacy Lyn talks with Dr. Lynn Goldman, the Dean of Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, about Monkeypox and how it's impacting gay men the most.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Kaleidoscope, CBS's Stacy Lyn talks with Dr. Lynn Goldman, the Dean of Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, about Monkeypox and how it's impacting gay men the most.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Happy Juneteenth! It's another edition of our monthly Midday Healthwatch, with Dr. Leana Wen. The latest surge in the COVID-19 variant known as omicron is beginning to show signs it is receding, but the highly transmissible BA.2 variant has led the CDC to estimate that nearly 60% of Americans have already been infected. For children, the infection rate is even higher: closer to 75%. And help for our youngest children is on the way. On Friday, an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines for children under the age of five. The CDC signed off on the panel's recommendation on Saturday. This comes as a relief to many parents, and it presents a dilemma for many others, who may be vaccinated themselves, but who are hesitant about vaccinating their kids. Dr. Wen is herself the parent of two children under the age of five. She is a former health commissioner of Baltimore, an emergency physician, and she teaches at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. Dr. Wen is also a columnist for the Washington Post,a medical analyst for CNN, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Surprise! Those certification labels promising no antibiotics in animals are sometimes a hollow promise. Andrew deCoriolis from Farm Forward unpacks the recent studies from both the Milken Institute School of Public Health and Farm Forward's own research that show that corners can and are being cut, and no one is really minding the store. USDA/FSIS, once again, fail to deliver.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

Surprise! Those certification labels promising no antibiotics in animals are sometimes a hollow promise. Andrew deCoriolis from Farm Forward unpacks the recent studies from both the Milken Institute School of Public Health and Farm Forward's own research that show that corners can and are being cut, and no one is really minding the store. USDA/FSIS, once again, fail to deliver.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

It's the Midday Healthwatch, our monthly focus on public health issues with Dr. Leana Wen. For weeks, the state testing positivity rate for COVID 19 has been below 2%. But it's starting to creep up again. As of this morning, it stands at 2.42%, nearly twice what it was three weeks ago. At last week's Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, about a dozen political A-listers, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Congressmen Adam Schiff and Joaquin Castro tested positive for the coronavirus. Do the rising numbers and high profile cases indicate that we should once again avoid large gatherings? Dr. Wen says, “No.” She writes in the Washington Post, “At this point in the pandemic, we have to accept that infections will keep occurring.” Is another Coronavirus surge in the cards? The BA.2 sub-variant strain is even more transmissible than the original omicron variant, which itself spread much more quickly than the delta variant. During the last surge, nearly half of Americans contracted the virus, but many fewer people became seriously ill than in previous surges. If there is another surge, are we better prepared, this time around? Dr. Leana Wen is with us for the hour to talk about all the latest COVID news.The former Baltimore City Health Commissioner is an emergency physician who's now a visiting professor at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health, a medical analyst for CNN, a health columnist for the Washington Post and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is also the author of a compelling memoir, Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. As always, we welcome your questions or comments for Dr. Wen! Call us: 410.662.8780. Email us at midday@wypr.org, or Tweet us: @MiddayWYPR. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the middle of January, the US was reporting more than 900,000 new cases of COVID 19 every day. The daily case count now averages less than 50,000. Here in Maryland, two months ago the testing positivity rate was nearly 27%. Now, it stands at less than 2%. Maryland and the District of Columbia have the nation's lowest daily case rate. The vaccination rate is creeping up very, very slowly. More than a year into vaccine availability, only about 65% of Americans are fully vaccinated, well behind dozens of other countries. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its guidelines for masking in public spaces, changing the metrics it emphasizes as they determine what is best practice at this stage of the pandemic. Writing in the Washington Post,Dr. Leana Wen says, “The CDC finally got masking right.” Dr. Wen is a former Baltimore City health commissioner and Tom's guest today for another edition of the Midday Healthwatch. She is an emergency physician.  She teaches at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She's a columnist for The Washington Post,a medical analyst for CNN, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Dr. Leana Wen joins us on Zoom… And we welcome your questions and comments… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Vinu Ilakkuvan, DrPH, MSPH is the Founder and Principal Consultant at PoP Health (Pursuit of Public Health) LLC. Vinu leads efforts to help communities and the organizations working with them address social determinants of health and health inequities by strengthening multi-sector efforts. She got her Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering and Economics at University of Virginia. She then went on to get her Master of Science in Public Health at Harvard University School of Public Health. She then got her Doctorate of Public Health at the George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health. She is a TEDx speaker for her talk Square Peg, Round Hold: Fixing Our Approach to Health.Vinu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinuilakkuvan/ PoP Health website: https://www.pophealthllc.com/ Square Peg, Round Hole: Fixing our approach to health YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xslV8ARdQjQ Omari on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thephmillennial/Omari on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omari-richins-mph/Website: https://thephmillennial.comShownotes: https://thephmillennial.com/episode90All ways to support The Public Health Millennial: https://thephmillennial.com/support/Support The Public Health Millennial: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thephmillennialUse Code “thePHmillennial” for discount: https://thepublichealthstore.comEmail List: https://thephmillennial.com/signup/Support the show (http://paypal.me/thePHmillennial)

In this episode of Critical Reads, we will be discussing Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy by Neil Gilbert and Paul Terrell. Here's a brief summary of the book courtesy of the author/publisher: "Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy provides a comprehensive and widely-used framework for analyzing social welfare policies.  The text encourages readers to develop their own thoughts on social welfare policy and to explore policy alternatives. Theoretical points are illustrated with examples from a cross-section of program areas including income maintenance, child welfare, model cities, daycare, community action, and mental health. The text familiarizes students with the content of major social welfare programs such as TANF, OASDHI, SSI, and Title XX. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Understand current policy issues Reflect on where they stand in regard to controversial policy issues Understand major social welfare programs Better understand CSWE's core competencies and practice behaviors" This week's "Musings of Tired Black Social Worker" segment topic is Compassion Fatigue. To purchase the book, visit: Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy via Amazon Other sources mentioned in this episode include: Compassion Fatigue: Symptoms to Look For by Dan Brennan Equity vs. Equality: What's the Difference? by the Milken Institute School of Public Health New Deal by History.com Editors Social Welfare System by Julia Kagan What Is Direct Practice in Social Work? by the University of Texas  To check out the CR podcast content calendar, visit: https://soulsessionswithneph.com/critical-reads-podcast To find out more about me or to consume more of my content, visit soulsessionswithneph.com. You can also follow me on Instagram and Facebook using the handle @soulsessionswithneph, or email me at connect@soulsessionswithneph.com. Thank you again for your time and support! 

With the initiative process dead, organizers of a recent citizen-fueled effort to expand Medicaid suspend their campaign. And, we look at how one study estimates how expansion could boost Mississippi's economy with nearly 22,000 new jobs.Then, one week following the approval of the Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15 year-olds, we check in with the state's leading pediatrician on how families are responding.Plus, in today's Book Club, we revisit a Pulitzer Prize winner's stories from the deep south.Segment 1:Less than a month since Healthcare for Mississippi officially launched it's campaign to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot in Mississippi, the campaign is coming to a grinding halt. Yesterday, the group announced that it is "reluctantly" suspending its campaign "until there is once again a functional ballot measure process in Mississippi." The citizen initiative process - ratified in 1992 - was deemed unconstitutional by the Mississippi Supreme Court last week. We hear from MS NAACP Executive Director Corey Wiggins. And, a study from the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health estimates expansion could bring nearly 22,000 new jobs to the state. Leighton Ku is the Director of the Center for Health Policy at the university. He explains the economic growth potential with MPB's Rob Lane.Segment 2:Teens in Mississippi are starting to get the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Children ages 12 to 15 became eligible to receive the shot last week, and since then, more than 1000 Mississippi teens and pre-teens have received their first dose. Dr. Anita Henderson, President of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, tells our Kobee Vance she and other pediatricians are talking with teens and parents who are interested in getting vaccinated.Segment 3:Rick Bragg is a journalist, a novelist and a college professor but is probably best known for his reflective non-fiction about life itself. The Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author has gathered a collection of his columns from Southern Living and Garden and Gun to put together “Where I Come From: Stories From the Deep South.” His conversation with our Karen Brown starts with his musings on what's unique about the south. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Class is in session! Matthew welcomes Dr. Leonard Friedman, Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director of the Executive Master of Health Administration Program at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. How have healthcare organizations managed through the pandemic, the sudden emergence of telehealth and how his students, the future of healthcare management, are preparing for the ever evolving world ahead of them? 

It would seem at first glance that undernutrition and obesity are opposite sides of the same coin and not very related to one another and that neither of these issues would be related at all to climate change. Well, this turns out to not be true at all according to an authoritative new report for our listeners. The title of the report is The Global Syndemic of Obesity Undernutrition and Climate Change, The Lancet Commission Report. One of the architects of that report is Dr. William Dietz. About William Dietz William Dietz is the director of the Sumner Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Before joining the faculty of George Washington, he directed the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dietz is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Interview Summary You co-chaired the Lancet Commission that produced the report just mentioned, with Boyd Swinburn in New Zealand, and worked with leading experts from all around the world. The title of the report has the word syndemic in it. Can you describe what a syndemic is? We thought a syndemic was a relatively new concept that was published in the Lancet in 2017. But when we went back, this concept really originated with a woman named Singer, who was in Connecticut, and in 1992 used it to describe the interaction of poverty and health. And then it went into this quiescent phase until it reemerged in these Lancet articles. And a syndemic is a combination of the word syndemic and epidemic and reflects the co-occurrence in time and place of two or more factors which have social determinants, such as economic factors or social factors or environmental factors. And we applied this to the pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. And we named climate change a pandemic because of its breadth of impact and how widespread it was. And like the other syndemics which were limited mainly to diseases so that, for example, the interaction of HIV, intravenous drug use, hepatitis C and hepatocellular cancer--these epidemics, these pandemics also interact. So for example, in particularly in middle-income countries, there is a co-occurrence of obesity and undernutrition in the form of stunting. Meat production causes obesity, colorectal cancer, and cardiovascular disease, and also generates a lot of greenhouse gases. In fact, agriculture generates almost 30 percent of greenhouse gases and cattle production generates about over half of that. Another example of the interaction is between car use, inactivity and obesity. So car use displaces physical activity, therefore increases the likelihood of obesity, generates greenhouse gases, which then in turn promote undernutrition by virtue of the catastrophic effects of excess greenhouse gases on low and middle income countries in terms of drought or even in terms of changing the nutrient composition of foods as global warming projects and moves forward. So we see these three pandemics as huge challenges and ones which are the paramount challenges for the 21st century. The Lancet report discusses using a systems approach to understanding and addressing these problems. What is a systems approach and, what systems in particular or do you think will be influential in changing the intersection of these things? Well, as so I indicated from these examples of interactions, they're really systems that underpin undernutrition, obesity and climate change. And the most prominent systems are the agricultural system, the urban design, and land use and transport systems. But even more profound than those systems are the underlying drivers of those systems. So the question becomes why did these systems operate the way they do? Well, they operate the way they do because we've designed them that way. The reason that we are car use dependent is not only because cars are heavily promoted by business and particularly on television, but car use is sustained by community design, which is not designed for public transport. It's designed for car use. And promoted by the lack of taxes on gasoline or the low taxes which haven't been increased in years. So we're not paying the real costs of transport, and we're not paying the real costs of beef production, for example. The same thing applies to meat production. So, subsidies for forage crops support beef production and keep the prices artificially low. And we don't pay, then, for the greenhouse gas emissions by cattle. We don't pay for the environmental degradation caused by concentrated animal feedlots. If we were to pay the actual costs of transport or the true costs of food production, I think we would see substantial shifts in the consumption of our use, for example, our meat consumption. And this systems approach allows us to begin to point out what we've called double and triple duty actions. That is strategies which affect two or more of these pandemics. So increasing the gas price is one of those triple duty actions. Reducing meat consumption is one of those triple duty actions, which affects not only obesity but also climate change and undernutrition. You're making a pretty radical that people pay the actual cost of these things. So for example, if you go to the store and buy a hamburger or a steak, the prices could go way up, couldn't it? If you're paying for the health consequences that these products produce in society and the environmental consequences, do you have any reason to believe that the public would accept such a thing? Or the politicians would even propose it? Well, that's a good question. But we talk in the report about policy inertia, which is a term we coined to reflect the lack of movement on any of these issues, despite widespread recommendations that changes occur. And policy Inertia, as you correctly point out, is a consequence of lack of political will, lack of public demand, and industry opposition. So there's good evidence of industry opposition. The most recent of which was to the dietary guidelines committee report and that most recently appeared and while the dietary guidelines expert committee recommended movement towards a plant-based diet, this was met with substantial opposition by the meat industry and the national cattleman's association. I think there's a national meat institute and one other organization which indicates the kind of resistance to these types of changes. Even though these changes would improve both public health and the environment. So the bottom line here is I don't think we can expect the government to act unless we begin to change things at the local level. I really have come to believe that if this is going to happen, it's going to happen because people change their behaviors and begin to push governments to change their policies. And I think we can point to things that are already happening. Moving in that direction. Meatless Monday is one of those examples. We know that the growth of products which are produced sustainably is increasing at about five percent a year. That's huge. We know that businesses that are selling healthier for you, or better for you products, are seeing more rapid increases in the sales of those products than in their traditional product lines. We also know that those cities, despite the US withdrawal from the Paris accords regarding climate change, that some US cities have persisted in trying to reduce their carbon footprint. And these trends are underway, whether they're going to be powerful enough or operate quickly enough to reverse the global syndemic remains to be seen. But I'm worried because we don't have very much time left. And these behaviors that are starting locally need to be amplified, and we need to be able to change the governance systems which underpin the systems that we have. You mentioned that the US was out of step with the rest of the world on things like climate accord. And they're just a lot of examples of this kind of thing. In the US, business interests are prevailing over public health interests more than in other countries. One has to wonder whether there's any hope of reversing that. And you mentioned some local actions might eventually percolate up and affect the national government. Are there precedents for this that you've seen in other areas that might make you optimistic? Well, I'm optimistic about the ability of people to change and governments to change. So take soda taxes. There are about seven or eight cities now or municipalities which have implemented soda taxes. And internationally, there's actually more progress around soda taxes than there is in the United States. There are almost 30 countries which have implemented soda taxes. Mexico is a really good example. And what happened in Mexico was that civil society, the consumer groups, really went to bat for the soda tax despite very substantial opposition, which is why in our report, one of our recommendations is a call for investment of a $1,000,000,000 fund that can be used to support civil society actions in about 100 different countries. The other thing that we call for, which I think is implicit on what I mentioned just a few minutes ago, is that a summit of businesses who are operating based on principles for the 21st Century. And those principles are matching profit with the health of the community and health of the planet. And the corporations that have begun to do that I think are much more likely to succeed. And a summit which calls together businesses designed for the 21st Century, I think would be very instructive and could perhaps create models that would spread. Do you see the world of philanthropy and foundations as helping move these things forward? Absolutely. For example, the Bloomberg Foundation was instrumental in working in Mexico and is now invested in some other Latin American countries. And, I think that innovation often starts, at least in the US with foundation support. Interestingly enough, we were not able to get foundation support for our initial work on the syndemic. One group, which was working on undernutrition, recognized the association of undernutrition with obesity but said we're very interested in undernutrition, not obesity. One of the groups working on climate change recognized the effects of climate change on undernutrition but said we're interested in climate change but not undernutrition. So hopefully the recognition that this global syndemic exists will also prompt foundation investments to do the necessary work around communication, convening, all of the kinds of things that our recommendations called for, including a framework convention on food systems analogous to the framework on tobacco control. For our listeners, the title of the report that we've been speaking about is The global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change, the Lancet Commission Report. How can people get access to that report? The report is available online. If you go to the Lancet and just search for global syndemic, this will come up. Produced by Deborah Hill at the Duke World Food Policy Center

Listen NowIn a letter last March to state Medicaid directors by then DHHS Secretary Tom Price and CMS Administrator Seema Verma telegraph the administration's intent to radically redefine the Medicaid program.  Believing the ACA's expansion of the Medicaid program was, per the March letter, a "clear departure from the core, historical mission of the program,"  administration officials telegraphed they were preparing to reinvent the program by, in part, requiring work or community engagement for abled-body adults as a precondition for Medicaid coverage.  Historically, the Medicaid program was intended to strengthen and increase coverage for the poor.  In a nine-page, January 11 letter to state Medicaid directors, Ms. Verma announced, "a new policy to assist states in their efforts to improve Medicaid enrollee health and well-being through incentivizing work and community engagement."  That there is no evidence that work improves health status, the January 11th letter stated "work . . may improve health outcomes," on January 12th CMS approved a Kentucky waiver to require employment as a prerequisite for Medicaid coverage despite state officials recognizing through the course of the waiver's implementation 15 percent of abled-body Kentuckians would lose coverage.    During this 20 minute interview, Professor Sara Rosenbaum briefly explains Medicaid 1115 waivers, the administration's intent to, in addition to requiring employment, refashion the Medicaid program to more resemble commercial insurance, what evidence the administration posits to justify the policy change, the details of the Kentucky waiver (the first of likely several, if not many work requirement waivers), the anticipated effects of the Kentucky waiver and the legal bases for litigation already filed to challenge the Kentucky waiver. Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Heath at George Washington University.  She also holds professorships at GWU's Law and Medical Schoold and at the Trachtenberg Schoolf of Public Policy and Public Administration.  Professor Rosenberg worked in the Clinton Administration where she directed and drafted the Health Security Act and designed the Medicaid's Vaccines for Children program.  She currently advises states, foundations and others on health policy and has served as a testifying expert in landmark litigation to enforce children's rights under Medicaid.  She is the lead author of Law and the American Health Care System.  Professor Rosenbaum is the Past Chair of AcademyHealth and a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.  She also has served on the CDC's Director's Advisory Committee and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice.  She was the founding Commissioner of the Congress's Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and served as its Chair from January 2016 through April 2017.Recent related writings by Professor Rosenbaum, i.e., "The Trump Administration Re-Imagines Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration - and Medicaid" (Health Affairs Blog, 11/9/17) and "Experimenting on The Health of the Poor: Inside Stewart v. Azar (Health Affairs Blog, 2/5/18) are at: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20171109.297738/full/  and https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180204.524941/full/. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com