Podcasts about public health committee

120 doctors in Connecticut at risk of losing their jobs! That's a headline from the Hartford Courant and we wanted to find out what's happening. We spoke with Sen. Jeff Gordon, a member of the Public Health Committee and a practicing doctor, to learn more and find out what legislators are trying to pass to fix this problem. Image Credit: Getty Images

The owner of three Connecticut hospitals has filed for bankruptcy protection. Prospect Medical Holdings owns Waterbury, Rockville General and Manchester Memorial hospitals.  While the hospitals are expected to continue operating during chapter eleven bankruptcy process, Connecticut patients and their families are on edge. Senator Jeff Gordon weighed in on the implications this has for Connecticut. He is a member of the Public Health Committee and known as the doctor senator in our state because he is a medical doctor. Image Credit: Getty Images

According to state records, the state struggles with more than 1,300 overdose deaths each year. State lawmakers are now looking at a possible solution: safe injection sites for drug users. We talked about the controversial option with the co-chair of the Legislature's Public Health Committee, Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey. Image Credit: Reuters

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According to reports, there is strong bi-partisan support for House Bill 5321: An Act Requiring Newborn Screening for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. If passed, the law would require every newborn in Connecticut to get screened for this starting in July of 2027. We asked Senator Jeff Gordon about the significance of this for families. We also asked about the concerns around hospital consolidations in the state. Sen. Gordon serves on the Public Health Committee and has spent decades of his life as a physician. Image Credit: Getty Images

State Sen. Dr. Saud Anwar, co-chair of the Public Health Committee, joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Monday to announce legislation that would "address unsafe staffing" by establishing "safe patient limits," or nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, among other protections. This hour, we discuss the proposal with Sen. Anwar, the "patient care crisis" in Connecticut, and renewed efforts to address it. AFT, a union representing many health care workers in our state, recently released the Healthcare Staffing Shortage Task Force Report, finding that the "corporatization of healthcare with profit motives has created systematic underinvestment in healthcare workers' safety and wellbeing." Plus, we'll hear recommendations from the National Nurse Staffing Think Tank with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and from the Windham Federation of Professional Nurses, AFT Local 5041, after negotiating a ban on mandatory overtime. GUESTS: Saud Anwar: Democratic State Senator; Co-Chair, Public Health Committee Vicki Good: RN; Former President, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses; Member, National Nurse Staffing Think Tank Paul Banach: RN; Member, CT Nurses United Andrea Riley: RN; President, Windham Federation of Professional Nurses, AFT Local 5041 Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Starting in 2023, Connecticut raised its standards for lead-based paint and lead piping in older homes. State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg was chair of the Public Health Committee when the legislation was approved last year. What does it mean and how should homeowners report potential exposure? ((00:00)) Governor Lamont is set to outline his proposals surrounding gun violence in Connecticut. There doesn't seem to be a lot of talk about mental health resources. Senator Tony Hwang weighed in on why that needs to be included and get better funding fast. ((12:30)) According to national statistics:85% of US employees have some level of conflict at work but managers don't spend nearly enough time working it out. We wanted to relate that issue of conflict resolution to marriages. Bob Donovan shares how to look in and not out at problems between spouses. ((28:33)) IMAGE CREDIT:  iStock / Getty Images Plus

In this week's episode, host Ryan Coonerty talks with Fairfield, CT Representative Cristin McCarthy Vahey, a long-time NewDEALer and brave public policy advocate. They discuss her work from last year's legislative session to increase housing and improve equity measures in her state, her new challenges as the co-chair of the Public Health Committee, and how her experience as a social worker informs her decisions. They also remember her colleague Quentin “Q” Williams, a fellow NewDEAL Leader who tragically passed away at the beginning of the year. Tune in for this insightful and inspirational conversation with a truly engaged public servant.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Jane M. Orient, M.D., has appeared on major television and radio networks in the U.S. speaking about issues related to healthcare reform. She is executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a voice for patients' and physicians' independence since 1943. She is also president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and chairman of the Public Health Committee of the Pima County (Arizona) Medical Society. Dr. Orient is editor of AAPS News, the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter, and Civil Defense Perspectives, and is managing editor of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Jane Orient has been in solo practice of general internal medicine in Tucson since 1981 and is a clinical lecturer in medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degrees in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Arizona, and her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D. joins "On Watch" to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and its implications for the rest of the world; COVID-19 and biolab safety issues; the growing crisis on our southern border, and more. Dr. Orient is the executive director for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons with decades of medical experience. She is also president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and chairwoman of the Public Health Committee of the Pima County (Arizona) Medical Society.

Today on How We Can Heal Podcast, Lisa Danylchuk talks to Dr. Heather Hall about the different staggering studies that show the factors that affect trauma and dissociation and how some psychiatric practices disserve the treatment of trauma. Should trauma treatment be treated like checking boxes off a list? Dr. Heather helps us understand the ethnic density effect, how neighborhood environments affect dark-skinned immigrants in London, and how support systems can never be overlooked in treating trauma patients. How Attachment WorksBy definition, Dr. Heather Hall describes attachment as 'the process by which trauma transcends' from one generation to another. For example, on parenting. If one is raised in an abusive and neglective environment, it'd be almost natural for that person to not have any substantial model of how a parent should adequately be to a child. In this type of situation, a disorganized attachment can develop. If a person experiences this kind of attachment, insecurities can and may most definitely affect their approach to raising children. From being raised in trauma, this person will then be exposed to another phase of trauma wherein they will not be able to function ideally in the face of a child they can't connect with. In effect, the person with this kind of attachment will also expose the child to the same disorganized attachment. About Dr. Heather Hall: Dr. Hall is a board-certified adult psychiatrist. She has over thirty years of experience. She combines expertise in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy to develop treatment plans tailored to each patient. Before establishing her private practice, Dr. Hall was an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSF and UC Davis.  She is currently on the board of directors of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation and specializes in treating complex trauma. In addition, she is the co-chair of the ISSTD's Public Health Committee and chair of the Annual Conference Committee. Dr. Hall is a graduate of Smith College in Northampton, MA.  She completed her medical training at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, and her psychiatric training at The Institute of Pennsylvania hospital. Outline of the episode:●     [02:28] What drew Dr. Heather to becoming an MD Psychiatrist?●     [07:14] Some psychiatrists ignore a patient's trauma history●     [12:31]It's hard to be in a system that's not trauma-informed●     [18:02] A good portion of the homeless are trauma survivors ●     [24:03] Voter turnout affects psychoses for darker-skinned immigrants in areas in London●     [31:46] With no trauma history, assessing symptoms may turn out like checking boxes off the list●     [37:09] The different factors that can affect a patient-psychiatrist connection and vice versa●     [43:07] From 'what's wrong with you?' to 'what happened to you?'●     [50:53] The importance of close contacts that are educated on how trauma history affects people●     [56:31] Dr. Heather Hall – on checking your patient's coping mechanismsWebsite: https://www.heatherhallmd.org/For Publications by Dr. Heather Hall: https://howwecanheal.com/dissociation-schizophrenia-and-systemic-racism-with-dr-heather-hall/

According to the World Health Organisation, over two billion people around the world have a vision impairment which could often be preventable or treatable. Women and girls are more likely to experience vision loss, which limits their access to education and work opportunities. Today we meet two women who are trying to change things, one pair of glasses at a time. Dr Priya Morjaria is a public health optometrist from Tanzania. She's an Assistant Professor of International Eye Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Chair of the Public Health Committee at the World Council of Optometry. She is also Head of Global Programme Design at Peek Vision, a social enterprise that develops digital tools to help eye health services in Africa and Asia connect more people to care. Dr May Ho is a Malaysian-Australian optometrist with over 30 years experience in public and international eye health. She has worked in the development of sustainable eye care and education programmes in Vietnam, Cambodia, in the Pacific Islands and in Africa. She's currently the Optometry and Primary Care Adviser at The Fred Hollows Foundation. (Image: (L), Priya Morjaria, credit Anne Koerber. (R), Dr May Ho, credit William Orr)

Maria Buti, MD, PhDHospital General Universitari Valle Hebron / EASL's EU Policy Councillor / Chair of EASL's Policy and Public Health Committee, SpainPlease visit academicmedicaleducation.com for more information on our podcasts.

In this episode, we discuss the CDC's new masking guidance, the recommendations, surrounding challenges, and a return to the abnormal with IDSA Board Member and Fellow Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Dr. Joshua Barocas, member of IDSA's Public Health Committee and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine and Infectious Diseases physician at Boston Medical Center.

The General Assembly's Public Health Committee has handled some of the most emotional and hotly contested issues of the session.  Lawmakers held a 24-hour public hearing filled by parents opposed to vaccines.  Some of those same parents rallied outside the state capitol as lawmakers voted to end religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements . Some legislators on the panel choked up as they described their personal experiences with the loss of loved ones during debate on a failed bill that would have allowed terminally ill patients to request life-ending medication.  The day before the show, the committee's leader presented a bill to the state Senate that promotes a different way of looking at racism -- As a public health crisis.   This hour, we speak to that committee leader. Guests: Mary Daugherty Abrams -- State Senator Co-chair of the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee. She is a Democrat who represents Cheshire, Meriden, Middletown, Middlefield, and Rockfall. Christine Stuart -- Owner and editor in chief of Connecticut News Junkie and a reporter for NBC Connecticut.  Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The General Assembly's Public Health Committee has handled some of the most emotional and hotly contested issues of the session.  Lawmakers held a 24-hour public hearing filled by parents opposed to vaccines.  Some of those same parents rallied outside the state capitol as lawmakers voted to end religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements . Some legislators on the panel choked up as they described their personal experiences with the loss of loved ones during debate on a failed bill that would have allowed terminally ill patients to request life-ending medication.  The day before the show, the committee's leader presented a bill to the state Senate that promotes a different way of looking at racism -- As a public health crisis.   This hour, we speak to that committee leader. Guests: Mary Daugherty Abrams -- State Senator Co-chair of the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee. She is a Democrat who represents Cheshire, Meriden, Middletown, Middlefield, and Rockfall. Christine Stuart -- Owner and editor in chief of Connecticut News Junkie and a reporter for NBC Connecticut.  Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is dangerous, physical chaos at the Southern Border, plus much political chaos within both the Democrat Party and the Biden Administration regarding that mess. Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr analyze all the nonsensical declarations and related irrational political positions from the Democrats on this subject.The Federal Government is now spending $24,000 per child per month on children who have entered America illegally and now have no place to go. So….since this opening of the border hasn’t turned out to be such a good idea and the Biden Administration would never want to admit Trump had a better plan, the Federal Government now wants the States to take the children off of their hands. The Governor of Iowa has said no because this is Biden’s fault and it needs to stop. Where is the Press in all of this?Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, are very troubled by those who are proving, by their words and actions, to be against America. These people, primarily the media and politicians, are deliberately choosing to not use their works correctly, and have no interest in supporting the public good. Instead, they are only interested in words which will divide, incite, enrage, and manipulate people for their own harmful, anti-American purposes. A bill in the Oklahoma legislature to essentially forbid almost all abortions in that State became even more controversial by some of the comments made by State Rep. Jim Olsen during the Public Health Committee hearing. Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone look at the ramifications of what was said in both the context of the Second Sentence of the Declaration of Independence and how some people choose to “self-identify” based upon either the historical past or upon current day reality.Fake News Friday

Sean Scanlon is an American politician who has served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 98th district since 2015. The 98th district encompasses the shore towns of Branford & Guilford. He currently serves on the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, the Public Health Committee, and is co-chair of the Insurance and Real Estate committee. We had a great conversation diving into Rep Scanlon's work in Hartford, news about legislation Rep Scanlon sponsored in CT involving a tragic accident in his district being taken up by Congress, what it's like having worked with Senator Chris Murphy, his goals for the state in 2021, how the state is handling the covid-19 vaccine, and so much more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It was a long night for members of the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee, who conducted a public hearing on vaccine bills that was scheduled to go as long as 24-hours. Republican State Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly joins us to talk about the proposals, which would prevent residents from claiming religious objections to school vaccine requirements. We also discuss Governor Ned Lamont’s 2-year budget proposal.  And back in Senator Kelly's district, what could the future hold for the site of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre? The vacant building burned down in 2019. Guests: Kevin Kelly -- Senate Republican Minority Leader  (@21kevinkelly) Susan Haigh -- Associated Press Statehouse and Political Reporter in Connecticut (@SusanHaighAP) Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was a long night for members of the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee, who conducted a public hearing on vaccine bills that was scheduled to go as long as 24-hours. Republican State Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly joins us to talk about the proposals, which would prevent residents from claiming religious objections to school vaccine requirements. We also discuss Governor Ned Lamont’s 2-year budget proposal.  And back in Senator Kelly's district, what could the future hold for the site of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre? The vacant building burned down in 2019. Guests: Kevin Kelly -- Senate Republican Minority Leader  (@21kevinkelly) Susan Haigh -- Associated Press Statehouse and Political Reporter in Connecticut (@SusanHaighAP) Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Jarett Sanchez, Chair of the Public Health Committee of the Kane County Board, about the status of vaccine distribution in Kane County.

The European Union has reversed a decision to override a key part of the Brexit deal amid an ongoing row over vaccine supplies. So are the EU's increasingly robust actions a display of prudence or panic? We get a view from a member of the European Parliament's Public Health Committee. Also in the programme: Why the US Air Force is clamping down on hair-based discrimination; and Amsterdam's plans to ban foreign tourists from sparking up in its famous cannabis cafes. (Photo credit: A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a coronavirus disease vaccination center in Nantes, France, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe)

Worldwide Golf Shops INSIDER PODCAST #325! In this installment, we chat with the President of TaylorMade Golf, David Abeles! David talks TaylorMade Golf's NEW SIM 2 Series of Driver, Fairways, Hybrids, and Irons! Please Enjoy this INSIDER Podcast PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Tom Brassell Welcome to the worldwide golf Shops insider podcast. Episode 325. Greetings everyone. Tom Brassell here. Happy New year again. 2021 is here and it's here on full throttle here on the worldwide golf Shops Insider podcast. The guest list this year will be second to none, once again, and it starts with our special guest today. Always great to catch up with our good friend TaylorMade Golf's David, Abeles. David, how are you my friend? David Abeles What a what? A crazy ride. This has been a rollercoaster Tom hasn't it? and yeah, it feels like we're still Dealing with it a bit here early in 2021, but I'm doing well. I appreciate having some time on The podcast is always and spending some time with all the fans of worldwide golf. So this this time of year is always an exciting one for me to have the opportunity to reengage with you and the team and share a few thoughts about golf and certainly TaylorMade. Tom Brassell Yeah, this is kind of our state of the Union. Let's turn the Clock back David. I mean, it was about what 10 months ago and Everything kind of hit. I think the Big East tournament got stopped at halftime and The Players Championship was going to take us back to what You were doing when all this happened and how it kind of started. David Abeles Yeah, you know, I'll even backtrack beyond ten months ago because it was March 13th or 14th on Friday when Jay Monahan and the PGA Tour suspended play and then ultimately canceled The Players Championship withstand really started to. Create what I call the lever pulls in golf all the different decisions that were being made around our great game sport at the professional level. At the amateur level, and certainly the businesses that's when things started to migrate, but we had had some level of awareness to a virus in China back at the end of last year. Had no idea Was coronavirus had no idea that it was epidemic of sorts at the time that could ultimately manifest itself or develop into a pandemic, but like many like many of us in this industry, we do some work with Asia based entities, some in China and we started to see A little bit of absenteeism and some of the facilities, and so we weren't sure what that was, so we paid very close attention to that.ˇSoˇweˇweˇgot a sense that something unusual was happening at the end of last year. Really. The beginning of this year and then once the media started to get engaged in the Public Health Committee, started to engage both nationally and internationally. We found out like everybody else That there was this epidemic happening in Asia, that ultimately has become coronavirus on a worldwide basis.ˇSoˇwe had a little bit of a notion that there may have been something unusual, although we really didn't know what that was. In our companies. One that I alwaysˇprioritizesˇhealth and safety and everything we do absolutely everything comes its people, customer health and safety. First that tailor made Soˇwe're very cognizant of it then then really to the Genesis of your question, Iˇactually duckedˇout with my family For a couple of days on a holiday inˇmid Marchˇand that's when the news started to break that this isˇseriousˇand we were obviously like every other company going to take this very seriously. And then The Players Championship was suspended. the NBA was suspended. I'm silvers and the NBA suspended the NBA season and then things you know started to ramp so Over the past ten months, there have been a series of actions and decisions that have had to be made on behalf of our sport On behalf of the business and certainly all the people involved, that has been a bit surreal to be honest with you,

In addition to serving as Deputy Senate Republican Leader, Heather is the leading Republican on the legislature's Public Health Committee and serves as Chairperson of the state's Covid-19 Vaccine Communications Subcommittee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor James McInerney, Head of the School of Life Sciences at University of Nottingham & Dr Ina Kelly, Chairperson of the Public Health Committee of the IMO, & reporter Joan O'Sullivan asks people if new restrictions will change Christmas for them

Coming back onto today's program is State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, Chairman of the Public Health Committee, to tell us what's changed since our conversation last week

State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, Chairman of the Public Health Committee, is on to tell us what's changed and what's improved since our conversation last week -CT State Rep JONATHAN STEINBERG discusses COVID (0:13:55 - 0:31:00)

This first hour features an important talk with State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg.....the chairman of the Public Health Committee ,,,,,and his inside report on what the state is doing in lieu of the Coronavirus -CT State Rep JONATHAN STEINBERG discusses COVID (0:11:40 - 0:24:45) - Activist WAYNE WINSTON discusses COVID (0:33:45 - 0:37:15)

Hal Shurtleff, host of Camp Constitution Radio, interviews Dr. Jane Orient of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, on Greta Thunberg and "climate change." This show originates on WBCQ The Planet. Show #218 Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D., has appeared on major television and radio networks in the U.S. speaking about issues related to Healthcare Reform. Dr. Jane Orient is the executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a voice for patients’ and physicians’ independence since 1943. She is currently president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and has been the chairman of the Public Health Committee of the Pima County (Arizona) Medical Society since 1988. Dr. Jane Orient has been in solo practice of general internal medicine in Tucson since 1981 and is a clinical lecturer in medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degrees in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Arizona, and her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing her internal medicine residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital and University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals she became an Instructor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and a staff physician at the Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital. Her op-eds have been published in hundreds of local and national newspapers, magazines, internet, followed on major blogs and covered in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. More than 100 of her papers have been published in the scientific and popular literature on a variety of subjects including risk assessment, natural and technological hazards and nonhazards, and medical economics and ethics. Dr. Jane Orient authored YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy Skepticism about National Health Care, published by Crown; the second through fourth editions of Sapira’s Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis, published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; and Sutton’s Law, a novel about where the money is in medicine today. She has also authored a series of books for schoolchildren, Professor Klugimkopf’s Old-Fashioned English Grammar and Professor Klugimkopf’s Spelling Method, published by Robinson Books, and coauthored two novels published as Kindle books, Neomorts and Moonshine. She is the editor of AAPS News, the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter, and Civil Defense Perspectives, and is the managing editor of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

In this episode, Maddison interviews Dr Reidar P. Lystad about sports injury hospitalisations in children. Dr Lystad is a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University. He is an injury epidemiologist with a particular interest in traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, paediatric trauma, and sports injury. His research is centred around conducting large population-based studies using data linkages of administrative data collections to investigate health outcomes following injury and to guide improvements in health service delivery and health policy. Dr Lystad is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the European College of Sport Science, and he is an appointed member of the Public Health Committee of the World Federation of Chiropractic and the Scientific Advisory Committee of Sports Medicine Australia. Paper: Lystad RP, Curtis K, Browne GJ, et al. Incidence, costs, and temporal trends of sports injury-related hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10-year period: A nationwide population-based cohort study. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2019;22:175-80. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1440244018303979

On April 9, 2019 Sgt Dorsey spoke during the California Public Health Committee hearing for AB 392. AB 392 is police use of force legislation that aims to raise the standard under which officers can discharge their firearms. The bill moved forward out of committee to the California House of Representatives.In the Did You Know segment Sgt Dorsey asks "Does "fearing” for your safety work as a defense when deadly force is used and the cop is black?An acclaimed author and social justice advocate, Retired Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant Cheryl Dorsey has dedicated her life to serving and protecting all citizens with procedural justice and to assist communities in sorting out the truth about legal and necessary law enforcement conduct. She does so with a level of credibility that is effective, relevant and irrefutable. Her desire is to ensure that every person who has an encounter with the police has the requisite skills and knowledge to safely navigate the experience. Staying alive is the ultimate goal.  As such, she is a highly sought police expert on significant criminal justice issues making national headlines.Her unique and candid commentary has been featured on such respected news networks as  CNN, Fox News, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN),  HLNTV,  MSNBC as well as appearing on CNN International, NowThis News, KPCC, DemocracyNow, Tom Joyner Morning Show and KABC Talk Radio w/ Dr. Drew. Sgt. Dorsey has been seen on Brazilian TVGlobo, Tavis Smiley, Dr. Drew, Dr. Phil and TD Jakes Shows. Sgt. Dorsey has also been featured on  TV Crime Series; “It Takes A Killer”, “Corrupt Crimes”  “Motive to Murder” and “Dead Files”.Cheryl Dorsey has written an autobiography entitled,  "Black and Blue, The Creation of A Social Advocate" which chronicles her 20-year LAPD journey and advocacy suffered the loss of a loved one due to abuse of authority.  Her next book "Black and Blue, The Creation of A Whistle Blower" is coming soon!

On April 9, 2019 Sgt Dorsey spoke during the California Public Health Committee hearing for AB 392. AB 392 is police use of force legislation that aims to raise the standard under which officers can discharge their firearms. The bill moved forward out of committee to the California House of Representatives. In the Did You Know segment Sgt Dorsey asks "Does "fearing” for your safety work as a defense when deadly force is used and the cop is black? An acclaimed author and social justice advocate, Retired Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant Cheryl Dorsey has dedicated her life to serving and protecting all citizens with procedural justice and to assist communities in sorting out the truth about legal and necessary law enforcement conduct. She does so with a level of credibility that is effective, relevant and irrefutable. Her desire is to ensure that every person who has an encounter with the police has the requisite skills and knowledge to safely navigate the experience. Staying alive is the ultimate goal.   As such, she is a highly sought police expert on significant criminal justice issues making national headlines. Her unique and candid commentary has been featured on such respected news networks as  CNN, Fox News, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN),  HLNTV,  MSNBC as well as appearing on CNN International, NowThis News, KPCC, DemocracyNow, Tom Joyner Morning Show and KABC Talk Radio w/ Dr. Drew. Sgt. Dorsey has been seen on Brazilian TVGlobo, Tavis Smiley, Dr. Drew, Dr. Phil and TD Jakes Shows. Sgt. Dorsey has also been featured on  TV Crime Series; “It Takes A Killer”, “Corrupt Crimes”  “Motive to Murder” and “Dead Files”. Cheryl Dorsey has written an autobiography entitled,  "Black and Blue, The Creation of A Social Advocate" which chronicles her 20-year LAPD journey and advocacy suffered the loss of a loved one due to abuse of authority.  Her next book "Black and Blue, The Creation of A Whistle Blower" is coming soon!

Senate co-Chairwoman Mary Daugherty Abrams, D-Meriden, and Ranking House Republican William Petit, R-Plainville, join the Morning Record to talk about some of the key issues before the legislature's Public Health Committee. Music: thegoodlawdz.bandcamp.com

Connecticut state Sen. Heather Somers, R-18, predicts new legislation will go before the General Assembly in this session to address the reported abuses at the Whiting Forensic Division. Speaking with Dan Lovallo, the co-chair of the legislature's Public Health Committee talked about the latest developments at Whiting and about the effort to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. Podcast photo credit: Connecticut General Assembly

Jane M. Orient, M.D. obtained her undergraduate degrees in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Arizona in Tucson, and her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1974. She completed an internal medicine residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital and University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals and then became an Instructor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and a staff physician at the Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital. She has been in solo private practice since 1981 and has served as Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) since 1989. She is currently president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. Since 1988, she has been chairman of the Public Health Committee of the Pima County (Arizona) Medical Society. She is the author of YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy Skepticism about National Healthcare, and the second through fourth editions of Sapira's Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. She authored books for schoolchildren, Professor Klugimkopfâ??s Old-Fashioned English Grammar and Professor Klugimkopfâ??s Spelling Method, published by Robinson Books, and coauthored two novels published as Kindle books, Neomorts and Moonshine. More than 100 of her papers have been published in the scientific and popular literature on a variety of subjects including risk assessment, natural and technological hazards and nonhazards, and medical economics and ethics. She is the editor of AAPS News, the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter, and Civil Defense Perspectives, and is the managing editor of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

Pam Darnall focuses her professional life on helping children and families facing abuse and violence. Darnall was named president and CEO of Family & Children’s Place in 2014, setting the vision, leadership, and coordination of all the organizational. From 1994 to 2008, Darnall served as president of The Family Place. She played an essential role in the merger of The Family Place and Family and Children First to create Family & Children’s Place. Her prior experience includes 10 years with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in a supervisory and training role for Child Protective Services. Darnall has worked or served on many prominent community service committees. These include The Early Childhood Task Force – known as “KIDS NOW” quality rating system, the Center for Non-Profit Excellence Advisory Committee, the Mayor’s Violence Free Neighborhood Advisory Committee, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health Committee, among others. She has testified before state legislative committees, has been a mediator for Jefferson County Family Court, and has presented on various topics relating to child abuse and non-profit mergers. Darnall was a recipient of a Leadership Fellowship through the Community Foundation of Louisville and is a graduate of Leadership Louisville. In her free time, Darnall is an avid marathon runner. She is married to Danny Darnall, an attorney practicing in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw represents Seattle District 7, which includes much of the city's downtown core. She currently chairs the Human Services and Public Health Committee. In this episode, Brice speaks with Sally about the challenges of navigating constituent concerns while also serving the most vulnerable members of her community, the strategies that are working for Seattle and asks what role the private sector has to play in addressing homelessness in the Emerald City.

Environmentally sustainable water use practices result in considerable operational efficiencies and are a source of strategic advantage for businesses in water distressed regions. In this audio interview, part of a Stanford Center for Social Innovation series on water around the world, Pepsico’s Dan Bena talks with Stanford MBA student Ashish Jhina about Pepsico’s efforts to reduce its water footprint. He outlines Pepsico’s public commitment to promote more efficient water use and talks about the role of specific, measurable targets in driving the organization to achieve its ambitious goals. In addition to making its production processes more water efficient, Pepsico is working with farmers to modify their agricultural practices to use less water. Dan talks about the progress made on these fronts and the company’s CSR efforts in partnerships with NGOs to provide improved access to clean drinking to millions of people around the world. Dan Bena is currently the Director of Sustainable Development for PepsiCo, serving as liaison between technical functions, government affairs, public policy, and field operations to develop key strategies and messaging to internal and external stakeholder groups. In 2009, Dan was appointed to the Steering Committee of the United Nations CEO Water Mandate, and also serves on the Mandate’s working groups for Water as a Human Right and Water Policy Engagement.  He was inaugural Chair of the Water Resources Committee of the Washington-based American Beverage Association for Sustainable Development.  Bena also serves on the Board-sponsored Public Health Committee of the Safe Water Network.  He is a contributing member to the Water Core Working Group of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and serves on the Global Agenda Council for Water Security of the World Economic Forum. In 2009, he was invited by the mayor of his city to serve on a new Sustainability Advisory Board; the city is one of only three nationwide selected to pilot a new sustainability planning tool kit. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/sustainable_water_practices_for_a_global_corporation