What is antimicrobial resistance and how is it impacting us and our health? For more information checkout: Discovery and preclinical development of new antibiotics (PMID: 24646092), Five barriers to addressing antimicrobial resistance (Author: Rohan Kocharekar), CDC: Antibiotic Rsistance Threats in the United States 2019, National Strategy for Combating Antibioticresistant Bacteria (Obama Administration), National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria 2020-2025 (ASPE),...

Interview with Dr. Melinda Aldrich, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. We learn about her path to her current research as well as about how different factors impact lung cancer and how race and ethnicity can influence prognosis. We also discuss how important it is to include minority populations in our study research cohorts to truly be able to understand diseases and their development.

Let’s learn about the relationship between epigenetics and public health. We will learn what epigenetics is, how epigenetic modifications occur, as well as how our own epigenetics can continue to evolve. Lastly, we will look at how epigenetics can help us improve public health and develop population specific therapeutics to help tackle diseases.

Let’s learn about the relationship between environmental health and public health. We will discuss the topic of environmental health and its effect on animals and ultimately humans, through issues with microplastics usage and fracking. Lastly, we will look at how these issues can also impact mental health of individuals. 

Let’s analyze the relationship between addiction and drug abuse with public health. We will discuss the current state of addiction and drug abuse, the opioid crisis in the nation, and the programs that have been developed to help tackle this concern. Lastly, we will look at how public health epidemiology can help increase awareness, create new prevention methods, and develop interventions to help with this issue. 

Interview with Dr. Muhammad Zaman, who is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston University. We discuss his journey to engineering and how he found his purpose in bringing engineering solutions to underserved populations as well as the various ways global health can be improved through thoughtful and nuanced engineering and public health solutions.

Let’s analyze the impact of engineering on public health and its advancements. We will discuss how engineering has contributed to the field of public health by helping researchers perform laboratory and field studies, overseeing research and development for solutions-based products, conducting disaster relief and emergency response, and engaging in public health program management.

Interview with Dr. Edward Silberman, who is an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified General Psychiatrist as well as a Professor and the Vice Chair of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. We discuss his journey to psychiatry, his perspectives and opinions on the current state of psychiatry, and how this field has evolved over his career and especially during the pandemic.

Let’s analyze the state of mental health during the pandemic through the lens of the Social Ecological Model. We will discuss the various layers of impact and how public health can help address issues. 

Interview with Grace Phelan, who is a certified nutrition support clinician working as a Nutrition Support Coordinator and Critical Care Nutritionist at Tufts Medical Center. We discuss critical care nutrition, national nutrition trends, patient nutrition care, and the future of nutritional policy.

Let's learn about nutritional science and epidemiology, its history and evolution, and how public health policies can help!

Interview with Megan Paskey, who is the current, and first, Community Food Systems and Farm to School Coordinator for the Indiana Department of Health, sitting in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. We discuss the issue of maternal and child health as well as its barriers to equality of care, maternal mental health, and the systemic changes that need to occur. 

Let's learn about maternal and child health epidemiology, its root causes, and how public health interventions can help!

Interview with Dr. Loren Lipworth, who is the Associate Director for the Division of Epidemiology for Epidemiology at Vanderbilt University and Research Professor of Medicine for Epidemiology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. We discuss health disparities in cancer epidemiology research and the importance of inclusivity of all races and ethnicities in research cohorts and studies.

Conversation between Pranoti and Saimrunali, where they discuss cancer health disparities in epidemiology research and practice.

Let's learn about cancer epidemiology, the history behind it, and how it has helped us improve the identification and assessment of risk factors!

Interview with Dr. Peter Rebeiro, who is the current Director of Graduate Studies for Epidemiology at Vanderbilt University as well as a Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. We discuss the importance of infectious disease epidemiology, HIV Care Continuum, health disparities of HIV, and mental health of HIV.

Let's learn about infectious disease epidemiology and the infectious disease model as well as the progression of disease timeline!

Interview with Dr. William Schaffner, who is the current Medical Director and past President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases as well as a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. We discuss the importance of vaccines, the evolution and history of vaccine development, and the future of vaccine technology. 

Let's learn about how vaccines are designed, developed, and distributed! 

Let's review the concepts we learned with a case study to conclude our first season!

Let's learn about measures of association - risk ratio, rate ratio, and odds ratio!

Let's learn about natality frequency measures - crude birth rate and crude fertility rate!

Let's learn about mortality frequency measures - crude death rate, cause-specific death rate, infant mortality rate, and maternal mortality rate!