Welcome to the Public Health Joy podcast, the safe space for real and honest conversation about what building a public health research career is really like: the challenges, the triumphs, and all the lessons we learn along the way. I’m your host, Dr. Joyee, a Public health researcher, PhD survivor, and entrepreneur. In today’s episode, we’re talking with Dr. Ashley White Jones and Dr. Antonio Gardner about what it means to be young, gifted, and Black public health researchers changing the game for the next generation. This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy! Time stamps: 0:00 Introduction 13:00 The Next Generation 19:00 Jackson Water Crisis and the Black Church 26:00 Public Health and Politics 30:00 Building Trust in Communities 35:00 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate and, leave a review! For transcript and show notes, visit https://joyeewashington.com/podcast/