Episodes
Published 04/30/24
Public Health Careers podcast episode with Pat Leomi, MPH 🎯  Learn more about this episode and resources mentioned (shownotes) 🧠 Join our public health community Pat Leomi, MPH is Chief AI Educator at Boston AI Learning Hub and a Doctor of Education student, in Integrative Studies at Northeastern University. Pat is an emerging expert in generative AI as a catalyst for public health workforce development. As well as a doctoral researcher focusing on developing an understanding of how...
Published 04/30/24
Public Health Careers podcast episode with Johnathan Forte, MHA, FACHE 🎯  Learn more about this episode and resources mentioned: Full Shownotes 🧠 Join our public health community at: ➡ https://thephmillennial.com/join Jon is the President and CEO at RiverStone Health and Yellowstone County Health Officer. He is a county health officer, beekeeper, board certified healthcare executive, eagle scout, and a transformational servant leader. He conferred a Bachelor of Science in Biology...
Published 04/23/24
35 eye-opening takeaways on how public health shapes our world from National Public Health Week 🧠 Join the public health community 🎯  Learn more about National Public Health Week Watch ALL National Public Health Week Panels 35 Key Takeaways from National Public Health Week. We hosted 7 panels throughout NPHW and are sharing some of our key takeaways and common themes. NPHW Panels: - Civic Engagement - Healthy Neighborhoods - Climate Change - New Tools and Innovations - Reproductive and...
Published 04/17/24
Future of Public Health NPHW Panel hosted by The Public Health Millennial 🎯  Learn more about NPHW panels 🧠 Join the public health community! Public health needs to take a fresh approach — one rooted in fairness and inclusivity. Picture this: a world where equity isn't just a buzzword, but a guiding principle. Communities are at the heart of decision-making and actively shaping their health, not sidelined. Public health's future is all about teaming up — joining forces with unexpected...
Published 04/07/24
Emergency Preparedness NPHW Panel hosted by The Public Health Millennial 🎯  Learn more about NPHW panels! 🧠 Join the public health community! Unexpected events such as power outages and natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes can happen without a moment’s notice. That is why being ready for emergencies is crucial. Emergency preparedness is exactly what it sounds like; it involves planning, having supplies on hand and knowing how to stay safe during an emergency. Being ready for...
Published 04/06/24
Reproductive and Sexual Health in Public Health NPHW Panel hosted by The Public Health Millennial 🎯  Learn more about NPHW panels 🧠 Join the public health community! When people have access to quality reproductive and sexual health care and education, they can live happier and healthier lives. However, reproductive and sexual health justice are under attack, with over 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills being introduced in 2023 alone and 43 states banning or heavily restricting access to safe...
Published 04/05/24
New Tools and Innovations in Public Health NPHW Panel hosted by The Public Health Millennial 🎯  Learn more about NPHW panels 🧠 Join the public health community! Public health is all about preventing disease, diagnosing health conditions and encouraging health and well-being. However, achieving these goals wouldn’t be possible without the help of new tools and innovations in public health. From wearable fitness bands to virtual doctors’ appointments, new technology has changed the way...
Published 04/04/24
Climate Change NPHW Panel hosted by The Public Health Millennial 🎯  Learn more about NPHW panels 🧠 Join the public health community! Climate change is the most pressing threat to human health that our world faces today. Some groups of people, including communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, are disproportionately impacted by climate change. They face decades of limited investment in their health and increased pollution in their neighborhoods. We need swift action to lessen the...
Published 04/03/24
Healthy Neighborhoods NPHW Panel  hosted by The Public Health Millennial 🎯  Learn more about NPHW panels 🧠 Join the public health community! We know that where we live – where we eat, sleep, work, play, learn and pray – can have a huge effect on our health. But what makes a neighborhood healthy? Having safe places to live, without hazards or pollution. Having safe ways for everyone to be active, like sidewalks, and safe places to bike. Having easy access to fresh, affordable, nutritious and...
Published 04/02/24
Civic engagement NPHW Panel hosted by The Public Health Millennial 🎯  Learn more about the NPHW panels 🧠 Join our public health community Civic engagement, the actions that we and our communities take to identify and address problems, shapes our opportunities to be healthy. By taking actions to get more civically engaged, like voting, we exercise our right to make decisions about our communities, like whether our neighborhoods have walkable sidewalks, how much funding goes to reproductive...
Published 04/01/24
Public Health Careers podcast episode with Nia Smart 🎯  Learn more about this episode and resources mentioned: Full Shownotes 🧠 Join our public health community at: ➡ Join Nia Smart is Founder & CEO of Smart Public Health Consulting where they are Increasing Health Education and Health Literacy in Underserved and Underrepresented Communities. She also works as Collaborator + Consultant  at WE Public Health LLC. Nia is driven by her passion for promoting health equity for historically...
Published 04/01/24
Public Health Careers podcast episode with Desiree Strickland, DrPH, MPH 🎯  Learn more about this episode and resources mentioned: Full Shownotes Sign up for the 2024 Black Maternal Health Conference: Click Here Dr. Desiree Strickland, DrPH, MPH is Founder and CEO of Strickland Health Consulting, LLC and Young Black and Professional. She is also Adjunct Faculty at South University.  She is an entrepreneur and experienced public health practitioner with 10+ years of experience administering...
Published 03/26/24
Public Health Careers podcast episode with Wanji Banda, MPH 🎯  Learn more about this episode and resources mentioned: Full Episode Sign up for the 2024 Black Maternal Health Conference: Click Here Wanji is a Program and Outreach Manager at Elevated Co, a Healthcare Manager at Hollymead Rehab, and a Chapter Chair with Sisters in Public Health. She is a motivated and result-oriented public health professional with a background in Biomedical sciences, Healthcare finance management, and...
Published 03/19/24
Public Health Careers podcast episode with Ajay Persaud, MPH, CPH 🎯  Learn more about this episode and resources mentioned: Full Shownotes 🧠 Join our public health community at: ➡ Join Community Ajay is a Climate & Crisis Preparedness Senior Program Associate at the National Network of Public Health Institutes.  He seeks to advance public health disaster preparedness and climate change resiliency in underserved communities across the United States.  Having a background in Exercise...
Published 03/12/24
Public Health Careers podcast episode with Alison Kukla 🎯  Learn more about this episode and resources mentioned:  Full Shownotes 🧠 Join our public health community at: ➡ https://thephmillennial.ck.page/15a71aa599 Alison is the Senior Manager for Programs and Partnerships at the Epilepsy Foundation of America.  She is a result-oriented and accomplished manager with demonstrated success in managing projects, teams, events, building and maintaining relationships, and interacting with...
Published 03/05/24
Meaghan Kennedy is a Founder of Orange Sparkle Ball Inc where they are an innovation and impact consultancy that accelerates initiatives in the private and public sector and works with both domestic and global partners. Meaghan’s experiences intersect innovation, public health, and social entrepreneurship. After an epidemiology research career at CDC, she founded Orange Sparkle Ball. She conferred a Bachelors of physiology at Alma College. A Master of Public Health at Emory University. In...
Published 02/27/24
On Season 2, Episode 2 of Health Equity Mondays, we talk about: - Pediatric care and health inequities - Electronic health records and health inequities Shownotes Health Equity Jazz Instagram Community Waitlist "re-launch in April" PEDIATRIC CARE Kids of color get worse health care across the board in the U.S., research finds on NPR Racial and ethnic inequities in the quality of paediatric care in the USA: a review of quantitative evidence ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS A call to add sexual...
Published 02/26/24
Jennice Chewlin, MPH, CHES is Founder and CEO of Chewlin Group. She helps companies who give a damn about the health + well-being of their workforce reduce stress, prevent burnout, and return to joy. They designed an innovative model for workplace mental well-being by leveraging public health principles and positive psychology models. She conferred a Bachelor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University then conferred her Master of Public Health at Barry University. Join Community (closes...
Published 02/20/24
Stephanie is the CEO and Founder at Moxley Public Health where they work with hospitals, health departments and other organizations to collect and transform data into actionable results. She is a mom of 4 daughters. She is a public health professional passionate about understanding communities and facilitating the improvement of that community's health. She conferred a Bachelors in Sociology from Hunter College. Worked as a Co-coordinator & health educator at Bronx AIDS Services before...
Published 02/13/24
Today we have co-founders of Parasol Health Consulting - Dr. Ranelle L. Brew & Diana Yassanye - coming on to share their stories. Parasol Health Consulting aims to create better health and public health programs under the umbrella of science and strategy. They cover public health needs through design, education, strategy, training, speaking engagements, and partnership development. Dr. Ranelle Brew has a combined 25+ years of higher education, management, online teaching, research,...
Published 02/06/24
Dr. Jasel Martin, DrPH, MS, MBA, CHES is an Implementation Science Research Program Manager at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is an author, 3x entrepreneur, health promotion, health disparities & policy lecturer, Black wellness content creator, health diversity & community health expert, clinical nutritionist, and clinical exercise physiologist. She conferred a Bachelor of Biology at Oakwood University, A Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration at...
Published 01/30/24
S2E1 of Health Equity Mondays, with co-hosts Jasmine Leonard aka Health Equity Jazz, MPH and Omari Richins, MPH, we talk about: - Medical debt and health equity - Medical tourism and health equity Health Equity Jazz Instagram Early Access Community Waitlist for The Public Health Millennial    Chapters: @0:00 Episode start @0:50 Checking in? @3:57 Medical Debt @11:30 Promos @12:36 Medical Tourism @21:53 Equity In Action @24:45 Close us out Medical Debt 23% of Americans Have Medical Debt How...
Published 01/29/24
Shemeka Thorpe, Ph.D is Assistant Professor in Health Promotion at University of Kentucky. She is an award winning sex educator, researcher, and trained public health practitioner. She focuses her research on Black women’s sexual wellbeing using sex positive frameworks. She is also the Co-Founder of The Minority Sex Report where their mission is to provide representation of Black and Native American people within sexuality education. She conferred a Bachelor  Human Development and Family...
Published 01/23/24
AJ Pearlman, JD is Director, Public Health AmeriCorps. They are addressing the public health needs of our nation by advancing more equitable health outcomes for underserved communities, and gain onsite experience for future careers in health and medicine [Full episode shownotes] She’s a results-driven health care policy and management professional with a proven ability to strategically set and achieve organizational goals and solve problems as they arise. Passionate about improving access...
Published 01/16/24