Dr. Benova didn’t start off as an infectious disease specialist - Infectious disease research came to her through her work on maternal health during the COVID-19 epidemic. She shares with us her insights into maternal and neonatal health, and s

Jackie Thornhill — Getting Involved in Emergency Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic, How the Pandemic Directly Affected the City of San Francisco, The Importance of Protecting the Most Vulnerable Populations in Times of Crisis (#6)

Jul 7th, 2023 41m 53s

Jackie Thornhill is a communications, policy, and public relations expert currently serving as a Legislative Aide to San Francisco District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. She has created and executed communications plans for multiple elected of

Magda Robalo — Decolonizing Global Health, Gender Inequality in a Male Dominated Field, “Finding Her Voice” as a Non-Native English Speaker, and Applying Clinical Research to Policy Making in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa (#3)

Apr 16th, 2023 1h 30m

Quote:Dr. Magda Robalo, WGH Global Managing Director, is an accomplished global health leader, trailblazer, and a leading voice for gender equality and social justice. She embodies a rich blend of technical, political, and diplomatic skills and

Syra Madad — Working With The NYC’s Special Pathogens Program and the Largest Municipal Healthcare Station in the U.S., The “Slammer”, The Impact of Supply Chain Disruptions on Pandemic Response, Being Pregnant During the Covid-19 Pandemic (#4)

Apr 16th, 2023 1h 3m

Quote:Syra Madad is an American pathogen preparedness expert and infectious disease epidemiologist. Madad is the Senior Director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals where she is part of the executive leadershi

Melody Schreiber — Discovering the Field of Health Journalism, Reporting on Low Birthweight Treatments, Addressing How Climate Change Impacted Arctic Communities, and Framing Stories About Public Health In Ways That Make People Tune In (#2)

Apr 16th, 2023 1h 15m

Quote: “The big thing back then was; How do we get people to care about health?”Melody Schreiber is a freelance health and science journalist who regularly writes for the Guardian US, The New Republic, Scientific American, NPR, The Washington P

Anna Barry — Going From Photography to Public Health Journalism, The Factors That Go Into How Public Health Officials Inform The Public, Untangling The Threads of Ever-changing Information, Tensions Between State and Local Policy Makers (#1)

Apr 16th, 2023 56m 57s

Quote: "It became a continious debate over who/what would be impacted by response efforts. Was it worth closing schools to keep businesses open? Only time will tell." From her humble start as a traveling photographer, Anna Barry-Jester walks us

Gail Carson — Creating a Database of Over a Million Case Records From 1,700+ Sites Across the Globe, Becoming an Infectious Disease Doctor, The Growing Epidemic of Networks, Treating ISARIC as if It Was a Garden (#5)

Apr 16th, 2023 1h 11m

Quote: “No one institution can possibly do it on their own”Dr Gail Carson is an adult infectious diseases doctor by background who joined the first GOARN (network of institutions preparing and responding to outbreaks) mission to Gulu in 2000. S

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