In part 1 of our new series on the national Data Modernization Initiative, two outstanding modernization experts from the Ohio Department of Health join the show to talk about Ohio's data modernization journey. Chief Data Officer Jonathon Georg

#28: Vivian Singletary on digital contact tracing for COVID-19

Dec 8th, 2020 24m 16s

Vivian Singletary, PHII's director, joins the show share some insights into digital contact tracing as a tool for COVID-19 control, and to explain PHII's role in a new contact tracing API from Google and Apple. Vivian also touches on ethics dur

#27: Dr. Carlos del Rio on COVID-19: data needs, racial disparities and more

Jun 1st, 2020 24m 26s

Dr. Carlos del Rio is an infectious disease expert, Emory University professor, and Executive Associate Dean for Emory School of Medicine at Grady Health System. In this episode, Dr. del Rio joins the show to talk about the need for data and be

#26: Dr. Leo Nissola on how predictive modeling of COVID-19 can inform public policy

Mar 27th, 2020 20m 42s

Immunologist, physician and author Dr. Leo Nissola joins the show to talk about Covid Act Now, a COVID-19 predictive statistical model. He also shares insights around what may be ahead for this pandemic, and what public action he believes may b

#25: Preventing COVID-19 outbreaks through health systems strengthening with Dr. Patrick O'Carroll

Mar 18th, 2020 24m 10s

Dr. Patrick O'Carroll, the head of health systems strengthening at the Task Force for Global Health and former CDC and HHS leader, joins the show to talk about how strengthened health systems and solid public health infrastructure are essential

#24: Dr. Karen DeSalvo on the legacy of Public Health 3.0 and future of informatics

Mar 9th, 2020 23m 39s

Dr. Karen DeSalvo, the former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services and the former director of the ONC, joins the show to talk about her time in local public health, the legacy of her iconic Public Health 3.0 plan, and her vi

#23: Dr. Alyson Shupe on mapping the opioid crisis in Colorado

Sep 11th, 2019 24m 2s

In anticipation of NACCHO's upcoming Local Health IT Virtual Conference, Dr. Alyson Shupe of Tri-County Health Department in Colorado joins the show to describe how her agency is using data to build interactive maps illustrating the opioid cris

#22: Vivian Singletary and Dr. David Addiss on health data ethics: Part 2

Apr 19th, 2019 16m 44s

Vivian Singletary, PHII’s director, and Dr. David Addiss, longtime health ethics advocate and the director of the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics in Global Health (FACE), return to the show to finish their conversation on health data ethic

#21: Vivian Singletary and Dr. David Addiss on health data ethics: Part 1

Mar 20th, 2019 19m 3s

Vivian Singletary, PHII’s director, and David Addiss, longtime health ethics advocate and the director of the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics in Global Health (FACE), join the show to talk about how consumer privacy and health data ethics

BONUS: Call for questions and rebroadcast of Dave Ross's call-in show

Sep 13th, 2018 23m 42s

Vivian Singletary, the director of the Public Health Informatics Institute, is now taking your questions! Email an audio file to [email protected] or call 678-974-0344 to leave a voicemail by October 1, 2018, and Vivian may answer your question

#20: Dr. Umair Shah on the Public Health Informatics Conference and Harris County's data warehouse

Aug 15th, 2018 18m 27s

Dr. Umair Shah, Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Texas and former President of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), joins the show to share his excitement about the upcoming Public Health In

#19: How the CHAMPS project uses informatics to fight childhood mortality

Apr 19th, 2018 21m 33s

Patrick Caneer of the Public Health Informatics Institute joins the show to talk about the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network, a Gates Foundation-funded project that is harnessing the power of informatics to fig

#18: The dynamic informatics career of Dr. Bryant Karras

Jan 2nd, 2018 19m 1s

Dr. Bryant Karras, Chief Public Health Informatics Officer at the Washington State Department of Health, joins the show to share the story of his long informatics career.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have

BONUS: Dr. Dave Ross on the "box of rocks" and informatics

Sep 29th, 2017 10m 19s

Dr. Dave Ross returns to the show in this special bonus episode to explain that informatics doesn't always have to involve high-tech solutions. He shares a historical story about one of the best health information systems he's ever seen, built

#17: Therese Hoyle on the informatics behind immunizations

Aug 14th, 2017 15m 6s

Therese Hoyle, longtime veteran of immunization information systems (IIS), joins the podcast to share her perspectives on the early days of IIS and how technology has transformed public health systems.If you enjoy the show, please consider ra

#16: Dr. Gulzar Shah on health data challenges

Jul 25th, 2017 17m 18s

Dr. Gulzar Shah of Georgia Southern University's Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health joins the podcast to talk about his personal informatics journey, and to share some data challenges that local health departments face.If you enjoy the

#15: The Tropical Data app and the role of informatics in eliminating trachoma

Jun 29th, 2017 15m 56s

Beck Willis of the International Trachoma Initiative (PHII's sister program at the Task Force for Global Health) describes how her innovative team is working to end a plague with smartphones—and the power of informatics!If you enjoy the show,

#14: NYC Macroscope: A look at EHRs and population health surveillance

Apr 25th, 2017 22m 39s

Sharon Perlman of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tells the story of Macroscope, an innovative new population health surveillance project.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have sugges

#13: Mark Conde on data quality, informatics degrees and how tech shapes public health practice

Mar 21st, 2017 22m 47s

Mark Conde of Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health shares his thoughts on new technology, higher education and what makes informatics so crucial to public health.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you

#12: The storied career of Dr. Alan Hinman

Feb 21st, 2017 18m 39s

Dr. Alan Hinman is retiring from more than 50 years of public health service and teaching—and he has some thoughts and stories to share.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, c

#11: Dr. Marissa Fond on how to explain informatics to your friends and family

Jan 25th, 2017 23m 3s

Marissa Fond from the FrameWorks Institute walks us through some evidence-based communications strategies for talking about public health informatics.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for futu

#10: Whatcom County’s journey toward becoming an informatics-savvy health department

Dec 15th, 2016 17m 33s

Nicole Willis of Whatcom County Health Department joins the podcast to share her agency's path to becoming an informatics-savvy health department.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future e

#09: Minnesota’s e-health initiative and informatics in action at the local level

Nov 17th, 2016 22m 54s

Cathy Gagné from Minnesota's Saint Paul-Ramsey Department of Public Health walks listeners through the state's new e-health roadmap.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, conta

#08: Informatics for One Public Health: Vivian Singletary shares her vision for the field

Oct 24th, 2016 21m 10s

Vivian Singletary, PHII's new director, joins the podcast to talk about key informatics projects and the future of the field—and how technology alone may fall flat in securing strong public health informatics.If you enjoy the show, please con

#07: Chicago’s demonstration project for STI electronic case reporting

Sep 21st, 2016 18m 28s

Dr. Marion Tseng and Cristal Simmons from the Chicago Department of Health join the podcast to tell the story of how electronic case reporting transformed their city’s STI surveillance.If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTune