1000 - Celebrating 1,000 Episodes of Public Health On Call

Описание: About this episode:

It started as a time-limited series of interviews with public health experts at the start of a global pandemic. Over nearly six years, Public Health On Call expanded to a wide range of topics, including humanitarian health, aging, and vaccines, becoming a home for nuanced public health discussions and analysis. In this episode: Hosts Stephanie Desmon, Josh Sharfstein, and Lindsay Smith Rogers reflect on 1,000 episodes of the show, the challenges of covering complex health topics, and what issues they want to focus on next. Note: This episode is also available as a video on YouTube.

Guests:

Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland’s Health Department.

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Episodes mentioned:

001 - Global Preparedness, Misinformation and Community Transmission—March 2020

060 - The Epidemic Within the Pandemic: Opioids and COVID-19—April 2020

064 - How COVID-19 Has Changed a Baltimore Public School—May 2020

132 - The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen and Parallels to the COVID-19 Pandemic—August 2020

169 - Online Learning with Baltimore Public School Principal Matt Hornbeck—September 2020

285 - COVID-19 and the Arts Part 2: Performing Arts and the Pandemic with Marin Alsop—March 2021

311 - A Baltimore Public School Reopens—May 2021

401 - School in the Time of COVID: A Tour Of Hampstead Hill Academy—November 2021

465- A Special Mother’s Day Episode—May 2022

653 - Back to School: How One K-8 School Is Getting Ready for the Fall—August 2023

751 - The New Federal Regulations Aimed Making Methadone More Accessible—And Less Stigmatizing—April 2024

823 - Special Episode—The Fight For A Swimmable Harbor in Baltimore—November 2024

862 - The Misinformation Around Seed Oils—March 2025

891 - B’More For Healthy Babies: A Look Back at 15 Years of Infant Mortality Reduction in Baltimore—May 2025

953 - Interpreting the Data on Tylenol, Pregnancy, and Autism—September 2025

967 - An Update on Baltimore’s Swimmable Harbor and the Pistachio Tide—October 2025

973 - Baltimore's Record Low in Homicides—November 2025

979 - Why Are More People Choosing Not to Vaccinate Their Pets?—November 2025

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