Public Health Careers
PHPod explores public health careers with career coach Heather Krasna.
PHPod
PHPod is a podcast brought to you by the Boston University School of Public Health and Public Health Post. This podcast series features conversations with public health influencers. We feature their opinions on topics that may be familiar and sometimes uncomfortable.
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We Are Better Together
Ruth Rollins, founder of the We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project, talks with Rubina Veerakone about the organization’s mission to connect and heal women and girls affected by homicide and incarceration to prevent the cycles of violence and victimization.
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The Period Project
PHPod returns with Walae Hayek as she discusses period poverty with PHP Fellow Rubina Veerakone in Episode 2. They talk about the efforts of the student-run organization, The Period Project, to bring menstruation supplies, education and advocacy to Boston University and beyond.
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What is Activism? Season 2, Episode 1
PHPod relaunches with a new season, beginning with an episode about activism. The 2021 Public Health Post fellows — Rubina Veerakone, Sara Mar, Maya Thirkill and Devin O’Donnell — are joined by Craig Andrade, associate dean of practice and director of the Activist Lab at the Boston University School of Public Health.
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Reducing the Cost of Gun Violence
John Rosenthal, co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence, details the impact of Massachusetts’ success with public policy on gun control and the choices officials must make to replicate that success nationwide.
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Investigating the People’s Health
Sarah Kliff, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, offers her thoughts on health care reform, coronavirus, journalism in a time of misinformation, and the relationship between healthcare and public health.
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Broke
Michael Stein, Chair of the Boston University School of Public Health Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, gives insight on the financial health of his patients while summarizing his new book, BROKE: Patients Talk about Money with Their Doctor.
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A Resolve to Save Lives
Cyrus Shahpar, Director of the Prevent Epidemics Team at the Resolve to Save Lives, puts forward his definition of epidemic intelligence and gives his thoughts on what we can learn from the response to Ebola.
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Recovery in the Republic
Raagini Jawa, an expert in infectious disease and addiction medicine, considers her recovery from symptoms of Covid-19 during the 2020 Election.
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Antiracism and the Public’s Health
Ibram X. Kendi reflects on Covid-19, the history of health disparities, freedom, and his best-selling book, How to Be an Antiracist.