
Public Health Careers
PHPod explores public health careers with career coach Heather Krasna.
PHPod explores public health careers with career coach Heather Krasna.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Raagini Jawa, an expert in infectious disease and addiction medicine, considers her recovery from symptoms of Covid-19 during the 2020 Election.
Ibram X. Kendi reflects on Covid-19, the history of health disparities, freedom, and his best-selling book, How to Be an Antiracist.