Making Smoking History
Michael Siegel, an expert in tobacco control, alcohol use, and firearm violence, explains the surge in respiratory illness and death associated with vaping.
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.
< 1 2 3 Policing Black Lives
LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, the first Black woman to become Harvard Medical School class president, offers her perspective as the country struggles to respond to two epidemics: coronavirus and police violence against minority communities.
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Arguments, Evidence, and Abortion Policy
Marian Jarlenski, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, presents her research challenging claims that induced abortion harms women’s health, a line of reasoning that has emerged as state legislators increasingly seek to enact laws to regulate the provision of abortion.
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Uncomfortable Conversations
Michael Stein and Sandro Galea discuss PAINED, a collection of 50 short essays and 20 databytes that stimulate the national conversation about health.
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White Supremacy and the Health of Populations
Mary Bassett, Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, reflects on white supremacy as a determinant of health, lessons learned from the radical health movement, Black reparations, and advice for the next generation organizing to dismantle white supremacy in health systems.
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Harper Watters Dances for HIV Prevention
Harper Watters, a soloist in the Houston Ballet, speaks on art and public health, leveraging social media, representation of LGBTQ communities of color, and advice for the next generation trying to make their voices heard about HIV.
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Michael Botticelli: The Politics of the Opioid Epidemic
Michael Botticelli, Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, describes the state of the opioid epidemic, explains how policies changed in the eras of Obama and Trump, highlights bi-partisan efforts, and offers advice to the current generation of public health practitioners responding to the epidemic.