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PHP spoke with Michael Shively about a prominent study in the Lancet that suggested decriminalization of sex work could reduce HIV infections. Shively maintains the findings were significantly less conclusive than reporters and activists made them out to be.

Brandi Harless, Mayor of Paducah, Kentucky, talked with Public Health Post about how her background in global health informed the initiatives she’s working on now, and the intersection of public health and public service.

PHP sat down with Shari Rudavsky, health and medicine reporter for the Indianapolis Star, where she has reported on Indiana’s important public health issues, including the recent HIV outbreak and the opioid crisis.

Public Health Post sat down with Dr. Sally Satel, practicing psychiatrist at the Partners in Drug Abuse Rehabilitation and Counseling Clinic in Washington, D.C., to discuss the opioid epidemic.

PHP fellow Madeline Bishop talks with trans rights activist and educator Bobbi Taylor about the intersection of transgender rights and sex work.

PHP sat down with Barbara Brents for a discussion on whether or not commercial sex should be legalized or decriminalized (it’s complicated) and how journalists and public health professionals can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the sex work industry.

PHP sat down with Cheryl Sbarra, public health lawyer and director of Make Smoking History, about her fight against tobacco and what it took to sound the alarm on second hand smoke.

PHP fellow Qing Wai Wong speaks with Abdul El-Sayed about his term as Health Director at the Detroit Health Department and his decision to run for governor of Michigan.

Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE) is a hospital-based, community-focused violence intervention initiative that works with youth/young adults who have sustained acute intentional violent trauma.

Eldar Shafir sat down with PHP Fellow Gilbert Benavidez to discuss the many faces of scarcity, the behaviors that stem from it, and how to craft effective policy to combat it.