Dr. Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, MACP is the Master of Public Health Program Director and is Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy and Professor of Medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.

Dr. Carney is active in public health practice, research, education, and service. She served as Vermont’s Commissioner of Health under three gubernatorial administrations, championing improvements in children’s health insurance, preventing teen smoking, and improving cancer screening. She received the Vermont Public Health Association “Public Health Champion” Award in 2018 and was recently awarded the UVM President’s Distinguished University Citizenship and Service Award for her innovative teaching, creative leadership, and service to the UVM community.

She earned a BA from Middlebury College, MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Chapters:
@0:00 Episode teaser
@1:37 Dr. Jan Carney, MD, MPH, MACP Intro
@3:36 Personal Background
@4:45 A History of Public Health: From past to present
@14:25 Intersection of medicine and public health
@20:00 What is public health?
@20:41 Bachelors in biology, French and premedical science in Middlebury College
@22:30 Key takeaways
@24:00 Mental shifts throughout her career
@26:20 Doctor of Medicine at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
@29:10 Health inequities in health care setting 
@32:00 Learning about public health & MPH at Harvard 
@40:22 State of Vermont, Commissioner of Health for 14 years
@47:09 Working at University of Vermont
@49:45 Increase access to public health education via online learning
@53:08 MPH Program Director 
@58:56 What should research goals look like?
@1:02:00 What do you enjoy most about your role?
@1:05:18 The Furious Five

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