Topic:  Podcast Series:  Racism, Health, and Life

Episode One:  The role of structural racism on the health of our children and families.

Guests:  William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH, CPH, Professor and Director of the Chiles Center, USF College of Public Health and Russell Kirby, PhD, MS, USF Distinguished Professor, and Marrell Endowed Chair, USF College of Public Health.

Topic:  The role of the Guardian ad Litem Program (GAL) in protecting our children and how the GAL program and the Activist Lab More Opportunities to Use Learned Advocacy (MOULA) Program joined efforts.

Guests:  Michelle Blume, JD, Attorney and Assistant Director of the GAL Program and Kayla Wilson, MPH Student and MOULA Award Winner, USF College of Public Health

Topic: The importance of mental health in our society and integrating depression care with HIV prevention and care services for gay men and transgender women.

Guest:  Jerome Galea, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, USF School of Social Work and Affiliate Assistant Professor, USF College of Public Health.

Topic:  Immigration advocacy and how important it is to learn what is true and not true about immigration and issues related to the roles of businesses and prisons in immigrant labor.

Guest:   Norma Henning, JD, is an immigration and civil rights attorney with the Council on American Islamic Relations Florida.  She is an immigrant from Germany and graduate of the University of Florida College of Law.  She has been practicing immigration law in Florida since 1996.

Topic: Immunizations and how critical they are in public health.

Guest: Jill Roberts, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health. Her specializations are in Molecular Epidemiology Bacteriology, Emerging Diseases, Food Safety, and Bioterrorism.