Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot discusses what it takes to manage a big city health department and her data-driven approach to making Baltimore a healthier place.

Big City, Big Data

Public Health: On the Inside takes listeners to the frontlines of public health to meet interesting people working in the field.

As the 21st commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, discusses her commitment to strengthening programs and policies that protect and promote public health.

Service-Learning - A Real-World Lesson

Leveraging Science to Keep America Safe

A global advocate for HIV prevention, Ruben del Prado, MD, MPH ’88 is a country coordinator for the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in Nepal and Bhutan. del Prado discusses working on the frontlines of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the importance of taking risks and remaining fearless in the pursuit of advancing public health.

The Risk Taker

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair, Deborah A. P. Hersman, discusses the impact drunk driving has on our nation’s health, and the high cost of injury and deaths attributed to alcohol-impaired related crashes.

The High Cost of Impaired Driving

Lawrence Wissow, MD, MPH ’84, bridges the gap between clinical medicine and public health as he works to address the mental health needs of children and improves how doctors communicate with their patients.

Big City, Big Data

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