03.20.2017 - By e.Republic + Governing Magazine
For our second episode, Mattie Quinn chats with Leana Wen, Baltimore's health commissioner. An emergency room doctor with a passion for public health, Dr. Wen deployed a number of health initiatives during the Baltimore riots in 2015 that helped stabilize the mood in the city. Her mantra for rallying city resources to keep the city healthy? 'Public health saved your life today. You just didn't know it.'