Going Viral

Let's analyze the state of mental health during the pandemic through the lens of the Social Ecological Model. We will discuss the various layers of impact and how public health can help address issues.

*Disclaimer: We want to acknowledge that though this episode focuses on mental health we are not mental health professionals and this is not medical advice. If you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis, we recommend that you contact a professional in the field and seek appropriate care. In the show notes we have included links to professional organizations that can help those seeking help, including Crisis Hotline and the National Suicide Hotline.

Interview with Grace Phelan, who is a certified nutrition support clinician working as a Nutrition Support Coordinator and Critical Care Nutritionist at Tufts Medical Center. We discuss critical care nutrition, national nutrition trends, patient nutrition care, and the future of nutritional policy.

Let's learn about nutritional science and epidemiology, its history and evolution, and how public health policies can help!

Interview with Megan Paskey, who is the current, and first, Community Food Systems and Farm to School Coordinator for the Indiana Department of Health, sitting in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. We discuss the issue of maternal and child health as well as its barriers to equality of care, maternal mental health, and the systemic changes that need to occur.

Let's learn about maternal and child health epidemiology, its root causes, and how public health interventions can help!

Interview with Dr. Loren Lipworth, who is the Associate Director for the Division of Epidemiology for Epidemiology at Vanderbilt University and Research Professor of Medicine for Epidemiology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. We discuss health disparities in cancer epidemiology research and the importance of inclusivity of all races and ethnicities in research cohorts and studies.

Conversation between Pranoti and Saimrunali, where they discuss cancer health disparities in epidemiology research and practice.

Let's learn about cancer epidemiology, the history behind it, and how it has helped us improve the identification and assessment of risk factors!

Interview with Dr. Peter Rebeiro, who is the current Director of Graduate Studies for Epidemiology at Vanderbilt University as well as a Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. We discuss the importance of infectious disease epidemiology, HIV Care Continuum, health disparities of HIV, and mental health of HIV.

Let's learn about infectious disease epidemiology and the infectious disease model as well as the progression of disease timeline!