We're very happy to welcome back Dr. Georges Benjamin to the podcast. Dr. Benjamin is an influential physician leader and the Chief Executive Officer of the American Public Health Association (APHA). In this episode, Dr. Benjamin joins us again to discuss public health leadership, communication, and public trust in the context of difficult political and societal headwinds.

It was an honor to host Dr. Debra Houry for this episode! Dr. Houry is the former Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a public health-trained physician, and national leader in public health. An important voice in public health strategy and resilience, the conversation with Dr. Houry was informative and enlightening.

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We're back!

We're excited to relaunch the Look Around You: Public Health Matters podcast. In this episode, our students talk with Paul Offit, MD - Director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. They discuss all things vaccines, the state of public health in the US in 2025, and how the field can persevere in an era of mistrust and disinformation.

The views and opinions expressed are strictly our own, the sources we utilize, or those of our invited guests or callers, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Case Western Reserve University, the School of Medicine, its staff, faculty or students.

In this episode, we sit down with Lisa Pino, JD - Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. We talk health policy and the role of civil rights in policy development, embarking on a career in public service as public health professionals, and the importance of doing what we do in public health with integrity. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed this conversation!

We sit down with Dr. Paul Rothman, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to talk about the intersection of public health and medicine, educating the next generation of providers, and the highlights of a long career in the field. Above all, we're reminded of some public health marching orders: to be kind. 

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Hanan Balkhy - all the way from Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Balkhy is currently the Assistant Director-General for Antimicrobial Resistance at the World Health Organization, once a Clevelander, and always a leader in the field. We discuss the role of WHO on the global stage, the effect of COVID-19 on antimicrobial research and development, and the "infodemic" in the face of a public health crisis. Is there a better compliment for us than to be called "real deal public health people" by a leading WHO official? We don't think so, but we think she's the real deal too. 

In this episode (the second of a two-part series featuring previous CDC Directors) we sit down with Dr. Julie Gerberding, a double-alum of Case Western Reserve University and genuine public health rockstar. We discuss pandemic preparedness, building back trust of public health officials, and ways in which medicine and public health can move forward from lessons learned from COVID-19. 

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We are honored to welcome Dr. Tom Frieden to the podcast for the first of a two-part series with former CDC Directors. Dr. Frieden, Director of the CDC during the Obama administration, brings a wealth of knowledge to this conversation about global health, COVID-19, health promotion, cultural competency, and public health preparedness before reminding us that public health is "hard work at work worth doing".  [The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewer(s) and interviewee(s).]

We are thrilled and honored to welcome Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, to the podcast. We discuss the past and future of public health, structural racism and the challenges the field is currently facing and will face in a post-COVID world, and some advice for tomorrow's public health leaders. [The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewer(s) and interviewee(s).]

We sure are excited about this one! In this episode of Look Around You: Public Health Matters, we sit down (virtually) with Dr. Toby Cosgrove, former CEO and current Executive Advisor of the Cleveland Clinic. We discuss the future of healthcare, how the healthcare system can address social determinants of health, communication in times of crisis, innovation in healthcare delivery, and more. We are honored to have Dr. Cosgrove with us to share some of his expertise gained from years of healthcare experience right here in our backyards in Cleveland, Ohio. [The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewer(s) and interviewee(s).]