Whether you’re an aspiring public health professional who is unsure about how to get noticed by a potential employer or you’ve already been working in the public health field for a period of time, there are skills we must continually work to develop to allow us to excel in an evolving public health landscape. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we will be talking about seven core competencies that are crucial for the effective practice of public health.

Podcast Hosts

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®

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One of the things we always hear from our community of people - some aspiring to go into the field of public health and others having some work experience in other fields - is what is considered as public health experience. 

In order to answer the question, we must first understand what public health is. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we talk about:

• Standard definitions from the WHO, PHAC, CDC, APHA, and CPHA;
• Our current understanding of public health and how it changed since first pursuing public health;
• What public health means to our community stars;
• Some careers that exist in the public health field; and
• What things are not considered to be public health

Podcast Hosts

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®

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Whether you’ve just completed your Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or have been working in the public health field for a while, there are always opportunities to continue advancing your career and add value to your workplace. In this episode of the Public Health Podcast, we talk about 5 certifications you should pursue to advance your public health career or to become more competitive in the job market.

Podcast Hosts

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®

Certification Resources

• Certified in Public Health (CPH)
• Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)
• Certified Change Management Program
• Certified Change Management Professional™ (CCMP™) by Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP)
• PCM® Digital Marketing and Certified Digital Marketing Professional.
• Six Sigma
• Lean Six Sigma
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

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For over 50 years, St. Leonard’s Community Services (SLCS), London and Region has been dedicated to a community where everyone feels safe, valued and supported. St. Leonard’s accomplishes this by implementing and advocating for improved policies, procedures, and service delivery within the justice system, through a range of youth and adult community programs. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, Michael Oates, Executive Director of SLCS, joins us to share how his organization is working to serve some of the most marginalized populations in the community.  

Podcast Guest

• Michael Oates

Podcast Host

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®

References for Our Discussion 

• St. Leonard’s Community Services - London & Region (Website)

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What happens when a corporate defence attorney goes from representing large powerful chemical manufacturing companies to fighting against them after learning that their environmental toxic waste was connected to a growing number of unexplained diseases and deaths in animals and humans? In this episode of Rewind, a new limited series by the Public Health Insight Podcast, we take a closer look at Dark Waters - a movie released in 2019, featuring the true story of Rob Bilott, played by actor Mark Ruffalo.

Podcast Hosts

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
• Purva Mehta, BMSc, MSc
• Jawairia Mohammed, HBSc
• Bindra Shah, BMSc, MPH

References for Our Discussion 

• Dark Waters (2019) available on Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Crave/HBO
• Vox: How “forever chemicals” polluted America’s water
• New York Times: The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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After launching the podcast in March 2020, Public Health Insight has grown into so much more than we could have ever imagined. In this special episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we take the opportunity to reintroduce ourselves by sharing our mission, vision, projects, initiatives, ongoing work to date, and some of our upcoming plans for the future.

Podcast Host

• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®

References for Our Discussion 

• Public Health Insight Website
• Podcasting as a Tool for Health Communication? The Public Health Insight Podcast and Emergent Opportunities

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The graduate application season is upon us and many people are curious about the various ways they can maximize their chances of being accepted to Master of Public Health (MPH) programs. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we will be talking about what you can do to stand out amongst a crowd of outstanding applicants.

Podcast Host

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®

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You just finished your undergrad or you’ve been working for awhile now and have decided to pursue a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, but what do you need to know before submitting your application and how do you stand out? In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we will be sharing our experience to help guide you as you prepare your MPH graduate program applications and how to decide which MPH program to choose.

Podcast Host

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®

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TikTok is a short video-sharing social media platform that has grown quickly since its launch garnering over 1 billion monthly global users. Although we might get lost in the endless scrolling and engaging aspects of this platform, in this episode we will be learning about some of the public health concerns related to TikTok and what we need to know in order to better protect our populations from adverse health outcomes so we can better inform decision-makers, health providers, researchers and you.

Podcast Host

• Marco Zenone,  PhD Student at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

References for Our Discussion 

• TikTok and public health: a proposed research agenda 

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The One Health approach informs the way we address complex problems affecting all organisms on the planet. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we talk about lessons learned from One Health Connect (OHC) 2021 - a virtual event co-organized by the Public Health Insight, which aimed to highlight the importance of transdisciplinary approaches to address present and future challenges that threaten human, animal, and environmental health. 

Podcast Host

• Purva Mehta, BMSc., MSc.
• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®

References for Our Discussion 

• One Health Connect 2021 Knowledge Translation Booklet: Lessons Learned from A Global Event
• Welcome to One Health Connect 2021 (Video Recording 1/3)
• Keynote Speakers and Panel Discussion (Video Recording (2/3)
• Closing Remarks (3/3)

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