Public Health Joy: Community Power, Health Equity, and Leadership in Action

In this episode, I’m sharing the story of transforming failure to joy on my PhD journey and how I got over to the other side.

This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!  

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:00 My first attempt at a PhD

13:00 My greatest failure

14:00 My next move

18:00 My 2nd attempt at a PhD

20:00 My lupus diagnosis

23:00 My dissertation and COVID-19

25:00 Finding my greatest joy

27:00 Failure is not final

28:00 How I Got Over

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In this episode, we’re talking with Mississippi native Dr. Marshae McNeal about how she is driving positive impact as she shares her public health journey from community college to community researcher. This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!  

0:00 Introduction

2:26 Dr. McNeal’s background and how she got into public health. 

4:24 The benefits of going to a community college.

14:35 The most challenging part of her career so far. 

19:32 Experience of working with communities in research.

25:33 What brings you joy in your work? 

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In this episode, we’re talking with Community Psychologist Dr. Jacque-Corey Cormier about bringing the couch to the community in public health.

 This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!

Time stamps:

0:00 Introduction

2:00 Dr. Cormier's background in public health

3:00 What is community psychology? What does it mean to bring the couch to the community?

13:00 Ten essential public health services

15:00 Decision makers and power dynamics

20:00 The problem with a deficit mindset in research

27:00 Putting the community first

32:00 What brings you joy  

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In this episode, we’re continuing the conversation in part 2 of Public Health: The Next Generation with Dr. Ashley White Jones and Dr. Antonio Gardner as we share our experiences as young, gifted, and Black public health researchers not only healing our communities, but healing ourselves.

This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!  

Time Stamps

0:00 What brings us joy in life?

2:40 How the creative arts and science can work together to help people. 

5:39 How qualitative research as therapy and healing. 

7:55 The importance of empathy in the work of public health research. 

16:51 What is positionality? What does it mean? 

25:07 The pressure of being a young black doctor in public health. 

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In today’s episode, we’re talking with Dr. Ashley White Jones and Dr. Antonio Gardner about what it means to be young, gifted, and Black public health researchers changing the game for the next generation.

This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!

Time stamps:

0:00 Introduction

13:00 The Next Generation

19:00 Jackson Water Crisis and the Black Church

26:00 Public Health and Politics

30:00 Building Trust in Communities

35:00 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

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In today’s episode, I’m sharing why revolutionary public health is necessary for change.

This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!

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Book: Decolonizing Methodologies-Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith

In this episode, we are talking all about when research gets real as we work with communities to make positive impacts. Special guest, Leonore Okwara, founder of the Association of Black Researchers joins us to share her journey.

Leonore Okwara, MPH is the Founder of the Association of Black Researchers (ABR), a 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves as a central resource to inform, support, and advance a multidisciplinary community of Black Researchers. For over 15 years, she has served in a research program management capacity and coordinated many single and multisite research projects. She has cultivated equitable partnerships between researchers and the community, and organized events that focused on addressing community mistrust in research. Because of this experience, Leonore understands the importance of bringing researchers together to share best practices, strategies, and lessons learned with future researchers.

To learn more about the Association of Black Researchers visit: https://www.blackresearchers.org

To learn more about the Public Health Joy podcast and get transcripts visit: https://joyeewashington.com/podcast/ 

This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!

In today’s episode, we are talking all about mental health and the radical healing necessary to make a positive impact in communities with special guest Lamarr Lewis, a mental health therapist and advocate.

Lamarr Lewis, LAPC CPRP, is a mental health therapist, consultant, dedicated advocate, author, and agent of change. On this podcast episode, he explains the importance of rest and self-care for public health workers. We cannot serve the community members who need us most if we aren’t taking care of ourselves first. We also discuss mental health, coping mechanisms, joy, mentorship, and more!

0:00 Introductions

To connect with Lamarr Lewis visit https://www.lewisfamilyconsulting.net/ or connect on linkedin @LamarrLewis.

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Welcome to the Public Health Joy podcast, the safe space for real and honest conversation about what building a public health research career is really like: the challenges, the triumphs, and all the lessons we learn along the way.

I’m your host, Dr. Joyee, a Public health researcher, PhD survivor, and entrepreneur. In today’s episode, I’m sharing what public health joy means, why I started this podcast, and what you can expect all season long.

This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!

0:00     Introduction

4:00    What is public health joy

7:25     Where research meets relationship

10:55   What to expect this season

Transcript available at https://joyeewashington.com/s2ep1/

Resources: For more information on building a public health research career, visit www.joyeewashington.com. 

What’s up, I’m Dr. Joyee, I’m a public health researcher, PhD survivor, and entrepreneur. But most of all, I’m a southern girl from Mississippi with a passion for community. After shifting my dreams from med school to grad school, I launched my public health career. Now the road to becoming a public health researcher ain’t easy. But I overcame the challenges by building relationships and finding joy in the journey.

Every 1st and 3rd Friday, I’m sharing my story and bringing along my research homies for you to meet! This ain’t another lecture, this is real and honest conversation about what being a public health researcher is really like. We’re not just talking the talk, but walking the walk! We’re sharing our journey, our challenges, our triumphs, and all the lessons we’ve learned along the way. This is the safe space where research meets relationship and together, we’ll find our Public Health Joy!

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