Public Health United

Learn about COVID19 directly from virologist Andy Pekosz. Andy is a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and is the former President of the American Society for Virologists. Last week he presented to Congress on the pandemic and has been a great source of information on social media. Listen to the full podcast to learn more about COVID19 from Andy Pekosz. You can also check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org/podcast.

Ms.Guerrero- Vazquez, Executive Director of Centro Sol, is a U.S. immigrant and combines both her lived experiences and professional skills to advocate for and empower Latinx communities in Baltimore city. Dr. Sarah Polk, Faculty Co-Director of Centro Sol, is a pediatric physician who identified the gap in quality of care at Johns Hopkins based on cultural barriers and was pivotal in the creation of Centro Sol. Dr. Polk says that “As healthcare providers, our insights into solutions are limited by our perspective... So we are blind to the potential solutions, and we are also blind to why some solutions would not be particularly helpful.” Listen to the full podcast to learn more about Centro Sol and how they are using community-based research and a research framework that emphasizes cultural competencies to advance the health of Latinos. You can also check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org/podcast.

Dr. Sacoby Wilson is Director of the Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) lab at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Wilson is a strong advocate for critically understanding the role that racism and other social determinants play in health outcomes. At his lab, Dr. Wilson empowers communities through thoughtful engagement in science. Dr. Wilson says that “Yes, I have a Ph.D., but I’m not the only person to be a scientist, anyone can be a scientist.” Listen to the full podcast to learn more about Dr. Wilson and his two-part approach to community-driven and community-based research. You can also check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org/podcast.

Dr. Paul Yi and Dr. Haris Sair are both radiologists that co-direct RAIL, the Radiology and Artificial Intelligence Lab, which is a part of the JHU Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare. The purpose of this lab is to use innovations in machine and deep learning, to advance the field of radiology and improve doctor's caseload. Dr. Paul Yi describes the concept of “transfer learning” that they use in RAIL as “basically using algorithms that were used to train googles algorithms for image recognition, and then we apply that to radiology images.” Listen to the full podcast to learn more about how artificial intelligence is connecting doctors and engineers, also check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org/podcast.

Mike Morrison is a current doctoral candidate in industrial- organization psychology at Michigan State University, where he has worked to reshape how we present posters at conferences. When speaking on how people interact with science, Mike Morrison explains that "information foraging says that when we pursue information, we go to a website, it seems like it's going to have the information we are looking for we pick through it a little bit and then when we determine its not going to give us that strong information sense, those berries, we just abandon it and go to another website.” Listen to our full podcast to learn more about #betterposter, and check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org/podcast.

Dr. Johannes Urpelainen is the Director and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment at the Johns Hopkins Kreiger School of Advanced International Studies, as well as, the Founder Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy. He is an author of books and peer-reviewed literature on energy policy, environmental governance, and global governance. He also aims to equip the next generation of leaders, through classes where instills in them analytical skills, as well as best practices in impactful international policy work. Dr. Urpelainen said that "We can always do more research on what is an optimal policy or an efficient policy or something like that, but in practice, policymakers face concrete decisions in a certain environment." Listen to the full podcast to learn more about translating research into effective policy! Check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org/podcast and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at PHUscicomm.

Dr. Gundula Bosh, Dr. Artuto Casadevall, and Brian Klaas are changing the way scientists learn with their R3 initiative. R3 is a Johns Hopkins graduate science initiative that stands for “rigor, responsibility and reproducibility” in scientific practice. Dr. Bosh says that “[ R3 teaches] a certain way of philosophical thinking about science in a very approachable and tangible manner. So that people also really know what to do with it. So it’s not just some abstract thinking, it’s really something that enables you and in the end what is philosophy? Philosophy is critical thinking.” Listen to the full podcast to learn about how R3 is advancing scientists education through teaching valuable skills such as science communication! Check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org/podcast and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at PHUscicomm.

Alex Nathanson is spearheading an innovative approach to teaching communities about solar power, energy and aesthetics through Solar Powered Art. During this podcast, he explains how Solar Powered Art can be used in STEAM education, as well as, an equitable way to get people thinking about climate change solutions. Alex says that “to be able to address [ the different ways climate change will impact communities] we need to be able to provide tools that are accessible for people to actually engage with resources and the experience of climate change in a local way.” Check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at PHUscicomm.

Astrid Caldas is a climate change scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. During this podcast episode, she explains some of the best practices to get communities and politicians engaged and listening about climate change. In this episode, Astrid says that" [ We ] need to talk science in ways that speak to people, like about people's health, people's pocketbooks, people's core values, there's always something that will touch people." and check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org and follow us on Twitter, Instagram Facebook at PHUscicomm and drscicomm.

The Food Project is a hub in South West Baltimore aimed to empower youth through opportunities to learn, eat nutritious food, and develop practical life skills! Michelle Suazo is the executive director for The Food Project, and Dominic Nell is a farmer and educator who runs BeMoreGreen, a STEM program based out of The Food Project. Dominic Nell in the interview said: "These little humans, are going to be larger human later, and out investment or non-investment in them is going to affect us in some way shape or form." Listen to the full podcast to learn more about all of the inspiring work, being done at the food project.