In this episode, population health scientist and medical sociologist, Professor Richard Carpiano talk with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the short term and long term impacts on public health and daily life during COVID-19.

About Richard Carpiano:

Richard Carpiano is a Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is also the co-editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, the leading journal for medical sociology scholarship. As a population health scientist and medical sociologist, Professor Carpiano examines how social factors, like socioeconomic status, race-ethnicity, social connections, and community conditions, contribute to the physical and mental health of adults and children. His most research program investigates social, behavioral, and attitudinal factors underlying child vaccination uptake and coverage (and refusal or delay) in the US and Canada.

Learn more about Richard Carpiano via https://sociology.ucr.edu/faculty/richard-m-carpiano/

Podcast Highlights:

“Our public health system is something that’s been underinvested in for many years and so I’m hoping, from a taxpayer standpoint and a citizen standpoint, of public support for these important government services.”

-       Richard Carpiano on the topic of short term and long term impacts of COVID-19.

“It really does highlight the importance of, not just the government sector, but also the civil sphere and society itself.”

-       Richard Carpiano on the topic of different policies and orders being implemented to slow down coronavirus.

“We are going to see in the aftermath of this, some very pronounced inequalities.”

-       Richard Carpiano on the topic of the economic impact of COVID-19.

Guest:

Richard Carpiano (Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, UC Riverside)

Interviewers:

Maddie Bunting (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Chief Ambassador)

Eric Calderon (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Ambassador)

Music by:

Samuel Roberts (UCR Public Policy ‘20)

This is a production of the UCR School of Public Policy: https://spp.ucr.edu/

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