Epidemiologists are the eyes and ears of public health but not all careers unfold the same.  What you'll hear in this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast is our conversation with Dr. Charlotte Hughes Huntley about her discovery of public health and our journey into epidemiology. She discusses her academic pursuits, including her bachelor's degree in liberal arts and her Master's and PhD in public health.  Dr. Hundley also talks about her experience working in the pharmaceutical industry as an epidemiologist and how it differs from government and nonprofit work. Guest ◼️ Dr ..read more

Approximately 115 people die every day in the United States from an opioid overdose, amounting to more than 400,000 deaths in the last two decades alone. The numbers are high, but we must never forget that there's a story behind every single number. Making progress in addressing this crisis requires systems thinking across a multitude of sectors and industries. What you’ll hear in this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast with Dr. Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia is: ◼️ The impact of slowly evolving policies on the worsening opioid crisis; ◼️ The role of stigma in hampering progressive approac ..read more

There are many stories out there about how the opioid crisis has now become one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. Some stories may be more accurate than others, but to get to the truth and truly understand the current opioid crisis, we must go back in time. What you'll hear in this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast is our conversation with Dr. Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia, where we develop a chronological timeline of the three waves of the modern opioid crisis in the U.S., including the early use of opium and morphine, development of non-opioid pain relievers, overpre ..read more

The opioid crisis is as rampant as any other time in history and a lot of work remains to be done until we can feel the progress being made.  Every so often though, we have the privilege of meeting someone behind the work, someone who's committed a significant portion of their profession and of their lives to creating a world where the opioid epidemic is no more.  What you’ll hear in this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast is a captivating conversation with Dr. Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia, Director of Justice and Public Health Policy and Practice at WestEd Justice and Preventio ..read more

What is the role of organizations, communities, and governments in making people happy and satisfied with their lives? In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we conclude our conversation with Dr. Paul Dolan to have a discussion about: ◼️ The underrated power of conversations and challenging social norms.  ◼️ Designing workplaces that fosters a sense of belonging and purpose. ◼️ Governments playing more of a role in designing happier lives and its measurement through GDP and broader indicators of national prosperity ◼️ How to implement intentions effectively and finding tim ..read more

Can we define happiness simply as an algebraic equation with the feeling of happiness on one side and a variety of other variables on the other? In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we continue the conversation with Dr. Paul Dolan about the determinants of happiness, why it's so challenging to measure it, the midlife crisis phenomenon, the opportunity costs of attention, exploring whether money truly makes you happy, and understanding social narratives and expectations. Guest ◼️ Dr. Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics References ◼️G ..read more

If you could have one thing, anything in the world, What would that be? Would it be money or would it be health, happiness, or some combination?   In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Paul Dolan to try and get to the bottom of all of this. Dr. Dolan is a Professor of Behavioral Sciences at the London School of Economics, with research interests mainly in human behavior, happiness, and the relationships between them. Before he was a professor though, he'd always been curious about learning and navigating the unpredictable journey of luck, while being t ..read more

From getting bogged down in paperwork to saying no to bribes, Dr. Marc-David Munk spills it all on the Public Health Insight Podcast. In this final episode in the three-part series “Urgent Calls From Distant Places,” Dr. Munk highlights the shift in demographics of illness in Africa, stories involving intense emergency situations racing against the clock, the universal language of care, and when individual patient care conflicts with public health. Guest ◼️ Dr. Marc-David Munk, MD, MPH, Executive Director of The Carlin Foundation and Author of Urgent Calls From Distant Places References ◼️Boo ..read more

How can the U.S. spend more per capita on healthcare than any other high-income country and still report such high levels of patient dissatisfaction?  In the second episode of a three-part series “Urgent Calls From Distant Places,” Dr. Munk discusses his decision to focus on healthcare administration to address the dysfunction, which he categorizes as a moral failure of healthcare. The conversation concludes with lessons he learned from the African healthcare system. Guest ◼️ Dr. Marc-David Munk, MD, MPH, Executive Director of The Carlin Foundation and Author of Urgent Calls From Distant ..read more

From the U.S. to Qatar, to East Africa, Dr. Marc-David Munk joins the Public Health Insight Podcast to share some captivating stories about his urgent calls from distant places. In this first episode of a three-part series “Urgent Calls From Distant Places,” Dr. Munk shares his journey from studying humanities to becoming an emergency physician and his experiences in Africa. He discusses his realizations about the dysfunction in the US healthcare system and how that has shaped his perspective. Guest ◼️ Dr. Marc-David Munk, MD, MPH, Executive Director of The Carlin Foundation and Author of Urg ..read more