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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 approaches;
◼️ The value of adopting a systems thinking approach with a variety of stakeholders;
◼️ Barriers to systems thinking include lack of funding, resources, motivation, and champions for the process;
◼️ A readiness implementation tool can help coalitions and task forces assess their progress and plan strategically for a systems approach; and
◼️ The conversation concludes with Dr. Loeffler-Cobia sharing her personal motivation for doing this work, reminding us that there is a story behind every statistic.
Guest
◼️ Dr. Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia, DrPH, MS, Director of Justice and Public Health Policy and Practice at WestEd Justice and Prevention Research Center; University of Southern California Adjunct Associate Professor
References
◼️ Helping Leaders Address the Opioid Crisis: A Q&A With Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia
◼️ The White House is now tracking opioid overdoses that don't kill. Why that's important.
◼️ Understanding the Epidemic
◼️ The triple wave epidemic: Supply and demand drivers of the US opioid overdose crisis
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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, overprescribing of OxyContin, transition to heroin, and the introduction of fentanyl. The conversation also explores the role of illicit markets in sustaining the overdose crisis.
Guest
◼️ Dr. Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia, DrPH, MS, Director of Justice and Public Health Policy and Practice at WestEd Justice and Prevention Research Center; University of Southern California Adjunct Associate Professor
References
◼️ Helping Leaders Address the Opioid Crisis: A Q&A With Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia
◼️ The White House is now tracking opioid overdoses that don't kill. Why that's important.
◼️ Understanding the Epidemic
◼️ The triple wave epidemic: Supply and demand drivers of the US opioid overdose crisis
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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 Prevention Research Center.
She shares her journey into public health and her transition into criminal justice, why she got her DrPH many years after her Master’s degree, and her experiences advocating for policy change on Capitol Hill. We also get to learn more about her in the Insight Blitz segment, where she talks about living in Utah and the worst piece of advice she’s ever gotten.
Guest
◼️ Dr. Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia, DrPH, MS, Director of Justice and Public Health Policy and Practice at WestEd Justice and Prevention Research Center; University of Southern California Adjunct Associate Professor
References
◼️ Helping Leaders Address the Opioid Crisis: A Q&A With Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia
◼️ The White House is now tracking opioid overdoses that don't kill. Why that's important.
◼️ Understanding the Epidemic
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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 time to do things that make you happy
Guest
◼️ Dr. Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics
References
◼️Get Happier Podcast
◼️ Unmarried, childless women are happiest people of all, says expert
◼️ The money, job, marriage myth: are you happy yet?
◼️ Substack: Crystal
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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
◼️Get Happier Podcast
◼️ Unmarried, childless women are happiest people of all, says expert
◼️ The money, job, marriage myth: are you happy yet?
◼️ Substack: Crystal
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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 the first in his family to go to university.
Guest
◼️ Dr. Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics
References
◼️Get Happier Podcast
◼️ Unmarried, childless women are happiest people of all, says expert
◼️ The money, job, marriage myth: are you happy yet?
◼️ Substack: Crystal
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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
◼️Book: Urgent Calls From Distant Places (Out Now)
◼️ Exclusive: More Than 70% of Americans Feel Failed by the Health Care System
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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 Places
References
◼️Book: Urgent Calls From Distant Places (Out Now)
◼️ Exclusive: More Than 70% of Americans Feel Failed by the Health Care System
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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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 Urgent Calls From Distant Places
References
◼️Book: Urgent Calls From Distant Places (Out Now)
◼️ Exclusive: More Than 70% of Americans Feel Failed by the Health Care System
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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The Soondra Foundation provides cash grants to India's working poor during medical emergencies by partnering with local organizations on the ground to ensure funds are used effectively.
In the final episode of a three-part series “Medical Emergencies, Financial Catastrophes, & India’s Hope,” Gayayti shares how the foundation provides initial admission money to prevent financial catastrophes for families, the impact of the foundation to date, how she plans to reach more people in need, and her wish for the foundation to one day become redundant.
Guest
◼️ Gayatri Mathur, DPT, CEO & Founder of The Soondra Foundation
References
◼️The Soondra Foundation: Accepting Donations!
◼️ RISING AND SHINING AND CARING
◼️ India (Summary)
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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Many families in India are making difficult choices every day as a result of unplanned medical expenses, with the government relying on out-of-pocket costs to cover almost two-thirds of India’s healthcare expenditure.
In the second episode of a three-part series “Medical Emergencies, Financial Catastrophes, & India’s Hope,” Gayatri discusses the importance of getting patients into the hospital and the financial challenges they face. She explains how The Soondra Foundation provides cash grants to cover the cost of the initial hospital or clinic visit to prevent financial catastrophe and help patients get the treatment they need. Gayatri also shares the impact numbers of the foundation, including the average amount of money given and the number of families helped. Finally, she talks about the future of the foundation and her goal for it to become redundant.
Guest
◼️ Gayatri Mathur, DPT, CEO & Founder of The Soondra Foundation
References
◼️The Soondra Foundation: Accepting Donations!
◼️ RISING AND SHINING AND CARING
◼️ India (Summary)Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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After a fulfilling 30-year career as a clinician, researcher, and professor, Gayatri wondered what was in store for her next chapter. That next chapter involved founding The Soondra Foundation, which provides immediate healthcare access to India's working poor during medical emergencies.
In this first episode of a three-part series “Medical Emergencies, Financial Catastrophes, & India’s Hope,” Gayayti shares the most memorable experiences from her life’s journey and the impetus behind her persistent desire to serve her community.
Guest◼️ Gayatri Mathur, DPT, CEO & Founder of The Soondra Foundation
References
◼️The Soondra Foundation: Accepting Donations!
◼️ RISING AND SHINING AND CARING
Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Production Notes
◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room
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From its importance in providing jobs and income to contributing to global GDP, the environment's connection to human and animal health can never be overstated.
In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we share a clip from our One Health Connect event hosted in 2021, where Doreen Robinson discusses the staggering impact of nature on human well-being and the urgency to adopt a true one health approach. Doreen is a conservation ecologist with over 25 years of experience and the Head of Biodiversity and Land Management at the UN Environment Program (UNEP).
Podcast Guest
◼️ Doreen Robinson, Head of Biodiversity and Land Management at UNEP
References In Our Discussion
◼️ One Health Connect 2021: Keynote Speakers and Panel Discussion (2/3)
Podcast Hosts & Producers
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®Podcast Production Notes
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“One thing which we have not been able to convey about antimicrobials is that it is a natural resource…just like your food, air, and water.” In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we share a clip from our One Health Connect event hosted in 2021, where Dr. Walia provides a comprehensive overview of the Indian experience with Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), shedding light on the initiatives undertaken by her organization and herself over the past two decades. Addressing the pressing nature of AMR in today's world, she highlights its pivotal role in infectious disease management and the profound impact it has on global health.
Podcast Guest
◼️ Dr. Kamini Walia, Senior Scientist in the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Division of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
References In Our Discussion
◼️ One Health Connect 2021: Keynote Speakers and Panel Discussion (2/3)
Podcast Hosts & Producers
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®Podcast Production Notes
◼️ Music from Mandelbro - Music for Video Volume 1
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One Health is an approach that recognizes that the health of people is closely tied and connected to the health of animals and our shared environment.
In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we share a clip from our One Health Connect event hosted in 2021, where Dr. Sharon Deem, a world leading one health expert, shed light on the animal portion of this one health triad. In this snippet, she stressed that our planet is going through a heart attack and we need to treat it as a patient in this state of crisis.References In Our Discussion
◼️ One Health Connect 2021: Keynote Speakers and Panel Discussion (2/3)
Podcast Guest:◼️ Dr. Sharon Deem, DVM, PhD, Dipl. American College of Zoological Medicine One Health
Podcast Hosts & Producers◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
Podcast Production Notes◼️ Music from Mandelbro - Music for Video Volume 1
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With the frequency and severity of pandemics likely becoming more severe in the future and communicable diseases like HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis, and NTDs being out of sight and out of mind despite killing millions each year, this warrants a closer look.
In this episode, we'll explore future pandemic threats and communicable diseases as monumental challenges, their impact on global citizens, contributing factors, concerns for the future, and how they are shaping our world.
References In Our Discussion
◼️ New study suggests risk of extreme pandemics like COVID-19 could increase threefold in coming decades
◼️ What are the top 10 public health challenges in 2023?
◼️ 11 global health issues to watch in 2023, according to IHME experts
Podcast Hosts & Producers
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
Podcast Production Notes
◼️ 1st audio clip at the beginning adapted from ‘The next outbreak? We’re not ready | Bill Gates | TED’
◼️ 2nd audio clip adapted from ‘Taking on the Big Three: Can Africa Eliminate AIDS, TB, and Malaria?’
◼️ Background music for the intro: Mandelbro - Thinking and Feeling
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Season's greetings! Tune into this special holiday episode as the dream team comes together for a chit chat on some holiday and festive traditions, how we celebrate our cultures, and some public health knowledge sprinkled in between.
Podcast Hosts
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
◼️ Bindra Shah, BMSc, MPH
◼️ Purva Mehta, BMSc, MSc
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Stand out in the interview by asking curious questions, not saying yes to the first job offer, and handling things when they don’t go your way are all things we cover in this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast. Tune in as we delve into:
◼️ What do do when the interviewers ask "Do you have any questions for us?"
◼️ Effective salary negotiation tactics, including anchoring bias, counteroffers, and the importance of market research in determining fair compensation.
◼️ Handling early job offers with caution and the significance of taking time to consider and not hastily accepting offers, even if enthusiastic.
Podcast Hosts◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®Subscribe to the Newsletter
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Does privatized healthcare work? Can education alone level the playing field for chronic disease risk? Is AI an overall force of good in healthcare? Tune in to this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast as we explore these questions to uncover:
◼️ The impact of a private health insurance scheme on hospital waiting lists;
◼️ A study that shows that racial disparities remain after adjusting socioeconomic status; and
◼️ Ethical concerns around the wide-scale integration of AI in healthcare.
Articles Covered◼️ Does private health insurance cut public hospital waiting lists? We found it barely makes a dent (The Conversation)
◼️ Socioeconomic status may be an uneven predictor of heart health (Science Daily)
◼️ Keeping a human in the loop: Managing the ethics of AI in medicine (Science Daily)Podcast Hosts
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®Subscribe to the Newsletter
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Whether you’re the candidate or you’re on the panel, just about anything can happen in job interviews. Tune into this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast as we reflect on some amazing and cringeworthy moments that left a lasting impression:
◼️ Candidates dressing inappropriately for virtual interviews;
◼️ Candidates interviewing on their phone while walking;
◼️ Panel interviewers keeping their cameras off;
◼️ Candidates asking mistimed questions;
◼️ Using strategic humour or jokes; and
◼️ Someone Googling answers to questions while in the interview.
Podcast Hosts◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®Subscribe to the Newsletter
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