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

S5 E16 - The Business Case for Health Equity and Actionable Change

In this episode, Dr. Joyee sits down with Sana Imam, who leads the development of health equity toolkits and playbooks for the Black Director's Health Equity Agenda (BDHE

S5 E15 - Redefining Public Health Leadership: The Evolving Leader

In this episode, Dr. Joyee Washington sits down with the Region 4 Public Health Training Center's Leading Public Health podcast to unpack what leadership actually looks l

S5 E14 - Quiet Rage: Naming the Grief, Choosing the Fight

In this episode, Dr. Joyee is being honest with you about where she's at right now. We're talking about the weight of racial violence, the grief that gets passed down be

S5 E13 - Connecting Purpose & Profit in Public Health

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee sits down with her friend, coach, and sister in faith, Reesi Wilson. As a funnel strategist, master copywriter

S5 E12 - Reframing Black Men’s Health: From Disparities to Community-Driven Solutions

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee sits down with Dr. Okey Enyia — health policy researcher, author, and founder of the John Henry Institute for

S5 E11 - Redefining Worth: Reclaiming Identity, Data Storytelling, and Worth Beyond the Title

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee sits down with Dr. Zenobia Bryant Antoine for a powerful conversation about the deep connection between self-w

S5 E 10 - Sitting at the Feet of Wisdom: A Juneteenth Conversation with Dr. Lovell Jones on Black Research, Health Equity, and Legacy

In this episode of The Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee sits down with Dr. Lovell Jones. Dr. Jones is a pioneering cancer researcher, health equity scholar, and one o

S5 EP 9 - The National Black Researchers Week Returns: Carrying Forward Our Legacy

In this episode of The Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington shares the deeply personal story behind National Black Researchers Week — why it was created, what

S5 EP 8 - The Intersection of Social Work and Public Health: Redefining Leadership, Strategy, and Impact

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington and Nicole Clark sit down to discuss Nicole's powerful journey from social work to consulting, refl

S5 EP 7 - Discovering Community Engaged Research: A Public Health Journey Rooted in Trust and Purpose

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington and Jesseca Chatman sit down to reflect on their introduction to community-engaged research and CBP

S5 EP 6- From Data to Impact: How Epidemiology and Project Management Power Community Health

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, we sit down with Alexandra Piatkowski, founder and CEO of Piat Public Health, for a conversation that reframes how we th

S5 EP5 - From Salary to Six Figures: Public Health Consulting as a Career Path for Leadership Impact

In this episode of the Public Health Joy podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington interviews Dr. Desiree Strickland, founder of the Public Health Club, about how consulting can be a

S5 EP 4 - Intersectionality and Health Equity: Why Justice Must Be at the Center of Public Health

In this new episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Lisa Bowleg, Founder and CEO of the Intersectionality Training Institute, for a conversation tha

S5 EP3 - Fighting Corporate Influence in Public Health: Building Community Power for Health Equity

In this powerful episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington sits down with Vinu Ilakkuvan, founder of POP Health and The Gaslit Project, for a bold co

S5 EP 2- Using AI to Reimagine Public Health Training and Workforce Development

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington sits down with Quisha Umemba—registered nurse, public health leader, and CEO of Umemba Health—to ta

S5 EP1 : The Bigger the Promise, The Bigger the Warfare: Preparing Public Health for Rebuilding

Season 5 of The Public Health Podcast opens with a powerful keynote from Dr. Joyee Washington, delivered at the 2026 Public Health Joy Summit. In Rest, Reimagine, Rebuil

S4 E22: The Gift of Endurance-2025 Reflections in Public Health

In this powerful solo Season 4 finale of The Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington shares a deeply personal reflection on what 2025 demanded of her — and what i

S4 E21 - Shorten the Distance: Using technology and community to bridge the gap for equity

In this episode of The Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee sits down with Silas Buchanan, founder and CEO of Our Healthy Community, a social impact consulting firm in pa

S4 EP 20- You Are the Movement: Welcome to Public Health Joy

In this episode of The Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee takes listeners behind the scenes of the movement that is reshaping how we think about public health. With hon

S4 EP 19 -Reclaiming Our Humanity: Building Hazard Resilience through Community Engagement

In this episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, Dr. Joyee Washington sits down with Ginny Katz, the Founder and CEO of HazAdapt, a groundbreaking company dedicated to b