The American Health Podcast

Harm Reduction for Young People in Portland

Bloomberg Fellow Haven Wheelock and her colleague Jasmine Pettet share more about their work to increase harm reduction outreach for young people who use drugs. 

Investing in a Crime-Free Future

Bloomberg Fellow Edward McWilliams outlines his journey into public health and his work with young people hoping to create a better future. 

Who are opportunity youth?

Bloomberg Fellow Anthony Betori and Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Tamar Mendelson, share more about the evolving definition of opportunity youth. 

Adolescent Health in the Mariana Islands

Tenta Tenorio, of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Public Health Services in the Northern Mariana Islands shares more about how her organization is providing heal

Bringing Native Food Back to Native Communities

Bloomberg Fellow Livy Lewis and her colleague Kelly Pingree, share more about how they plan to use a USDA grant to bring Native foods to the Wind River Indian Reservation

Adolescent Health Mini Series: TRAILER

The American Health Podcast is back! Join hosts Caitlin Hoffman and Su Tellakat as they explore the impact of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative community, with a f

A Federal Agenda for Opportunity Youth

On February 17, the American Public Health Association and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative released a federal policy agenda to address the needs of the more than

Will Biden's Infrastructure Plan Address Years of Inequity?

This episode first ran on the Public Health on Call Podcast. For decades, infrastructure policies harmed communities of color. New highways displaced residents through em

How Pediatricians Are Addressing School Absenteeism

When children miss too much school it can negatively impact their health and set back their life potential. In Washington, D.C., pediatricians have partnered with public

COVID Housing Challenges for Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

The pandemic in some ways put victims of intimate partner violence in more vulnerable positions as support services became out of reach and lost jobs, virtual work and ot

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Katherine Chon

Katherine is the Director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons for the Administration for Children and Families at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Marissa Silverberg

Marissa is a Food Systems & Policy Administrator with Jefferson County Public Health in Colorado. She is joined by Tyson Noeth, Executive Director of BGoldN.  In this e

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Lorne Carroll

Lorne is a Public Health Nurse with the Alaska Section of Public Health Nursing in Homer, Alaska. In this episode, you'll learn about the importance of public health nurs

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Ashley Hickson

Ashley is a Senior Policy Associate at the Center For Science in Public Interest (CSPI), a non-profit consumer advocacy group that advocates for safer and healthier foods

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Melissa Box

Melissa is the Clinical Director at ABC Counseling and Family Services in Normal, Illinois.  ABC Counseling was established in 1992 to help kids and families affected by

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Della Wright

Della Wright, Evaluator and Assistant Director of the Childhood Wellbeing Division at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, is joined by Kathy Egland from EEEC

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Janice Miller

Janice is the Director of Programs and Clinical Services at House of Ruth Maryland where they work towards ending violence against women and their children by confronting

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Jullian Tse

Jillian Tse is a program coordinator at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. In this episode, you will learn about the food bank, its mission, and the effects of the pandem

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: JR Westerberg

JR Westberg is a researcher for the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minnesota. Hennepin County Medical Center is one of th

Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Amelia Hulbert

Amelia Hulbert is a Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Specialist with the Boulder County Public Health Department. She is joined by her colleagues Jill Strange, Health