This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health from our guest speakers. Connect to the stories of people impacted by Public Health. V ...
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Easy, Effective Exercising Strategies Without Equipments While Staying Indoor
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How can I get and stay physically fit while staying indoor because of the Coronavirus Pandemic and/or because the weather is getting chilly, wet and snowy? In this episode, you’ll learn very easy to implement tips to get and stay physically fit while staying indoors because of the cornovairsu pandemic or because the weather is getting cooler, wet, …
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Behavioral Economics: Why We Buy What We Buy When We Panic with Pei Ying Chua
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- Why did people buy up all the toilet papers at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic? then the hand sanitizers, and then face masks? - How does chaos impact our sound decision-making? - Can we learn to make better decisions with money when we panic? To understand how our behavior influence what we do with our wallet, in this episode, you’ll l…
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Finding Solutions to Prevent the Harmful Health Effects of Climate Change with Dr. Edward Maibach, Director of Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication.
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- Does climate change really exist? - What are the truths and misconceptions about climate change? - Are you the only one worrying about climate change? In this episode, you’ll learn the different causes of climate change and how climate extreme, such as too hot or too cold, can impact your health and what you can do about it? We also dive into the…
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Vytal Health: A Whole-Person Telemedicine Approach to Health and Wellness with Dr. Tiffany Mullen, CEO and Co-Founder of Vytal Health
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- Are you putting a bandage to your illness, fatigue and physical exhaustion? - Do you rather know the root cause of your illness so you can live a life with ease without “dis-ease”? - Perhaps it is the time to explore lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine, and functional medicine, a whole-person approach to health and wellness . In this episode…
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Learn to Live Mindfully in Chaos with Mindfulness and Meditation with Jesse Foy
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- Is stress overwhelming your life? - Is anxiety clouding your mind from being engaged with your day-to-day activity? - Do you want to learn how to live mindfully in midst of chaos? In this episode, you will learn the difference between mindfulness and meditation and why both are important and unique skills to help you live a conscious and engaged …
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Discover the 7 Dimensions of Wellness to Live Your Best Life Starting Today with Dr. Kee Chan
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How do you maintain your peace in midst of chaos? "I direct my energy using my internal compass to direct my wellness map, my wellness plan” - Dr. Kee Chan. In this episode, Dr. Kee Chan, the host of the podcast "What is Public Health?" will cover the seven dimensions of the wellness and how you can design your life your way. Dr. Chan is the author…
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How a Non-Profit Organization and its Community Can Support Each Other During Crisis (Coronavirus Pandemic Series)
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Are you struggling to put food on the table (during this coronavirus pandemic)? Do you need resources for your family because you are recently unemployed? Are you tired of being isolated and need an outlet to contribute back to your community (without leaving your home)? Then, listen to this episode, Benjamin Holt who is the Director of Philanthrop…
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Effective Tips on Finding a Job and Reinventing Yourself During the Coronavirus Pandemic with Abby Kohut, Top 100 Career Coach and Recruiter
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- Have you just been furloughed or lay-off and need to find a new job FAST? - Has the 'extra time' away from work given you time to reset your career goals, and now what's next? - Are you interested in starting your own business? In this episode, you will learn very effective tips on getting job in the times of uncertainty, how to reinvent yourself…
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The New Hope for Black Lives Matter (BLM) through Storytelling and Self-Inquiry with Dr. Sonny Kelly, playwright and performer of the play "The Talk"
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Have you given your child ‘the Talk’ lately? You’re probably thinking that the "The Talk" is about the ‘birds and the bees', preparing your daughter for womanhood or your son for manhood. But in this episode, you will learn that there is a different type of "Talk", where communities of color are telling their children. It is when a Black Father tel…
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Empowering Victims from Domestic Violence and Human and Sex Trafficking with Vericia Miller, Founder of House of Overcome
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Did you know that 27 millions people are victims of human and sex trafficking in the world? In the US, at least 100,000 women are “sold” every year. In this epsiode you will get a glimpse how pervarsive the world of human and sex trafficking and domestic violence in the US and globally. The House of Overcome, founded by Vericia Miller, is a safe sp…
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How to Manage and Lead a State-Level Maternal and Child Health Program with Karen Trierweiler, the former Director of the Maternal and Child Health Division for the State of Colorado
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In the United States, the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program provides support to all mothers, children and youth, including children and youth with special health care needs, and their families. The mission of Title V MCH is to improve the health and well-being of mothers, infants, children, and youth, including children and youth with…
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Prescribing Home-Cooking and Lifestyle Medicine to Prevent, Treat, and Manage Diseases with Dr. Rani Polak, Harvard Director of Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching Program
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“Let food be thy medicine” - Hippocrates, the Greek founder of western medicine. In this episode, you will learn the art and science of using food as medicine, and how doctors can prescribe home-cooking and lifestyle changes to prevent, treat and manage disease from our guest speak, Dr. Rani Polak. If you’re interested in pursuing a career in lifes…
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Get to Know Your Human Resources (HR) Department to Better Position Yourself Inside and Outside of Your Organization with Manny Lara
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When was the last time you visit your Human Resources (HR) Department beside the hiring process? There are many ways to optimize your professional development to improve your productivity at work by optimizing the application of your benefits at your HR department. In this episode, Manny Lara, a HR Specialist, will demystify the HR benefits and how…
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Why Effective Team Building is Important in Public Health with Director of Strategy and Performance Gina Febbraro, MPH
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Why is team building important to boost overall performance management in a public health organization? In this episode, you will get real-world tips about creating effective teams, and why strategy and performance management are keys to public health implementation success. Sometimes, we can be so passionate about our causes that we lose sight wha…
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Discover the Impact of Public Health Genetics Services For You and Your Families with Dr. Mat Edick
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Get Ready for Public Health Genetics Week May 26-29, 2020! In this episode, Dr. Mat Edick will share how he pivoted his career as a scientist into the public health arena. He will tell us more about the Public Health Genetics Week which the last week of May 26-29, 2020. What purpose of the public health week? What is public health genetics services…
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Boost Your Physical and Emotional Health with a Harvard Clinical Psychologist Dr. Samantha Meints
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The month of May is Mental Health Awareness. In this episode, Dr. Samantha Meints, who is a licensed clinical psychologist, will share her career path as a clinical psychologist and tell us how the body and mind react to the physiological and psychological pain and stress and how does stress impact our immune system. She will share timeless tips on…
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What We Can Learn from Poland on the Coronavirus with Dr. Dominika Dulak
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In this episode, you will get a glimpse of how the healthcare system in other country are handling the coronavirus and what we can learn from Poland. Dr. Dominika Dulak will share her insights on the how the government is handling the coronavirus and her message to all of us: They stay at work, so we can stay at Home. Dr. Dominika Dulak, who is a m…
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Get All Your Medical Records & Track Your Health All In One Place with Health Vector APP with CEO Dan Mirica
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Health Vector APP - Get your medical records, track your habits, and assess your pain management all in one place. Let's Health Vector be your 'guide' to your best health on your own personal map! In this epsiode, Dan Mirica, the CEO of the Health Vector App, will discuss this company Health app called the Health Vector which is an application to h…
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What is Involved in a Planned Home Birth with a Midwife? with Katie Krebs, MPH
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If you’re pregnant and you want to personalize the birth of your child by having a home delivery then in this epsdioe, Katie Krebs, who is the Executive Director of Birthwise Midwifery School in Maine, will discuss the roles of midwives and doulas and how they use a holistic approach to prenatal care, during pregnancy, and post-pregnancy. She will …
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Storytelling with Data: Lessons Learned from the Hungarian Father of Hand Washing, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
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Today, is May 5, 2020, and The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared May 5th every year as the “ Save Lives: Clean Your Hands” Day. It is the day that we must give thanks to nurses, midwives, and Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis known as the Father of Hand-Washing and Savior of Mothers, Who? Who is Dr. Semmelweis? Let me tell you a story about Dr. Ignaz…
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Aging on Immunity and How Your Immune System Responds to Infections with Dr. Kerry Russell, MD, PhD (Coronavirus COVID19 Series)
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How does our immune system respond to infections? Dr. Kerry Russell who received her MD and PhD with a research focus in molecular oncology, which is a study of cancer biology, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas. During her postdoctoral training, she studied cardiovascular biology at Yale University School of Medicine and then served as a facult…
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FAQs on the Epidemiology of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) with Epidemiologist Dr. Giovanni Filardo (Coronavirus COVID19 series)
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"Without data, all you have are opinions" - Dr. Giovanni Filardo, MPH, PhD What do statistical models really tell us about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19)? In this episode, on April 9, 2020, I interviewed Dr. Filardo who went over our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the epidemiology of coronavirus (COVID19). He will share with us his l…
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Prescribing Parks as Medicine for a Happier, Healthier Life with Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer (Coronavirus COVID19 Series)
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You will learn why walking outside at the park, playing outside in green space with your children and just being outside for ten minutes and taking that nice deep breath of fresh air can help you live longer, protect your eyesight from blindness, and boost your immune responses. Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer will show us why doctors need to start prescri…
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Be Your Own Therapist in the Time of Corona with Dr. Hersch Knapp (Coronavirus COVID19 series)
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"Find things and people that you’re grateful for" - Dr. Hersch Knapp Dr. Hersch Knapp has background in clinical and trauma psychology and he will share with effective quarantine coping during the coronavirus pandemic. He’ll go over how to manage our time, improve our emotional health and tips on schooling. This episode will cover how you can: 1. M…
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Higher Ed Leadership on Coping with the Coronavirus with College President Michael Torrence (Coronavirus COVID19 Series)
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Can Colleges Survive after the Coronavirus Pandemic? Providing education is a critical arm in the public health system so society can move forward in the discovery, the development and the application of knowledge for the greater goods. If you are currently listening to the episode, it is late March 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic has changed our…
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Should I Stay or Go Now Without Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Coronavirus COVID19 Series)
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Would we send our troops into war without guns, shields and protective gears? No. Then, why is it "okay" to send our healthcare workers into the battlefield against the coronavirus without proper personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and gloves? This episode is a honest conversation with a health worker who is very concerned for her saf…
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What We Can Learn from Italy on Coronavirus with Dr. Sara Principi (Coronavirus COVID19 Series)
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Do you have family and friends aboard who are facing uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic? Sara Principi, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher who will share how her family and friends are coping with the situation in Italy and we can learn from them. Sara is from Italy and graduated in Biomedical Engineering in 2011 and then moved to Spain for he…
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Learn to Read Statistics Without Math with Dr. Hersch Knapp
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Statistics is the universal language. If you have a fear of math and stats, but you know it is important for your work and you need to know for your job promotion, then listen on to learn five statistic commonly used in public health and healthcare. At the end of this episode, you have a better of the why statisitc is important and you’ll be able t…
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A Story of a Virus, Faith, and Hope That Saved His Life with John Haverty
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"Never Give Up on Your Life" - John Haverty. John Haverty is a chef, a family man, a patient who was battling a stubborn bacterial infection in his leg for over 10 years. He wasn’t able to walk and put both feet on the ground for over 10 year. Doctors at Mayo Clinic were about to amputate John's leg as the last resort until a virus (called Phage Th…
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How to Test, Prevent, and Treat Coronavirus (COVID19) with Dr. Kee Chan (Coronavirus COVID19 Series)
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With Dr. Kee Chan's background in public health, management, and infectious disease epidemiology, Dr. Chan has been asked to share her thoughts on the coronavirus. This is what Dr. Chan knows so far and here are her responses to following questions. Visit her website at https://keechanphd.com If you have questions for her, please connect with her: …
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Lessons Learned from Public Health Practice with Richard Sewell
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You will learn the roles of local, state and governmental department in public health. We will specifically discuss the roles of infectious disease management, especially in handling the coronavirus outbreak, and what you can do to prevent infections. Richard Sewell has a long history of involvement in health and human services policy formulation, …
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Top 20 Emerging Careers in Public Health with Dr. Kee Chan
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Are you ready to explore a career that impact the lives of community? Do you want to improve population health and public health? Based on her research and discussions with colleagues in the field of public health, Dr. Kee Chan will highlight the top 20 emerging careers in public health. Dr. Chan will share a brief job description, the education/wo…
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Introducing the “What is Public Health” Podcast
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This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your bes…
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