Episode 10 - Paul Rothman

Episode 14: Georges Benjamin Returns

We're very happy to welcome back Dr. Georges Benjamin to the podcast. Dr. Benjamin is an influential physician leader and the Chief Executive Officer of the American Public Health Association (APHA). In this episode, Dr. Benjamin joins us again to discuss public health leadership, communication, and public trust in the context of difficult political and societal headwinds.

Episode 13 - Debra Houry

It was an honor to host Dr. Debra Houry for this episode! Dr. Houry is the former Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a public health-trained physician, and national leader in public health. An important voice in public health strategy and resilience, the conversation with Dr. Houry was informative and enlightening. The views and opinions expressed are strictly our own, the sources we utilize, or those of our invited guests or callers, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Case Western Reserve University, the School of Medicine, its staff, faculty, or students.

Episode 12 - Paul Offit

We're back! We're excited to relaunch the Look Around You: Public Health Matters podcast. In this episode, our students talk with Paul Offit, MD - Director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. They discuss all things vaccines, the state of public health in the US in 2025, and how the field can persevere in an era of mistrust and disinformation. The views and opinions expressed are strictly our own, the sources we utilize, or those of our invited guests or callers, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Case Western Reserve University, the School of Medicine, its staff, faculty or students.

Episode 11 - Lisa Pino

In this episode, we sit down with Lisa Pino, JD - Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. We talk health policy and the role of civil rights in policy development, embarking on a career in public service as public health professionals, and the importance of doing what we do in public health with integrity. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed this conversation!

Episode 10 - Paul Rothman

We sit down with Dr. Paul Rothman, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to talk about the intersection of public health and medicine, educating the next generation of providers, and the highlights of a long career in the field. Above all, we're reminded of some public health marching orders: to be kind.