The Athens Frontline

Flu Season

In our November episode, host Alander Rocha sits down with Missy Jackson, director of nursing at the University Health Center at UGA, to discuss the flu season and how to stay healthy during the upcoming holidays.

Opioid Crisis

In our October episode, host Alander Rocha sits down with Grace Walton, news contributor and UGA freshman, to discuss her reporting on the opioid crisis in Athens. Walton shares what the community is doing to combat the epidemic and its challenges to accessing treatment in a time of increasing opioid use.

Debunking Monkey Pox

In our season two premiere, health editor and host Alander Rocha sits down with Jeff Hogan, professor of infectious diseases at UGA's Animal Health Research Center, to discuss everything you need to know about the monkeypox virus. Hogan shares his expertise on the monkeypox virus, the vaccine, and whether we can call it an STD or not.

Health Insurance

In our last content episode of the season, host Simran Kaur Malhotra speaks with Donald Lloyd, a triple dawg and part-time associate professor in health policy and management at the University of Georgia. Together, Simran and Lloyd discuss the status of America’s health insurance, access to affordable healthcare, and differences in insurance plans.

Food is Medicine

In our fourteenth episode, host Simran Kaur Malhotra speaks with Robin Buell, who joined the University of Georgia in 2021 as the Georgia Research Alliance eminent scholar chair in Crop Genomics in the Department of Crop & Soil Sciences and the Center for Applied Genetic Technologies. Together, Simran and Buell discuss modified plants, healthy foods and how food is medicine.