Humans in Public Health

Series produced by Brown University School of Public Health

Caption: Host Megan Hall MPH'15 in the studio
Host Megan Hall MPH'15 in the studio 

From Brown University School of Public Health, a series that explores topics ranging from noise pollution to pandemic preparedness.

Humans in Public Health is a series that explores topics from around the public health space, with perspectives from faculty, researchers, and students at Brown University School of Public Health. The series draws on the vast experience and knowledge of their experts in areas such as epidemiology, substance use disorder, firearm injury, misinformation, and much more.


24 Pieces

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Brown’s new Center for Health System Sustainability (CHeSS), led by Professor Irene Papanicolas, aims to standardize data from across global health...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 10:45
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MPH student Rosemelly Jimenez Medal comes from a family of truckers—her father has worked as a short-haul trucker for over 25 years. The cab of a c...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 14:37
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Liz Tobin-Tyler is a public health lawyer. She works on reproductive rights, maternal and child health, domestic violence and poverty—and the healt...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 14:44
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Emergency doctors Craig Spencer and Adam Levine, veterans of public health disasters across the globe, join host Megan Hall to explain how this kin...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 14:49
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We all understand the dangers of smoking—but the debate over vapes, nicotine pouches and other tobacco alternatives rages on: Can vaping really sav...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 12:10
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Professor Eric Loucks, director of Brown's Mindfulness Center, joins host Megan Hall to discuss how practicing mindfulness can have measurable, pos...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 13:24
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How do we avoid total societal shutdown during a pandemic? Professor Mark Lurie believes the key lies in understanding how social mixing and human ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 08:15
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To kick off the School of Public Health’s ten year anniversary celebration, Megan sits down with Dean Ashish Jha.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:40
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Behavioral economics is a field that combines psychology and economics. It acknowledges that humans are not rational decision makers and may need “...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 11:54
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Parents know how difficult it can be to navigate healthy eating with their kids — in a world of delicious options, how can we encourage our childre...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 11:25
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Professors Chan and Goedel join host Megan Hall to discuss the 2022 mpox response, its impact on the LGBTQ+ community and the current landscape sur...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 09:46
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Learn the upsides, downsides and incentives that guide these Medicare Advantage plans, and how reforming them could save taxpayers billions of doll...

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  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The show hits the road with CODAC Behavioral Healthcare's mobile unit as it aims to move the needle on America's overdose crisis.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 08:18
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How do we address the fear and worry that grips us, especially during times of uncertainty?

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Emergency physician and epidemiologist Dr. Craig Spencer discusses overcoming Ebola and working in NYC during the COVID pandemic.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 1
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New professor of the practice of health services, policy and practice, Claire Wardle, is not a health professional. She is, however, considered one...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Erica Walker, new assistant professor of epidemiology, studies noise pollution and its effects on health.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Megan Hall speaks to Jennifer Nuzzo, new professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health, about Brown’s new Center for Pandemic Preparedne...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 13:02
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Megan Hall (MPH'15) speaks to Rosemarie Martin, associate professor of behavioral and social sciences, and others about the MAT program's life-savi...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 10:47
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Host Megan Hall discusses race and genetics with Lorin Crawford, assistant professor of Biostatistics at the Brown School of Public Health.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 07:27