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Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, May 22, 2020
One of the world’s leading experts on online misinformation, media editor for BuzzFeed News, Craig Silverman joins the podcast this week with tips on finding credible sources.
Tags: public health, podcast, covid-19, coronavirus, Journalism, sources, communication, science communication
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
COVID-19 is creating a financial crisis for families — including the inability to pay basic bills like mortgage or rent, car payments, and utility bills — which only adds to the global health emergency.
Tags: public health, podcast, covid-19, coronavirus, financial crisis, housing, eviction
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
On this week's Healthy You podcast, host Frank Sesno speaks with Professor of Physics Neil Johnson about the online landscape between anti-vaccine and pro-vaccine groups.
Tags: public health, podcast, covid-19, coronavirus, communication, science communication, vaccine
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
When will we climb out of our COVID caves? It all depends on vaccine distribution. West Virginia's Krista Capehart, who helped with the state's distribution plan, discusses lessons learned and strategy.
Tags: public health, pandemic, podcast, covid-19, vaccines
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, talks about how hospitals around the U.S. have been impacted financially by the pandemic and why it's important to "follow the science."
Tags: public health, podcast, covid-19, coronavirus, communicating science, Hospital, financial crisis
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, January 22, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenging time for all of us, but for none more than people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Tags: public health, covid-19, pandemic, podcast, coronavirus
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Thursday, January 07, 2021
Dr. David Broniatowski, the Associate Director of the George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, shares his research on the misinformation and disinformation around COVID.
Tags: public health, podcast, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, vaccine
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, May 15, 2020
Dr. James Phillips, chief of disaster and operational medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences discusses the reality of reopening the country without widespread testing available.
Tags: public health, covid-19, coronavirus, mental health, Environment, sustainability, pandemic, podcast
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Jon Andrus, a University of Colorado and George Washington University adjunct professor in global health and an expert in vaccinology, shares when we can expect a vaccine and why our lives will never "go back to normal."
Tags: public health, podcast, covid-19, coronavirus, vaccine, schools, education
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, May 29, 2020
On this week's Healthy You podcast, host Frank Sesno speaks with Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of the D.C. Department of Health. She shares why D.C.'s location makes reopening more complex than other jurisdictions.