Public Health Review Morning Edition

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President, Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lindsay Weaver of Indiana, Dr. James McDonald of New York, and Dr. Ralph Alvarado of Tennessee, share more from Tuesday's deskside briefing on the impact of Nutrition on Chronic Disease; Kelly Dougherty, Deputy Commissioner at the Vermont Department of Health, explains how the state's public health strategies reduced opioid overdose deaths; and an ASTHO Blog Article shows that states across the country are reassessing vaccine policy and public health powers due to legislative changes that impact public health authority and access to vaccines. Vermont Department of Health: Deaths from Opioid Overdose Declined Significantly in 2024 ASTHO Blog Article: States Reassessing Vaccine Policy and Public Health Powers ASTHO Web Page: STAR Center

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President, Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lindsay Weaver of Indiana, Dr. James McDonald of New York, and Dr. Ralph Alvarado of Tennessee, held a deskside briefing on the impact of Nutrition on Chronic Disease; Catherine Jones, Senior Analyst of Government Affairs at ASTHO, shares some of the biggest takeaways from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recent budget hearings; ASTHO's 2025 Executive Leadership Forum Annual meeting is happening now; and publichealthcareers.org can help public health teams in the hiring process. ASTHO Federal Health Policy Update: HHS Budget Hearings Chart New Direction for Public Health ASTHO Public Health Review Morning Edition Public Health Careers

Beth Giambrone, Senior Analyst at ASTHO, discusses her role on the State Health Policy team in this installment of the "Get to Know ASTHO" segment; Dr. Rose Molina, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, shares public health strategies that can help reduce the rate of pregnancy-related deaths; and ASTHO will host a desk-side media briefing at 10:30 a.m. ET on the Impact of Nutrition on Chronic Disease. ASTHO Web Page: State Health Policy JAMA Network Web Page: Pregnancy-Related Deaths in the US, 2018-2022 ASTHO Web Page: Subscribe to Public Health Weekly

Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President and State Health Officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health, discusses takeaways from the most recent ASTHO Board of Directors meeting; Alex Kurutz, dialysis epidemiologist for the Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program at the Tennessee Department of Health, shares how the state created an educational program to help dialysis facilities strengthen infection prevention; Dr. Manisha Juthani, ASTHO's President-Elect, and Anne Zink, ASTHO's Past President, served on a panel at the Yale Innovation Summit to discuss how state and local leaders can advance public health and health innovation in today's political landscape; and stay up to date on all things public health by subscribing to this newscast. ASTHO Web Page: Board of Directors ASTHO Blog: Tennessee Partners with Dialysis Facilities to Strengthen Infection Prevention Yale School of Public Health: Public health needs to find its way through "the in-between" ASTHO Web Page: Subscribe to Public Health Review Morning Edition

Dr. Nicole Magnuson, Director of the Live Well Center for Innovation and Leadership, discusses how the academic practice partnership between San Diego County and San Diego State University strengthens their ability to serve the community; Valerie Henderson, Senior Analyst at ASTHO, explains how ASTHO's STRETCH 2.0 Initiative brought state and community health leaders together to create strategies for community-centered work; highlights from ASTHO's INSPIRE: Readiness webinar on AI-Enabled Community-Inclusive Preparedness are now available; and sign up for ASTHO's legislative alerts to receive notifications of any changes to legislation affecting public health. ASTHO Blog: San Diego Academic Health Partnership Strengthens Service During COVID-19 and Beyond Live Well San Diego Web Page ASTHO Blog Article: STRETCH Events Support Sustainable Partnerships and Community Engagement ASTHO Web Page: Highlights from INSPIRE: Readiness - Navigating AI-Enabled Community-Inclusive Preparedness ASTHO Web Page: Subscribe

Lillian Colasurdo, ASTHO's Director of Public Health Law and Data Sharing, is featured in ASTHO's Get To Know You Segment; Lesley Wolf, Director of Programming with Envision, discusses how their new CHW Financial Sustainability Toolkit can help public health programs fund the work of Community Health Workers; and ASTHO is hosting an INSPIRE Readiness Webinar on Thursday, July 10th, about communicating with data during infectious disease emergencies. ASTHO Web Page: State Health Policy ASTHO Web Page: 2025 Legislative Prospectus Series Envision CHW Financial Sustainability Toolkit ASTHO Webinar: INSPIRE Readiness: Communicating About Data and Surveillance During Infectious Disease Emergencies ASTHO LinkedIn Profile ASTHO X Profile ASTHO Facebook Profile

Dr. James McDonald, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, explains how the Public Health Infrastructure Grant strengthens the state's public health workforce. PHIG Partners Web Page PHIG Newsletter

Truc Taylor, Director of Health Data Analytics at Guidehouse, a founding member of ASTHO's Innovation Advisory Council, which is a new multisector collaborative of private sector partners to help ASTHO's membership and leadership stay informed and nimble on emerging topics affecting public health, walks public health leaders through best approaches to AI. Guidehouse: The State of GenAI Report 2024 ASTHO Web Page: Innovation Advisory Council

Dr. Anna-Michelle McSorley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut, details the findings of her recent study on quality of life indicators in three U.S. territories and explains the importance of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Christina Severin, Director of Public Health Law at ASTHO, discusses her role on the State Health Policy team in this installment of the Get to Know You segment; ASTHO welcomes new member Dr. John Langefeld, Medical Director for the Kentucky Department for Public Health; the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory received the Excellence in Public Health Response award for a significant contribution to the CDC; and registration is open for the second installment in ASTHO's Essentials of Leadership and Management Series, with the first workshop on strategic communications taking place July 9th. Study: Health-Related Quality of Life in the US Territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands ASTHO State Health Policy ASTHO's Public Health Legal Mapping Center PHIG Partners: PHIG Infrastructure Grant John Langefeld, MD Vermont Department of Health Public Health Laboratory CDC Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats ASTHO Workshop: Ignite, Accelerate, and Activate: Series 2, Session 1: Navigating Difficult Conversations

Dr. Jim McDonald, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, discusses the State's Heat Risk and Illness Dashboard and how it can reduce heat related injury; Dr. Tara Kirk Sell, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, previews public health communications topics that will be covered in ASTHO's INSPIRE Readiness webinar today, Thursday, June 12 at 2 p.m. ET; the Texas Department of State Health Services is leading an initiative to strengthen collaboration between public health and academic health departments; and ASTHO member Dr. Ralph Alvarado, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, was a panelist at the Age-Friendly Ecosystem Summit, where he discussed the importance of effective public health messaging. New York State Department of Health Heat Risk and Illness Dashboard News Release: New York State Department of Health Launches Interactive Heat Risk and Illness Dashboard ASTHO Webinar: INSPIRE: Readiness - Tackling Public Health Communication Conundrums: Rumors and Public Trust ASTHO Blog: Public Health and Academic Leaders Unite Through Texas Consortium Trust for America's Health and John A. Harford Foundation: The Age-Friendly Ecosystem Summit