The National Public Health Information Coalition’s podcast series, Public Health Speaks, provides information regarding the latest public health topics.
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Voices From the Field - Syphilis During Pregnancy: The Role of Public Health Communication in Prevention
Recorded live at the 2025 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media (NCHCMM) in Atlanta, this episode of Public Health Speaks features Michael McNair of the New York State Department of Health’s Office of Sexual Health and Epidemiology. McNair discusses his campaign, Syphilis in Pregnancy: The Role of Public Health Communication in Prevention, developed in response to rising congenital syphilis rates in New York and across the U.S. He explains how the initiative refram...
26 Jan 2026
Voices from the Field – Public Health Speaks Podcast: Empathy, Autonomy, and the Future of Health Communication
Recorded during the 2025 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media (NCHCMM) in Atlanta, NPHIC’s Public Health Speaks podcast continues its Voices from the Field series with a thoughtful and timely conversation on health autonomy, motivation, and the role of artificial intelligence in public health communication. In this episode, NPHIC is joined by Amelia Burke-Garcia, PhD, a longtime health communicator and Director of the Center for Health Communication Science at NOR...
13 Jan 2026
Sharing to Survive: Building Resilient Health Communication Research Networks though AI-Powered Collaboration
What if the key to surviving today’s toughest public health challenges is learning how and when to share smarter? In this Voices from the Field episode, Dr. Kristen Swain, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Mississippi, explores how emerging AI tools can transform the way health communication researchers connect, collaborate, and problem-solve. In this changing public health landscape, Dr. Swain makes a compelling case for using AI to break down silos, accelerate kn...
20 Oct 2025
Voices From the Field: Former NFL Stars and CDC Gear-Up Against Cancer
This special edition of Public Health Speaks (Voices From the Field) kicks off with a compelling discussion on the partnership between the National Football League Alumni Association (NFL Alumni) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in their “Gear Up Against Cancer” campaign. This national initiative aims to raise awareness about the impact of colorectal cancer and the importance of early detection. Listen as representatives of this unique alliance, including former ...
21 Dec 2022
Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Local Public Health Perspective
Check out the new podcast episode featuring local NPHIC member, Meredith Li-Vollmer, Ph.D, a risk communication specialist for Public Health Seattle and King County, Washington. Dr. Vollmer provides insights on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic from a local public health perspective and how polling data from the Harvard Opinion public surveys, helped them develop their communication strategies and rebuild trust.
5 Dec 2022
How Immunization Managers and Public Information Officers can Collaborate to Improve Immunization Policy Outcomes
Olivia Biggs, of the National Public Health Information Coalition, discusses how Immunization Managers and Public Information Officers can Collaborate to Improve Immunization Policy Outcomes, as the pandemic winds down. We’ll hear from Brent Ewig, Chief Policy and Government Relations Officer, who monitors the immunization policy landscape and develops resources to support the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) members engaging in effective policy development.
8 Apr 2022
The Changing Landscape of Public Health Communication: Moving Forward and Learning from the Pandemic.
Richard Quartarone, a health communicator in the Immunization Services Division at the CDC, joins the show to discuss the changing landscape of public health communication in the pandemic environment. He also addresses the role vaccine demand strategists play in helping to strengthen public health communications and build public trust in our nation’s immunization efforts.
17 Feb 2022
Insights from a Public Health Communications Professional in America’s Heartland
Longtime NPHIC member Phil Rooney joins the show to discuss the unique communication challenges COVID-19 presents in the nation’s heartland. Rooney, a resource specialist with the Douglas County Health Department in Omaha, Nebraska, is also a former news journalist and was most recently awarded the Nebraska Public Relations Society of America’s Professional of the Year Award. Rooney reflects on his years of experience as a professional communicator and shares some important lesson...
4 Jan 2022
The Evolving Pandemic – A National Perspective on the Effectiveness of Our Public Health Response
Joining me today is Dr. Marcus Plescia, Chief Medical Officer at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Dr. Plescia provides medical leadership and expertise across the agency and helps coordinate ASTHO’s work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and each of its other affiliated partners.
9 Nov 2021
Public Health Communications Collaborative: Amplifying COVID-19 Public Health Messaging
In this episode, we sit down with an experienced communications strategist to discuss her role in leading an important initiative that brings together key partners in coordinating and amplifying public health messaging on COVID-19. Guest: Rhea Farberman Director of Strategic Communications and Policy Research Trust for America’s Health.
19 Oct 2021
Designing Social Marketing Strategies to Increase Vaccine Uptake and Change Behaviors
In this episode, we talk with an architect and designer of public health and social change programs who blends empirical research and consumer experience to engage people’s imagination and passions in the design and implementation of marketing and communication programs that improve health.
28 Sept 2021
Journalists and PIOs Forge Important Alliance in Protecting the Public's Health
In this episode, we sit down with a public health communications professional to discuss how public information officers and journalists have forged important partnerships during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will examine their respective points of view in providing critical messaging during a crisis and learn how both sides rely on each other to overcome the unprecedented challenges this pandemic has presented.
10 Aug 2021
Aligning Public Health Communications and Immunization Programs for Greater Success
In this episode we talk with Monife Stout, Director of the Territorial Immunization Program for the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health. We will discuss the important alliance between public health communicators and immunization professionals and ways we can work more effectively together.
26 Jul 2021
The Pandemic Response: How a Veteran Health Communicator, Former Journalist Sees It
In this episode, we talk with Dan Rutz, a veteran public health communications professional and former CNN medical contributor. Dan gives his candid thoughts and perspectives on the impact of the global pandemic, the effectiveness of our nation's COVID-19 public health interventions, and the ways in which public health communicators and other professionals can prepare for future public health threats.
28 Jun 2021
Tips to Help Public Health Professionals Cope with Stress, Fatigue, Burnout During a Pandemic Response
In this episode, we talk with licensed clinical psychologist Tammy McCoy–Arballo about the physical, emotional, and psychological toll this prolonged pandemic response has taken on public health professionals. Listen as she offers her thoughts on practical ways to achieve work- life balance and provides professional advice on ways to protect your physical, emotional and mental well-being.
7 Jun 2021
Risk Communication in the Age of COVID-19: Part 2
In this second of a two-part episode, we peek into the trenches of the COVID-19 response with a communications professional who leads the state of Minnesota's public health messaging efforts. His unique insight into the challenges presented by this pandemic brings into clear focus what is needed to build resiliency in our public health messaging efforts and to ensure future crises and emergency risk communications success. Host: Robert L. Jennings &nbs...
26 May 2021
Risk Communication in the Age of COVID-19: Part 1
In this first of a two-part episode, we look at how well the nation's COVID-19 health messaging is being received by the public and delve into some of the barriers and opportunities to building and maintaining public trust. We also examine how well the Crises and Emergency Risk Communication principles have held up under the intense pressures of the COVID-19 response. Host: Robert L. Jennings Executive Direction National Publi...
19 May 2020
The Challenge of COVID-19 Messaging in Communities of Color: Exploring Strategies for Success
It is now widely known that communities of color are being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and African American communities are being hit particularly hard. In this inaugural edition of the National Public Health Information Coalition's podcast series, Public Health Speaks, we will try to understand the reasons behind the higher rates of infections in communities of color, and explore ways in which to break-through the misinformation and provide science-based and cultura...
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