produced by: Boston University School of Public Health
Season 5 Episode 1
New host of PHPod, Abby Varker, speaks with experts about the current health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the U.S., touching on gender-affirming care, minor consent laws, substance use, and harm reduction techniques. They also discuss the possible strategies to enable LGBTQ+ people to live healthier lives in the future.
PHPod host Abby Varker explores how public transportation can be a mode of public health improvement with Jed Paul, physician and social media influencer (@jeddeo1), and Jonathan Buonocore, assistant professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health.
Season 5 Episode 2
PHPod sits down with Kat O’Hare, a part-time therapist at Mass Bay Counseling and a tattoo artist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to discuss tattooing as a practice of body reclamation, the importance of trauma-informed care in this work, and how O'Hare brings patience and empathy to her work to create empowering experiences for her clients.
Season 4 Episode 7
PHPod sits down with new fellows, Lia Musumeci, Heather Sherr, Jude Sleiman, Abby Varker, and Dani Weissert, to discuss health communications and their public health interests going into their year-long fellowships with Public Health Post.
Season 4 Episode 6
