PHPod Archives

02.28.2025 Illustration of world map with tuberculosis bacteria overlayed across it

Talking Tuberculosis

PHPod speaks with Leonardo Martinez, a global health researcher, to explore the historical and epidemiological complexities of TB.

Fellow Abby Varker

02.14.2025

Dry Beyond January

PHPod sits down with experts to discuss alcohol use in the U.S. and initiatives to promote healthy drinking habits amidst social pressures.

Fellow Abby Varker

11.27.2024 illustration of a man's head with icons and swirling lines around him, as well as a man climbing a ladder. men's mental health concept

From Facial Hair to Mental Care: Tackling the Crisis of Men’s Mental Health

PHPod sits down with Krista Fisher, a research fellow at the Movember Institute, to discuss the influence of toxic masculinity, intersectionality, and engagement in online spaces on men’s mental health outcomes.

Fellow Abby Varker

11.05.2024 Illustration of a building with two sides: a hospital and the State House. intersection of public health and politics concept

A Healthy Democracy

PHPod sits down with Matt Motta, assistant professor of health law, policy & management at Boston University School of Public Health, and Marjorie Decker, Massachusetts State Representative and Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health, to discuss the role public health plays in our elections.

Fellow Abby Varker

09.27.2024 illustration of football athletes going head-to-head in a game

Brain Blitz: Fumbling the Health of Our Athletes

PHPod speaks with Drs. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva, authors of the book "The End of College Football" and co-hosts of The End of Sport podcast, to explore the intersection of football, athlete safety, and public health.

Fellow Abby Varker

08.30.2024 Illustration of public transit traveling through the outskirts of a city

Fueling the Route to Public Health

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.

Fellow Abby Varker

06.28.2024 A hand-drawn illustration of five young, diverse, queer individuals in front of a brick wall with a purple haze of smoke surrounding them

The Lavender Haze: Enabling a Healthy Queer Future

PHPod sits down with Kim Nelson, associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, and Joanne Patterson, a behavioral scientist at Ohio State University, to discuss the current health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the United States.

Fellow Abby Varker

04.26.2024 illustration of healing hands with tattoo-related artwork in the background, included a butterfly, flowers, and leafy vines

Artful Healing: The Intersection of Tattoo Artistry and Trauma-Informed Care

PHPod sits down with Kat O'Hare, a therapist and tattoo artist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to discuss tattoo artistry as a practice of body reclamation and healing.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

03.29.2024 group photo of 2024 PHP fellows, (from left: Abby Varker, Lia Musumeci [back], Heather Sherr, Dani Weissert [back], Jude Sleiman)

Health Equity

Meet the 2024 Public Health Post Fellows

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 PHP.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

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