view article - Utibe R. Essien 09.30.2022 view article - Utibe R. Essien Health Equity Utibe R. Essien Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and a general internist and health disparities researcher at the VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. Fellow Abby Outterson
view article - Emile DeWeaver 09.23.2022 view article - Emile DeWeaver Health Equity Incarceration Emile DeWeaver Emile DeWeaver is an activist and author whose life sentence was commuted after 21 years for his community work in prison. The co-founder of Prison Renaissance, DeWeaver also covertly organized to pass legislation that changed the way California treats juveniles in its criminal legal system while in prison. Fellow Hannah Tremont
view article - Heidi Porter 09.21.2022 view article - Heidi Porter Health Equity Heidi Porter Heidi Porter is a local public health director who is used to getting calls for the unusual and the mundane. She delivers public health services in Bedford, Mass., from a broad, whole health perspective, relying on a multidisciplinary health and human services team. Editor Teresa Wood Kett
view article - Marcella Alsan and Crystal Yang 07.08.2022 view article - Marcella Alsan and Crystal Yang Health Equity Incarceration Marcella Alsan and Crystal Yang Crystal Yang and Marcella Alsan are researching healthcare accreditation in correctional facilities. Fellow Abby Outterson
view article - Jacqueline Ayers 06.29.2022 view article - Jacqueline Ayers Sexual & Reproductive Health Abortion Jacqueline Ayers Jacqueline Ayers, Senior Vice President for Policy, Campaigns, and Advocacy for Planned Parenthood, has worked as a lobbyist and advocate to improve health care for over sixteen years. Fellow Connor McCombs
view article - Bella Blue 06.28.2022 view article - Bella Blue Sexual & Reproductive Health Sex and Sexuality Bella Blue Public Health Post talks with Bella Blue, a New Orleans sex worker, about the experiences she’s had working in the sex industry for the past 15 years. Fellow Bethany Hallenborg
view article - Michael Cox and Rayna Danis 06.14.2022 view article - Michael Cox and Rayna Danis Health Equity Policy Michael Cox and Rayna Danis PHP talks with Michael Cox, executive director of Black and Pink Massachusetts and Rayna Danis, a 2021 Getting to Zero Coalition Activist Academy Fellow, to discuss the movement to decriminalize sex work in Massachusetts. Fellow Hannah Tremont
view article - Israel Del Toro 05.18.2022 view article - Israel Del Toro Environment Climate Change Israel Del Toro Israel Del Toro talks with PHP about how No Mow May helps bees, why bees are important for public health, and other ways to actively conserve pollinators. Fellow Barbara Espinosa
view article - Jayne Smith 05.06.2022 view article - Jayne Smith Health Equity Jayne Smith Jayne Smith has made small-town public health her career. Editor Teresa Wood Kett