What is Public Health with Dr. Kee Chan

How can I get and stay physically fit while staying indoor because of the Coronavirus Pandemic and/or because the weather is getting chilly, wet and snowy?  In this episode, you’ll learn very easy to implement tips to get and stay physically fit while staying indoors because of the cornovairsu pandemic or because the weather is getting cooler, wet, or snowy wherever you are.   Coach Andy and Mary Boimila will break down the different ways you can use simple tools and exercise with no equipments to get fit at home.  If you’re ready to have a makeover, and use this time staying home during this year 2020 as an opportunity to get physically fit and energized for the next year 2021, then, stay tune and listen on … Andy and Mary Boimila, a husband and wife team. They are owners and head coaches at Tradewinds Health and Fitness. Coach Andy grew up in traditional martial arts and uses that rigor and discipline in his CrossFit training. The more technical the movement, the better, with his specialty being the olympic lifts, especially the snatch.Coach Mary started her fitness journey playing team sports in soccer, cheerleading, and track & field. During college she was introduced to yoga and continues to practice . Mary recently received her Masters in Business Administration. Now she is often found working on her handstand walk and thinking up new ways to get people to smile. Learn more about their fitness and coaching program at https://www.crossfittradewinds.com/fitness/

- Why did people buy up all the toilet papers at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic? then the hand sanitizers, and then face masks?  

- How does chaos impact our sound decision-making?  

- Can we learn to make better decisions with money when we panic? 

To understand how our behavior influence what we do with our wallet, in this episode, you’ll learn why we buy what we buy, when we buy it and how we buy it. Remember at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, where all the toilet paper were one of the first commodity to be all bought up by the Masses? How does panic impact our decision-making and what we do with our wallet? You’ll learn easy to apply theory and concept based on behavioral economics and how these concepts can be applied to your personal and professional life. You can learn to pivot your business so it will survive and thrive during these uncertain times. If you’re ready to be a smarter and savvy consumer in midst of any chaos, then stay tune and listen on.

Our podcast guest speaker is Pei-Ying Chua who has a background in data science, economics, and neuroscience. Her experiences range across behavioral insights, data analytics for policy-making, and economic analysis. In particular, she is well-versed in communicating and working with stakeholders from multiple different domains. In her spare time, she enjoys writing about obscure concepts in more relatable ways. She holds combined BSc in Vision Science and Neuroscience from the University of Melbourne, an MPhil in Neuroscience from Cambridge, and an MA in Management from Harvard. She writes a newsletter for Linkedin and is the author of the book called “One-Minute Theorems” .

Connect with her on LinkedIn and subscribe to her LinkedIn Newsletter at Pei Ying Chua

- Are you putting a bandage to your illness, fatigue and physical exhaustion?
- Do you rather know the root cause of your illness so you can live a life with ease without “dis-ease”?
- Perhaps it is the time to explore lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine, and functional medicine, a whole-person approach to health and wellness .

In this episode, you’ll learn what defines functional medicine and lifestyle from Dr. Mullen. 
She will share health topics on addressing: 
1. gut health
2. hormone imbalance
3. adrenal fatigue
4. fertility
5. men’s health. 

Are you ready to explore a different way to look at your own health?

Stay tune and listen on.  Dr. Tiffany Mullen is the CEO and Co-founder of Vytal Health, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based telemedicine startup company. Years after feeling frustrated by the health-care system, both as a patient and as a physician, Dr. Mullen left corporate health care behind to cofound Vytal Health. Vytal Health is a membership-based telemedicine company focused on solving health problems that have been overlooked or under-treated by traditional health care. Prior to launching Vytal Health, Dr. Mullen led Aurora Health Care's Department of Integrative Medicine as a its Medical Director, growing it to the largest department in the country.  Dr. Mullen is dually board-certified in Family and Integrative Medicine.  She completed her Family Medicine residency at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona and her Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. 

Learn more about the whole-person approach to health at https://vytalhealth.com. 

Have you given your child ‘the Talk’ lately?  You’re probably thinking that the "The Talk" is about the ‘birds and the bees', preparing your daughter for womanhood or your son for manhood. But in this episode, you will learn that there is a different type of "Talk", where communities of color are telling their children. It is when a Black Father tells his Black Son how to behave, live, and react in order to 'survive and thrive' in the world we live in today.  Dr. Kelly has been performing "The Talk" for several years where he acts out 20 + characters highlighting the historical moments in the lives of Black men who were lynched, tortured, and murdered because of the color of their skins. Dr. Kelly's play is not just a recap of history, but it is an opportunity to engage the audience, you, to do some self-inquiry about history and your own role in making history today. There is no shame or guilt here.  Instead, Dr. Kelly doesn’t call you out, but "calls you in" to be a part this new hope for our future generation because we are in this together. Dr. Sonny Kelly is a world class performer, story teller, motivator, speaker, and comedian. He holds a PhD in Communication & Performance Studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a Master's degree in Communication Studies and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Stanford University in California. After serving our nation as a U.S. Air Force officer, Sonny has gone on to serve as non-profit organization director, university admissions counselor, a pharmaceutical salesman, college communications instructor, and a church youth pastor. As a lover of theater and performance, Sonny has acted professionally on stage and television for over 20 years. He wrote, directed and acted in the play titled “The Talk”. Dr. Kelly has made the recording of “The Talk” available for public viewing online right now until July 10, 2020. The link to the play is in the show note.  Topics discussed in the interview:  1. What is the "The Talk" about?  2. Is the "The Talk" the same to females of color? 3. What is the non-traditional student journey from being an US Air Force Officer to becoming a performer and now a PhD Scholar?  4. What is the 'truth' that we must face up to? 5. Racism is a public health issue. What is the school to prison pipeline? Is there a political will to address this? 6. What are three ways we can heal as a nation during this time of uncertainty, coronavirus pandemic, economic downfall and social injustice?   Learn more about Dr. Sonny Kelly at Sonny Kelly: www.sonnykelly.com *The recording of the "The Talk" is available for public viewing until July 10, 2020  https://www.piedmontperformancefactory.org/now-playing

Did you know that 27 millions people are victims of human and sex trafficking in the world? In the US, at least 100,000 women are “sold” every year.   In this epsiode you will get a glimpse how pervarsive the world of human and sex trafficking and domestic violence in the US and globally.  The House of Overcome, founded by Vericia Miller, is a safe space for women victim of human and sex trafficking and domestic violence. Right now, while we are staying all at home to be safe from the coronavirus, there are many women who find that their home is NOT the safest place for them. They are locked down with their abuser and have no place to escape to.  If you are a victim or know someone who is a victim of domestic violence and human/sex trafficking, please listen on to what Vericia has to say and how she and many organizations can help empower you to raise above your current situation. We are all stronger together. So, let’s empower each other, stay tune and listen on.  Vericia Miller is the Founder and Executive Director of House of Overcome, NFP (HOOC). Which is a nonprofit organization providing free supportive services to victims/survivors of sex trafficking and domestic violence. After serving in the field of human services for over 15 years, Vericia decided to start her own organization. Vericia is a Social Worker by profession. She has worked with various at-risk populations, including homeless youth and adults, substance abuse users, transitional aged youth, victims of domestic violence and sex-trafficking, and probationers/parolees of the California Department of Corrections. Vericia received her bachelors degree in social work from Grambling State University in Northern, LA and a masters degree in criminal justice from Boston University. Outside of her academic and professional experience, she is somewhat of an ambivert and enjoys reading, learning, Neflix, taking long drives and spending time with her mother, friends, and wiener dog, Wendall. Resources for Victims of Domestic Violence and Human and Sex Trafficking Connect with Vericia Miller by email: vrmiller36@gmail.com Website: https://www.facebook.com/houseofovercome/ Book available on Amazon: Inner Wealth Empowerment Course by Odessa Cegers (a survivor who speaks on domestic violence, trauma informed awareness, homelessness and personal empowerment. https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Empowerment-Course-Odessa-Cegers/dp/B085RT3DYG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=inner+wealth+empowerment&qid=1585262146&sr=8-1

Why is team building important to boost overall performance management in a public health organization?  In this episode, you will get real-world tips about creating effective teams, and why strategy and performance management are keys to public health implementation success. Sometimes, we can be so passionate about our causes that we lose sight what is priority given the circumstance, the needs of our stakeholders, and your resources capacity (money, time and workforce). You also will learn how to strategize your resources and leverage our partnerships by building teams with common interest that are seasonal, based on expertise, and timing. Gina Febbraro, MPH, currently serves as the Director of Strategy and Performance for the Prevention Services Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). In this role, Gina supports programs in the Division on strategic planning, performance management and quality improvement initiatives and projects.  Connect with Gina Febbraro on Linkedin.  

This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com

The month of May is Mental Health Awareness. In this episode, Dr. Samantha Meints, who is a licensed clinical psychologist, will share her career path as a clinical psychologist and tell us how the body and mind react to the physiological and psychological pain and stress and how does stress impact our immune system.  She will share timeless tips on pain and stress management to improve our mental health.

Dr. Meints is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Pain Management Center at Brigham & Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. She attended Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, completing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a focus in Behavioral Medicine. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, before joining the faculty there.  Dr. Meints’ research focuses on biobehavioral aspects of acute and chronic pain. 

Questions discussed in the episode: 

1.  What is a clinical psychologist?

2. How much stress can the human heart endure?

3. What is the difference between physical stress and emotional stress on our health?

4. How does stress impact our immunity?

5. How do we reduce stress?

6. Any advice on how to be healthy while working at home?

7. Any final golden nugget of advice for our listeners on handling stress under these extreme special circumstances: 1) If you realize you just test positive for the COVID19, how do you handle your stress? or 2) If you realized that your loved one has tested positive, and you didn’t (is there a survivor guilt), how do you both handle your stress? or 3) If you realized that you infected someone unintentionally (a sense of guilt), how do you handle your stress?

Connect with Dr. Samantha Meints by email, twitter or Linkedin 

This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com

In this episode, you will get a glimpse of how the healthcare system in other country are handling the coronavirus and what we can learn from Poland. Dr. Dominika Dulak will share her insights on the how the government is handling the coronavirus and her message to all of us: They stay at work, so we can stay at Home. Dr. Dominika Dulak, who is a medical graduate from the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland in 2019. Currently, Dr. Dulak is doing a one-year postgraduate internship in a community hospital in the north of Poland after which she will start her residency in the United States.

This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com

"Without data, all you have are opinions" - Dr. Giovanni Filardo, MPH, PhD 

What do statistical models really tell us about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19)?  

In this episode, on April 9, 2020, I interviewed Dr. Filardo who went over our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the epidemiology of coronavirus (COVID19). He will share with us his latest statistical model and his recommendations on using data and evidence, and not your gut feeling, to make informed decisions. Dr. Giovanni Filardo is a public health expert and epidemiologist who has created statistical models to understand the spread of coronavirus (COVID19). He has over 15 years of work experience in epidemiology, health services research, and comparative effectiveness.  He has received over $35 million from different funding agencies including the NIH and he published over 160 manuscripts and presented at more than 30 conferences. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Health Services Research at Baylor University Waco and Research Associate Professor of Statistics II at Southern Methodist University in Texas. Dr. Giovanni Filardo earned his Master of Public Health (MPH) from Emory University and his PhD in Epidemiology with a concentration in cardiovascular disease from Yale University.   

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): 

1. Based on the President Trump most recent briefing, the model showed that even with mitigation, we could expect between 100,000 to 200,000 deaths. What factors are taken into account for that model? 
2. Did we overestimated the number of deaths?
3. What is happening with the COVID19 in term of testing or the lack of testing?
4. Why was there a delay at the start? Why didn’t the CDC use the test from WHO? Why did CDC want to make their own three tests which turned out only two of three were working?
5. What are countries have done to contain and/or mitigate covid-19?
6. What are the differences in characteristics of covid-19 positives among countries?
7. What is the difference in mortality rates among countries?
8. What are the risk factors associated with mortality?
9.  Are all countries testing for COVID-19 using WHO guidelines?
10. Are all countries assessing mortalities for COVID-19 using WHO guidelines?
11. How many ventilators do we 'actually" need to care for COVID-19 patients?
12. What will happen after we reach the ‘peak’?
13. How can we use surveillance using serological testing to assess how many people has been infected?
14. What are possible treatment available given the high number of ongoing studies?
15. What is the likelihood that we can develop a vaccine for those people who were not infected? How soon?
16.  Would it be better that we all ‘get infected’ in low doses to develop immunity and thus, herd immunity?
17.  How long do you think we would need to ’stay-at-home”?

If you have public health topics or questions, please connect with me at keechanphd@gmail.com or visit the website: www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com and submit your question on the 'Contact Us' page.  Or leave a voice message on the https://anchor.fm/whatispublichealth Watch the Washington Post Questions/Answers (Q/A) with Dr. Giovanni Filardo on Youtube at https://youtu.be/SzoBV6kVWkA Follow Dr. Giovanni Filardo on Twitter @GioFila 

Would we send our troops into war without guns, shields and protective gears? No. Then, why is it "okay" to send our healthcare workers into the battlefield against the coronavirus without proper personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and gloves? 

This episode is a honest conversation with a health worker who is very concerned for her safety and her family.  Many healthcare workers are thinking about quitting their jobs because they signed up to 'care for patients', not at the expense of their own lives.  Should they sacrifice their  own life for another? 

We will cover the following questions with our healthcare worker: 

1. How has healthcare work changed since the coronavirus pandemic?
2. What do we know now about the virus? 
3. How concerned should we be about running out of mask, gloves, and other hospital equipments?
4. What is the current testing situation?
5. If someone is feeling that they have “some” symptoms and are concerned, but there’s not enough tests, what can they do then? 
6. How would you rate the US public health emergency response preparedness to the coronavirus pandemic? 
7. What tips can we do to work through the "new normal" ?

This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com

Do you have family and friends aboard who are facing uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic? 

Sara Principi, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher who will share how her family and friends are coping with the situation in Italy and we can learn from them. Sara is from Italy and graduated in Biomedical Engineering in 2011 and then moved to Spain for her PhD in Medical Technologies. She is currently at a postdoctoral researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where she does computational modeling of CT scan clinical scenarios. Sara will share her story of her family's situation in Italy and what we can learn from their situation since the whole world is watching Italy as preview of what may happen in the US, if we do not flatten curve with strict public health measure.  Learning from each other will help us face our concerns collectively, and thus, embrace living and thriving through this 'new normal' together.

Connect with Sara Principi, PhD on Linkedin.  

This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com

Statistics is the universal language. 

If you have a fear of math and stats, but you know it is important for your work and you need to know for your job promotion, then listen on to learn five statistic commonly used in public health and healthcare. At the end of this episode, you have a better of the why statisitc is important and you’ll be able to read statistics with confidence.

Dr. Hersch Knapp, a researcher who has created and oversees the Nurse Research Fellowship and Mentorship Programs, guiding nurses in deriving and implementing applied health science research, computing statistical results, and publishing and presenting their findings.  His clinical specialty is emergency and trauma psychology in medical / surgical, ICU, CCU, Oncology, ER, and code blue team.  He’s participated in a variety of research domains including improving HIV diagnostic testing, telehealth, remote learning, and general health care.  He regularly teaches research methodology and statistics courses at universities including UCLA, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State San Bernardino, and USC.  He’s published multiple scientific papers as well as textbooks on effective clinical communication and statistics.

Connect with Dr. Hersch Knapp at Linkedin. 

This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com

You will learn the roles of local, state and governmental department in public health. We will specifically discuss the roles of infectious disease management, especially in handling the coronavirus outbreak, and what you can do to prevent infections. 

Richard Sewell has a long history of involvement in health and human services policy formulation, management, and community affairs in the Chicago area.  He was Executive Director of the health systems agency for Suburban Cook County and DuPage County, Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health and Executive Director of the Chicago Health Policy Council at the University of Chicago, and former Associate Dean of Public Health Practice at the University of Illinois Chicago.  Richard will share his lessons learned in management and leadership working in public health practice.  

Contact with Richard Sewell at richiehuston@gmail.com

• A brief introduction to Richard Sewell 
• What is the role of public health department in containing the spread of the coronavirus?
• What can the general public do to help in addressing infectious disease management?
• What are different careers path in Public Health?
• What is the difference between public health “research” and public health “practice”
• What do you know now that you didn’t know then?
•  What is the gap in our public health training?
• What are the three top public health issues are we still dealing with?
• What are the upstream factors that impacts violence and downstream factors impacted by violence?
• What is golden nugget of advice to public health professionals?
• What is Richard Sewell’s up to now?

Pre-order the Textbook "Advanced Management and Leadership in Population Health" Richard Sewell and Kee Chan (Publisher Jones and Bartlett Learning Publication date Fall 2020) 

Interested in being a guest on my podcast? Contact Dr. Kee Chan at keechanphd@gmail.com

This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com