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Humans in Public Health

Humans in Public Health

Written by: Brown University School of Public Health
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 How should we prepare for the next pandemic? How is noise pollution affecting my neighborhood? And how can we prevent opioid overdose from a public parking lot? From epidemiology to behavioral science, Megan Hall covers it all as she interviews public health researchers about their work and what brought them to the field of public health in this award-winning podcast.All rights reserved Biological Sciences Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Science Social Sciences
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  • The AI Therapist Will See You Now

    The AI Therapist Will See You Now
    Dec 9 2025

    A quarter of young adults are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for mental health advice, highlighting a massive shift in how people seek support. Dr. Ateev Mehrotra discusses his research and the urgent need to balance AI's capacity for providing accessible, cost-effective care with its potential to unwittingly cause harm.
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    18 mins
  • Messy Data, Real Answers

    Messy Data, Real Answers
    Nov 11 2025

    In a world teeming with health data—from smart watch accelerometry to millions of hospital system electronic records—how do researchers find out which medical treatments truly work? Biostatistician Rebecca Hubbard discusses the messiness of real-world data, the limits of randomized control trials and how both of these powerful—but imperfect—methods are essential for building trustworthy evidence in public health.
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    19 mins
  • The Return of a Preventable Disease: Measles, misinformation and the crisis at the CDC

    The Return of a Preventable Disease: Measles, misinformation and the crisis at the CDC
    Oct 14 2025

    Measles has been declared eliminated in the U.S. for 25 years, but a surge in cases is threatening that status. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, joined Humans in Public Health to break down the outbreak, the chaotic federal response and how her team's tracker is stepping in to provide reliable, life-saving data.
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    17 mins
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