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Public health career stories, inspiration, and guidance from current-day public health heroes. On the show, Sujani Siva, the founder of PH SPOT, sits down with public health heroes of our time to share career stories, inspiration, and guidance for building public health careers. She also has conversations with friends of public health – individuals who are not public health professionals, but their advice and guidance are equally important.
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The COVID-19 Rollercoaster: An Epidemiologist’s Perspective on Working Through the Pandemic
Maria Qadri January 19, 2022
Waiting in line A fresh graduate from public health, I was beyond excited and enthusiastic to get started in my epidemiology career. But, as we
Top 5 PH SPOT Blog Posts
PH SPOT December 29, 2021
In celebration of our final blog post of 2021, we’re excited to share with you the top 5 most frequently read PH SPOT articles from the past year. The PH SPOT team wishes you a very happy new year! Stay tuned for more exciting blog posts in 2022.
Top 5 PH SPOT Podcast Episodes
PH SPOT December 15, 2021
2021 was an exciting year for PH SPOT podcasts! Our team released 22 different episodes on a variety of topics ranging from quick career tips to a DrPH candidate experience to leadership during times of crisis.
Can I work in public health without a master’s degree?
PH SPOT December 1, 2021
As you contemplate the next step in your career – whether you’ve already decided to pursue grad school, are still unsure about continuing your education,
Art as a Tool for Public Health Engagement: A Canadian Overview
Taboo Health November 3, 2021
Written by: Helen Chen and Edited: by Maria Cheung In 2019, the United Nations General Assembly declared that 2021 was to be the International year
Tips for applying to a public health PhD program
Multiple Authors October 20, 2021
Written by: Emma McGee, Tigist Menkir, Lorelei Mucci, Kelsey Vercammen So, you’re thinking of applying to a PhD program? While this is an exciting time
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THE GREAT INFLUENZA: THE STORY OF THE DEADLIEST PANDEMIC IN HISTORY by John M. Barry
“Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, “The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that…those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.” At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.”
