With the Education Sciences Reform Act up for reauthorization, there’s an opportunity to revisit how we use data to promote equitable educational policies and approaches. Drs. Karen Gray-Adams and Rebecca McGill Wilkinson discuss building equity into the evaluation process—from community involvement to planning randomized control trials—to ensure we can identify the best way forward for every child.

We Can Do Better: Data, Educational Outcomes, and Equity

JPHMP editorial board member Dr. Lillian Smith considers herself a pracademic who enjoys fostering an environment where everyone can be innovative. As the Dean of Western Michigan University (WMU), she has a deep appreciation for the interdisciplinary work that public health targets and believes the best work can be achieved through working with community partners. In this podcast with JPHMP intern Karsen DeWeese, Dr. Smith discusses WMU's adoption of the Okanagan Charter, and much more.

Transforming Higher Education, Emphasizing Public Health: Spotlight on Dr. Lillian Smith

Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy describes what public health means to her on a personal and a professional level.

Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy: What Is Public Health?

2025P2 Regional Editor of AJPH, Prof. Jihong Liu and Dr. Tianchu Lyu, review highlights of the Jan to Mar 2025 Issues and Supplements. 
The Editor’s Corner features Dr. José Pagán, Professor and Chair of Department of Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health, New York University

2025 Second Chinese Podcast (January to March 2025)

Alfredo Morabia and Vickie Mays (UCLA), editors at the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) conducted an in-person interview of David Rein of the Atlanta Public Health Department focusing on improving vision and eye health using the CDC national Vision and Eye Health surveillance system to increase public awareness of affordable eye care.

AJPH 5A/2025:"DEVELOPING A CENSUS TRACT LEVEL VISION NEED INDEX FOR THE UNITED STATES" (ENGLISH)

Alfredo Morabia (AJPH) interviews Yi-Ling Tan, Program Manager at NYU Langone Health based in New York City, New York about her APHA 2024 presentation titled “An overview of a community-led process to address problem gambling in the Asian American community.” We discuss the reasons that led her to study problem gambling among Asian Americans, and who were the essential community partners in this work?

AJPH 5C/2025 "COMMUNITY-LED PROCESS TO ADDRESS PROBLEM GAMBLING IN ASIAN AMERICANS" (ENGLISH)

In this series, What is Public Health?, Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia interview Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University. Her most recent book is a memoir, Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics (2022) They discuss the role of the role of a public health nutritionist, very practically, and how this role maybe impacted by the current changes at the Human and Health Service agency.

AJPH 6/2025: "WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH: BEING A NUTRITIONIST" (ENGLISH)

On the latest episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast, Dr. Agnes Kalibata reflects on her career as a scientist and as the former president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an African-led organization that seeks to create an environment where Africa can sustainably feed itself. It does so by focusing on scaling agricultural innovations that help smallholder farmers achieve increased incomes, better livelihoods, and improved food security.

Kalibata’s 10-year term as AGRA president ended earlier this year. She spoke with Mathematica President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Decker last December. Mathematica supports AGRA’s implementation of its 2023–2027 monitoring, evaluation, and learning strategy. On the episode, Kalibata and Decker discuss locally led development and the role of data in helping to understand how a program, such as AGRA’s Seed Systems, can be more effective.

Find a full transcript of the conversation here: https://mathematica.org/blogs/increasing-the-resilience-of-african-smallholder-farmers

Learn more about Mathematica’s work supporting AGRA as AGRA implements its 2023–2027 monitoring, evaluation, and learning strategy: https://mathematica.org/news/measuring-agras-impact-transforming-agricultural-systems-and-improving-climate-resilience

137 | Increasing the Resilience of African Smallholder Farmers

Rising healthcare costs in the U.S. threaten people’s access to treatment and services while reducing their ability to afford other necessities. Over the last decade, state policymakers across the political spectrum have responded to this urgent problem by passing legislation, setting up new government offices, and adding regulations to control healthcare spending. 


One critical element of states’ maturing strategies for addressing healthcare costs is high quality, timely, and accessible data. 


In the latest episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast, Jim Lloyd of the New Jersey Department of Health, Rachel Block of the Milbank Memorial Fund, and Julie Sonier of Mathematica discuss why rising healthcare costs present a complex and urgent issue, how states are responding, and the role of data in supporting solutions that address healthcare cost growth. 


“We have this healthcare system with much higher costs than other countries around the world, but we also have less access,” Lloyd explains. “There's an opportunity to be able to identify those costs that are contributing to quality, identify those costs that aren't, and then increase access and increase quality, potentially without increasing costs.” 


A blog summarizing the episode, with quotes from the guests and additional resources for further learning are available at https://mathematica.org/blogs/turning-data-into-solutions-for-reducing-healthcare-cost-growth-in-states

138 | Addressing Rising Healthcare Costs in States

2025P3 Regional Editor of AJPH, Prof. Jihong Liu and Dr. Tianchu Lyu, review highlights of the Apr to Jun 2025 Issues and Supplements. 
The Editor’s Corner includes an interview of Dr. Alfredo Morabia, Outgoing Editor-in-Chief of AJPH, Professor of Epidemiology, Queens College, City University of New York.

2025 Third Chinese Podcast (April to June 2025)

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