Public health consultants & entrepreneurs: Understanding the landscape, with Leah Roman and Vinu Illakkuvan
The Public Health SPOTlight Podcast: stories, inspiration, and guidance to build your dream public health career
English - February 28, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBSelf-Improvement Education Business Careers public health career health health career education higher ed self-improvement school job community Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today, unlock a world of innovation at the crossroads of entrepreneurship and public health consulting with Leah Roman and Vinu Ilakkuvan. They bring to light the motivations behind a groundbreaking survey on self-employed public health professionals, revealing the often hidden sides of self employment. Through candid conversations, we learn about the economic prospects of consulting and the pressing need for more academic training and support networks to arm future public health entrepreneurs with the tools for success.
You’ll Learn
Today’s Guest
Leah A. Roman, MPH, MCHES is the Owner & Principal Consultant for Roman Public Health Consulting LLC, where she helps public health organizations design effective e-learning solutions. She has 18+ years of experience providing training and technical assistance, health education, and project management services. Leah has a BA in Psychology (University of San Diego), a master of public health degree (Boston University), a certificate in e-learning instructional design (University of Washington), and is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES). Leah lives in the Philadelphia, PA area (USA) with her husband and two children.
Vinu Ilakkuvan, DrPH, MSPH, is passionate about strengthening community-driven efforts to address the upstream, root drivers of health. She is Founder and Principal Consultant of PoP Health, a public health consulting practice that partners with community coalitions and collaboratives to transform health in their communities through policy and systems change. PoP Health helps coalitions engage in community collaboration, action planning, participatory evaluation, and effective storytelling. PoP Health also issues a biweekly newsletter, Community Threads, with tools and strategies for anyone seeking to improve community health
Resources
Connect with Leah on LinkedIn and read her blog post on how much to charge for consulting services Connect with Vinu on LinkedIn and learn more about PoP HealthRead more about the results from the The self-employed public health consultant and entrepreneur workforce in the United States surveyListen to previous episodes with Leah on public health consulting and designing public health trainingJoin The Public Health Career Club: the #1 hangout spot and community dedicated to building and growing your dream public health career.