Why study public health?, with Dr. Jan Carney, MD, MPH, MACP
The Public Health SPOTlight Podcast: stories, inspiration, and guidance to build your dream public health career
English - November 01, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 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
In this episode, Sujani sits down with Dr. Jan Carney, the Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy and Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont. They discuss Jan’s reflections of the relationship between public health and healthcare, her work in pulling together UVM’s graduate public health program, and ways we can work to expand and integrate public health into new fields.
You’ll Learn
When public health first became a topic of interest during Jan’s clinical practiceJan’s experience transitioning from direct patient care to community based healthPatience and seeing impact and results from public health work Jan’s experience working as the Commissioner of Health in Vermont and her transition into academiaThe work and team that went into creating the University of Vermont’s graduate public health programWhat edupreneurship is and how it can be used to improve educationThe conversations and steps needed to expand public health into nontraditional health fields and what this means for population health
Today’s Guest
Dr. Carney is Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy, and Professor of Medicine, at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (UVM). She earned an AB from Middlebury College, MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Harvard School of Public Health. She previously served as Vermont’s Commissioner of Health under three gubernatorial administrations. In this role, she developed and implemented Vermont’s first outcome-based approach to improving public health, modeled on the national Healthy People initiative, combining clinical and community-based prevention.
Dr. Carney’s areas of expertise include building and sustaining community-academic partnerships, translational research, and reducing disparities in rural areas. She serves as Core Director of the Community Engagement and Outreach Core for the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network (NNE-CTR), working to advance rural health research and community engagement. Her current work focuses on developing and implementing the Vermont Rural Health Communication Network (RHCN) to promote two-way health communication in rural areas, strengthen access to health and social services, and improve health and scientific literacy. She is a member of the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health, serving on academic public health practice and advocacy committees, and serves as a member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians.
Resources
Connect with Jan on LinkedIn Learn more about Health People 2030 Listen to the previous episode with Sue Griffey Read the Institute of Medicine’s writing on The Future of Public HealthLearn more about edupreneurshipJoin The Public Health Career Club: the #1 hangout spot and community dedicated to building and growing your dream public health career.