PHEC 418: How Community-Led Initiatives Drive Health Equity, With Robyn Bussey

PHEC 418: How Community-Led Initiatives Drive Health Equity, With Robyn Bussey

In this inspiring episode, Dr. Huntley welcomes Robyn Bussey, a self-described "health equitist" and Health Equity Director at the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE). With deep roots in rural Georgia and a passion for amplifying the voices of marginalized communities, Robyn shares her personal journey from growing up as the daughter of a beloved rural public health nurse to leading innovative, community-driven health equity initiatives across the American South.

Robyn provides listeners with practical insights on building community trust, supporting maternal and reproductive health, and navigating today's complex public health landscape, especially in regions facing systemic barriers, hospital closures, and heightened political pressure. Through her work with the Just Health Academy and PSE, Robyn demonstrates what's possible when organizations and individuals come together to center communities and drive sustainable change from within.

Discover actionable strategies for advocating health equity, building community capacity, and finding purpose and resilience. Even when the odds seem stacked against them.

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PHEC 464: Winning the War on HIV, With Marco Benjamin

PHEC 464: Winning the War on HIV, With Marco Benjamin

What does it look like when lived experience becomes a public health career? In this episode of the PHEC Podcast, Dr. Huntley sits down with Marco Benjamin, Director of Public Health at the Joseph H. ...

7 Heinä 40min

PHEC 463: Let Me Reintroduce Myself

PHEC 463: Let Me Reintroduce Myself

After several weeks of travel, reflection, and intentional rest, Dr. Charlotte Huntley returns with a deeply personal episode to reconnect with listeners and share what's ahead. If you've recently dis...

30 Kesä 28min

PHEC 462: Public Health Is Leadership

PHEC 462: Public Health Is Leadership

Ask ten public health professionals to explain their work without using jargon, and you will get ten completely different answers. That is exactly the kind of honest, grounding conversation Dr. Huntle...

23 Kesä 37min

PHEC 461: Created For Right Now, With Nandi Marshall, DrPH, MPH

PHEC 461: Created For Right Now, With Nandi Marshall, DrPH, MPH

What does it look like to lead the nation's oldest and largest public health organization during one of the most turbulent moments the field has ever faced? Dr. Nandi A. Marshall, current president of...

16 Kesä 42min

PHEC 460: From Newsroom to Policy, With Zack Stoycoff, MPA

PHEC 460: From Newsroom to Policy, With Zack Stoycoff, MPA

What does a journalist watching a mother scream for her child outside a burning building have to do with mental health policy? For Zack Stoycoff, MPA, everything. That early morning moment on a street...

9 Kesä 31min

PHEC 459: How to Tell Better Stories, With Sally Perkins, PhD

PHEC 459: How to Tell Better Stories, With Sally Perkins, PhD

What if the most powerful tool in your public health toolkit isn't a dataset or a policy brief? What if it's a story? In this episode, Dr. Huntley sits down with Sally Perkins, PhD, a storytelling exp...

2 Kesä 36min

PHEC 458: Plain Language, Real Power

PHEC 458: Plain Language, Real Power

It is one of the most important questions in the field right now, and one of the hardest to answer. Public health professionals know the work inside and out, but translating it for friends, neighbors,...

26 Touko 35min

PHEC 457: The Work Doesn't Wait, With Claude A. Jacob, DrPH, MPH

PHEC 457: The Work Doesn't Wait, With Claude A. Jacob, DrPH, MPH

What does it take to lead one of the largest local health departments in the country when funding is disappearing, misinformation is spreading, and measles outbreaks are making headlines? In this epis...

19 Touko 31min

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