Episodes

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Pam Mink - Director of Health Services at the Minnesota Department of Health - about a newly released report on telehealth expansion. Check out the new report here Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research: What is telehealth? Telehealth—or health care delivered u...

Stan, Clarence, Barry, and the Health Chatter team discuss the impacts labels, stereotypes, and identities can have on health. Research What is stereotyping: The double edge sword of labels Labels fail to capture the complexity, diversity, and wholeness of our humanity, and have the potential to reinforce stereotypes, which contribute to discrimination and oppression. In a basic and simplistic way, the use of labels can help us to understand our social environment by serving as short-cut...

Stan and Clarence chat with two incredible leaders in Indigenous health and public policy: Ravyn Gibbs and Kris Rhodes. Ravyn Gibbs serves as the Tribal Liaison at the Minnesota Department of Health. Ravyn works to uplift Native communities, focusing on Indigenous rights and reducing health disparities. With a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from the University of Minnesota Duluth and dual Master’s degrees in Social Work and Public Health from the University of Minnesota, Ravyn is also pursu...

Stan, Clarence, Barry, and the Health Chatter team reflect on over 2 years of Health Chatter episodes in this 100th episode special. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/

Stan, Clarence, and the Health Chatter team chat about the effects of traveling on health. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research: Travel can be a relaxing escape, but it can also be stressful and affect your mental health. Travel-related stress can spark mood changes, depression, and anxiety. Trav...

Stan, Clarence, Barry, and the Health Chatter team chat about the impacts of safety on health. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives: Based on the American Time Use Survey, we spent about 62% of our waking time at home. 33% of your life ...

Stan, Clarence, Barry, and the Health Chatter team chat with Dr. Mike Osterholm about infectious diseases. Dr. Osterholm - a Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, and the Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota - has an extensive and distinguished career in infectious disease. Dr. Osterholm has also held numerous positions throughout state and local governments serving as the Science Envoy for Health S...

Stan, Barry, and the Health Chatter team chat about burials, funerals, and health. Listen along as the team reflects on their personal experiences and how these experiences influence health and well-being. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research / Talking Points: One thing we all have in common ...

Stan, Clarence, and the team chat with Jordyn Scorpio about toxic relationships. Jordyn serves as the Director of Community Education at SHALVA - the oldest independent Jewish domestic abuse agency in the United States - where they focus on creating a prevention education program for young couples. Jordyn has also been a part of the Lincoln Square/Ravenswood Solidarity network, the planning committee for the JCFS Professional Network, the program committee for Illinois Coalition Against Domes...

The Health Chatter team explores fakes news and potential health implications. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research Fake news: Fake news , although unvetted, has a credible and professional appearance, ensuring that people cannot always distinguish it from true news Fake News is shaped to replic...

Listen along as the Health Chatter team dives into the effects of politics on health. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Dr. Miguel Ruiz about health disparities. Dr. Miguel Ruiz is an internal medicine and palliative care specialist who has practiced in Minnesota for over twenty-five years. After working as an internist at the West Side Community Health Services/La Clinica serving Latinx and other diverse communities, he transitioned his practice to Regions Hospital where he worked as a hospital medicine physician and a palliative care specialist. Dr. Ruiz is also an assista...

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Michelle Chiezah on infant mortality. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research Infant mortality: is the measure of how many babies die before they reach their first birthday Measures of mortality and morbidity provided on PeriStats include: Late fetal mortality (...

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Dr. Paul Waytz on arthritis and rheumatology. Dr. Waytz - an experienced Rheumatologist - began his career as a physician in med school at the University of Illinois with an Internal Medicine Residency and Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. After two years in academic medicine, Dr. Waytz transitioned to private practice for the next 34 years. While Dr. Waytz retired from seeing patients in 2014, he continued with the clinic as a princip...

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Dr. Terri Harvath and Lisa Brown about caregiver burnout. Dr. Terri Harvath - Clinical Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing - is an internationally recognized expert in gerontological nursing practice and education and is currently serving as the Associate Director of the Clinical Science & Practice Core for the Center on Healthy Aging and Innovation at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Harvath also serves on the National Advisory Commi...

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Dr. Lynn Blewett - Director of the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) and Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health - about access to healthcare and insurance. Dr. Blewett has a long-standing career and experience in public health, health insurance models, health care policy, and access to health care. As the Director of SHADAC, Dr. Blewett supports state efforts to monitor and evaluate programs to increase access and...

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Dean Melinda Pettigrew of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health about the future and vision of public health education. Dean Pettigrew has an extensive public health career. Before her current role, Dean Pettigrew was the Anna M. R. Lauder Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. While at Yale, Dean Pettigrew held several leadership positions including interim dean, deputy dean, senior associate dean for academic affairs,...

Stan, Clarence, and Barry welcome back Brandon Jones to chat about the detrimental effects of stress. Brandon is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (MACMH). His background is in Sociology, Community Psychology, and Marriage and Family Therapy. As a psychotherapist, professor, and behavioral health consultant before his leadership at MACMH, Brandon has worked as a school-based mental health counselor and specializes in therapeutic services within c...

Stan, Clarence, and Barry chat with Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad about loneliness. Dr. Holt-Lunstad is a professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Social Connection & Health Lab at Brigham Young University. She is also the founding scientific chair and board member for the U.S. Foundation for Social Connection and the Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection. Her research focuses on the individual and population health effects, biological mechanisms, and effective strate...

The Health Chatter team chats with Susan Mau Larson and Nichole Salaam from LifeSource about organ donation. Susan Mau Larson, the Chief Administrative Officer at LifeSource, has an extensive career advancing organ donation and supporting families. Susan positions LifeSource for continued growth and success by driving fulfillment of the long-term vision and strategic priorities ensuring effective internal and external communications, working with our state and federal officials, and leading k...

Stand and Clarence chat with Brandon Jones about narcissism. Brandon is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (MACMH). His background is in Sociology, Community Psychology, and Marriage and Family Therapy. As a psychotherapist, professor, and behavioral health consultant before his leadership at MACMH, Brandon has worked as a school-based mental health counselor and specializes in therapeutic services within communities of color. Listen along as B...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Sarah Molasky - a local pharmacist - about weight loss medications. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research Who is eligible for weight loss drugs? if you haven't been able to lose weight through diet and exercise and your: Body mass index (BMI) is greater than 30...

Stan and Clarence chat with Sophia Lenarz-Coy about food insecurity. Sophia Lenarz-Coy serves as the Executive Director of The Food Group, where she thinks creatively, collaborates with community partners, and brings good, culturally connected food where it’s needed most. The food system is complex and interconnected, but making it more equitable is possible. Listen along as Sophia details the detrimental effects of food insecurity. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com B...

Stan and Clarence chat with Teresa Ambroz and Julie Dalton about childhood diabetes. Teresa manages the Diabetes and Health Behavior Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health guiding efforts to prevent diabetes and improve the lives of all Minnesotans affected by diabetes and arthritis. Julie is the Diabetes Prevention Planner at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division overseeing strategies related to implementing, spreading, and sustaining ...