Bloomberg News Interview Series
Our faculty experts appear regularly on Bloomberg Businessweek to share insights and findings on timely public health topics.
COVID and Flu
Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, discusses a new COVID variant and what to expect this flu season.
Staying Safe in the Sun
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Ashani Weeraratna discusses skin cancer and sun safety.
Status of Bird Flu
Meghan Davis, an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, discusses the status of the ongoing avian influenza outbreak.
Healthy Diets
Yeeli Mui, assistant professor of American Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the importance of good nutrition and healthy eating.
Replacing Lead Pipes
Natalie Exum, an assistant scientist in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule that all lead service line pipes in the U.S. be replaced within the next 10 years.
What Makes a Community Healthy?
Megan Latshaw, an associate scientist in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses sustainability and what can be done to make communities healthier.
Middlemen Take Huge Cut of Medicare Spending on Generic Drugs
Ge Bai, a professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses inefficiencies in the drug marketplace.
Mental Health in the Workplace
Ron Goetzel, senior scientist in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses what can be done to promote mental health in the workplace.
Rise in Binge Drinking and Drug Use
Renee Johnson, associate professor of mental health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses a new study that shows a rise in drug use and binge drinking among people aged 35 to 50.
Pfizer and Moderna COVID Booster Vaccine Rollout
William Moss, Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, shares his thoughts on the recent roll out of Pfizer and Moderna booster vaccines.
Gun Violence Solutions
Cassandra Crifasi, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, discusses the current state of efforts to curb the epidemic of deaths by firearms.
COVID's Summer Surge
Andrew Pekosz, professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses rising rates of COVID and the new vaccine.
Mosquitoes and Malaria
Conor McMeniman, a professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, discusses his research into what makes humans attractive to mosquitoes and how that knowledge can help fight malaria.
Opioid Settlement Funds
Sara Whaley, a research associate in the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management and program manager of the Bloomberg Overdose Prevention Initiative, discusses the use of settlement funds from opioid lawsuits.
Link Between Sleep and Dementia
Adam Spira, a professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the link between sleep disturbances and dementia.
Hospital Pricing Transparency
Ge Bai, a professor at the Carey Business School and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses hospital pricing and cost transparency.
Misconceptions About Breastfeeding
Cecilia Tomori, associate professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, discusses the benefits of breastfeeding and the ways the formula industry undermines the practice.
Equal Access to Hearing Aids
Carrie Nieman, core faculty at the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the ramifications of hearing loss and the question of equitable access to hearing aids.
Abortion Access and the Courts
Suzanne Bell, an assistant professor in the Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses women's health care and abortion access at a time of judicial uncertainty.
Managing Long COVID
Priya Duggal, a professor in the departments of Epidemiology and International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses where things stand with long COVID at this point in the pandemic.
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