NEW: Hotwash Episode 9 Available

Episode 9 of the CHHS podcast “Hotwash,” featuring CHHS Public Health Program Director Trudy Henson and Senior Law & Policy Analyst Christine Gentry is now available.

Teaser: This week on Episode 9 of Hotwash, Trudy and Christine talk vulnerable population planning, discuss why it’s important, and provide some best practices for our listeners

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Hotwash Episode 9 Transcript

 

NEW: Hotwash Episode 8 Available

The eighth episode of the CHHS podcast “Hotwash,” featuring CHHS Public Health Program Director Trudy Henson and Senior Law & Policy Analyst Christine Gentry is now available.

Teaser: We’ve discussed the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of public health, behavioral health, and recovery, but we thought it would be interesting to look at it specifically through the lens of emergency management. We’re joined by Preeti Emrick, a former CHHS staffer, who is currently the Deputy Director of Anne Arundel County’s Office of Emergency Management.

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Hotwash Episode 8 Transcript

NEW: Hotwash Episode 7 Available

The seventh episode of the CHHS podcast “Hotwash,” featuring CHHS Public Health Program Director Trudy Henson and Senior Law & Policy Analyst Christine Gentry is now available.

In this episode, Trudy and Christine talk to Lisa Crow, CHHS’ Recovery Planning Program Director. We’re very lucky to have Lisa on, because she is a nationally renowned recovery expert. She is a “forged in the fire” recovery expert: she coordinated Howard County, Maryland’s post-disaster recovery efforts following both the 2016 and 2018 Historic Ellicott City Floods, and she’s here to talk to us today about recovery planning in the time of COVID-19.

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Hotwash Episode 7 Transcript

NEW: Hotwash Episode 6 Available

The sixth episode of the CHHS podcast “Hotwash,” featuring CHHS Public Health Program Director Trudy Henson and Senior Law & Policy Analyst Christine Gentry is now available.

In this episode, Trudy and Christine talk to Nicole Kulaga, Senior Law & Policy Analyst, who has worked extensively on planning for mental and behavioral health issues for disasters.

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Hotwash Episode 6 Transcript

NEW: Hotwash Episode 5 Available

The fifth episode of the CHHS podcast “Hotwash,” featuring CHHS Public Health Program Director Trudy Henson and Senior Law & Policy Analyst Christine Gentry is now available.

We’re joined today by Hassan Sheikh, the senior pharmacy law and policy lead at CHHS. Hassan currently works in Baltimore City public health. We’re talking about the downstream impacts of COVID-19 on public health because we think that it’s possible the public has a limited perspective on all the public health work that’s continuing to be done during this time.

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Hotwash Episode 5 Transcript

NEW: Hotwash Episode 4 Available

The fourth episode of the CHHS podcast “Hotwash,” featuring CHHS Public Health Program Director Trudy Henson and Senior Law & Policy Analyst Christine Gentry is now available.

In this episode, Trudy and Christine switch it up a bit for a game show edition, where Megan Timmins, CHHS’ Associate Director, helps us learn Emergency Management and Public Health Preparedness terms.

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Hotwash Episode 4 Transcript

Washington Post Highlights Work of CHHS Staff Among Those “Working to Deliver Us from Desolation.”

The Washington Post profiled three CHHS staff members in an article about the individuals across the country working behind the scenes to light a path through the darkness of the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece highlights the work of:

  • Lisa Crow, Recovery Program Director
  • Maggie Davis, Senior Law and Policy Analyst
  • Netta Squires, Senior Law and Policy Analyst

The article focuses on the work these staff members have done to aid recovery and emergency management work in Montgomery County. The article also features former CHHS staff member, and current Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management staff member Tina Laboy.

CHHS Public Health Director Trudy Henson Featured on Maryland State Bar Association COVID-19 Webinar

CHHS Program Director Trudy Henson joined the Maryland State Bar Association on Monday, May 4th for a webinar on issues relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar is intended to provide crucial information to lawyers and law firms looking to resume normal operations.

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NEW: Hotwash Episode 3 Available

Join CHHS Public Health Program Director Trudy Henson, and Senior Law & Policy  Christine Gentry for a talk to about the World Health Organization in context of COVID-19.  Episode 2 of the is now available on our podcast page.

Hotwash 3 Transcript

University of Maryland School of Public Health Highlights COVID-19 Work from CHHS’ Kimberly Stinchcomb and Clark J. Lee

The University of Maryland School of Public Health interviewed two CHHS staff members, Kimberly Stinchcomb, MPH, CPH and Clark J. Lee, JD, MPH, CPH about the work they are doing to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Maryland. Kimberly graduated from the School of Public Health in 2016. Clark graduated in 2014.

Kimberly is working full-time with the Prince George’s County Department of Health. Clark J. Lee is working full-time with the Montgomery County Department of Health.