The Messy Truth Behind Public Health Leadership

From family stories of freedom fighters to the chaos of COVID-19, Dr. Tista Ghosh’s journey is anything but ordinary. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, she opens up about growing up between cultures, navigating political minefields as Colorado’s Chief Medical Officer, and what she learned listening to frontline workers, which she captures in her new book, Before The Next Crisis.

References for Our Discussion

◼️Tista Ghosh | Author

◼️Bird flu’s deadly return: Are we flying blind into the next pandemic?

◼️Trump’s Cuts to FEMA Leave Us Unprepared for Disasters 

◼️The CDC at a Crossroads: Budget Cuts, Public Health, and the Growing Threat of Infectious Diseases 

◼️Social Impact Authors: How & Why Author Tista S Ghosh Is Helping To Change Our World

Guest

◼️Dr. Tista Ghosh, MD, MPH; Physician, Epidemiologist, Award-winning Health Journalist, & Author

Host & Producer(s)

◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®

Production Notes

◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room

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Chapters

• 0:00 293: Dr. Tista Ghosh (Part 1)
• 2:15 Dr. Ghosh's Origin Story: Growing Up Between Two Worlds
• 4:43 Family History: Freedom Fighters and Refugees
• 6:40 The Pandemic Experience: Listening to Frontline Workers
• 8:50 The Path to Medicine: From Science Kid to Physician
• 12:22 Discovering Public Health: Beyond Individual Patients
• 14:45 Chief Medical Officer in Colorado: The Hardest Job
• 18:03 Navigating Politics: When Everything Becomes Controversial
• 20:23 Public Health Under Attack During the Pandemic
• 21:42 Edwards Life Sciences: Global Employee Health
• 24:52 Keeping Critical Manufacturing Open During COVID
• 26:54 Writing 'Before the Next Crisis': Storytelling as Teaching
• 31:14 Insight Blitz: Rapid Fire Questions
• 34:42 Vaccine Myths and the Truth About Food
• 40:12 Closing and Credits