An Apple a Day: Public Health Inquiry Podcast CFRC Podcast Network

In this week’s episode, Tiffany and Payton are joined by Dr. Bradley Stoner, Head of the Department of Public Health Sciences at Queen’s University and a proponent of the MPH IPAC specialization. Dr. Stoner shares his career journey from anthropology to internal medicine to infectious disease fellowship training, and clinical care and epidemiological analysis of sexually transmitted diseases. This episode is a great opportunity to learn more about the interdisciplinary nature of public health, which spans across many fields!

In this week’s episode, Tiffany and Payton are joined by Heather Candon, Director of Infection Control at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an adjunct lecturer at Queen’s University, spearheading the new MPH IPAC specialization. Heather tells us her story of what brought her into IPAC, including how the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped the influence of IPAC in health care and public health. This episode is a great opportunity to learn about the growing field of IPAC, an area of great interest for your co-hosts and which has become prominent since the COVID-19 pandemic!

In this week’s episode, Tiffany and Payton are joined by Dr. Sam Buttemer, Director of the Master of Public Health program at Queen’s University and Acting Program Director for the Public Health and Preventive Medicine program at the Queen’s School of Medicine. Dr. Buttemer explains what it means to be a public health physician, discusses health equity, and explores what it would take to improve health outcomes for all. This episode is a great opportunity to learn about the intersection of public health and healthcare!

With technology and the media landscape advancing at ever-increasing rates, there are tantalizing—and overwhelming—opportunities to elevate public health data collection. In this week’s episode Tiffany and Payton are joined by Dr. Wei Tu, a Senior Biostatistician and Data Scientist in the Canadian Cancer Trials Group as well as Assistant Professor in the Queen’s Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Tu shares his thoughts on forthcoming changes to data science, his approaches to statistical pedagogy, and describes the critical role of data science and biostatistics in informing public health decisions. This episode is a great opportunity for listeners of all backgrounds to learn about this exciting field!

For today’s episode we ask, “what inspires someone to pursue a career in public health”. In answering this weighty question, Tiffany and Payton are joined by Dr. Duncan Hunter of Queen’s University. Tune in for an inspiring discussion of self-motivation, globetrotting academia, and innumerable contributions to public health. Like all of our episodes, this is not one you want to miss!

When populations are diverse and health needs are complex, how do public health leaders know what decisions to make? Queen’s University’s own Dr. Maria Ospina joins Tiffany and Payton to address that very question, and describes her career journey in the field of epidemiology. Listeners will also be treated to engaging discussions of work-life balance, systematic reviews, and prevailing health disparities in the cities of Edmonton and Calgary.