If I Could Change One Thing

County Public Health Officers have been thrust into the public limelight during the pandemic. Our host Gary Rotto invited one of the key Public Health Officers to discuss this important and very public role. Dr. Erin Gustafson, the interim Public Health Officer for the County of San Bernardino virtually comes to Montezuma Mesa to discuss how public health orders are shaped as well as how the order...

This week we on @sdsu.changeonething, we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. "Davey" Smith, head of the division of infectious diseases and global public health at UCSD. In this episode, we address the role that San Diego has assumed as a headquarters for COVID-19 response, the framework behind Operation Warp Speed, and the roles that research, funding, and advocacy have played in the global res...

T3, the Test, Trace and Treat program, seeks to provide a robust response to monitoring and addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Corinne McDaniels-Davidson, who leads this joint County-University program about both T3 as well as the larger "Communities Fighting COVID" study. *** El Programa T3 "Test, Trace, and Treat", busca proveer una respuesta robusta al monitoreo...

In this episode, host Gary Rotto speaks with Dr. Andrea Dooley, Associate Vice President for student affairs and campus diversity at San Diego State University. This week, we explore SDSU's leadership response to COVID-19 and how policies are created and communicated to the campus community. We also discuss services available to students and faculty impacted by COVID-19. *** En este episodio, nues...

Our host, Gary Rotto, has a detailed discussion with San Diego's congressional representative, Scott Peters. Congressman Peters discusses his role on the Energy and Commerce Committee which entails the process of creating public health policy. The episode details the congressional issues faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health policies, telemedicine and more!

As part of the border region, San Diegans know that heath care does not stop at artificial borders. The situation in San Diego influences what is happening in Baja California and visa versa. In this episode, we will talk with infectious disease physician Dr. Christian Ramers working with his colleagues in Baja on Covid-19 response. Dr. Ramers, in his role with Family Health Centers of San Diego, i...

Dr. Lauren Brown is a Health Disparities an incoming Assistant Professor at SDSU and she is the guest speaker of this episode. The Black Lives Matters movement has refocused societal attention on social justice especially for the Black community. There is a growing awareness that Social Justice should impact more that just criminal justice reform. Societal changes are shining a light on Health Dis...

The two largest districts in California announced that the school year will begin online. In this podcast, Our host, Gary Rotto, and our team member Carolina López Rivera, talked with the Vice President of the Board of Education for San Diego Unified School District about this situation and addressed how the district has handled the pandemic in a constant pace as it evolves, always putting the stu...

In this episode, Gary Rotto talks with Herb Schultz! Schultz is the president of HKS Strategies, former Regional IX Director for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Advisor to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius. Learn about how one engages stakeholders in Health Policy development in the field, how the secretary's office relate to travel governments in the n...

Our host, Gary Rotto, discusses the impacts of COVID-19 regarding food insecurity with CEO of Feeding San Diego, Vince Hall. Learn about insights of how Feeding San Diego is responding to COVID-19 in this episode and how food insecurity affects health outcomes and is a key Social Determinants of Health.

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Christopher Foltz! He is the Incident Commander of Covid-19 Response and Infectious Disease Physician with the Desert AIDS Project.

As Chair of the Family Medicine Department with the Riverside University Hospital System, Dr. Geoffrey Leung has always been passionate about Public Health and improving care for underserved populations. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, he has also become one of the leaders in the "Inland Empire" for testing and interpreting models to advise health policy in the region. Dr. Leung helps our listen...

Imagine growing up in the Coachella Valley before the City of Coachella was known as it is today. How have things changed? How do you fight for better health for the underserved in the community? Now taking on the role of Chairman of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and trying to govern during a pandemic. Victor Manuel Perez talks about Coachella, COVID-19 and providing steady, consensus...

We kick off the podcast by welcoming guest speaker, Dr. Hala Madanat! Thank you to Audionautix's Jason Shaw for the music.