Public Health Joy: Community Power, Health Equity, and Leadership in Action

In this episode, we’re talking with Community Psychologist Dr. Jacque-Corey Cormier about bringing the couch to the community in public health.  This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy! Time stamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Dr. Cormier's background in public health 3:00 What is community psychology? What does it mean to bring the couch to the co...

In this episode, we’re continuing the conversation in part 2 of Public Health: The Next Generation with Dr. Ashley White Jones and Dr. Antonio Gardner as we share our experiences as young, gifted, and Black public health researchers not only healing our communities, but healing ourselves. This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy!   Time Stamps 0:00...

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Dr. Ashley White Jones and Dr. Antonio Gardner about what it means to be young, gifted, and Black public health researchers changing the game for the next generation. This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy! Time stamps: 0:00 Introduction 13:00 The Next Generation 19:00 Jackson Water Crisis and the Black Chur...

In today’s episode, I’m sharing why revolutionary public health is necessary for change. This is where research meets relationship and together, we will find our Public Health Joy! Get in touch: info@joyeewashington.com Website: www.joyeewashington.com Book: Decolonizing Methodologies-Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith

In this episode, we are talking all about when research gets real as we work with communities to make positive impacts. Special guest, Leonore Okwara, founder of the Association of Black Researchers joins us to share her journey. Leonore Okwara, MPH is the Founder of the Association of Black Researchers (ABR), a 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves as a central resource to inform, support, and...

In today’s episode, we are talking all about mental health and the radical healing necessary to make a positive impact in communities with special guest Lamarr Lewis, a mental health therapist and advocate. Lamarr Lewis, LAPC CPRP, is a mental health therapist, consultant, dedicated advocate, author, and agent of change. On this podcast episode, he explains the importance of rest and self-care for...

Welcome to the Public Health Joy podcast, the safe space for real and honest conversation about what building a public health research career is really like: the challenges, the triumphs, and all the lessons we learn along the way. I’m your host, Dr. Joyee, a Public health researcher, PhD survivor, and entrepreneur. In today’s episode, I’m sharing what public health joy means, why I started this p...

What’s up, I’m Dr. Joyee, I’m a public health researcher, PhD survivor, and entrepreneur. But most of all, I’m a southern girl from Mississippi with a passion for community. After shifting my dreams from med school to grad school, I launched my public health career. Now the road to becoming a public health researcher ain’t easy. But I overcame the challenges by building relationships and finding j...

In this episode, we speak with public health professionals Marline Edmond, Nikita Boston-Fisher, Dr. Bryan Buckley, and Dr. Mary Wesley about their decision to pursue a PhD or DrPH and how it has impacted their public health journey.

In this episode, we are talking with Omari Richins, MPH of The PH Millennial and Kimberly Green-Warren, MPH of Smart Health Education about what life is really like after completing a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree.

In this episode, we're talking with Alisa Howard, CHWi and Dr. April Moreno about their top tips to jumpstart your public health career.

In this episode, we speak with LaTonya Bynum, MPH and Dr. Jovonni Spinner about how the CHES exam has impacted their public health journey.

In celebration of National Public Health Week, we talked with Zoila Reyna of Public Health Hired and Quisha Umemba of Umemba Health about how to build your career to serve communities. Listen for tips and resources on jumpstarting your public health career.

We are talking all about building a career around health equity with special guests Jasmine Leonard, founder of Health Equity Jazz and Dr. Leslie Hoglund, clinical assistant professor of public health at Old Dominion University and Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Leader.