<description>&lt;h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;About this episode:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;It's graduation time at the Bloomberg School! In this episode: New graduate Della Wright shares how a passion for community engagement and a drive to sharpen her skills steered her towards public health, and how a DrPH degree is supercharging her work bringing researchers and communities together to protect the environment.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"&gt;Guest:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt; &lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Della Wright, DrPH, MPH,&lt;/strong&gt; is a &lt;a href= "https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/fellowship" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name= "link"&gt;Bloomberg Fellow&lt;/a&gt; and the director of evaluation at the &lt;a href="https://dscej.org/" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link"&gt;Deep South Center for Environmental Justice&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"&gt;Host:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/1781/joshua-m-sharfstein" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name= "link"&gt;&lt;strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong"&gt;Dr. Josh Sharfstein&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is distinguished professor of the practice in &lt;a href= "https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/health-policy-and-management" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name= "link"&gt;Health Policy and Management&lt;/a&gt;, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"&gt;Show links and related content:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul class="ak-ul" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="bulletList" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt; &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"&gt; &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/get-know-della-wright" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name= "link"&gt;Get to Know Della Wright&lt;/a&gt;—Bloomberg American Health Initiative&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"&gt; &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://dscej.org/project/hbcu-cbo-gulf-equity-consortium/" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name= "link"&gt;HBCU-CBO Gulf Equity Consortium&lt;/a&gt;—Deep South Center for Environmental Justice&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block= "true"&gt;Transcript information:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name= "paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"&gt;Looking for episode transcripts? 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1054 - Interview With a Graduate: A Newly Minted DrPH in Louisiana

MAY 19, 202615 MIN
Public Health On Call

1054 - Interview With a Graduate: A Newly Minted DrPH in Louisiana

MAY 19, 202615 MIN

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About this episode: It's graduation time at the Bloomberg School! In this episode: New graduate Della Wright shares how a passion for community engagement and a drive to sharpen her skills steered her towards public health, and how a DrPH degree is supercharging her work bringing researchers and communities together to protect the environment. Guest: Della Wright, DrPH, MPH, is a Bloomberg Fellow and the director of evaluation at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. Host: Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. Show links and related content: Get to Know Della Wright—Bloomberg American Health Initiative HBCU-CBO Gulf Equity Consortium—Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website. Follow us: @‌PublicHealthPod on Bluesky @‌PublicHealthPod on Instagram @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Facebook @‌PublicHealthOnCall on YouTube Here's our RSS feed Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University.