290 - We Stand With Public Health Part 3: The Challenges Facing Health Departments

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a special 4-part series excerpted from a webcast, we look at the extraordinary challenges facing the field of public health in the COVID era. Today, <strong>Dr. Sara Cody,</strong> Health Officer and Director of the Santa Clara Public Health Department in California; <strong>Jennifer Kertanis</strong>, Director of Health at Farmington Valley Health District in Connecticut; and <strong>Lisa Macon Harrison</strong>, Health Director of the Granville-Vance Health Department in North Carolina talk about their experiences with harassment and what needs to be done to protect public health workers. Then, <strong>Dr. Josh Sharfstein</strong> talks with <strong>Dr. Joneigh Khaldun</strong> of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services about fallout from this crisis and signs of hope from a new administration.</span></p>