Public Health

Can voting create healthier communities? 

Podcast Editor Jazlyn Gallego (MPM ’24) speaks with Aliya Bhatia, Georgetown School of Foreign Service graduate and Executive Director of Vot-ER, to discuss the link between public health and successful democracies. Vot-ER, a national nonprofit 501(C)3 organization, develops nonpartisan civic engagement tools and programs for every corner of the healthcare system—from private practitioners to medical […]

Health, Incarceration, and the Intersection of Medicaid Policy with Khalil Cumberbatch and Vikki Wachino

GPPR Editor Bryna Antonia Cortes (MPM ’23) spoke with Khalil Cumberbatch, national leader and advocate on criminal justice policy, and Vikki Wachino, health care policy champion and former deputy administrator at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on the convening of their multi-sector coalition, the Health and Reentry Project (HARP); forthcoming CMS approval […]