26. Making Public Health Behavior Change Fun, Easy, and Popular

In this episode, Shavonne sits down with Darcy Sawatzki, EVP, Head of Public Health, and Team Lead at Evoke Kyne; a communications agency focused on advancing health and wellbeing worldwide. Darcy is an award-winning public health communicator with more than two decades of experience developing lar…

25. Emotional Intelligence, Critical Thinking and the Path Toward Stress Management

In this episode, Shavonne sits down with Camille Jones, Founder of We Got This Mind and Body, an online wellness program. Camille uses her experience as a certified personal trainer, nutrition and transformation specialist, to become a wellness designer and self image cheerleader for women to celeb…

24. Why Racism is a Public Health Crisis

Today, Shavonne had a chance to sit down with Dr. Angelica Geter, Chief Strategy Officer for the Black Women's Health Imperative, an organization working to eliminate barriers to wellness for black women and girls. Dr. Geter leads the organization’s first national antiracism initiative. She also s…

23. Long-Term Health Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB)

Today, Shavonne had a chance to sit down with Chris Palmedo, Clinical Professor of Community Health and Social Sciences at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. His teaching focuses on community health, health communications, and social marketing. His professional experience inclu…

22. Strategic Communications To Improve Health Policies & Public Health

In this episode, Shavonne sits down with Brandi Hight Bank, Vice President of Public Health & Policy at Klick Health, the world's largest independent commercialization partner for life sciences. Brandi’s 15-year career spans the public and private sectors, with a focus on creating social marketing…

21. How Do Health Communications and Behavioral Science Approaches Drive Generational Impact?

In this episode, Shavonne sits down with Everett Long, Director, Health Marketing Strategy at Brunet-García Advertising. Everett is a health advocate, communicator, and strategist who earned his PhD in Health Behavior and Promotion from the University of Georgia.  In his current role, Dr. Long con…

20. How Can Parents Do Better At Relating To Their Children?

In this episode, Shavonne sits down with Nicole Odem-Hardnett, Founder of Talk to Nicole and President and CEO of Focus Point Solutions. Specializing in blended family dynamics, Talk To Nicole helps clients to achieve the life they want by building strong relationships and planning for a brighter …

19. Advancing Health And Racial Equity Through Social Marketing

In this episode, Shavonne sits down with LaVerne Canady, the Director of Programs at FHI 360, an international nonprofit working to improve the health and well-being of people in the United States and around the world.  LaVerne oversees a portfolio of projects for FHI 360’s Social Marketing & Comm…

18. Areas Of Opportunity To Improve Intergenerational Communication (Gen Z Perspective)

In this episode, Shavonne Reed sits down with her daughter, Lauren Reed, to have a real talk about health communications and how Lauren believes we can be sparking better conversations across generations that meet people where they are to positively impact lives. This is part of our series of conv…

17. How Can We Translate Health Equity Goals Into Reality?

In this episode, Shavonne sits down with health equity strategist, Tamira Moon, about health inequality she’s witnessed along her journey, the work she’s been doing since earning her MPH at The Ohio State University, why health equity has been more challenging than it ought to be, and what public h…