Chris Appleton is the Founder and CEO of Art Pharmacy, a healthcare-grade social prescribing company. Art Pharmacy works nationally with health systems, payers, and community-based organizations to support individuals struggling with mental health, loneliness, and chronic disease.

Prior to founding Art Pharmacy, Appleton co-founded two nonprofit organizations, where he became a national leader in cross-sector collaboration. Appleton and his work have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, Fast Company, and more. He is a frequent public speaker with recent engagements including SXSW, EQTY, and AAM.

He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Appleton’s strong commitment to servant leadership and civic engagement has led to numerous awards and honors, including Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Healthcare Champion Award, Americans for the Arts National Emerging Leader Award, Emory Center for Creativity and the Arts Community Impact Award, and New Leaders Council Alumni Award, 2019 Class of Leadership Atlanta, Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40, Georgia Trend’s 100 Notable Georgians, Outstanding Atlanta Class of 2014, and World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers. Appleton and his wife, Annie, who works for the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, live in Atlanta with their two young children.

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Art Pharmacy Website
LinkedIn - Chris Appleton
The Connection Cure book
Your Brain on Art

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Chris Appleton is the Founder and CEO of Art Pharmacy, a healthcare-grade social prescribing company. Art Pharmacy works nationally with health systems, payers, and community-based organizations to support individuals struggling with mental health, loneliness, and chronic disease.
Prior to founding Art Pharmacy, Appleton co-founded two nonprofit organizations, where he became a national leader in cross-sector collaboration. Appleton and his work have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, Fast Company, and more. He is a frequent public speaker with recent engagements including SXSW, EQTY, and AAM.
He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Appleton’s strong commitment to servant leadership and civic engagement has led to numerous awards and honors, including Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Healthcare Champion Award, Americans for the Arts National Emerging Leader Award, Emory Center for Creativity and the Arts Community Impact Award, and New Leaders Council Alumni Award, 2019 Class of Leadership Atlanta, Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40, Georgia Trend’s 100 Notable Georgians, Outstanding Atlanta Class of 2014, and World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers. Appleton and his wife, Annie, who works for the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, live in Atlanta with their two young children.
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<a href="https://artpharmacy.co">Art Pharmacy Website</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-appleton-atl">LinkedIn - Chris Appleton</a> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Connection-Cure/Julia-Hotz/9781668030332">The Connection Cure book</a> <a href="https://a.co/d/eVX75Ms">Your Brain on Art</a>
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Every day, there are public health crises threatening the livelihoods of our families and communities. While the novel coronavirus has taken center stage, there are several other escalating issues impacting our society, not limited to: mental health, generational poverty, inadequate nutrition access, and rising healthcare costs that widen the opportunity chasm.

However, there’s still so much hope! 

Our youngest consumers, Gen Z, are much more aware of the health risks of fast food, stress, sugary drinks, various medications, and social media than previous generations. This awareness has been leading them further away from choices that negatively impact their overall health.

🤔 What if we...
awakened to solutions for a healthier future?
became better guardians of our mind, body, and soul?
helped save the lives of our loved ones before losing them too early?
poured into and empowered the healthiest future generations to follow?

🤔 How will the future health of our families and communities look, if we start NOW?

Subscribe to this podcast and join our host, Shavonne Reed, Founder of OPUA Agency, as she embarks on a journey of answering these questions by having crucial conversations with today’s top public health leaders who will edify us all on how to increase lifespans, pay less over time with preventative healthcare, lead more active lifestyles, and build a more sustainable tomorrow… starting today!

Together… we can become more Optimistic People, Unified for Awareness that leads to action and better peace of mind towards the livelihood of our future generations.

This is Future Health NOW!

Every day, there are public health crises threatening the livelihoods of our families and communities. While the novel coronavirus has taken center stage, there are several other escalating issues impacting our society, not limited to: mental health, generational poverty, inadequate nutrition access, and rising healthcare costs that widen the opportunity chasm.
However, there&rsquo;s still so much hope!&nbsp;
Our youngest consumers, Gen Z, are much more aware of the health risks of fast food, stress, sugary drinks, various medications, and social media than previous generations. This awareness has been leading them further away from choices that negatively impact their overall health.
🤔 What if we...
<ul>
<li>awakened to solutions for a healthier future?</li>
<li>became better guardians of our mind, body, and soul?</li>
<li>helped save the lives of our loved ones before losing them too early?</li>
<li>poured into and empowered the healthiest future generations to follow?</li>
</ul>
🤔 How will the future health of our families and communities look, if we start NOW?
Subscribe to this podcast and join our host,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shavonnereed.com/">Shavonne Reed</a>, Founder of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.opuatechnologies.com/">OPUA&nbsp;Agency</a>, as she embarks on a journey of answering these questions by having crucial conversations with today&rsquo;s top public health leaders who will edify us all on how to increase lifespans, pay less over time with preventative healthcare, lead more active lifestyles, and build a more sustainable tomorrow&hellip; starting today!
Together&hellip; we can become more&nbsp;Optimistic&nbsp;People,&nbsp;Unified for&nbsp;Awareness that leads to action and better peace of mind towards the livelihood of our future generations. This is&nbsp;<a href="https://futurehealthnow.com/">Future Health NOW</a>!

Crucial conversations with today’s top public health leaders to bring wellness into ubiquity with Gen Z and future generations

Future Health NOW

Every day, there are public health crises threatening the livelihoods of our families and communities. While the novel coronavirus took center stage, there were several other escalating issues impacting our society, not limited to: mental health, generational poverty, inadequate nutrition access, and rising healthcare costs that widen the opportunity chasm.

However, there’s still so much hope! 

Our youngest consumers, Gen Z, are much more aware of the health risks of fast food, stress, sugary drinks, various medications, and social media than previous generations. This awareness has been leading them further away from choices that negatively impact their overall health.

🤔 What if we...
awakened to solutions for a healthier future?
became better guardians of our mind, body, and soul?
helped save the lives of our loved ones before losing them too early?
poured into and empowered the healthiest future generations to follow?

🤔 How will the future health of our families and communities look, if we start NOW?

Subscribe to this podcast and join our host, Shavonne Reed, Founder of OPUA Agency, as she embarks on a journey of answering these questions by having crucial conversations with today’s top public health leaders who will edify us all on how to increase lifespans, pay less over time with preventative healthcare, lead more active lifestyles, and build a more sustainable tomorrow for an improved marginal decade of life… starting today!

Together… we can become more Optimistic People, Unified for Awareness that leads to action and better peace of mind toward the livelihood of our future generations.

This is Future Health NOW!

Every day, there are public health crises threatening the livelihoods of our families and communities. While the novel coronavirus took center stage, there were several other escalating issues impacting our society, not limited to: mental health, generational poverty, inadequate nutrition access, and rising healthcare costs that widen the opportunity chasm.
However, there’s still so much hope! 
Our youngest consumers, Gen Z, are much more aware of the health risks of fast food, stress, sugary drinks, various medications, and social media than previous generations. This awareness has been leading them further away from choices that negatively impact their overall health.
🤔 What if we...
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">awakened to solutions for a healthier future?</li>
<li aria-level="1">became better guardians of our mind, body, and soul?</li>
<li aria-level="1">helped save the lives of our loved ones before losing them too early?</li>
<li aria-level="1">poured into and empowered the healthiest future generations to follow?</li>
</ul>
🤔 How will the future health of our families and communities look, if we start NOW?
Subscribe to this podcast and join our host, <a href="https://www.shavonnereed.com/">Shavonne Reed</a>, Founder of <a href="https://www.opuatechnologies.com/">OPUA Agency</a>, as she embarks on a journey of answering these questions by having crucial conversations with today’s top public health leaders who will edify us all on how to increase lifespans, pay less over time with preventative healthcare, lead more active lifestyles, and build a more sustainable tomorrow for an improved marginal decade of life… starting today!
Together… we can become more Optimistic People, Unified for Awareness that leads to action and better peace of mind toward the livelihood of our future generations.
This is <a href="https://futurehealthnow.com/">Future Health NOW</a>!

47. Improving Health Through Social Belonging: Chris Appleton’s Mission with Art Pharmacy

Adrienne Ammerman is a health communications professional with 18 years of experience at the local, regional, state, & national levels. She has dedicated her career to empowering health communicators to support their communities with evidence-based, culturally competent, and measurable health information. 

In 2019, through her work with WNC Health Network, Adrienne initiated the creation of a collective impact collaborative that has grown to include health communicators representing public health agencies, hospitals, and community-based partners across the 18 counties of western North Carolina. During the pandemic, Adrienne coordinated a customizable regional communications campaign to build local communicators’ capacity to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. Highlighted by the CDC as a model strategy, this approach is now being adapted in WNC for use with other priority health issues. 

Adrienne holds an MA in communications with a concentration in health communication from Johns Hopkins University and was a 2023 Information Futures Fellow at Brown University School of Public Health.

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The Public Health Communications Collaborative Academy

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Adrienne Ammerman is a health communications professional with 18 years of experience at the local, regional, state, &amp; national levels. She has dedicated her career to empowering health communicators to support their communities with evidence-based, culturally competent, and measurable health information.  In 2019, through her work with WNC Health Network, Adrienne initiated the creation of a collective impact collaborative that has grown to include health communicators representing public health agencies, hospitals, and community-based partners across the 18 counties of western North Carolina. During the pandemic, Adrienne coordinated a customizable regional communications campaign to build local communicators’ capacity to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. Highlighted by the CDC as a model strategy, this approach is now being adapted in WNC for use with other priority health issues.  Adrienne holds an MA in communications with a concentration in health communication from Johns Hopkins University and was a 2023 Information Futures Fellow at Brown University School of Public Health.
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<a href="https://www.arclet.com">Arclet Website</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienneammerman">Follow Adrienne on LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://academy.publichealthcollaborative.org">The Public Health Communications Collaborative Academy</a>
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48. Revolutionizing Public Health Communications: Adrienne Ammerman's Journey and the Power of Arclet

Quisha Umemba is the CEO of Umemba Health, Quisha helps public health organizations and healthcare systems to educate their workforce, empower their leadership, and expand their community presence. She has more than 20 years of diverse experience including roles such as Registered Nurse, Public Health Practitioner, and Entrepreneur. A visionary in the field of public health entrepreneurship, Quisha believes that public health professionals are uniquely positioned to serve the field of Public Health through entrepreneurship leading the way for public health innovation. Her goal is to shed light on the pivotal role public health and healthcare professionals have in fostering innovation within the entrepreneurial landscape.  

Quisha teaches helping professionals to leverage their expertise, package their genius, and monetize their skillset so they can start, grow, and scale a profitable public health consulting business that makes an impact and an income.  She also advises organizations on how to innovate workplace culture by nurturing the intrapreneurs within their team.

Quisha is a curriculum designer, expert facilitator, and highly qualified and experienced corporate trainer specializing in training of trainers, leadership development, and a range of personal and professional development topics. She is a sought-after presenter with a dynamic speaking style and an expert at engaging audiences virtually and in person. Quisha serves as a subject matter expert in public health and population health strategies that support individual development and organizational performance.  

Whether it's shedding light on pressing public health issues or empowering individuals to harness their full potential, Quisha’s goal is to spark change and inspire action, her life’s mission is to empower, educate, and transform the lives of others. She prides herself on being a "change-maker on a mission" to ignite conversations that matter. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, son, and a fur baby.

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Quisha Umemba Coaching and Consulting
Public Health Entrepreneurship: Navigating the Intersection of Purpose and Profit
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Quisha Umemba is the CEO of <a href="https://www.umembahealth.com/">Umemba Health</a>, Quisha helps public health organizations and healthcare systems to educate their workforce, empower their leadership, and expand their community presence. She has more than 20 years of diverse experience including roles such as Registered Nurse, Public Health Practitioner, and Entrepreneur. A visionary in the field of public health entrepreneurship, Quisha believes that public health professionals are uniquely positioned to serve the field of Public Health through entrepreneurship leading the way for public health innovation. Her goal is to shed light on the pivotal role public health and healthcare professionals have in fostering innovation within the entrepreneurial landscape.   Quisha teaches helping professionals to leverage their expertise, package their genius, and monetize their skillset so they can start, grow, and scale a profitable public health consulting business that makes an impact and an income.  She also advises organizations on how to innovate workplace culture by nurturing the intrapreneurs within their team. Quisha is a curriculum designer, expert facilitator, and highly qualified and experienced corporate trainer specializing in training of trainers, leadership development, and a range of personal and professional development topics. She is a sought-after presenter with a dynamic speaking style and an expert at engaging audiences virtually and in person. Quisha serves as a subject matter expert in public health and population health strategies that support individual development and organizational performance.   Whether it's shedding light on pressing public health issues or empowering individuals to harness their full potential, Quisha’s goal is to spark change and inspire action, her life’s mission is to empower, educate, and transform the lives of others. She prides herself on being a "change-maker on a mission" to ignite conversations that matter. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, son, and a fur baby.
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<a href="https://www.quishaumemba.com/">Quisha Umemba Coaching and Consulting</a> <a href="https://quishaumemba.com/book">Public Health Entrepreneurship: Navigating the Intersection of Purpose and Profit</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3T9dXfG ">How Right Now Campaign Resources</a>
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46. How Public Health Shapes  Our World: A Conversation  with Quisha Umemba

Dr. Chandria D. Jones is a Principal Research Scientist in Public Health and Affiliate Staff at the Center on Equity Research at NORC at the University of Chicago. Dr. Jones works in the areas of behavioral health, health equity, and health communications. She leads equity-focused projects that leverage community engagement and participatory methods, emphasizing culturally responsive and equitable evaluation and research. Her research examines social and environmental determinants of health for historically marginalized populations such as people from racial and ethnic minority groups, youth and families with lower incomes, and persons with mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Jones’ work has a strong racial equity and systems change focus emphasizing the need to understand the complex social, cultural, and historical factors necessary to transform policies and practices. Dr. Jones earned her Ph.D. in Behavioral and Community Health from the University of Maryland, College Park, and her M.P.H. from Florida International University.

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Culturally Responsive & Equitable Evaluation: Visions and Voices of Emerging Scholars

The Center on Equity Research

How Right Now Campaign

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Dr. Chandria D. Jones is a Principal Research Scientist in Public Health and Affiliate Staff at the Center on Equity Research at NORC at the University of Chicago. Dr. Jones works in the areas of behavioral health, health equity, and health communications. She leads equity-focused projects that leverage community engagement and participatory methods, emphasizing culturally responsive and equitable evaluation and research. Her research examines social and environmental determinants of health for historically marginalized populations such as people from racial and ethnic minority groups, youth and families with lower incomes, and persons with mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Jones’ work has a strong racial equity and systems change focus emphasizing the need to understand the complex social, cultural, and historical factors necessary to transform policies and practices. Dr. Jones earned her Ph.D. in Behavioral and Community Health from the University of Maryland, College Park, and her M.P.H. from Florida International University.
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<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandria-jones">Follow Chandria on LinkedIn</a>
<a href="https://x.com/chandriatalks">Follow Chandria on X</a>
<a href="https://a.co/d/6BubZSx">Culturally Responsive &amp; Equitable Evaluation: Visions and Voices of Emerging Scholars</a>
<a href="https://www.norc.org/about/departments/center-on-equity-research.html">The Center on Equity Research</a>
<a href="https://bit.ly/3T9dXfG">How Right Now Campaign</a>
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