Season 14 • Episode 1102

Taking Public Health from the Classroom to the Community

Sep 9, 2026

24:33

Health Policy Nutrition & Diet Public Health

Episode Description

About this episode:

Malcolm Cunningham and Amelia Hulbert both work in local government, spearheading violence prevention programs and reducing barriers to food access, respectively. Through the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, they've supercharged their work with MPH degrees and instruction from leaders in their fields. In this episode: Malcolm and Amelia discuss their work to create better health outcomes in their communities and how programs at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have guided them.

Guest:

Malcolm Cunningham, MPH, is the director of the Toledo, OH, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement and an alumnus of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.

Amelia Hulbert, MPH, is the Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) specialist with Boulder County Public Health and an alumna of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.

Host:

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Show links and related content:

The Cost of Gun Violence: The Direct Cost to Tax Payers—National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
To get fresh vegetables to people who need them, one city puts its soda tax to work—NPR
The Bloomberg Fellows Program—Bloomberg American Health Initiative

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