Expert Q&A

Vital Strategies shared oral and poster presentations at the 13th Annual Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health.

Sarah DiMuccio and Negin Sattari of Catalyst, a global nonprofit that works around the world to accelerate women into leadership, spoke to us about their research on how men can interrupt sexism in the workplace and beyond.

The new food policy guidelines will be implemented in October 2022 after six long years of advocacy from civil society organizations. 

In a new podcast, Healthy Food Policy Fellows discuss their vision to change food environments.

In 2017, the Thamini Uhai/Vital Strategies team introduced birth companions in health facilities in Tanzania's Kigoma Region to improve maternal health outcomes. Dr. Sunday Dominico, Director of Programs at Thamini Uhai, and one of the lead authors of a recently published study on the pilot, spoke with us about the impressive results.

A critical first step in preventing lead poisoning is identifying potential exposure early.

Food has often been used as a means to wield power over others, but can also be understood as a vehicle to redistribute it. To learn more, we sat down with recent Vital Brown Bag speaker, Jenny Dorsey, who is a professional chef and founder of the nonprofit organization, Studio ATAO.

The relationship between air pollution and child stunting has been largely overlooked but new research offers updated evidence on the link. We spoke to Vivian Pun, epidemiologist in Vital Strategies' Environmental Health division and author on the new paper, to learn more about what the team found.

Public health mass media campaigns can be a powerful strategy for addressing the TB epidemic.

We sat down with Christina Chang to learn about her public health journey, what excites her about the work she does at Vital Strategies—including a new initiative she is looking forward to—and what she loves about living and working in New York City.