Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States, joins Sana Khan and Emily Maass to talk about navigating politics and communication strategies to advance public health policy, focusing on tobacco cessation.
Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, was the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, an appointed professor of public health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and the vice chairman of the Canyon Ranch Institute.
Emily Maas, MPH, specializes in public health policy & management, and currently is part of the CDC’s Pubic Health Associate Program, where she works with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Department of Public Health and Human Services on accreditation efforts.
