The Beautiful & Most Scary Thing About Public Health

If you just look at his resume, it sounds almost made up: Political Science at NC State, a Master’s at Columbia, a DRPH at UNC, and a decade in the trenches as an epidemiologist across three states. Then, employee number three at a “tiny foundation”—now president and CEO, shaping how America thinks about public health. This episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast dives into the forks in the road, the mentors, and the scars that turned Dr. Brian Castrucci into the leader he is today. References for Our Discussion ◼️ About Brian C. Castrucci ◼️ A New AI Platform to Strengthen Health Communication and Combat False Narratives ◼️ Science to People: VeriSci Guest ◼️ Dr. Brian Castrucci, DrPH Host ◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP® Producer ◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP® ◼️ Abhinya Gulasingam Production Notes ◼️ Music from Johnny Harris x Tom Fox: The Music Room

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The Beautiful & Most Scary Thing About Public Health is an episode from Public Health Insight by PHI Media.

This episode is 34:52 long.

This episode was published on Jan 6, 2026.

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