Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement,

and a former health commissioner here in Baltimore.

Our goal is to bring evidence and experience to illuminate critical public health issues.

If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jhh.edu.

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Today, a podcast from the front lines of politics in Florida. I speak with Dr. Lisa Gwyn, the current president of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics,

and an associate professor of clinical pediatrics and public health sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Dr. Gwynn was recently fired from a state board

for advocacy for vaccinating children

to protect them from COVID-19.

Dr. Lisa, Gwen, thank you so much for joining me

in public health on call.

Could we just start by hearing a little bit about

your background and career? Sure. So I'm a general pediatrician born and raised in Miami, Florida.

I went to medical school here. I trained here at the county hospital. And after my training, I practiced in private practice for almost nine years.

And then decided I wanted to go back into academics and public health.

And so I returned as a faculty member at the University of Miami, where I lead community-based

pediatrics programs.

I run a pediatric mobile clinic program, which provides comprehensive health care to uninsured

children throughout Miami-Dade County.

And then I also lead school health in the University of Miami, and in Miami-Dade County. And then I also lead school health in the University of

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