526 - YouTube's Dr. Garth Graham on Social Media and Misinformation
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Social media has long been criticized for its role in perpetuating dangerous misinformation. Dr. Garth Graham, the director and global head of healthcare and public health at Google and YouTube, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how this came to a head during the pandemic and how he sees the opportunity for social media channels to be leaders in the evolution of science and public health communications.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, |
| 0:17.1 | and a former health commissioner here in Baltimore. |
| 0:19.7 | Our goal is to bring evidence and experience to illuminate critical public health issues. |
| 0:25.4 | If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jhh.edu. |
| 0:31.6 | That's public health question at jh.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:37.8 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. |
| 0:41.5 | Today, the challenge and opportunity of social media in an age of misinformation. |
| 0:46.8 | Dr. Garth Graham, the director and global head of health care and public health at Google and |
| 0:51.5 | YouTube, joins the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein. |
| 0:55.1 | Let's listen. |
| 0:57.2 | Dr. Garth Graham, it's so great to see you |
| 0:59.8 | and to have you on the podcast. |
| 1:01.3 | How are you doing today? |
| 1:02.9 | I'm doing well, Josh, and it's great to be here. |
| 1:05.1 | Good to see a longtime champion of public health, |
| 1:09.6 | helping get out information to the world. |
| 1:11.4 | So I am honored to be on the podcast. |
| 1:14.3 | Now, you have had some incredibly important jobs in public health, and now you are at |
| 1:19.3 | YouTube. |
| 1:19.9 | So can you remind our listeners the arc of your career? |
| 1:23.9 | Yeah. |
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