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Hey, listeners, it's Lindsay Smith Rogers, producer of public health on call. And today is

inauguration day, 2025, and we're bringing

you a conversation about common ground in public health. Brian Kastrucci is president and CEO of

the De Beaumont Foundation, a philanthropy devoted to supporting state and local public health agencies.

He speaks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the opportunity

at a divisive moment for public health to appeal to people across the political spectrum.

Let's listen. Brian Kastucci, it is great to have you here on public health on call. How are you doing

today? And doing great, Josh. How are you? I'm doing pretty good. We're one week away from a change in administration in Washington, D.C.

And a lot of questions about what's going to happen. There's a number of areas that are emerging as possible flashpoints.

I'd like to think about some areas where public health can help bring the country together.

There are so many things that we can debate in public health, but there are so many things where we can find commonality.

When you look at challenges around opioids or depression, these are things that are bipartisan. And we need to find a way to work

together to solve these problems that impact every American. I'd like to ask you to introduce

the De Beaumont Foundation to our listeners because it was such an interesting organization and you've

done such great work. Well, thank you.

The DeBomont Foundation is a private foundation

in Bethesda, Maryland.

And while most philanthropies just give grants,

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