898 - The Measles Response in Lubbock, Texas
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.8 • 620 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
About this episode:
A look inside the ongoing public health response to measles outbreaks in Lubbock, a city in West Texas.
Guest:
Katherine Wells is the director of Lubbock Public Health in West Texas.
Host:
Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland’s Health Department.
Show links and related content:
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Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust—The Texas Tribune
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Texas Isn’t Declaring a Measles Victory Yet—Bloomberg
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
| 0:05.9 | where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges. |
| 0:16.3 | If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jhhh.edu. |
| 0:23.8 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:30.9 | Hey listeners, it's Lindsay Smith-Rogers. |
| 0:34.0 | Today, a view of measles from the front lines of local public health. |
| 0:39.2 | Dr. Catherine Wells is Director of Lubbock Public Health in Lubbock, Texas. |
| 0:44.0 | She talks to Dr. Josh Sarstein about the nuts and bolts of their measles response. |
| 0:48.8 | Let's listen. |
| 0:50.2 | Dr. Catherine Wells, it is great to see you here on Public Health on Call. How are you doing? |
| 0:55.6 | I'm doing great today. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:58.2 | You are the director of Lubbock Public Health. What is Lubbock Public Health? |
| 1:03.0 | So Lubbock Public Health is a local health department out in West, Texas. So in Texas, we have a lot of city or county health departments. |
| 1:12.1 | So I'm a joint district that represents both the city and the county. Both have the same name. |
| 1:18.1 | How many people more or less live in that district? We have about 300, 350,000 individuals. |
| 1:26.6 | And how long have you been doing this for Lubbock Public Health? |
| 1:30.1 | Let's see. I have been here now for 10 years. |
| 1:33.4 | Been in public health for 25, but 10 years in this position. |
| 1:39.6 | Now, we are going to talk about the measles. |
| 1:42.8 | And I wonder how many major measles outbreaks you've been involved in over those 25 years. |
| 1:50.0 | This is my first measles outbreak, worked as an epidemiologist for the State Health Department |
| 1:58.0 | prior to becoming a local health officer and never had to deal with measles |
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