Welcome to Unbiased Science, where we bring scientific method to the madness.

I'm your host, Dr. Jess Steyer, and today I'm joined by two very special guests.

One is a familiar face, our unbiased scientist, Jen Bordenick, but we have an extremely special guest, Dr. Nadine Grascia, who is joining us today to talk about

trust, specifically trust for America's health. So today we'll be discussing the findings from the

2026 Ready or Not report. Amid deep staffing cuts, unexpected funding terminations, and other far-reaching

changes to the federal public health system, this report finds wide variation in states' readiness

as disease, outbreaks, natural disasters, and other health emergencies become more frequent,

and the U.S. prepares to welcome millions of

international travelers for the 26 World Cup. So Dr. Gracia, thank you so much for joining us today.

Oh, Jess and Jen, it's really a pleasure to be with you. Thanks for the opportunity.

If I may, I'd love to read a little bit about Dr. Grasia's background because it is incredibly

impressive. So bear with me for just one moment. So Dr. Nadine Grascia is the president and CEO of

Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public health policy research and advocacy

organization in Washington, D.C.,

committed to promoting optimal health for every person and community and making prevention and

health equity foundational to policymaking at all levels. Here, here. She is a national public health

health and health equity leader with extensive experience in federal

government, the nonprofit sector, academia, and professional associations. She served in the Obama

administration as deputy assistant secretary for minority health and director of the

Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

In that capacity, she directed departmental policies and programs to end health disparities in

advance health equity and provided executive leadership on administration priorities, including

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