If I Could Change One Thing

Our host, Gary Rotto, discusses the impacts of COVID-19 regarding food insecurity with CEO of Feeding San Diego, Vince Hall. Learn about insights of how Feeding San Diego is responding to COVID-19 in this episode and how food insecurity affects health outcomes and is a key Social Determinants of Health.

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Christopher Foltz! He is the Incident Commander of Covid-19 Response and Infectious Disease Physician with the Desert AIDS Project.

As Chair of the Family Medicine Department with the Riverside University Hospital System, Dr. Geoffrey Leung has always been passionate about Public Health and improving care for underserved populations.  But during the COVID-19 pandemic, he has also become one of the leaders in the “Inland Empire” for testing and interpreting models to advise health policy in the region.  Dr. Leung helps our listeners to demystify modeling as well as look to the “post-pandemic, pre-vaccine world” in which we will live.

Imagine growing up in the Coachella Valley before the City of Coachella was known as it is today.  How have things changed?  How do you fight for better health for the underserved in the community?  Now taking on the role of Chairman of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and trying to govern during a pandemic. Victor Manuel Perez talks about Coachella, COVID-19 and providing steady, consensus but data driven leadership during these unsettling times.

We kick off the podcast by welcoming guest speaker, Dr. Hala Madanat! Thank you to Audionautix's Jason Shaw for the music.