On this episode of First State Insights, Tim Gibbs and Dr. Omar Khan of the Delaware Academy of Medicine/Delaware Public Health Association, speak about connections among health, housing, and place with Julia O’Hanlon and Sean O’Neill, policy scientists at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration. Topics covered in this August 22, 2022 conversation include the function of housing and place as social determinants of health, the importance of collaboration among housing, medical, and planning professionals, and the focus and value of resources provided through the Delaware Journal of Public Health.
Mr. Gibbs is the executive director of the Delaware Academy of Medicine/Delaware Public Health Association and publisher of the Delaware Journal of Public Health. A native Delawarean, he attended Wilmington Friends School, then Earlham College. He later became certified in nonprofit management from the University of Delaware and earned a Master’s degree in Public Health from Arcadia University.
Dr. Khan is co-chair of the Delaware Public Health Association Advisory Council and serves as President & CEO of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA), a consortium of Christiana Care Health System, Thomas Jefferson University, Nemours, and the University of Delaware. He is also a practicing physician with interests in general primary care, medical education, outcomes research infrastructure, and global health.
The Institute for Public Administration is a research and public service center in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware.
Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.
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