Interview Archives

Interview with Stephen Thomas, Ph.D. [pdf], director of the Center for Minority Health and a Philip Hallen Professor of Community Health and Social Justice in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, on corporate practices as a social determinant of health and health disparities, and the varying roles the tobacco, food and alcohol industries have played in Black communities.

Interview with Lena Pons [pdf], Policy Analyst for Public Citizen's Auto Safety Group, on its efforts to improve fuel economy and its views on recent Federal and state legislation on emissions standards. Pons also analyzes the auto industry's response to increasing attention to the health and environmental effects of vehicle emissions.

Interview with Kathryn Montgomery [pdf], professor in the Public Communication division of the School of Communication at American University where she heads the University's Center for Social Media's Youth, Media and Democracy project.

Interview with Richard Daynard In March 2006, the newsletter Informed Eating interviewed Richard Daynard, professor at Northeastern University School of Law.

Alcohol and Food Advocacy: What’s the same? What’s different? – An interview with Michele Simon [pdf]   Corporations and Health speaks with Michele Simon, Director of Research and Policy, Marin Institute.

Public Health Advocacy on Tobacco and Guns Down Under and Beyond – An Interview with Simon Chapman [pdf]   Corporations and Health speaks with Simon Chapman, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney in Australia.

Scientists, the Food Industry, and Heart Health: An Interview with Dr. Jeremiah Stamler [pdf]   Corporations and Health speaks to Dr. Jeremiah Stamler, one of the founders of preventive cardiology.

Interview with John Johnson [pdf], Executive Director of the Campaign to Close the Newspaper Loophole

Interview with Lynda Dee [pdf], Drug Development Committee member and founder of the AIDS Treatment Activist Coalition (ATAC)

Interview with Rev. Jesse Brown [pdf], Founder and Executive Director of the National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery (NAAAPI)

Interview with George Hacker [pdf], Director of the Alcohol Policies Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)