The Celeste Stein Show, June 3, 2023
The Celeste Stein Show with Celeste Stein and guest Patty Mechael, https://www.patriciamechael.com/
Dr. Patricia (Patty) Mechael is a writer and public health specialist, who combines her passions for women, technology, science, and the world to inspire women and girls through her writing. Drawing on her career in global health, Patty’s works wrestle with the toughest public health and societal issues of our time, including the anti-vaxxer movement, school shootings, and mental health alongside sexism and racism. Her writing also draws on her more than 20 years of work across more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Guest Name, Dr Patricia Mechael
Inspiring young people through literature - Public Health Specialist inspires and empowers youths to save their planet. (Guest Pitch)
Dr. Patricia Mechael
Biography
Dr. Patricia (Patty) Mechael is an award-winning, internationally-recognized digital health specialist of three decades. Her work has been honored by the John Hopkins University Knowledge for the World Distinguished Alumnus Award, the British Council UK Education Social Impact Award, and the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Resident Fellowship.
On top of being a public health specialist, Patty is also a mom and author, who combines her passions for technology and innovation, science, women's rights, and the environment to inspire kids and adults through her writing.
Drawing on her career in global health, Patty's works wrestle with the toughest public health and societal issues of our time, including the environment, pandemic preparedness, responsible technology and AI, and mental health. She is recognized as a pioneer in the use of mobile and other technologies for health. She is the co-founder and policy lead at the South Africa-based non-profit, HealthEnabled, has served as executive director of the mHealth Alliance at the United Nations Foundation, and as executive vice president of the Personal Connected Health Alliance.
In addition, she is co-editor of mHealth in Practice: Mobile technology for health promotion in the developing world, which is published by Bloomsbury, an editorial board member of the Journal of Medical Internet Research and Oxford Open Digital Health Journal, and a regular contributing author to AIMed's quarterly journal.
She has developed new curricula in research methods and information technology for health and international development and taught at many leading schools, including Columbia University, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, Rutgers University, American University in Cairo and Beirut, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
In addition to having several books published, including her debut novel, The Antidotes, Patty has penned more than 100 publications on various aspects of public health and technology in scientific and health journals. Her writing draws on her more than 30 years of work in 45 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America. She earned a PhD in Public Health and Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Master's in Health Science in International Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
She resides in Washington D.C. For more information, see www.patriciamechael.com. You can
also follow The Antidotes on Instagram @theantidotesseries!
The Celeste Stein Show
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Celeste Bishop Stein, MSJ, PhD is a seasoned talk show host, published author, and award winning journalist. Dr. Stein has worked in television and radio more than 15 years. She has primarily covered the police, education, finance, and consumer beats working for ABC affiliates out of Washington, DC, Lynchburg/Roanoke, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee.
Her very first talk show, the Caribbean Experience, aired on WHUR Radio in Washington, D.C.. She also hosted an entertainment program on WCLK Radio in Atlanta, Georgia, interviewing top entertainers in the music industry and political arenas.
