Videos and Podcasts

June 24 marked a first for Burness: after 25 years of managing events alongside our nonprofit partners, we tried hosting one of our own. Over lunch at Washington’s Busboys and Poets, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Alex S. Jones took the stage alongside Nicco Mele, who has made his mark as Howard Dean’s internet operations director, a Harvard lecturer and co-Founder of EchoDitto.

The question of the day was simple: “Are we losing the news?”

June 24 marked a first for Burness: after 25 years of managing events alongside our nonprofit partners, we tried hosting one of our own. Over lunch at Washington’s Busboys and Poets, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Alex S. Jones took the stage alongside Nicco Mele, who has...

Watch Dr. Bill Zempsky, a Mayday Pain & Society Fellow, discuss his experience in the four-day training in Washington, DC and the six-month coaching period that followed.  Dr. Zempsky is the associate director of the pain relief program at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut where he works extensively with children and adolescents on one of the most painful conditions - sickle cell anemia.

Watch Dr. Bill Zempsky, a Mayday Pain & Society Fellow, discuss his experience in the four-day training in Washington, DC and the six-month coaching period that followed.  Dr. Zempsky...

Local Fox News coverage of Chilean fund raiser for earthquake relief.   (Our related blog post is here.)

Ramanan Laxminarayan of Extending the Cure discusses the dangers of hospital-acquired infections.  (See our blog post on the topic here.)

 

In this video, Dr. Richard Payne discusses with Andy Burness the need for scientists to communicate about their work. Dr. Payne is a professor of medicine and divinity at Duke University, and the Esther Colliflower Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life.


In this video, Dr. Richard Payne discusses with Andy Burness the need for scientists to communicate about their work. Dr. Payne is a professor of medicine and divinity at Duke University, and the Esther Colliflower Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life.

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The new County Health Rankings reports rank every county in the nation on a comprehensive set of health factors and outcomes.  A project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin, it is  the first of its kind and an important tool for local policymakers, advocates and others.  This video, featuring Health Rankings researchers and RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, tells the story of how one county used the Rankings to inspire action.

The new County Health Rankings reports rank every county in the nation on a comprehensive set of health factors and outcomes.  A project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin, it is  the first of its kind and an important tool for local policymakers,...