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PHEC 431: From Crisis to Collaboration with Health Commissioner Mike Totoraitis

PHEC 431: From Crisis to Collaboration with Health Commissioner Mike Totoraitis

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In this powerful episode, Milwaukee's Health Commissioner Mike Totoraitis joins Dr. Charlotte H. Huntley to share an insider's view of navigating a citywide public health crisis and the evolving realities of public health leadership in 2025. Mike recounts how discovering a severe lead crisis in Milwaukee's schools exposed systemic vulnerabilities while underscoring the urgent importance of community engagement, open information sharing, and cross-sector partnerships. Their conversation highlights lessons learned from the frontlines, both in leading crisis response and in the broader struggle for advocacy, trust, and progress in public health at a time of national turbulence and resource disruption.

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