Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening, Having ‘The Talk’ About Police Interactions – Episode 235

Mattew Oster is a pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology and holds Emory appointments of Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health.  When not seeing patients, he serves as director of Children’s PEACH: Program to Evaluate and Advance Cardiovascular Health. His research interests include newborn screening for congenital heart disease, long-term outcomes for patients with congenital heart disease, and the cardiac effects of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. 

Dylan Jackson is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  He is a developmental and health criminologist whose works focus on promoting the health of children, youth, and families in the context of exposure to the criminal legal system, including policing. His work conceptualizes you-police contact as a racialized adverse childhood experience that can shape youths’ health and development. His recent work seeks to identify avenues for promoting assets and supports that help impacted youth and their families thrive. 

Rebecca L. Fix is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is working to reduce racial bias in the juvenile justice system and to improve culturally informed care for children who use violence.