Data Points Podcast
A podcast about government and data.
Telling stories from practitioners and academics about how data affects communities and the lives of residents.
A podcast about government and data. Telling stories from practitioners and academics about how data affects communities and the lives of residents.
— How can data storytelling improve health outcomes and save lives? The Lung Health Dashboard offers one example.
— Today’s episode explores how effective data storytelling connects the public with life-saving research, using the Lung Health Dashboard as an example. This project a collaboration between GovEx and the Johns Hopkins BREATHE Center, which promotes the science and medicine of lung health by interfacing with the community. The dashboard seeks to overcome the challenges of data communication through dynamic, “scrollytelling” visuals to provide research findings to viewers in a relatable perspective.
— We’re joined by Meredith McCormack, Director of the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Director of the BREATHE Center; Kirsten Koehler, a professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the BREATHE Center; and Mary Conway Vaughan, Deputy Director of Research and Analytics here at GovEx.
— Learn more about the BREATHE Center
Episodes
Episode #96 – Equipping Staff to make Better Decisions: The JHU Travel Emissions Dashboard
In partnership with the Office of Climate and Sustainability, GovEx develops an evidence-based tool to track emissions associated with business travel.
Episode #95 – The GovExperts: The “Squishier” Side of Data Use in Cities with Vidushani Jayalal
She talks about the importance of thinking not just about how data works, but about how people work together and solve problems using data as a shared
Episode #94 – The GovExperts: What Data-Driven Culture Means for Cities with Dr. Sara Bertran de Lis
We talk about her path from astrophysics to data science and her groundbreaking work on the new City Data Explorer.
Episode #93 – Communicating with Data: How Do Cities Measure Up?
How well do cities communicate with data? What opportunities are they missing? GovEx Senior Research Manager Dr. Jacquie Greiff and Senior Researcher Chance Carter address these questions and more in their recent analysis of 2023 State of the City speeches.
Episode #92 – The GovExperts: The Power of Effective Instructional Design with Dr. Jessica Arends
Today we’re chatting with Dr. Jessica Arenda, GovEx’s Instructional Designer. She helps us understand what makes adult...
Episode #91 – 2024: The Year Cities Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
Outgoing GovEx Executive Director Amy Edwards Holmes reflects on a momentous year for cities and data.
Episode #90 – Strengthening Community Food Systems: Resilience Strategies in Adams County, Colorado
A Colorado expert explains how our Food System Resilience Toolkit works in practice.
Episode #89 – Co-creating Solutions for Economic Mobility: The Opportunity Accelerator
In partnership with Results for America, GovEx helps empower communities to solve problems.
Episode #88 – The GovExperts: Potential of Public Sector AI with Andrew Nicklin
We discuss what generative AI is good at, how cities are interacting with it, and what it means for the workforce.
Episode #87 – Increasing Access while Reducing Emissions: Iowa City’s Fare Free Pilot Program
Iowa City and GovEx collaborate to solve a problem: How do you gather ridership data without fares?