July 27, 2021 — The latest episode of Drexel's 10,000 Hours podcast features Tom Hipper, MSPH, MS, associate director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication and an assistant professor in the department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Dornsife School of Public Health.

Hipper tells how he discovered the field of health communication as an undergraduate at The College of New Jersey and how the impact of his college experience led him to graduate school.

He explains the challenges of the health communications field and names two crisis communication failures that were made early in the pandemic.

As a risk communications professional, Hipper talks about how he would approach the next big disaster based on the lessons we have learned, emphasizing the vitally important role of public health.

Listen to Tom Hipper's interview with host Maurice Baynard on Drexel's 10,000 Hours podcast.

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