Houston Data Files Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:51:43 -0400 https://houstondatafiles.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 Houston Data Files yes c9a51811-6978-5b70-9969-abfd9a3ccf5a Dr. Elizabeth Gregory/Dr. Shreela Sharma (https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/) episodic false Good data is needed to inform good policy. But what is good data and how is data inflected by who we are? Join Dr. Elizabeth Gregory (UH-IRWGS) and Dr. Shreela Sharma (UT-SPH) as they and their guests parse out the complexities of Houston and Harris County data linked to intersectional gender and sexuality dynamics, and related community endeavors. Topics include health, economics, childcare, violence, workforce issues and more.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Dr. Elizabeth Gregory/Dr. Shreela Sharma (https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/) https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ome1c6b9an30xeadpivrykalagiy?.jpg Houston Data Files Houston's Women in Peril: Public & Domestic Violence Houston's Women in Peril: Public & Domestic Violence
A panel discussion with 3 leaders in Houston's Domestic Violence response community: Rachna Khare (VP, freefrom.org), Julie Pleasant (HPD, Victim Services) & Q. Olivia Rivers (CEO, The Bridge over Troubled Waters); & Elizabeth Gregory, UH IRWGS. 
Moderated by Beth Merfish, UH McGovern School of Art. 

Introductions go through 5:44:00 - discussion thereafter. 


 

 

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A panel discussion with 3 leaders in Houston's Domestic Violence response community: Rachna Khare (VP, freefrom.org), Julie Pleasant (HPD, Victim Services) & Q. Olivia Rivers (CEO, The Bridge over Troubled Waters); & Elizabeth Gregory, UH IRWGS. 
Moderated by Beth Merfish, UH McGovern School of Art. 

Introductions go through 5:44:00 - discussion thereafter. 


 

 

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]]> Dr. Elizabeth Gregory/Dr. Shreela Sharma (https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/) Buzzsprout-15964816 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:00:00 -0500 4016 2 1 full false Reliable Sources: HDF Talks with the UH Community Health Workers Initiative Reliable Sources: HDF Talks with the UH Community Health Workers Initiative HDF co-hosts Shreela Sharma and Elizabeth Gregory talk with the team from the UH Community Health Workers Initiative (Rosa Ferrufino, Cindy Paz, Prof. Dan Price, Olivia Ruiz) and Dr. Sarah Simmons from Bread of Life, about their work and the need for CHWs to provide reliable information and access to health services for community members, for better outcomes for all in the short and long term.
For more information, go to: www.uh.edu/chwi and www.breadoflifeinc.org


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]]> HDF co-hosts Shreela Sharma and Elizabeth Gregory talk with the team from the UH Community Health Workers Initiative (Rosa Ferrufino, Cindy Paz, Prof. Dan Price, Olivia Ruiz) and Dr. Sarah Simmons from Bread of Life, about their work and the need for CHWs to provide reliable information and access to health services for community members, for better outcomes for all in the short and long term.
For more information, go to: www.uh.edu/chwi and www.breadoflifeinc.org


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]]> Dr. Elizabeth Gregory/Dr. Shreela Sharma (https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/) Buzzsprout-9906583 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0600 3334 1 6 full false Lowering DV Homicides: HDF Talks with the Pasadena Domestic Violence High Risk Team Lowering DV Homicides: HDF Talks with the Pasadena Domestic Violence High Risk Team Houston Data Files co-host Dr. Elizabeth Gregory talks with Pasadena DVHRT members Olivia Rivers (CEO/ED, The Bridge over Troubled Waters), Sgt Scott Michael (Supervising Sgt, Pasadena PD, Family Violence Division), Mary McFaden (Harris County DA’s Office, DV Division Chief) and Alicia Nuzzie (Director DVHRT, HCDV Coordinating Council), about the rollout of this DVHRT since February 2020, how it works, and what’s needed to build similar programs elsewhere.

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]]> Houston Data Files co-host Dr. Elizabeth Gregory talks with Pasadena DVHRT members Olivia Rivers (CEO/ED, The Bridge over Troubled Waters), Sgt Scott Michael (Supervising Sgt, Pasadena PD, Family Violence Division), Mary McFaden (Harris County DA’s Office, DV Division Chief) and Alicia Nuzzie (Director DVHRT, HCDV Coordinating Council), about the rollout of this DVHRT since February 2020, how it works, and what’s needed to build similar programs elsewhere.

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]]> Buzzsprout-9519010 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0600 3632 1 5 full false The Vaccine or the Virus? – HDF Talks with Your Local Epidemiologist, Dr. Katelyn Jetelina The Vaccine or the Virus? – HDF Talks with Your Local Epidemiologist, Dr. Katelyn Jetelina Houston Data Files hosts Dr. Shreela Sharma and Dr. Elizabeth Gregory talk with Your Local Epidemiologist, Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, on vaccine hesitancy, making schools safe this Fall, the mental health pandemic on the horizon, the need for grassroots level coalitions and messaging to combat rising cases due to the Delta variant, and how long will this last?


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]]> Houston Data Files hosts Dr. Shreela Sharma and Dr. Elizabeth Gregory talk with Your Local Epidemiologist, Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, on vaccine hesitancy, making schools safe this Fall, the mental health pandemic on the horizon, the need for grassroots level coalitions and messaging to combat rising cases due to the Delta variant, and how long will this last?


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]]> Dr. Elizabeth Gregory/Dr. Shreela Sharma (https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/) Buzzsprout-8923737 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0500 2609 1 4 full false Gender, Race/Ethnicity & the Houston Economy: HDF Talks with Baker Ripley's Cara Baez Gender, Race/Ethnicity & the Houston Economy: HDF Talks with Baker Ripley's Cara Baez We welcome our first guest, Cara Baez, from Baker-Ripley! To discuss the newly released UH IRWGS 2021 Houston/Harris County Gender & Sexuality Data Report, including trends in Houston/Harris County intersectional gender wage gaps, immigration, women in politics, childcare expansion, and much more.
Link to the report: https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/uh-irwgs-hhcty-gender--sexuality-data-report-may-2021271.pdf

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]]> We welcome our first guest, Cara Baez, from Baker-Ripley! To discuss the newly released UH IRWGS 2021 Houston/Harris County Gender & Sexuality Data Report, including trends in Houston/Harris County intersectional gender wage gaps, immigration, women in politics, childcare expansion, and much more.
Link to the report: https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/uh-irwgs-hhcty-gender--sexuality-data-report-may-2021271.pdf

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]]> Dr. Elizabeth Gregory/Dr. Shreela Sharma (https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/) Buzzsprout-8541309 Tue, 18 May 2021 09:00:00 -0500 2906 1 3 full false The State of the Data The State of the Data Is the covid pandemic going to lead to the she-cession of our times? We discuss gendered and industry-specific exits from the workforce in Houston, the troubling drops in domestic violence reports (vs what goes unreported), and disproportionate childcare burdens on women. 

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]]> Is the covid pandemic going to lead to the she-cession of our times? We discuss gendered and industry-specific exits from the workforce in Houston, the troubling drops in domestic violence reports (vs what goes unreported), and disproportionate childcare burdens on women. 

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]]> Dr. Elizabeth Gregory/Dr. Shreela Sharma Buzzsprout-8255472 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1977 1 2 full false Are You a Data Phile? Are You a Data Phile? Charting the Pandemic, Phase 1
In our inaugural episode, Drs. Elizabeth Gregory and Shreela Sharma take stock of Houston and Harris County - a year into the pandemic, and discuss the ways in which the pandemic has made visible the inadequacies in our data gathering and sharing practices. 

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]]> Charting the Pandemic, Phase 1
In our inaugural episode, Drs. Elizabeth Gregory and Shreela Sharma take stock of Houston and Harris County - a year into the pandemic, and discuss the ways in which the pandemic has made visible the inadequacies in our data gathering and sharing practices. 

Houston Data Files - for Data Philes everywhere!

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