12 March 2026
Episode 55 - Maalinii Vijayan - Assistant Health Commissioner Clermont Public Health Department - E55
Episode 55 — Malini Vijayan — Clermont County Public Health
We start with a few regional updates, then we sit down with Maalini Vijayan, Assistant Health Commissioner of Community Health Services at Clermont County Public Health, to talk about what the health department actually does day to day, how local public health works with the state, and what trends they’re watching right now.
Interview — Malini Vijayan (Clermont County Public Health)
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We start with a few regional updates, then we sit down with Maalini Vijayan, Assistant Health Commissioner of Community Health Services at Clermont County Public Health, to talk about what the health department actually does day to day, how local public health works with the state, and what trends they’re watching right now.
Interview — Malini Vijayan (Clermont County Public Health)
- What Clermont County Public Health does and how the department is structured (including why operations run out of two buildings)
- Community Health Services highlights: WIC, immunizations, communicable disease work, complex medical help, injury prevention, and harm reduction
- Environmental Health Services overview: food licensing and inspections, plumbing, water and waste, and how the permitting side fits in
- Public health partnerships across the county and why “health” includes things like housing and transportation
- Data and trend tracking, including youth mental health and substance use indicators
- Avian flu and what to do (and not do) if you encounter dead wildlife
- What COVID was like from the public health side, what changed, and what the agency is still seeing today
- Cincinnati’s budget shortfall and the possibility of department cuts
- Brown County’s petition effort to restrict large data centers via a constitutional amendment
- Williamsburg’s summer street resurfacing schedule
- Batavia’s DECA “Dog Den” earning national recognition as a school-based enterprise
- Wizard of Oz — Mar 13 (7:30 PM), Loveland Stage Company
- Pancakes in the Park — Mar 14 (9 AM–12 PM), Pattison Park Lodge
- Wild Pokémon Creations — Mar 14 (10 AM), Amelia Branch Library
- Celebrate Pi Day — Mar 14 (2 PM), Miami Township Branch Library
- Art à la Carte — Mar 16 (5 PM), New Richmond Branch Library (ages 12+)
- Spring Wreath — Mar 17 (5 PM), Batavia Branch Library (registration / wait list)
- Virtual: Lunch & Learn Native Plantings — Mar 18 (12 PM)
- Homeschool Discovery Days: Animal Folklore — Mar 20 (1 PM), Hartman Log Cabin (preregistration)
- Meet Frog and Toad — Mar 21 (2 PM), Union Township Branch Library
- Spring Equinox Women’s Camping Retreat — weekend program, Chilo Lock 34
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