The B Heppy Podcast is a popular and important tool for advocates, storytellers, scientists, and providers to share insights on hepatitis B and liver cancer. We have featured many storytellers and advocates who shared their inspiring stories of living with hepatitis B. We get updates from scientists and researchers on the progress of the cure for HBV as well as other updates in drug development. Healthcare providers have served as guest speakers on the podcast sharing important information on testing and screening, vaccination guidelines, and liver health. We have over 7000 listeners with an international reach. Recordings take place over Zoom (camera on or off—preference of the guest speaker) and are usually about an hour long but the final episode is about 25-30 minutes. We have two hosts—Anousha Qureshi and Bright Ansah, who will lead the discussion. Reach out to Anousha Qureshi at anousha.qureshi@hepb.org if you have any questions about the podcast or if you would like to be featured on the podcast.
Meet the B Heppy Podcast Team!
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Anousha is the program coordinator for the Hepatitis B Foundation and also assists with program activities for the Hep B United Philadelphia Coalition. Anousha worked as an intern at the Hepatitis B Foundation in 2022 creating educational and communications resources. Since then, she has been a part of the Hepatitis B Foundation's public health staff. Additionally, she manages the Hep B Foundation's Blog and serves as the co-host for the B Heppy Podcast Series. Anousha is committed to elevating the profile of hepatitis B and liver cancer through informed engagement with storytellers, advocates, and experts across the globe.
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Bright is a patient turned patient advocate in promoting liver health, and raising awareness about hepatitis B and its elimination. After having lived with hepatitis B his entire life until being diagnosed in 2014, Bright decided to share his story when he became a #JustB storyteller. Since then, he has actively shared his experience living with hepatitis B and his advocacy journey in order to support fellow storytellers, increase awareness, promote education, tackle stigma, influence policy and support cure research. His involvement spans community outreach, education workshops, a co-host/co-producer of the B Heppy podcast of the Hepatitis B Foundation, advocacy on Capitol Hill, and engagement with industry, and more. He previously served on the inaugural Patient Advisory Board of the Hepatitis B Roundtable. He has also been a consumer reviewer for the U.S. Department of Defence’s PRMRP program. He currently serves as a member of the Hep B Foundation’s inaugural global Community Advisory Board and AASLD Patient’s Advisory Group.