If I Could Change One Thing

On this episode of If I Could Change One Thing, host Dr. Brittnie Bloom welcomes Dr. Shunling Tsang—Family Medicine Chair and Deputy Public Health Officer for Riverside County—to explore how upstream, community-driven strategies can power better health. Dr. Tsang shares her winding path from event planning to public health and medicine, and why blending clinical care with prevention matters. We dive into Riverside County’s Blue Zones Project—from “Power 9” habits that we all can benefit from to local policies that help make “the healthy choice the easy choice”, like increasing walkability, social connection, and access to nutritious food. Data and community members have guided this important Blue Zones work, highlighting mental health, safety, and cardiovascular risk. Dr. Tsang’s one big policy wish: sustained funding for prevention—paired with a personal challenge for all of us to choose one small change today.