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NEJM Interviews

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Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
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Episodes

NEJM Interview: Dr. Mariana Socal on draft guidance from the FDA aimed at promoting competition in the insulin market.

Dr. Mariana Socal is an assistant scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.P. Socal and J.A. Greene. Interchangeable Insulins — New Pathways for Safe, Effective, Affordable Diabetes Therapy. N Engl J Med 2020;382:981-983.

Mar 11, 202014 min

NEJM Interview: Roosa Tikkanen on patterns of social spending in the United States and other high-income countries.

Ms. Roosa Tikkanen is a research associate in the International Program in Health Policy and Practice Innovations at the Commonwealth Fund. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.S. Tikkanen and E.C. Schneider. Social Spending to Improve Population Health — Does the United States Spend as Wisely as Other Countries? N Engl J Med 2020;382:885-887.

Mar 04, 20209 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Mark Travassos on preventing the spread of influenza among detained migrants and asylum seekers.

Dr. Mark Travassos is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist and an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Foppiano Palacios, J.J. Openshaw, and M.A. Travassos. Influenza in U.S. Detention Centers — The Desperate Need for Immunization. N Engl J Med 2020;382:789-791.

Feb 26, 202010 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Bianca Frogner on scope-of-practice regulations and how they can be redesigned to better serve the needs of patients.

Dr. Bianca Frogner is an associate professor of family medicine and director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B.K. Frogner and Others. Modernizing Scope-of-Practice Regulations — Time to Prioritize Patients. N Engl J Med 2020;382:591-593.

Feb 12, 202010 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ruma Rajbhandari on the need for increased investment in district hospitals in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Dr. Ruma Rajbhandari is an instructor at Harvard Medical School and associate physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Rajbhandari and Others. The Neglected Hospital — The District Hospital’s Central Role in Global Health Care Delivery. N Engl J Med 2020;382:397-400.

Jan 29, 20208 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Dominique Béhague on therapeutic strategies that rely on bidirectional critical analysis and learning.

Dr. Dominique Béhague is an associate professor of medicine, health, and society at Vanderbilt University and a reader in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.P. Béhague and Others. Dialogic Praxis — A 16-Year-Old Boy with Anxiety in Southern Brazil. N Engl J Med 2020;382:201-204.

Jan 15, 202015 min

NEJM Interview: Drs. James Shultz and Krista Nottage on climate-change–driven storms and their disproportionate effects on marginalized populations.

James Shultz is director of the Center for Disaster and Extreme Event Preparedness at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Krista Nottage is a Bahamian surgeon and New England Journal of Medicine editorial fellow. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Shultz and Others. Double Environmental Injustice — Climate Change, Hurricane Dorian, and the Bahamas. N Engl J Med 2020;382:1-3.

Jan 01, 202025 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Dhruv Kazi on a new California law aimed at increasing use of preexposure prophylaxis by people at heightened risk for acquiring HIV infection

Dr. Dhruv Kazi is associate director of the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology and director of the Cardiac Critical Care Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.S. Kazi, I.T. Katz, and A.K. Jha. PrEParing to End the HIV Epidemic — California’s Route as a Road Map for the United States. N Engl J Med 2019;381:2489-2491.

Dec 25, 201912 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Adewole Adamson on the role of machine learning in cancer diagnosis.

Dr. Adewole Adamson is a dermatologist and assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Adamson and H.G. Welch. Machine Learning and the Cancer-Diagnosis Problem — No Gold Standard. N Engl J Med 2019;381:2285-2287.

Dec 11, 20197 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Goudarz Molaei on range expansion of the lone star tick and other tick species and implications for human health.

Goudarz Molaei is a research scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and an associate clinical professor in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. G. Molaei and Others. Bracing for the Worst — Range Expansion of the Lone Star Tick in the Northeastern United States. N Engl J Med 2019;381:2189-2192.

Dec 04, 201910 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter J. Campbell on genome sequencing in cancer.

Dr. Peter Campbell is head of cancer, aging, and somatic mutation, senior group leader, and joint head of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and is a practicing hematologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Nangalia and P.J. Campbell. Genome Sequencing during a Patient’s Journey through Cancer. N Engl J Med 2019;381:2145-2156.

Nov 27, 201913 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on legislation aimed at reducing spending on prescription drugs.

Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of social medicine and health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.B. Dusetzina and J. Oberlander. Advancing Legislation on Drug Pricing — Is There a Path Forward? N Engl J Med 2019;381:2081-2084. P.B. Bach. Which Drug Prices Should Medicare Negotiate? A “Too Little” or “Too Late” Approach. N Engl J Med 2019;381:2084-2086.

Nov 27, 20199 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos on the gatekeeper role played by U.S. physicians in facilitating vulnerable patients’ access to disability benefits.

Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos is an assistant professor at the International Institute and Center for Social Medicine and Humanities at UCLA and the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. I. Kalofonos. Biological Citizenship — A 53-Year-Old Man with Schizoaffective Disorder and PTSD Applying for Supplemental Security Income. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1985-1989.

Nov 20, 201910 min
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