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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

Vaccinating Children

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: Vaccinating Children. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e103.

Jun 02, 202124 min

Protecting the Immunosuppressed against Covid-19

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: Protecting the Immunosuppressed against Covid-19. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e88.

May 26, 202123 min

Vaccination in Nursing Homes and New Pulmonary/Critical Care Research

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Jeffrey Drazen is a senior physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Professor of Physiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and NEJM Group editor. Darren Taichman is a pulmonologist at Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian and a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Othe...

May 19, 202129 min

Vaccination and Variants in the U.S. and South Africa

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Glenda Gray is the President and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council, Research Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Witwatersrand, and a director at the Perinatal HIV Research Unit in Soweto. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: Vaccination and Variants in the U.S. and South Africa. N Engl ...

May 12, 202131 min

India’s Covid-19 Crisis

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Zarir Udwadia is a Consultant Chest Physician at the Hinduja Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, and at Breach Candy Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: India’s Covid-19 Crisis. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e84.

May 05, 202136 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. N. Ewen Wang on threats to the health and well-being of immigrant children.

Dr. N. Ewen Wang is the associate director of pediatric emergency medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N.E. Wang, R. Matlow, and A. Shapiro. When Undoing Is Not Enough — Repairing Harms Inflicted on Immigrant Children. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2103956.

May 04, 202111 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Joel Negin on the anniversary of sweeping firearm-injury prevention efforts in Australia and lessons for the rest of the world.

Dr. Joel Negin is a professor and head of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Negin and Others. Australian Firearm Regulation at 25 — Successes, Ongoing Challenges, and Lessons for the World. N Engl J Med 2021;384:1581-1583.

Apr 28, 20219 min

Advice for Clinicians on Covid-19 Vaccines and Social Restrictions

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: Advice for Clinicians on Covid-19 Vaccines and Social Restrictions. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e77.

Apr 28, 202125 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Neil Aggarwal on strategies for enhancing the effectiveness of the Biden administration’s equity agenda.

Dr. Neil Aggarwal is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N.K. Aggarwal. Advancing President Biden’s Equity Agenda — Lessons from Disparities Work. N Engl J Med 2021;384:1481-1483.

Apr 21, 202111 min

Covid-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy — A Conversation with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Rochelle Walensky is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: Covid-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy — A Conversation with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e73.

Apr 21, 202130 min

Vaccine Successes and Vaccine Adverse Events

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: Vaccine Successes and Vaccine Adverse Events. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e70.

Apr 14, 202124 min

Antibody Responses to Natural Infection and Vaccination

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: Antibody Responses to Natural Infection and Vaccination. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e65.

Apr 07, 202119 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Christopher Elias on progress in containing infectious diseases and steps for preventing and countering new threats.

Dr. Christopher Elias is the president of the Global Development Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Elias, J.N. Nkengasong, and F. Qadri. Emerging Infectious Diseases — Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future. N Engl J Med 2021;384:1181-1184.

Mar 31, 20219 min

Delivering Covid-19 Vaccines to Minority Communities

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Carlos Del Rio is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health at Emory University School of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health and Executive Associate Dean for Emory at Grady Memorial Hospital. Chidi Akusobi is a Soros Fellow in the Harvard MD-PhD program. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin...

Mar 31, 202135 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Paul Offit on how more than two centuries of vaccine advances have paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines.

Dr. Paul Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center and a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Desmond and P.A. Offit. On the Shoulders of Giants — From Jenner’s Cowpox to mRNA Covid Vaccines. N Engl J Med 2021;384:1081-1083.

Mar 24, 20217 min

What Earlier Epidemics Teach Us about Covid-19

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Allan M. Brandt is the Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: What Earlier Epidemics Teach Us about Covid-19. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e55.

Mar 24, 202137 min

Efficacy of Current Covid-19 Vaccines against Variant Viruses

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: Efficacy of Current Covid-19 Vaccines against Variant Viruses. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e53.

Mar 17, 202119 min

The Implications of Changes in the Structural Biology of SARS-CoV-2

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Jonathan Abraham is a structural biologist in the Department of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: The Implications of Changes in the Structural Biology of SARS-CoV-2. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e48.

Mar 10, 202124 min

A New SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine and a New Look at Treatment

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: A New SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine and a New Look at Treatment. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e46.

Mar 03, 202123 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Lee on the work that health care organizations will need to take on to ensure effective delivery of Covid-19 vaccines.

Dr. Thomas Lee is a cardiologist and primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the chief medical officer of Press Ganey, as well as a member of the Journal’s editorial board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T.H. Lee and A.H. Chen. Last-Mile Logistics of Covid Vaccination — The Role of Health Care Organizations. N Engl J Med 2021;384:685-687.

Feb 24, 202111 min

The Real-World Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccination

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, L.R. Baden, and S. Morrissey. Audio Interview: The Real-World Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccination. N Engl J Med 2021;384:e40.

Feb 24, 202121 min
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