NEJM Interviews
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.
Latest episodes
Nov 1, 2023 • 9min
NEJM Interview: David Grabowski on a proposed federal rule mandating a specific minimum-staffing standard for U.S. nursing homes.
David Grabowski is a professor in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.C. Grabowski and J.R. Bowblis. Minimum-Staffing Rules for U.S. Nursing Homes — Opportunities and Challenges. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1637-1640.
Oct 25, 2023 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Kekoa Taparra on the Lāhainā fires and persistent threats to community recovery.
Kekoa Taparra is a postdoctoral medical fellow and resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Taparra, M.-.-.-. Purdy, and K.L. Raphael. From Ashes to Action — Indigenous Health Perspectives on the Lāhainā Fires. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1543-1545.
Oct 18, 2023 • 9min
NEJM Interview: Peter Hotez on concerns that yellow fever could return to the southern United States.
Peter Hotez is a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Hotez and A.D. LaBeaud. Yellow Jack’s Potential Return to the American South. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1445-1447.
Oct 11, 2023 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Joelle Abi-Rached on the social, political, economic, and ethical factors that go into a decision to declare that a public health crisis is over.
Joelle Abi-Rached is a fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Abi-Rached and A.M. Brandt. Do Pandemics Ever End? N Engl J Med 2023;389:1349-1351.
Oct 4, 2023 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Rosemary Sokas on the risk of heat-related illness among U.S. workers as temperatures increase.
Rosemary Sokas is a professor of human science at the Georgetown School of Health and a professor of family medicine at the Georgetown School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.K. Sokas and E. Senay. Preventing Heat-Related Illness among Outdoor Workers — Opportunities for Clinicians and Policymakers. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1253-1256.
Sep 27, 2023 • 9min
NEJM Interview: Atheendar Venkataramani on affirmative action and how hope and opportunity can affect health and well-being.
Atheendar Venkataramani is an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine and director of the Opportunity for Health Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Venkataramani. Affirmative Action, Population Health, and the Importance of Opportunity and Hope. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1157-1159.
Sep 20, 2023 • 7min
NEJM Interview: Steven Woloshin on an updated U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation regarding the starting age for mammography screening.
Steven Woloshin is a professor of medicine and the director of the Center for Medicine and the Media at the Dartmouth Institute and a member of the Dartmouth Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Woloshin and Others. The New USPSTF Mammography Recommendations — A Dissenting View. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1061-1064.
Sep 13, 2023 • 7min
NEJM Interview: Erin Fuse Brown on the role of corporate-practice-of-medicine laws in a changing health care environment.
Erin Fuse Brown is a professor of law and director of the Center for Law, Health and Society at Georgia State University and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Zhu, H. Rooke-Ley, and E. Fuse Brown. A Doctrine in Name Only — Strengthening Prohibitions against the Corporate Practice of Medicine. N Engl J Med 2023;389:965-968.
Sep 6, 2023 • 8min
NEJM Interview: Salim Abdool Karim on a National Institutes of Health policy that will add new requirements for foreign subrecipients of funding.
Salim Abdool Karim is a professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Columbia University, director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, and a member of the Journal’s editorial board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.I. Ko and Others. Threatening the Future of Global Health — NIH Policy Changes on International Research Collaborations. N Engl J Med 2023;389:869-871.
Aug 30, 2023 • 9min
NEJM Interview: Ashish Jha on an investment by the Biden administration in the development of next-generation vaccines and treatments for SARS-CoV-2.
Ashish Jha is the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and the former White House Covid-19 response coordinator. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. X. Becerra and A. Jha. Project NextGen — Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic. N Engl J Med 2023;389:773-775.
