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
Aug 23, 2023 • 12min
NEJM Interview: Valerie Montgomery Rice on opportunities for achieving a diverse student body and workforce after the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action.
Valerie Montgomery Rice is the President and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.W. Yancy and Others. The Supreme Court and the Importance of Diversity in Medicine. N Engl J Med 2023;389:677-679.
Aug 16, 2023 • 5min
NEJM Interview: Catherine Godfrey on addressing mental health programming gaps for people living with HIV in Africa.
Catherine Godfrey is the senior technical advisor for adult treatment at the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Godfrey and J. Nkengasong. Prioritizing Mental Health in the HIV/AIDS Response in Africa. N Engl J Med 2023;389:581-583.
Aug 9, 2023 • 19min
NEJM Interview: Douglas Krakower on the potential benefits associated with making preexposure prophylaxis for HIV available without a prescription.
Douglas Krakower is an infectious diseases physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Krakower and J.L. Marcus. Free the PrEP — Over-the-Counter Access to HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis. N Engl J Med 2023;389:481-483.
Aug 2, 2023 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Adam Rodman on the potential effects of generative artificial intelligence on medical education and clinical practice.
Adam Rodman is a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Cooper and A. Rodman. AI and Medical Education — A 21st-Century Pandora’s Box. N Engl J Med 2023;389:385-387.
Jul 26, 2023 • 9min
NEJM Interview: David Blumenthal on opportunities to establish a national public health reporting system.
David Blumenthal is a professor of the practice of public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Blumenthal and N. Lurie. A Critical Opportunity to Improve Public Health Data. N Engl J Med 2023;389:289-291.
Jul 19, 2023 • 9min
NEJM Interview: Ge Bai on whether nonprofit hospitals provide enough community benefit to justify favored tax status.
Ge Bai is a professor of accounting at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and a professor 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. G. Bai, S. Letchuman, and D.A. Hyman. Do Nonprofit Hospitals Deserve Their Tax Exemption? N Engl J Med 2023;389:196-197.
Jul 12, 2023 • 14min
NEJM Interview: David Hunter on factors that have led to breakdowns in care in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service.
David Hunter is a professor of epidemiology and medicine at the University of Oxford, a professor emeritus at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a statistical editor at the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.J. Hunter. At Breaking Point or Already Broken? The National Health Service in the United Kingdom. N Engl J Med 2023;389:100-103.
Jul 5, 2023 • 7min
NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on PEPFAR’s achievements and remaining challenges in HIV prevention and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jean Nachega is an associate professor of infectious diseases and microbiology and of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and a professor of medicine at Stellenbosch University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.B. Nachega and Others. PEPFAR at 20 — A Game-Changing Impact on HIV in Africa. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1-4.
Jun 28, 2023 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Sam Halabi on facilitating sharing and aggregation of pathogen genomic sequence data for public health objectives.
Sam Halabi is a professor of health management and policy at the Georgetown University School of Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Halabi and Others. Sharing Pathogen Genomic Sequence Data — Toward Effective Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response. N Engl J Med 2023;388:2401-2404.
Jun 21, 2023 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Lawrence Gostin on political and scientific controversy about the emergence of SARS-CoV-2.
Lawrence Gostin is the faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L.O. Gostin and G.K. Gronvall. The Origins of Covid-19 — Why It Matters (and Why It Doesn’t). N Engl J Med 2023;388:2305-2308.
