Health & Veritas

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Amy Justice, a Yale clinical epidemiologist. They discuss the influential long-running studies she has conducted using the electronic medical record from the Veterans Administration Healthcare System.  Links: Basketball coach Steve Kerr on the shooting in Uvalde, Texas The Veteran Aging Cohort Study  “Comparison of Risk and Age at Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Non-AIDS-Defining Cancer in HIV-Infected Versus Uninfected Adults”  “Covid-19 Testing, Hospital Admission, and Intensive Care Among 2,026,227 United States Veterans Aged 54–75 Years”  “At Yale, Arya Singh overcame her fears — and found a new side of herself”  Arya Singh's Class Day address  Student Spotlight: Hil Moss  Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at the Yale School of Management

Howie and Harlan are joined by Jason Schwartz of the Yale School of Public Health. They discuss what went wrong with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and how Schwartz’s background in history and ethics informs his research on vaccine policy. Links: ”Effect of Sleep Extension on Objectively Assessed Energy Intake Among Adults With Overweight in Real-life Settings” “Effects of Experimental Sleep Restriction on Energy Intake, Energy Expenditure, and Visceral Obesity” “Impact of sleep duration on executive function and brain structure” “Mass General Brigham posts $867M quarterly net loss” Howie's Twitter exchange with Elon Musk  

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Cecelia Calhoun ’21, a Yale sickle cell disease specialist and a recipient of Yale SOM's Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership. They discuss Calhoun's journey from growing up in Detroit to a clinical and research career focused on the health of the Black community. Links Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership “Heartstopper is dazzlingly brilliant TV – I wish my lonely younger self could have seen it” “The Secrets Ed Koch Carried”

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Gail D’Onofrio, Yale's Albert E. Kent Professor of Emergency Medicine. They discuss the medications available for opioid addiction and the policy changes needed to allow those treatments to save more lives.  Links “Sex-Specific Risk Factors Associated With First Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults” “Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose and Association With Mortality: A Cohort Study”

Howie and Harlan talk with Yale’s Melinda Irwin about her research investigating how lifestyle factors impact the prevention and treatment of cancer. Links “Intramuscular AZD7442 (Tixagevimab–Cilgavimab) for Prevention of Covid-19” “Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Survival Among Patients With Nonmetastatic Common Cancers” “Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General”

To do better in the next pandemic, Sherry Glied, dean of New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, argues we must ensure that policymakers get answers to their most pressing questions. She joins Howie and Harlan in a conversation about incentivizing relevant research and systematically synthesizing data into actionable information.

Howie and Harlan talk with NYU’s Lauren Taylor about the “dirty hands problem” and other ethical dilemmas inherent in efforts to improve health.

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a leading expert on health policy and medical ethics, for a conversation about how to bring greater efficiency and agility to the generation of healthcare knowledge.

Howie and Harlan discuss a new study showing that moderate drinking doesn’t have health benefits after all. Then they’re joined by Dr. Daniel Stein, CEO of Embold Health, which uses clinical data to identify the best-performing doctors and give feedback to those whose treatment isn’t based on the latest evidence. 

Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale operations expert Edward Kaplan, who uses mathematical models to understand a variety of processes. They discuss Kaplan’s ongoing research tracking COVID-19 infections through sewage, which bypasses the biases inherent in data from testing and even hospitalization.