JAMA Author Interviews

NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss Shifts in the US pandemic response under the Biden administration Emerging genetic variants and implications for vaccine efficacy Prospects for new vaccine approvals and more. Related Article: Preventing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 With Masks and Other “Low-tech” Interventions

Interview with Philip A. Pizzo, MD, author of When Physicians Engage in Practices That Threaten the Nation’s Health

Interview with Michael J. Barry, MD, USPSTF member and coauthor of USPSTF Recommendation: Carotid Artery Stenosis

Interview with Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, author of Ensuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care and Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Virtual Care and Real Connection in the Era of COVID-19

Peter Piot, MD, PhD, director of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is a legend in global health, having been involved in identification of HIV and Ebola virus in Africa. He was founding executive director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 to 2008. He joins JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the global public health response to COVID-19 past, present, and future. Recorded January 28, 2021. Related Article(s): The Challenges Ahead With Monoclonal Antibodies

Interview with Frederick P. Rivara, MD, author of Three Interventions to Address the Other Pandemic—Firearm Injury and Death

President Biden has released a health care plan that proposes reducing the age of eligibility for Medicare to 60 years and introducing a public option. Larry Levitt, MPP, Executive Vice President for Health Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, Co-Director of the Center for Health Economics and Policy (CHEP) at Washington University School of Medicine, and Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, from the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University discuss prospects for health care reform under the new administration. Recorded January 21, 2021. Related Article(s): Moving Patient Care Forward in the Biden Era

Interview with John P A Ioannidis, MD, DSC, author of Recalibrating the Use of Race in Medical Research

Incoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss her vision and priorities for the agency and changes in its pandemic response strategies, when she takes the reins on January 20. Recorded January 19, 2021. Related Article(s): All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020

To get more vaccine to more people more efficiently, UCSF School of Medicine's Robert M. Wachter, MD, recently urged giving a single dose now and deferring the second dose until more vaccine is available. Paul A. Offit, MD, of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, disagrees. The two discuss the pros and the cons of the plan and alternative responses to road bumps in the US vaccine rollout, on JAMA's live Q&A series. Recorded January 19, 2021. Related Article: Developing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed