JAMA Author Interviews

Paul A. Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides an update on COVID-19 vaccine development. Recorded August 24, 2020. Related Article: Developing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed

Interview with Catherine Lucey, MD, FACP, author of The Transformational Effects of COVID-19 on Medical Education

CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, discusses recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and US response, including prospects for dual outbreaks of COVID-19 and influenza in the fall and winter. Related Article(s): Addressing Influenza Vaccination Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, discusses recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded August 19, 2020. Related Article(s): The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses ("Immunity Passports")

Interview with Melissa A Simon, MD, USPSTF member and coauthor of Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Related Article(s): Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections

Interview with Matcheri S. Keshavan, MD, author of The Convergence of Neurology and Psychiatry: The Importance of Cross-Disciplinary Education

Soumya Swaminathan, MD, DNB, chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), discusses the global coronavirus pandemic and the WHO response. Recorded August 5, 2020. Related Article: COVID-19 Reveals Urgent Need to Strengthen the World Health Organization

Anthony Fauci, MD, White House Coronavirus Task Force member and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discusses latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded August 3, 2020. Related Article(s): Anthony Fauci, MD, on COVID-19 Vaccines, Larry Kramer, and Dealing With Criticism

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD, discusses the agency's role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded July 30, 2020. Related Article: Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV)

The World Brain Death Project was undertaken to establish minimum standards for diagnosing brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) in children and adults across a broad range of settings and clinical circumstances. In this Q&A, senior authors of the 2020 report join an editorialist and bioethicist to discuss the project. Featuring interviews with Gene Sung, MD, of the University of Southern California; Ariane Lewis, MD, of NYU Langone Medical Center; Robert Tasker, MD, of the University of Cambridge; and Robert D. Truog, MD, of Harvard University. Related Article(s): Brain Death—Moving Beyond Consistency in the Diagnostic Criteria