JAMA Author Interviews
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Interviews with leading researchers and thinkers in health care about practice-changing research, innovations, and the most pressing issues facing medicine and health care today from JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Jun 8, 2020 • 21min
Can Infections Cause Alzheimer Disease?
Interview with Anthony L. Komaroff, MD, author of Can Infections Cause Alzheimer Disease?
Jun 5, 2020 • 34min
Coronavirus Q&A: Opening School in the Fall
Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, and Christopher Morphew, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University discuss options for opening primary, middle, and high schools in fall 2020. Recorded June 3, 2020. Related Article: The Urgency and Challenge of Opening K-12 Schools in the Fall of 2020
Jun 4, 2020 • 27min
Coronavirus Q&A With Anthony Fauci, MD
NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, discusses recent developments in the global COVID-19 pandemic with JAMA Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner, MD. Recorded June 2, 2020. Related Article: Anthony Fauci, MD, on COVID-19 Vaccines, Larry Kramer, and Dealing With Criticism
Jun 3, 2020 • 36min
Coronavirus Vaccine Development
Paul Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses principles and progress to date in COVID-19 vaccine development. Recorded June 1, 2020. Related: Adverse Consequences of Rushing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: Implications for Public Trust
Jun 1, 2020 • 31min
Coronavirus Q&A: Managing the Pandemic
Paul Starr, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, discusses policy options for achieving a new normal in the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded Thursday, May 28, 2020. Related Article: Using Controlled Trials to Resolve Key Unknowns About Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 29, 2020 • 29min
Potential Implications of Lowering the Medicare Eligibility Age to 60
Interview with Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D., author of Potential Implications of Lowering the Medicare Eligibility Age to 60
May 26, 2020 • 14min
USPSTF Recommendation: Primary Care–Based Interventions to Prevent Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
Interview with Michael Silverstein, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Primary Care–Based Interventions to Prevent Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
May 26, 2020 • 34min
Reporting USMLE Step 1 Scores as Pass/Fail: An Opportunity for Medical Education and Training
Interview with Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, author of The USMLE Step 1 Decision: An Opportunity for Medical Education and Training
May 21, 2020 • 38min
The NIH Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) Initiative
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, discusses the agency's new initiative to collaborate with other agencies and industry to accelerate development and testing of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. Recorded May 19, 2020. Related: Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV): An Unprecedented Partnership for Unprecedented Times
May 13, 2020 • 40min
Immunity Passports in the Time of COVID-19
Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, of the Perelman School of Medicine's Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, discusses the use of immunity licensing (immunity passports) as a means to restore public travel, activity, and the economy following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded May 11, 2020. Related: The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses ("Immunity Passports")
