NEJM Interviews

Episodios

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  NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Kaplan on changes to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the importance of evidence-based recommendations for preventive services. 09.09.2026 11m

  Elizabeth Kaplan is a clinical instructor and the director of health care access at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Kaplan and C. Shachar. The Future of the USPSTF and Evidence-Based Recommendations. N Engl J Med 2026;395:937-939.
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  NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler on the legal argument that permitting telehealth access to mifepristone can abet reproductive coercion. 02.09.2026 11m

  Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler is a professor of health services, policy and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and of family medicine and medical science at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Tobin-Tyler and G. Chalker. Telehealth Access to Mifepristone — Evaluating Reproductive-Coercion Arguments. N Engl J Med 2026;395:833-835.
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  NEJM Interview: Rebecca Haffajee on the rescheduling of medical marijuana products and its potential effect on research. 19.08.2026 13m

  Rebecca Haffajee is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.L. Haffajee, R.A. Mikos, and Z.D. Cooper. Marijuana Rescheduling — A Game Changer for Research? N Engl J Med 2026;395:729-731.
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  NEJM Interview: Eric Schneider on the limitations of pay-for-performance programs and alternative options to support quality improvement. 12.08.2026 8m

  Eric Schneider is an adjunct professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Chernew and E.C. Schneider. Rethinking the Role of Pay for Performance in Federal Health Care Quality Programs. N Engl J Med 2026;395:625-628.
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  NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on the importance of investment in equitable partnerships, community trust, and local scientific leadership for outbreak preparedness. 05.08.2026 11m

  Jean Nachega is a professor of infectious diseases and the director of the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University and an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Zumla and Others. Ebola at 50 — Lessons for Outbreak Response and Preparedness. N Engl J Med 2026;395:527-529. S. Tonen-Wolyec and L. Bélec. The Social Contract of Bundibugyo Ebola Isolation. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2607429.
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  NEJM Interview: Jerry Avorn on the role of litigation in addressing product-related damage to health. 29.07.2026 14m

  Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the codirector of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Avorn. Products That Pose Health Risks — Can Litigation Protect Us When Government Fails? N Engl J Med 2026;395:421-423.
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  NEJM Interview: Arnold Monto on the value and feasibility of various methods for evaluating the protection offered by vaccines. 22.07.2026 8m

  Arnold Monto is a professor emeritus of epidemiology and of public health and codirector of the Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Monto and H.Y. Chu. The Best of Both Worlds — Using Clinical Trial and Observational Data to Evaluate Vaccine Protection. N Engl J Med 2026;395:313-316.
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  NEJM Interview: Yaara Zisman-Ilani on navigating the uncertainty surrounding medication management in autism care. 15.07.2026 8m

  Yaara Zisman-Ilani is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Barnett College of Public Health and in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, both at Temple University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. Y. Zisman-Ilani and Others. Pharmacotherapeutic Decisions in Autism. N Engl J Med 2026;395:214-217.
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  NEJM Interview: Mark Unruh on projected increases in the need for long-term services and supports in the United States amid declines in nursing-home capacity. 08.07.2026 5m

  Mark Unruh is an associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.A. Unruh, V. Mor, and H.-Y. Jung. Colliding Forces — The Aging of the Baby Boom Generation and Contracting Nursing-Home Supply. N Engl J Med 2026;395:105-107. A.R. Olenski and D.C. Grabowski. Caring for an Aging America — The Looming Crisis of the Long-Term–Care Workforce. N Engl J Med 2026;395:107-110.
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  NEJM Interview: Justin Barr on physician leadership in American society and politics over the past 250 years. 01.07.2026 11m

  Justin Barr is a transplant surgeon at the Ochsner Clinic and a historian. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.H. Podolsky, D.S. Jones, and J. Barr. Declarations of Independence — Physicians and the U.S. Body Politic, 1776–2026. N Engl J Med 2026;395:1-3.
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  NEJM Interview: Stacie Dusetzina on a new program that will allow Medicare Part D enrollees to obtain GLP-1 medications for use for weight loss. 24.06.2026 13m

  Stacie Dusetzina is a professor of health policy and of cancer research at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.B. Dusetzina. Access to GLP-1s for Medicare Beneficiaries — A Bridge to Nowhere? N Engl J Med 2026;394:2385-2387.
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  NEJM Interview: Marcus Hughes on inconsistent oversight of psychedelic agents at the state and federal levels in the United States. 17.06.2026 9m

  Marcus Hughes is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and an attending psychiatrist at Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Hughes. Psychedelic Therapies in the United States — Balancing State and Federal Oversight. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2281-2283. Y. Zisman-Ilani and R. Yehuda. Patient-Driven Care in Psychedelic Therapy. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2284-2286.
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  NEJM Interview: Edward Ryan on factors driving continued disease and death from cholera and opportunities for progress. 10.06.2026 12m

  Edward Ryan is the director of global infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.T. Ryan, F. Qadri, and J.A. Lynch. Global Cholera-Control Efforts — Progress and Remaining Challenges. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2177-2180.
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  NEJM Interview: Loren Adler on regulatory strategies for addressing factors that make consolidation in health care especially profitable. 03.06.2026 10m

  Loren Adler is a fellow and the associate director at the Center on Health Policy at the Brookings Institution. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Adler. Regulating Corporate Control in the U.S. Health Care System. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2073-2076.
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  NEJM Outbreaks Updates — Andes Hantavirus 26.05.2026 27m

  Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Angela Hewlett is Director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Steven Kornfeld is a physician who was a passenger on the MV Hondius. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. NEJM Outbreaks Update — Andes Hantavirus. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2505379.
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  NEJM Interview: Deirdre Tobias on the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including areas of confusion and contradiction. 27.05.2026 14m

  Deirdre Tobias is an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.K. Tobias and F.B. Hu. The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans — Progress, Pitfalls, and the Path Forward. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1969-1971.
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  NEJM Interview: Raja-Elie Abdulnour on the need for clinicians and AI systems to refrain from expressing undue confidence in their knowledge. 13.05.2026 12m

  Raja-Elie Abdulnour is the Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at NEJM Group and an associate physician in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Sikora, L.A. Celi, and R.-E.E. Abdulnour. Can AI Say “I Don’t Know”? N Engl J Med 2026;394:1873-1875.
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  NEJM Interview: Jatin Vyas on the effect of corporatization of academic medical centers on medical education and trainee development. 06.05.2026 8m

  Jatin Vyas is a professor of medicine and associate dean for academic innovation at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Vyas. From Mission to Margin in Academic Medicine — The Impact of Corporate Medicine on Medical Training. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1769-1772.
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  NEJM Interview: Amanda Banks on concerns about a potential association between GLP-1 receptor agonists and restrictive eating disorders. 29.04.2026 9m

  Amanda Banks is a consultant and a physician at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Banks. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Eating Disorders — Cause for Concern. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1665-1667.
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  NEJM Interview: Sara Gerke on a Utah pilot program involving an AI system that autonomously renews certain prescriptions. 22.04.2026 9m

  Sara Gerke is an associate professor of law and at the European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Gerke, R.B. Parikh, and I.G. Cohen. Utah’s Prescription-Renewal Pilot Program — Autonomous AI Managing Patient Care. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1561-1563.