Episodes

  • NEJM Interview: Rebecca Haffajee on the rescheduling of medical marijuana products and its potential effect on research.

    NEJM Interview: Rebecca Haffajee on the rescheduling of medical marijuana products and its potential effect on research.
    Aug 19 2026
    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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    13 mins
  • NEJM Interview: Eric Schneider on the limitations of pay-for-performance programs and alternative options to support quality improvement.

    NEJM Interview: Eric Schneider on the limitations of pay-for-performance programs and alternative options to support quality improvement.
    Aug 12 2026
    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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    9 mins
  • NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on the importance of investment in equitable partnerships, community trust, and local scientific leadership for outbreak preparedness.

    NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on the importance of investment in equitable partnerships, community trust, and local scientific leadership for outbreak preparedness.
    Aug 5 2026
    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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    11 mins
  • NEJM Interview: Jerry Avorn on the role of litigation in addressing product-related damage to health.

    NEJM Interview: Jerry Avorn on the role of litigation in addressing product-related damage to health.
    Jul 29 2026
    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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    14 mins
  • NEJM Interview: Arnold Monto on the value and feasibility of various methods for evaluating the protection offered by vaccines.

    NEJM Interview: Arnold Monto on the value and feasibility of various methods for evaluating the protection offered by vaccines.
    Jul 22 2026
    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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    9 mins
  • NEJM Interview: Yaara Zisman-Ilani on navigating the uncertainty surrounding medication management in autism care.

    NEJM Interview: Yaara Zisman-Ilani on navigating the uncertainty surrounding medication management in autism care.
    Jul 15 2026
    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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    8 mins
  • 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.

    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.
    Jul 8 2026
    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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    6 mins
  • NEJM Interview: Justin Barr on physician leadership in American society and politics over the past 250 years.

    NEJM Interview: Justin Barr on physician leadership in American society and politics over the past 250 years.
    Jul 1 2026
    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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    11 mins