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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JAMA Author Interviews episodes:

04.19.2024
Stewardship Prompts to Improve Antibiotic Selection for Pneumonia and Urinary Tract Infection
Can real-time EHR–generated recommendations safely reduce antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with pneumonia or UTI? Shruti K. Gohil, MD, MPH, of the University of California-Irvine, joins JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, to discuss the INSPIRE randomized clinical trial....
04.17.2024
Advancing Climate Action Through Academic Health Systems
Climate action is an urgent public health imperative. Climate change is causing excess morbidity and mortality and posing an increasing threat to mental health and well-being. The US health care sector is a significant contributor to this problem. A. Eugene...
04.06.2024
The Evolution of Screening Tools for Prostate Cancer
The utility of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer detection is impacted by detection of cancers with low risk of mortality. Editorialist Jeffrey J. Tosoian, MD, MPH, discusses a pragmatic approach to prostate cancer screening with JAMA Deputy Editor...
04.01.2024
Regional Interventions to Prevent Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are difficult to treat with increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospitalization, and health care costs. Author Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, from the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, joins JAMA Deputy Editor...
03.25.2024
Mifepristone–Science, Abortion Care, and Politics
The US Supreme Court will soon decide a case challenging the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of mifepristone. Author Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, University of Pennsylvania, joins JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, to discuss the science...
03.18.2024
How Do Multimodal Large Language Models Perform on Clinical Vignette Questions?
How did GPT-4 Vision, a model that can work with images and text as input, perform when answering clinical challenge questions from medical journals? Daniel Truhn, MD, MSc, of the University Hospital Aachen in Germany, joins JAMA Editor in Chief...
03.12.2024
Does Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Reduce Mortality?
An observational study by Lin Li, PhD, and colleagues, published in JAMA, found that pharmacotherapy was associated with reduced mortality in individuals with ADHD. Frances R. Levin, MD, of the Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, who wrote an...
03.05.2024
Delivering Effective Messages in the Patient-Clinician Encounter
Introducing JAMA's new Communicating Medicine series, JAMA Associate Editor Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, discusses strategies for delivering effective messages in the patient encounter with authors Joseph Cappella, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Richard Street, PhD, of Texas A&M;...
03.01.2024
Why Does PrEP Use Lag in Cisgender Women?
How will new study results inform HIV prevention in the US and globally? JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and author Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, director of NIAID, discuss these study findings and more. Related Content: HIV...
02.27.2024
Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria—Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix
JAMA Associate Editor Romain Pirracchio, MD, MPH, discusses context and implications of the new pediatric sepsis criteria with authors Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor VA Hospital, and Roberto Jabornisky, MD, of Northeastern National...
02.20.2024
Renter Eviction, Excess Mortality, and COVID-19
Renters who received eviction filings experienced excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, discusses a recent study that underscores the importance of studying health outcomes among marginalized populations with author Nick...
02.13.2024
Azithromycin to Prevent Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Childhood death rates remain high in some areas of sub-Saharan Africa, despite global reductions in childhood mortality. JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and author Thomas Lietman, MD, University of California, San Francisco, discuss twice-yearly azithromycin to reduce childhood...
02.06.2024
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines in Children and Adolescents
Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were recommended for children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years in the US, but were they effective? JAMA Associate Editor Tracy A. Lieu, MD, MPH, spoke with author Leora R. Feldstein, PhD, US Centers for...
01.23.2024
Anxiety and Depression Symptoms After the Dobbs Abortion Rights Decision
Following the Dobbs decision, females aged 18-45 years living in states with “trigger laws” that restricted access to abortion reported a greater increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression than those in states without trigger laws. JAMA Associate Editor Donald...
01.16.2024
Patient-Centered Palliative Care
JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and author Alexander K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH, University of California, San Francisco, discuss the importance of 2 new palliative care trials that were recently published in JAMA. Related Content: A...
01.09.2024
Dialysis Facility Performance and Social Risk in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model
Dialysis facilities in the US are financially rewarded for higher rates of home dialysis and kidney transplant, but facilities that serve patients with high social risk might have a harder time meeting these goals. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt...
01.02.2024
Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Alpha-gal syndrome is a food allergy to red meat products that develops after affected individuals are bitten by a tick. JAMA Deputy Editor Kristin Walter, MD, MS, discusses alpha-gal syndrome with author Mariel R. Benjamin, MD, assistant professor in the...
12.26.2023
Private Equity Acquisition and Hospital-Acquired Adverse Events in the US
The effects of private equity acquisition of US hospitals on the quality of inpatient care and patient outcomes remain largely unknown. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, spoke with author Zirui Song, MD, PHD, of Massachusetts General...
12.19.2023
Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure
Does reducing dietary sodium benefit patients already taking antihypertensive medication? JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, speaks with author Norrina Allen, PhD, MPH, from Northwestern University, about the effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure. Related...
12.12.2023
Risks Associated With Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy
Cannabis use is increasing among reproductive-age individuals. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, discusses the associated risks of cannabis exposure during pregnancy with Torri D. Metz, MD, MS, University of Utah Health. Related Content: Cannabis Exposure and...
12.05.2023
Neonatal Outcomes Following Serial Amnioinfusions for Bilateral Renal Agenesis
Bilateral renal agenesis results in lethal neonatal pulmonary hypoplasia. New evidence from an amnioinfusion trial is available. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, discusses the results from the Renal Anhydramnios Fetal Therapy Trial with Meredith A. Atkinson, MD, MHS,...
11.28.2023
Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening With Self-Sampling HPV Kits at Home
Cervical cancer screening is effective when done as recommended. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, speaks with Rachel L. Winer, PhD, MPH, of the University of Washington, about a recent trial in JAMA that compared cervical cancer screening strategies, including...
11.21.2023
Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes May Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care
Small-volume blood collection tubes may decrease red blood cell transfusions in intensive care units without affecting laboratory analysis. JAMA Associate Editor Christopher W. Seymour, MD, MSc, discusses the results and implications of the STRATUS trial with Deborah M. Siegal, MD,...
11.14.2023
Fitness Trackers to Guide Advice on Activity Prescription
Fitness trackers are a group of devices including watches, phones, and rings that track physical activity. JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, speaks with I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and professor of epidemiology at...
11.07.2023
Medicare’s Historic Prescription Drug Price Negotiations
JAMA Senior Editor Kristin Walter, MD, MS, and Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, JAMA Legal and Global Health Correspondent and Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, which...
10.24.2023
Traditional Chinese Medicine Meets Evidence-Based Medicine in the Acutely Infarcted Heart
JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, speaks with Richard G. Bach, MD, professor of medicine and medical director of the cardiac intensive care unit at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, about the use of traditional Chinese...
10.17.2023
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): Imaging Modalities in Clinical Practice
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a powerful imaging tool used across multiple clinical disciplines. JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, speaks with 2023 Lasker Award recipient James G. Fujimoto, PhD, professor of electrical engineering at MIT, about his role in...
10.10.2023
Nasal Iodophor vs Nasal Mupirocin With Chlorhexidine Baths to Prevent Infections in Adult ICUs
Nasal mupirocin plus chlorhexidine baths in ICUs prevents methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections but raises concern about antibiotic resistance. JAMA Senior Editor Kristin Walter, MD, speaks with Susan Huang, MD, of University of California, Irvine, about a study comparing iodophor...
10.03.2023
Is Remote Ischemic Conditioning (RIC) an Effective Treatment for Acute Stroke?
It’s been unclear whether remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) with transient cycles of limb ischemia and reperfusion is an effective treatment for acute stroke. JAMA Deputy Editor Chris Muth, MD, speaks with author Rolf Blauenfeldt, MD, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, about...
09.26.2023
The Connection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Type 1 Diabetes Risk in Young Children
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of diabetes in childhood increased. JAMA Associate Editor Anne R. Cappola, MD, ScM, and Ezio Bonifacio, PhD, from the Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Dresden University of Technology, discuss SARS-CoV-2 infection and its...
09.19.2023
Two-Year Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy
Many premature infants with respiratory distress are now supported with continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, rather than intubation and ventilation, and those with CPAP can receive surfactant via a minimally invasive approach. JAMA Associate Editor Tracy Lieu, MD, speaks...
09.12.2023
Sedentary Behavior and Dementia
There is an established link between sedentary behavior and cardiovascular disease, but the association between sedentary behavior and dementia is unclear. JAMA Deputy Editor Christopher C. Muth, MD, speaks with David A. Raichlen, PhD, University of Southern California, about a...
08.31.2023
Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder
In a new study, psilocybin showed promise as a treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). JAMA Associate Editor Donald C. Goff, MD, speaks with author Charles L. Raison, MD, from the Usona Institute, about the study, as well as Rachel...
08.15.2023
Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antenatal IV Magnesium Sulfate Between 30-34 Weeks' Gestation
Magnesium sulfate is widely recommended for neuroprotection in pregnancies at risk of preterm delivery. However, the optimal gestational age for use is unclear. JAMA Associate Editor Melissa Simon, MD, MPH, and Caroline Crowther, MD, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, discuss...
08.08.2023
Atorvastatin to Reduce Risk of Anthracycline-Associated Cardiac Dysfunction
Anthracyclines are used to treat a variety of cancers, but treatment may be limited by cardiac toxicity. JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, discusses a new clinical trial on the use of atorvastatin to prevent anthracycline-induced cardiac toxicity with authors...
07.25.2023
Cardiovascular Health Counseling in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals
Cardiovascular health is essential to everyone, but especially important to address in individuals who can become or who are pregnant or postpartum. JAMA Associate Editor Melissa Simon, MD, MPH, and Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, Northwestern University, discuss the importance...
07.11.2023
Genomic Sequencing for Ill Newborns
The performance of whole-genome sequencing in comparison with targeted genomic testing methods is not well understood. In this podcast, JAMA Associate Editor W. Gregory Feero, MD, PHD, interviews author Jill L. Maron, MD, MPH, of the Women and Infants Hospital...
07.11.2023
Bempedoic Acid in Statin-Intolerant Patients
Bempedoic acid is an effective option for some statin-intolerant patients with an elevated predicted risk of cardiovascular events. However, as JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, discusses with editorialist Dhruv S. Kazi, MD, MSc, MS, bempedoic acid should not be...
07.03.2023
Letermovir vs Valganciclovir for Prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus Disease in High-Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients
Valganciclovir is standard cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in high-risk kidney transplant recipients, but its use is limited by myelosuppression. JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, interviews Ajit Limaye, MD, from the University of Washington, about a multinational randomized trial of...
06.27.2023
The Costs of Quality Reporting
US hospitals report data on numerous quality metrics to government and independent rating organizations, but the cost of doing so is not well known. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, discusses a new study that examines just how...
06.23.2023
USPSTF Recommendations: Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults, and Screening for Anxiety Disorders in Adults
Interview with Michael Silverstein, MD, MPH, USPSTF chair and coauthor of Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults, and Screening for Anxiety Disorders in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statements. Hosted by JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten...
06.22.2023
Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost in the US Black Population
The US Black population experienced more than 80 million excess years of life lost compared with the White population over a recent 22-year period. JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, discusses the research that quantified this disparity with...
06.13.2023
Legal Risks of Abortion Miscoding
Intentional miscoding of abortion services may put clinicians and hospital systems at legal risk. JAMA Senior Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, and Carmel Shachar, JD, MPH, from the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School,...
05.26.2023
Physician as Writer: Abraham Verghese Reflects on the Art of the Craft of Writing Fiction
The Covenant of Water, Stanford University professor Dr Abraham Verghese’s long-awaited follow-up to his 2009 novel Cutting for Stone, traces the lives of a family in southern India negotiating forces of history, fate, and a genetic condition that takes the...
05.23.2023
The Continued Legal Battle to Undercut the ACA
The ACA’s preventive services mandate requires insurers to cover, without charge, nearly 200 basic primary care services. But now, a federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction preventing the Biden administration from enforcing this cost-free care for a significant number...
05.16.2023
Global Trends in Heart Failure Etiology, Management, and Outcomes
Most epidemiological studies of heart failure have been conducted in high-income countries. JAMA Senior Editor Kristin L. Walter, MD, MS, interviews Philip George Joseph, MD, from the Population Health Research Institute, Ontario, Canada, about a study of more than 23...
05.05.2023
USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults
Interview with Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Hosted by JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS. Related Content: ...
05.02.2023
Trends in Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in the US, 2011-2020
The mental health of young people in the US has been an issue of increased concern in recent years. In this podcast, author Tanner Bommersbach, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic...
05.02.2023
The Covenant of Water – Reflections on Fiction, the Humanities, and Medicine
The Covenant of Water, Stanford University professor Dr Abraham Verghese’s long-awaited follow-up to his 2009 novel Cutting for Stone, traces the lives of a family in southern India negotiating forces of history, fate, and a genetic condition that takes the...
04.25.2023
Medical Education: Is Medical School Ranking the Best Assessment of Quality?
Major medical schools are no longer contributing data to the US News & World Report (USNWR) including more than half the schools that are currently ranked in the top 10 medical schools by the survey. In this podcast, JAMA Editor...

What's JAMA Author Interviews about?

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JAMA Author Interviews episodes:

Stewardship Prompts to Improve Antibiotic Selection for Pneumonia and Urinary Tract Infection

Advancing Climate Action Through Academic Health Systems

The Evolution of Screening Tools for Prostate Cancer

Regional Interventions to Prevent Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

Mifepristone–Science, Abortion Care, and Politics

How Do Multimodal Large Language Models Perform on Clinical Vignette Questions?

Does Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Reduce Mortality?

Delivering Effective Messages in the Patient-Clinician Encounter

Why Does PrEP Use Lag in Cisgender Women?

Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria—Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix

Renter Eviction, Excess Mortality, and COVID-19

Azithromycin to Prevent Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines in Children and Adolescents

Anxiety and Depression Symptoms After the Dobbs Abortion Rights Decision

Patient-Centered Palliative Care

Dialysis Facility Performance and Social Risk in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model

Alpha-Gal Syndrome

Private Equity Acquisition and Hospital-Acquired Adverse Events in the US

Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure

Risks Associated With Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy

Neonatal Outcomes Following Serial Amnioinfusions for Bilateral Renal Agenesis

Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening With Self-Sampling HPV Kits at Home

Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes May Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care

Fitness Trackers to Guide Advice on Activity Prescription

Medicare’s Historic Prescription Drug Price Negotiations

Traditional Chinese Medicine Meets Evidence-Based Medicine in the Acutely Infarcted Heart

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): Imaging Modalities in Clinical Practice

Nasal Iodophor vs Nasal Mupirocin With Chlorhexidine Baths to Prevent Infections in Adult ICUs

Is Remote Ischemic Conditioning (RIC) an Effective Treatment for Acute Stroke?

The Connection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Type 1 Diabetes Risk in Young Children

Two-Year Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy

Sedentary Behavior and Dementia

Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder

Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antenatal IV Magnesium Sulfate Between 30-34 Weeks' Gestation

Atorvastatin to Reduce Risk of Anthracycline-Associated Cardiac Dysfunction

Cardiovascular Health Counseling in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals

Genomic Sequencing for Ill Newborns

Bempedoic Acid in Statin-Intolerant Patients

Letermovir vs Valganciclovir for Prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus Disease in High-Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients

The Costs of Quality Reporting

USPSTF Recommendations: Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults, and Screening for Anxiety Disorders in Adults

Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost in the US Black Population

Legal Risks of Abortion Miscoding

Physician as Writer: Abraham Verghese Reflects on the Art of the Craft of Writing Fiction

The Continued Legal Battle to Undercut the ACA

Global Trends in Heart Failure Etiology, Management, and Outcomes

USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults

Trends in Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in the US, 2011-2020

The Covenant of Water – Reflections on Fiction, the Humanities, and Medicine

Medical Education: Is Medical School Ranking the Best Assessment of Quality?