NEJM Interviews

Lena Makaroun is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L.K. Makaroun, T.W. Farrell, and M.E. Betz. Firearm-Related Discussions as an Age-Friendly Intervention. N Engl J Med 2026;395:1461-1463.

Sarah Schmitz is an obesity medicine specialist at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending physician at New York–Presbyterian Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.H. Schmitz. Beyond Percentage of Weight Lost — Protecting Participants in Obesity Trials. N Engl J Med 2026;395:1355-1357.

Benjamin Scher is a lecturer and postdoctoral research associate in the Global Health Program at Princeton University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B.D. Scher and H.H. Howard. Opioid-Settlement Funds — Lessons from Tobacco. N Engl J Med 2026;395:1249-1251.

Christopher Forrest is a professor of pediatrics and the director of the Applied Clinical Research Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.B. Forrest and N. Halfon. Declining Child Health in the United States — Addressing the Developmental Ecosystem. N Engl J Med 2026;395:1147-1149.

Dhruv Khullar is an associate professor of population health sciences and of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Khullar. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Clinical Workforce. N Engl J Med 2026;395:1041-1043.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.