Veerajalandhar Allareddy is a pediatric cardiac critical care physician in the Stead Family Children's Hospital, University of Iowa. In recent years, he has become interested in marrying his clinical work with studies into public health issues in pediatrics, which he believes are under researched and under reported.

In this episode we discuss one such issue: the rising trend of opioid abuse in children across the US.

Article link: https://www.nature.com/articles/pr2017169