Pediatric Research Podcast

This episode features a conversation with Senior Investigator Michael DeBaun, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who has had a long career investigating the causes of and treatments for sickle cell anemia, and advocating for children and adults with this condition across the globe. 

You can access his Vanderbilt page here: Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH | Department of Pediatrics

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In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Stephanie Ford about our Collection on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Read the collection here: https://www.nature.com/collections/fccidiefbi

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This month features a conversation with Senior Investigator, Professor Richard Jackson, who’s had an extensive career in Public Health. Now Professor Emeritus at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, Richard has served in many leadership positions including nine years as Director of the CDC's National Centre for Environmental Health.

Our conversation covered a wide range of topics affecting children's health, from pesticides to urban planning to gun violence, testament to his rich and varied career.

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In this episode, listen to our editorial apprentice, Dr. Eric Peeples describe the scope and importance of our collection on neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Visit the collection here: Neonatal Encephalopathy and Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (nature.com)

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Pediatric researchers Cynthia Bearer and Eleanor Molloy join podcast host Geoff Marsh to give an update on plans for the podcast and to offer some sage advice for Early Career Investigators.

Find more Pediapod episodes here: https://www.nature.com/collections/fcbjjbchaa

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The United Nations recently stated that “climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment” (https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/climate-change). This statement ended the political debate about the role of human activities in climate change. Global climate change is happening and it will have a profound effect on our children.

Listen and learn from Dr. Kari Nadeau the Chair of Environmental Health from Harvard School of Public Health and one of the guest editors of Pediatric Research's special issue on climate change.

Read Dr. Nadeau's editorial here: Global climate change: the defining issue of our time for our children’s health | Pediatric Research (nature.com)

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