In this episode Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP, editor-in-chief of Pediatrics, is back for another edition of “First Up.” He joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, with a bird’s-eye view of what’s in the May issue of the journal. The hosts also talk to David Kimberlin, MD, FAAP, editor of the Red Book about what to expect in the 2021 edition released this month.

In this episode Abby Nerlinger MD, MPH, FAAP, who sits on the Executive Committee of the AAP Council on Environmental Health, explains environmental justice and how living spaces affect health. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to the CDC’s Commander Sharyn E. Parks, PhD, MPH, about her research on Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.

In this episode Shaquita Bell, MD, FAAP, lead author of the AAP policy statement, Caring for American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Adolescents, offers strategies for connecting with indigenous families. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to S. Kam Lam, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, about the roots of racial disparities in breastfeeding.

In this episode Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH, FAAP, vice chair of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases, describes the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and what it might take to end the pandemic. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD, FAAP, chair of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Subcommittee of COID, about his efforts to end unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics in pediatrics.

This episode starts with the April edition of First Up. Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, the new associate editor of Digital Media for the journal Pediatrics, joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, for a bird’s-eye view of what’s in the journal. The hosts also interview Kilby Mann, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at Children’s Hospital Colorado, to get an idea of how telehealth is helping children with special needs.

In this special COVID episode, Steve Caddle, MD, MPH, FAAP, joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, to talk about treating COVID patients in New York City during the initial surge of cases in March 2020. The hosts also interview Yvonne “Bonnie” Maldonado, MD, FAAP, Chair of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases, to get an idea of infection prevention and control a year later.

In this special episode, Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, to talk about race and racism and their impact on child health.

In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Marwa Mansour, MD, senior pediatrics resident and chief resident at University of Florida, Jacksonville. Dr. Mansour describes the lessons she has learned as an early-career International Medical Graduate from Egypt.

In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Aura Obando, MD, FAAP, Family Team Medical Director for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Dr. Obando explains how a passion for global health in under-resourced areas led her to her own backyard.

In this episode Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD, MPH, FAAP, suggests ways pediatricians can help their patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as they continue virtual or in-person learning. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Michael McNeil, MD, FAAP, whose research about how fathers grieve after the death of a child is published in the journal Pediatrics.