Today we talk with Dr. Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics about astronomy and the culture of the academy, as well as diving into topics discussed in his new book Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.

Extraterrestrial: https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Extraterrestrial/9780358274551

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Today we talk with Dr. Mark Lythgoe, a Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London, on his new paper titled "Race reporting and diversity in US food and drug administration (FDA) registration trials for prostate cancer; 2006-2020", out now in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases.

Race Reporting: doi.org/10.1038/s41391-021-00361-0

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On today's episode, we invite Dr. Chris Whaley of RAND and Dr. Neeraj Sood of the USC Price School of Public Policy to discuss their new paper titled "Back to School: The Effect of School Visits During COVID-19 on COVID-19 Transmission", out now in the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Back to School: doi.org/10.3386/w28645

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Today our guest is Dr. Paul Edward Sax, Clinical Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. We talk about all things COVID-19.

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On today's episode, we interview Dr. Roxana Daneshjou, a clinical scholar in dermatology and postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University. We talk about artificial intelligence in dermatology and beyond.

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On today's episode, we have a short monologue for you on the recent CheckMate 577 study that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The title of the paper is "Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer".

CheckMate 577: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2032125

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Today we're joined by Dr. Daniel Meyers of the University of Calgary who's here to discuss his new paper out now in the Journal of Cancer Policy. It's titled "Industry payments to US physicians for cancer therapeutics: An analysis of the 2016–2018 open payments datasets".

Industry payments: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2021.100283

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Today we sit down with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine. We talk about mentorship throughout a career, the unique value of epidemiology and biostatistics, finding passion in your work, disparities in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.

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Today we sit down with Dr. Monica Gandhi, Associate Division Chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/ San Francisco General Hospital, and medical director of the HIV Clinic at SFGH. We talk about ending COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, vaccination boosters, and more. She gives us the motivation we all need right now.

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Today we talk with Dr. Manni Mohyuddin of Kansas University Medical Center on his new paper out now in JAMA Network Open titled "Reporting of Postprotocol Therapies and Attrition in Multiple Myeloma Randomized Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review".

Postprotocol Therapies: doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8084

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