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Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.

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August 19 · 13 min
NEJM Interview: Rebecca Haffajee on the rescheduling of medical marijuana products and its potential effect on research.
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.
August 12 · 8 min
NEJM Interview: Eric Schneider on the limitations of pay-for-performance programs and alternative options to support quality improvement.
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.
August 5 · 11 min
NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on the importance of investment in equitable partnerships, community trust, and local scientific leadership for outbreak preparedness.
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.
July 29 · 14 min
NEJM Interview: Jerry Avorn on the role of litigation in addressing product-related damage to health.
Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the codirector of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Avorn. Products That Pose Health Risks — Can Litigation Protect Us When Government Fails? N Engl J Med 2026;395:421-423.
July 22 · 8 min
NEJM Interview: Arnold Monto on the value and feasibility of various methods for evaluating the protection offered by vaccines.
Arnold Monto is a professor emeritus of epidemiology and of public health and codirector of the Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Monto and H.Y. Chu. The Best of Both Worlds — Using Clinical Trial and Observational Data to Evaluate Vaccine Protection. N Engl J Med 2026;395:313-316.
July 15 · 8 min
NEJM Interview: Yaara Zisman-Ilani on navigating the uncertainty surrounding medication management in autism care.
Yaara Zisman-Ilani is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Barnett College of Public Health and in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, both at Temple University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. Y. Zisman-Ilani and Others. Pharmacotherapeutic Decisions in Autism. N Engl J Med 2026;395:214-217.
July 8 · 5 min
NEJM Interview: Mark Unruh on projected increases in the need for long-term services and supports in the United States amid declines in nursing-home capacity.
Mark Unruh is an associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.A. Unruh, V. Mor, and H.-Y. Jung. Colliding Forces — The Aging of the Baby Boom Generation and Contracting Nursing-Home Supply. N Engl J Med 2026;395:105-107. A.R. Olenski and D.C. Grabowski. Caring for an Aging America — The Looming Crisis of the Long-Term–Care Workforce. N Engl J Med 2026;395:107-110.
July 1 · 11 min
NEJM Interview: Justin Barr on physician leadership in American society and politics over the past 250 years.
Justin Barr is a transplant surgeon at the Ochsner Clinic and a historian. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.H. Podolsky, D.S. Jones, and J. Barr. Declarations of Independence — Physicians and the U.S. Body Politic, 1776–2026. N Engl J Med 2026;395:1-3.
June 24 · 13 min
NEJM Interview: Stacie Dusetzina on a new program that will allow Medicare Part D enrollees to obtain GLP-1 medications for use for weight loss.
Stacie Dusetzina is a professor of health policy and of cancer research at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.B. Dusetzina. Access to GLP-1s for Medicare Beneficiaries — A Bridge to Nowhere? N Engl J Med 2026;394:2385-2387.
June 17 · 9 min
NEJM Interview: Marcus Hughes on inconsistent oversight of psychedelic agents at the state and federal levels in the United States.
Marcus Hughes is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and an attending psychiatrist at Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Hughes. Psychedelic Therapies in the United States — Balancing State and Federal Oversight. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2281-2283. Y. Zisman-Ilani and R. Yehuda. Patient-Driven Care in Psychedelic Therapy. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2284-2286.
June 10 · 12 min
NEJM Interview: Edward Ryan on factors driving continued disease and death from cholera and opportunities for progress.
Edward Ryan is the director of global infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.T. Ryan, F. Qadri, and J.A. Lynch. Global Cholera-Control Efforts — Progress and Remaining Challenges. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2177-2180.
June 3 · 10 min
NEJM Interview: Loren Adler on regulatory strategies for addressing factors that make consolidation in health care especially profitable.
Loren Adler is a fellow and the associate director at the Center on Health Policy at the Brookings Institution. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Adler. Regulating Corporate Control in the U.S. Health Care System. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2073-2076.
May 27 · 14 min
NEJM Interview: Deirdre Tobias on the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including areas of confusion and contradiction.
Deirdre Tobias is an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.K. Tobias and F.B. Hu. The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans — Progress, Pitfalls, and the Path Forward. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1969-1971.
May 26 · 27 min
NEJM Outbreaks Updates — Andes Hantavirus
Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Angela Hewlett is Director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Steven Kornfeld is a physician who was a passenger on the MV Hondius. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. NEJM Outbreaks Update — Andes Hantavirus. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2505379.
May 13 · 12 min
NEJM Interview: Raja-Elie Abdulnour on the need for clinicians and AI systems to refrain from expressing undue confidence in their knowledge.
Raja-Elie Abdulnour is the Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at NEJM Group and an associate physician in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Sikora, L.A. Celi, and R.-E.E. Abdulnour. Can AI Say “I Don’t Know”? N Engl J Med 2026;394:1873-1875.
May 6 · 8 min
NEJM Interview: Jatin Vyas on the effect of corporatization of academic medical centers on medical education and trainee development.
Jatin Vyas is a professor of medicine and associate dean for academic innovation at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Vyas. From Mission to Margin in Academic Medicine — The Impact of Corporate Medicine on Medical Training. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1769-1772.
April 29 · 9 min
NEJM Interview: Amanda Banks on concerns about a potential association between GLP-1 receptor agonists and restrictive eating disorders.
Amanda Banks is a consultant and a physician at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Banks. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Eating Disorders — Cause for Concern. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1665-1667.
April 22 · 9 min
NEJM Interview: Sara Gerke on a Utah pilot program involving an AI system that autonomously renews certain prescriptions.
Sara Gerke is an associate professor of law and at the European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Gerke, R.B. Parikh, and I.G. Cohen. Utah’s Prescription-Renewal Pilot Program — Autonomous AI Managing Patient Care. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1561-1563.
April 15 · 6 min
NEJM Interview: Amy Stimpfel on a new policy that would cap loans for graduate nursing and other students.
Amy Stimpfel is an assistant professor at the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.W. Stimpfel and M. Djukic. Using Data to Inform Decision Making — Borrowing Limits for Graduate Nursing Students. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1457-1459. P. Joseph and Others. Nurse Scientists as Trusted Voices in Health Communication. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1459-1461.
April 8 · 6 min
NEJM Interview: Danielle Jones on the development of tools to help family physicians address social determinants of health and advance health equity.
Danielle Jones is the vice president of accountability, belonging, and culture at the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. W.T. Moore and Others. From Clinic to Community — The EveryONE Project in Family Medicine. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1353-1354.

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