JAMA Medical News
JAMA Network
Discussions of timely topics in clinical medicine, biomedical research, public health, health policy, and more, featured in the Medical News section of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Oct 26, 2016 • 14min
Pioneering Geneticist Explains Ambitious Plan to "Write" the Human Genome
This Medical News podcast discusses the Human Genome Project-write with Harvard geneticist, George Church, PhD.
Oct 13, 2016 • 11min
On CDC's 70th Anniversary, Director Tom Frieden, MD, Looks Ahead
This Medical News podcast features a Q&A with CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, commemorating the agency's historic 70th anniversary. The interview was recorded on August 8th, 2016.
Jul 27, 2016 • 13min
Threat From Colistin-Resistant Superbug
Interview with Barbara E. Murray, MD, author of Infectious Disease Expert Sees Threat From Colistin-Resistant Superbug
Jul 12, 2016 • 22min
HIV and Transplantation: New Reasons for HOPE
Interview with Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, author of HIV and Transplantation: New Reasons for HOPE
Apr 27, 2016 • 8min
Quelling Zika Fears With Evidence
Christine Curry, MD, PhD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Miami, discusses the challenges of keeping pregnant patients and her colleagues well-informed of the facts as Zika virus fears circulate.
Sep 15, 2015 • 23min
Doing Field Work With Doctors Without Borders
Adi Nadimpalli, MD, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Head of Mission in Nepal, and the former vice president of the US board of directors, talks about MSF's mission and the challenges he has faced serving in countries where access to health care is insufficient or strained due to natural or manmade disasters, violent conflicts, epidemics, and population displacement.
Jul 28, 2015 • 19min
Donald M. Berwick Reflects on Medicare at 50
Medicare at 50: Reflections From Former CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, MD
Jul 7, 2015 • 11min
Interview with Harold Varmus, MD
Harold Varmus, MD, former director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about his career and his ideas for improving the biomedical research enterprise.
