Case Confirmed: A Public Health Podcast Series
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Behind the Scenes of the Making of Case Confirmed
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Case closed! Learn about the "Behind the Scenes" of your favorite episodes! Meera, Dina, and Vijeta have a nostalgic and fun conversation about the ma...
2 of a 2 Part Special Episode on Human Trafficking: An Interview with Dr. Rachel Robitz
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this two part special episode, Dina interviews Dr. Rachel Robitz on the mental health impact of human trafficking on survivor...
1 of a 2 Part Special Episode on Human Trafficking: An Interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Originally envisioned as a 20 episode podcast series, we are completing the podcast with a 2-part special episode on human trafficking. In Part 1, ...
Engineering Better Health: A Conversation with Andrew Cross, CEO of Everwell Health
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Case Confirmed interviews Andrew Cross, engineer and CEO of Everwell Health. We talk about tuberculosis (a bacterial infection of the...
Simulating the Future of COVID-19: A Conversation with Dr. Jagpreet Chhatwal
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meera asks Dr. Jagpreet Chhatwal about his COVID-19 simulator tool, which uses mathematical modeling to forecast the spread of COVID-19. In this episo...
Miniaturizing Science: an Interview with Dr. Katharine Elvira
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Microfluidics is a new frontier in science with the potential to vastly transform healthcare. Check out this Case Confirmed interview where Meera talk...
Tracking Infectious Disease in Real Time (@ home): A Conversation with Inder Singh, Founder of Kinsa
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How has the COVID-19 pandemic shaped how we think about tracking infectious diseases? On this episode, Dina interviews Inder Singh, founder and CEO of...
Body Image & Body Acceptance: A Conversation with Jessi Kneeland
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Meera and Vijeta interview Jessi Kneeland to discuss body image and public health. Jessi Kneeland is a certified life coach and clini...
Innovative Testing Methods: An Interview with Dr. Aysha Akhtar
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are the latest innovations in biomedical testing? Meera interviews Dr. Aysha Akhtar, a double-board certified neurologist, preventive medicine sp...
Voting in a Pandemic: Dr. Alister Martin and VotER
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Case Confirmed, Meera and Dina interviewed Dr. Alister Martin, an emergency medicine physician and hero on the front lines of the p...
On Mincome: The Basic Annual Income Experiment, an Interview with Dr. Evelyn Forget
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mincome refers to the Manitoba annual basic income experiment, which took place in the 1970s. In these times of COVID-19, with mental health and econo...
Got Breastmilk? A Conversation with Dr. Elaine Fitzgerald Lewis
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Dina interviews Dr. Elaine Fitzgerald Lewis, a maternal & child health expert at the Education Development Center. They discuss the b...
Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing Crisis - A Conversation with Dr. Maya Nadimpalli
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Meera discusses antibiotic resistance with our guest epidemiologist Dr. Maya Nadimpalli. If we do nothing to change course, our futur...
Turning Research into Policy: A Conversation with Dr. Jason Wasfy
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, recorded in 2019, we talked to cardiologist Dr. Jason Wasfy of Massachusetts General Hospital. We discussed his recent research, and ...
Abortion Policy is Health Policy: A Conversation with Nicole Huberfeld
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This interview explores the mechanisms of abortion-related legal frameworks in the United States, and the intersection between public health and abort...
Are We Hatching a New Pandemic? A Conversation with Dr. Michael Greger
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are modern human societies creating the perfect conditions for a major pandemic of bird flu? In this interview with leading physician and author Dr. M...
Brain, Gut, Soul: Public Health Goes Deep - A Conversation with Dr. Howard Weiner
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Case Confirmed, we spoke with Dr. Howard Weiner, a neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. We learned about the connections be...
Flu Vaccination in the Nation: A Conversation with Dr. Kim Shea
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with expert epidemiologist Dr. Kim Shea, a professor at BU School of Public Health, discusses the flu vaccine. Please note that this epis...
Public Health Has Its Period: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Bobel
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Case Confirmed, we explore the connections between menstrual taboo, public health campaigns, capitalism, and embodiment with Dr. Ch...
Mental Health Is Public Health: A Conversation with Dr. Arthi Kumaravel
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We interviewed psychiatrist Dr. Arthi Kumaravel about mental health, especially in the context of improving mental health on college campuses. Dr. Kum...
The Future of Public Health: A Conversation with Dr. Sandro Galea
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Case Confirmed is a public health podcast series that interviews a different public health expert each month. Episodes are released on the first of th...