Health & Veritas
Episodes
Lauren Taylor: Ethics and Public Health
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan talk with NYU’s Lauren Taylor about the “dirty hands problem” and other ethical dilemmas inherent in efforts to improve health.
Zeke Emanuel's Provocative Advice on Making Healthcare Better
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a leading expert on health policy and medical ethics, for a conversation about how to bring greate...
Dr. Daniel Stein: What the Data Says about Your Doctor
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan discuss a new study showing that moderate drinking doesn’t have health benefits after all. Then they’re joined by Dr. Daniel Stei...
Edward Kaplan: What Does Wastewater Reveal about COVID-19?
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale operations expert Edward Kaplan, who uses mathematical models to understand a variety of processes. They discuss K...
Dr. Lakshmanan Krishnamurti: Hope for Sickle Cell Patients
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, chief of pediatric hematology and oncology at the Yale School of Medicine and an expert on...
Dr. Kristin Mattocks: Advancing the Health of Women Veterans
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Kristin Mattocks, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts and the Department of Veteran's Affairs. They d...
Dr. Mandy Cohen: Delivering Health, Not Just Healthcare
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan talk with Dr. Mandy Cohen, former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the CEO of Aledade Care...
Dr. Ijeoma Opara: Partnering with a Community
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan talk with Dr. Ijeoma Opara of the Yale School of Public Health about the impact of persistent violence on mental health among urban ...
Dr. Saad Omer: Lessons Learned about Vaccine Hesitancy
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Saad Omer, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. They discuss mistakes made in the rollout of COVID-19...
Dr. Emily Wang: Mass Incarceration and Health
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Emily Wang, director of Yale's SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, to discuss the health effects of mass incarce...
Dr. Akiko Iwasaki: Is Long COVID One Disease or Many?
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan talk with Dr. Akiko Iwasaki about her research trying to understand the cause or causes of long COVID, which has over 200 reported sy...
Dr. Randi Epstein: Medical Storytelling
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan discuss two recent studies (one of them co-authored by Harlan) illustrating the health impacts of racism. Then they're joined by Rand...
Nathan Grubaugh: Genomic Surveillance
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale epidemiologist Nathan Grubaugh. They discuss the utility of rapid antigen tests and Grubaugh's work tracking the ...
From COVID or with COVID?
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan talk about the patients who test positive for COVID-19 after being admitted to the hospital for something else, and other health issu...
Anne Wyllie: The Latest on Omicron
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan discuss the state of the omicron surge and what we know and don’t know about the variant. Then they’re joined by Yale scientist A...
Dr. Albert Ko: A Wider View of COVID-19
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Albert Ko, a Yale epidemiologist who has advised Connecticut governor Ned Lamont. They discuss the state of the pan...
Fiona Scott Morton: Taming Healthcare Costs
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale economist Fiona Scott Morton, an expert on competition in healthcare and other industries. They discuss the forces...
Liza Fisher: Long COVID
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Liza Fisher to talk about her experience navigating the medical system and advocating for patients while enduring 18 mo...
Dr. Joseph Ross: Omicron; The Drug Approval Process
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan discuss what we know and don’t know about the newly identified omicron variant. Then they’re joined by Dr. Joseph Ross to discuss...
Dr. Rohan Khera: AI, Machine Learning, and Medicine
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan talk with Dr. Rohan Khera, a Yale cardiologist whose research interests include the use of advanced data science tools to improve dia...
Jason Abaluck: Health Economics
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Jason Abaluck, a health economist at the Yale School of Management. They discuss a massive study co-authored by Abaluck...
Anne Wyllie: The Saliva Test
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Anne Wyllie, the Yale scientist who developed the SalivaDirect test for COVID-19. They discuss the development of the t...
Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet: Saving Mothers' Lives
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, who leads Merck for Mothers and Merck's health equity efforts. They discuss the factors that lea...
Elizabeth Bradley: Leading Vassar through COVID-19
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Elizabeth Bradley, an expert on global public health and the president of Vassar College. They discuss how the resident...
Dr. Erica Spatz: Shared Decision-Making
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale cardiologist Erica Spatz to discuss the benefits of making treatment decisions in collaboration with patients, and...
Why Are We Paying for Ineffective Treatments?
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan discuss the financial, institutional, and psychological forces encouraging the use of unproven and disproven treatments and tests tha...
Will AI Transform Radiology?
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie, a Yale emergency department radiologist, and Harlan discuss whether artificial intelligence will replace human radiologists—or help them do t...
Medical Education
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howie and Harlan consider what medical schools can do differently to identify and train the doctors we’ll need in the future
Boosters and Nocebos
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz discuss who would benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine booster, and the implications of a study on the side ef...