Let's Talk ID

Live from IDWeek 2026, Let's Talk ID hosts Drs. Buddy Creech, Kelly Cawcutt and Paul Sax share their biggest clinical takeaways and hot takes from the meeting. They discuss new developments in antifungal treatments, NTM, hospital-onset sepsis, influenza and measles, along with evolving approaches to antibiotic treatment.

In Part 2 of Plagues and Icons: The Stories That Shaped ID, IDSA President-Elect Max Brito, MD, MPH, FIDSA, continues his conversation with Calvin Kunin, MD, FIDSA, 97, about his pioneering UTI research and remarkable career in infectious diseases.

In this episode of Plagues and Icons: The Stories that Shaped ID, a new series from Let’s Talk ID, IDSA Vice President Max Brito, MD, MPH, FIDSA, speaks with Calvin Kunin, MD, FIDSA, 97, about his pioneering research on urinary tract infections and the experiences that shaped his career.

What exactly makes a paper a good fit for the Journal of Infectious Diseases? JID Editor-in-Chief and Professor of Medicine, Oncology and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cynthia Sears, MD, FIDSA, and JID Deputy Editor and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Jonathan Li, MD, FIDSA, join CID Editor-in-Chief and Let’s Talk ID host, Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA, to discuss the journal’s focus on translational science, new features, mentorship opportunities and some of the research they’re most excited about.

Meet the newest voices behind Let’s Talk ID. Infectious disease physicians Kelly Cawcutt, MD, MS, FACP, FIDSA, FCCM, FSHEA, and Nico Cortes-Penfield, MD, FACP, FIDSA, join the podcast as co-hosts for episodes focused on research published in IDSA journals. In their first episode, they speak with Joy Juskowich, MD, and Arif Sarwari, MBA, MD, MSC, authors of a Clinical Infectious Diseases study on early transition from IV to oral antibiotics and discuss its implications for clinical practice. 
The study: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/4/e674/8384448