NEJM Interview: John Patrick Co on a stipend program designed to address cost-of-living concerns for residency applicants.
John Patrick Co is vice president of education at Mass General Brigham and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.F. Weinstein, E. Olson, and J.P.T. Co. Addressing Socioeconomic Barriers to Residency Choice. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1353-1355.
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NEJM Interview: Rochelle Walensky on the increased workload and emotional and financial burden associated with applying to medical school.
Rochelle Walensky is the Bayer fellow in health and biotech at the American Academy in Berlin, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.P. Walensky and L.D. Walensky. Application Overload — A Call to Reduce the Burden of Applying to Medical School. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2414572. D.B. Holt and E.A. Elster. Rethinking Shadowing for Aspiring Physicians. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1249-1251. A.A. Iyer, D.A. Hirsh, and R.M. Schwartzstein. Medical School Grading — Is “Good Enough” Good Enough? N Engl J Med 2025;392:1254-1257.
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NEJM Interview: Erin Fuse Brown on telehealth arrangements that have prompted concerns about inappropriate prescribing and unnecessary spending.
Erin Fuse Brown is a professor of health services, policy, and practice at the Brown University 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. E.C. Fuse Brown, O.J. Wouters, and A. Mehrotra. Partnerships between Pharmaceutical and Telehealth Companies — Increasing Access or Driving Inappropriate Prescribing? N Engl J Med 2025;392:1148-1151.
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NEJM Interview: Alex Keuroghlian on responding to policy threats to protections for transgender and nonbinary people.
Alex Keuroghlian is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Division of Public and Community Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.R.A. Coelho, A.L. Chen, and A.S. Keuroghlian. Advancing Transgender Health amid Rising Policy Threats. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1041-1044.
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NEJM Outbreaks Update — H5N1: A View from the States
In this audio interview, Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin and Deputy Editor Lindsey Baden are joined by state public health leaders Robbie Goldstein and Jennifer Shuford to discuss action against H5N1 in Massachusetts and Texas and across the nation. Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Robert Goldstein is the Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health. Jennifer Shuford is the Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. NEJM Outbreaks Update — H5N1: A View from the States. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2502863.
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.