NEJM Interviews

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NEJM Interview: Dr. Christopher Robertson on the FDA’s new draft guidelines on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. Sep 16, 2015

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Dr. Christopher Robertson is a professor at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.T. Robertson. New DTCA Guidance - Enough to Empower Consumers? N Engl J Med 2015;373:1085-7. J.A. Greene and E.S. Watkins. The Vernacular of Risk - Rethinking Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1087-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Hermes Taylor-Weiner on the regulation of stem-cell clinics offering unproven therapies. Sep 09, 2015

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Dr. Hermes Taylor-Weiner is a Whitaker Scholar at the Karolinska Institute who recently finished his graduate work at the University of California, San Diego. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H. Taylor-Weiner and J. Graff Zivin. Medicine’s Wild West - Unlicensed Stem-Cell Clinics in the United States. N Engl J Med 2015;373:985-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Georgina Peacock on improvements in care and access to services for people with disabilities and where more work is needed. Sep 02, 2015

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Dr. Georgina Peacock is director of the Division of Human Development and Disabilities at the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G. Peacock, L.I. Iezzoni, and T.R. Harkin. Health Care for Americans with Disabilities - 25 Years after the ADA. N Engl J Med 2015;373:892-3.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michelle Mello on a new California law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccination mandates. Aug 26, 2015

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Dr. Michelle Mello is a professor of law and of health research and policy at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.M. Mello, D.M. Studdert, and W.E. Parmet. Shifting Vaccination Politics - The End of Personal-Belief Exemptions in California. N Engl J Med 2015;373:785-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Philip Landrigan on health concerns associated with genetically modified crops and the herbicides used on them. Aug 19, 2015

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Dr. Philip Landrigan is dean for global health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Landrigan and C. Benbrook. GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health. N Engl J Med 2015;373:693-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on strategies for testing new ideas in health care quickly and efficiently. Aug 12, 2015

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Dr. David Asch is executive director of the Center for Health Care Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.A. Asch and R. Rosin. Innovation as Discipline, Not Fad. N Engl J Med 2015;373:592-4.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ronald Bayer on why the heightened focus on precision medicine misses the point when it comes to public health. Aug 05, 2015

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Dr. Ronald Bayer is codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Bayer and S. Galea. Public Health in the Precision-Medicine Era. N Engl J Med 2015;373:499-501.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Steffanie Strathdee on needle-exchange policies and the recent HIV outbreak in rural Indiana. Jul 29, 2015

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Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is associate dean of global health sciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.A. Strathdee and C. Beyrer. Threading the Needle - How to Stop the HIV Outbreak in Rural Indiana. N Engl J Med 2015;373:397-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Stanley Plotkin on a strategy for stimulating and supporting global vaccine research. Jul 22, 2015

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Stanley Plotkin is an emeritus professor of the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.A. Plotkin, A.A.F. Mahmoud, and J. Farrar. Establishing a Global Vaccine-Development Fund. N Engl J Med 2015;373:297-300.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Amy Kapczynski on provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership that could affect access to drugs in the United States and abroad. Jul 15, 2015

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Amy Kapczynski is a professor of law at Yale Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Kapczynski. The Trans-Pacific Partnership - Is It Bad for Your Health? N Engl J Med 2015;373:201-3.

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