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Plenary Session

386 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 722 ratings

A podcast on medicine, oncology, & health policy.
Host: Vinay Prasad, MD MPH from University of California San Francisco.
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4.16 Treating Lymphoma, Histiocytic Disorders, Learning by Teaching, & More! with Dr. Bita Fakhri

August 21, 2021 20:07 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Today we interview Dr. Bita Fakhri of UCSF on the current research behind treatments for lymphoma. We touch on CAR-T, ABVD, DA-EPOCH-R, and more. We also talk about histiocytic disorders, Dr. Fakhri's career in academia, and learning through teaching. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

4.15 #AllCOVID-19: the Tough Questions About Policies Concerning the Delta Variant of COVID-19

August 19, 2021 03:04 - 42 minutes - 32.6 MB

Today we're compiling all our recent monologues on COVID-19. That's right -- we're taking a break from #zerocovid to give you an episode that's #allcovid! We cover a whole range of news and opinions covering the Delta variant. We give an evidence-based-medicine doctor's take on the question: Are RCTs necessary in the age of COVID19? We also talk about how the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) lost the narrative. We detail how America failed kids because the AAP, CDC, & the teachers unions ...

4.14 Evolution of GI Cancer Therapy, Editing JCO, Advice for Clinical Trialists with Dr. Alan Venook

August 11, 2021 19:40 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

Today we interview Dr. Alan Venook of UCSF, a renowned expert in clinical trial design and gastrointestinal malignancies. We talk about the evolution of the treatment for colorectal cancer over the last few decades, starting with 5FU. We also discuss his time working as an editor for the Journal of Clinical Oncology and we talk about his advice for budding clinical trialists.  Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2...

4.13 Lessons from Publishing 300 Peer-Reviewed Papers & What Telemedicine Will Do to Cancer Care

August 06, 2021 21:46 - 14 minutes - 12 MB

We have two short thinkpieces for you. The first is on the lessons that can be learned, or have been learned along the way, from publishing 300 peer-reviewed papers in medical/scientific journals. The second is on the recent publication with Jenny Gill out now in the International Journal of Cancer, titled "After COVID-19, telemedicine may be used in addition to usual care and not in lieu of: Implications for health systems". Telemedicine: doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33752 Back us on Patreon! www.p...

4.12 Real-World Survival Outcomes for Pertuzumab and T-DM1 with Dr. Josee-Lyne Ethier

August 03, 2021 22:42 - 35 minutes - 29.8 MB

Today we interview Dr. Josee-Lyne Ethier of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on her new paper "Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Novel Targeted Agents for the Treatment of ERBB2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer", out now in JAMA Oncology. We talk about the real-world survival outcomes for pertuzumab and T-DM1, comparing these outcomes to the results of pivotal clinical trials CLEOPATRA and EMILIA. Practice Patterns and Outcomes: doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.2140 Back us o...

4.11 CheckMate 274, PARADIGM-HF/Ernesto, POLO, & an AI Approach to Reducing Knee Pain

July 31, 2021 01:53 - 54 minutes - 44.4 MB

Today's episode is a compilation of a few short monologues. We provide an oncologist's evidence-based medicine perspective on four papers: CheckMate 274, adjuvant nivolumab in urothelial cancer; PARADIGM-HF/Entresto; the POLO trial, olaparib in pancreas cancer; and the paper "An algorithmic approach to reducing unexplained pain disparities in underserved populations". CheckMate 274: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2034442 PARADIGM-HF: doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1409077 POLO: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1903387 K...

4.10 A Deep Dive into CheckMate 649 with Dr. Jeffrey Bien

July 28, 2021 02:00 - 58 minutes - 97 MB

Today we sit down (in person!) with Dr. Jeff Bien of Stanford University to break down all the details -- from the methods to the statistical analysis to the conclusions -- of the CheckMate 649 trial, which pitted first-line nivolumab plus chemotherapy against chemotherapy alone for advanced gastric, gastro-oesophageal junction, and oesophageal adenocarcinoma. CheckMate 649: doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00797-2 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube chann...

4.09 Problems with the VISION Trial & Stool Transplant Plus Nivo for Metastatic Melanoma

July 23, 2021 19:18 - 26 minutes - 22.1 MB

Today we have two short monologues for you on recent papers. The first, by popular request, is the problems with the VISION trial, which treated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with lutetium-177–PSMA-617 (Lu-177–PSMA-617) radioligand therapy and standard of care. The second is on the paper recently published in Science titled "Fecal microbiota transplant promotes response in immunotherapy-refractory melanoma patients". Fecal transplant: doi.org/10.1126/science.abb5920 Back u...

4.08 Implications for the Fate of Accelerated Approval from the ODAC Votes of April 2021

July 16, 2021 23:20 - 11 minutes - 9.75 MB

In today's quick episode, we talk about our new paper out now in JAMA Network Open titled "The Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Votes of April 2021—Implications for the Fate of Accelerated Approval" ODAC Votes: doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3046 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

4.07 Questions from a Medical Student with Emma Greenstreet and Dr. Vinay Prasad

July 09, 2021 22:19 - 49 minutes - 79.1 MB

We have a reverse episode for you today! Emma Greenstreet, a second-year medical student at UCSF, interviews our usual host, Dr. Vinay Prasad on why and how he chose hematology/oncology as a specialty, engaging with criticism, mentorship, medical student rotations, choosing a research project, and urging doctors in academia to aim higher. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

4.06 CAR-T, Oncology RCTs, Social Media, Myeloma, and Career Decisions with Dr. Rahul Banerjee

July 08, 2021 18:54 - 1 hour - 141 MB

We sat down in person with Dr. Rahul Banerjee, a BMT/CAR-T fellow at UCSF, to talk about all manner of topics including CAR-T, randomized trials in oncology (and, specifically, Dr. Banerjee's two recent papers out now), social media, treating Multiple Myeloma, and how people make career decisions. What Oncologists Can Learn From COVID-19: doi.org/10.1038/s41571-020-00448-y Are Observational, Real-World Studies Suitable: doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12119 Back us on Patreon! www.pat...

4.05 Exodus from Academia and the Regretful FDA Approval of Aducanumab with Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari

July 07, 2021 02:03 - 53 minutes - 46.8 MB

Today we are joined by Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari of Harvard Medical School to discuss how so many great minds in oncology are leaving cancer research in academia for industry. We also talk about the evidence (or lack thereof) behind the recent FDA approval of aducanumab to treat Alzheimer's disease. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

4.04 Treatment Algorithm for Follicular Lymphoma & Assessing RCTs

June 26, 2021 00:14 - 30 minutes - 25.1 MB

Today we have a short monologue for you on just a few topics: a treatment algorithm for follicular lymphoma and our host Dr. Prasad's new paper out now in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation: "Reliable, cheap, fast and few: What is the best study for assessing medical practices? Randomized controlled trials or synthetic control arms?" RCTs or Synthetic Control Arms?: doi.org/10.1111/eci.13580 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.y...

4.03 Multiple Myeloma, Productivity Metrics, and Field Changes in Oncology with Dr. Nina Shah

June 18, 2021 15:36 - 1 hour - 99.5 MB

Today we're back with another real-life (non-virtual!) interview. We're joined by Dr. Nina Shah of UCSF to discuss her career and her work in mutiple myeloma as well as the complexities of advancing your career -- dealing with productivity metrics like the h-index or the Kardashian index, switching institutions, balancing work with your home life, adapting to the changing field of oncology, and more. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.yout...

4.02 The History of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment with Dr. George Sledge

June 15, 2021 02:28 - 1 hour - 157 MB

Today we sit down with Dr. George Sledge of the Stanford University Medical Center to hear the story of his career and to discuss the history of breast cancer research and treatment. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

4.01 Highlights from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

June 11, 2021 22:44 - 49 minutes - 41.5 MB

Today we're launching season 4 of Plenary Session! This season we're returning to our love of monologues. On today's episode we talk about highlights from the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.90 Redesigning Health Care, Overuse, Burnout, and COVID-19 Groupthink with Dr. Marty Makary

June 04, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

On today's episode, we interview Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health on how he chose his path in medicine, how health care as it is in the United States needs to change, and how groupthink dominated COVID-19 health policy. We discuss a variety of topics from his research on overuse, the prevalence of burnout in healthcare professionals, silos in medicine, to patients' lawsuits against hospitals. We touch on his two books, the latter of wh...

3.89 How to Think About COVID-19 Policy with Rare Events and Declining Probabilities

June 03, 2021 19:00 - 27 minutes - 24.2 MB

Today we have a brief monologue for you on how to think about COVID-19 policy in the context of rare event and declining probabilities. We also touch on what to expect from season 4 of this podcast, as season 3 comes to an end. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.88 Behind the Scenes for the One-Year Anniversary of Malignant with Dr. Vinay Prasad

June 02, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB

Today's episode is hosted by guest Logan Powell, an incoming medical student at the Texas A&M College of Medicine and creator of this podcast's show notes. He reverse interviews our usual host, Dr. Vinay Prasad, in honor of the one-year anniversary release of Dr. Prasad's book "Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer". They explore a few behind-the-scenes stories. Show notes: www.plenarysessionpodcast.com Listen to Malignant with a free 30-day trial of Audible: ww...

3.87 Round Table on Multiple Myeloma Initial Therapy, High Risk, and Maintenance

May 31, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

Today we try something new. We're joined by five esteemed multiple myeloma experts for a back-and-forth round table discussion on the disease, including initial therapy, high risk, and maintenance. Our guests are Dr. Raj Chakraborty of Columbia University, Dr. Sam Rubinstein of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dr. Manni Mohyuddin of the University of Utah, Dr. Ben Derman of the University of Chicago, and Dr. Kevin Knopf of Highland Hospital. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/...

3.86 Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab or Everolimus for Advanced RCC with Dr. Karine Tawagi

May 28, 2021 19:00 - 34 minutes - 29.1 MB

Today we bring back our popular Journal Club with a Fellow segment. We're joined by Dr. Karine Tawagi of the Oschner Clinic in Louisiana to discuss the CLEAR trial: "Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab or Everolimus for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma" as published in the New England Journal of Medicine. CLEAR: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2035716 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.85 Med-Psych, Palliative Care, and Respect for Autonomy and Dignity with Dr. Joshua Briscoe

May 27, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 39.6 MB

Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Briscoe of Duke University. We discuss Med-Psych (a joint internal medicine and psychiatry residency) and how it and palliative care connect to the human side to medicine: providing the care for quality of life and dignity that patients actually need, from comfortable bedding to physician-assisted suicide. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.84 DLBCL, Bad Cancer Drugs and Bad Twitter Users with Dr. Aaron Goodman

May 26, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

We're joined today by Dr. Aaron Goodman, a hematologist/oncologist at the University of California San Diego, to discuss diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). We talk about bad cancer drugs and bad Twitter users. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.83 MetaResearch, Reproducibility, Expertise, & Early Career Researchers with Dr. Ioana Cristea

May 25, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Today we sit down with Dr. Ioana Cristea of the University of Pavia, Italy and the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford to discuss meta-research, reproducibility, and expertise. We also talk about our shared experiences as "early career researchers" (ECRs), also known as Early Stage Investigators, a term coined by the National Institutes of Health to describe researchers who earned their last research degree less than 10 years ago. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession C...

3.82 Classical Hematology Chat on CVT and VITT with Drs. Sven Olson and Joseph Shatzel

May 24, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 38.3 MB

Today we host a Classical Hematology Chat on thrombosis associated with COVID-19 vaccines. We're joined by Drs. Sven Olson and Joseph Shatzel of Oregon Health & Science University as we talk about cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) and vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.81 Impact of COVID-19 on Sociology, Politics, and Democracy with Genève Campbell

May 21, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Today we are joined by Genève Campbell, scholar of democracy and government, as we discuss sociology and politics in the context of COVID-19. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.81 Impact of COVID-19 on Sociology, Politics, and Democracy with Dr. Genève Campbell

May 21, 2021 19:00 - 117 MB

Today we are joined by Dr. Genève Campbell, scholar of democracy and government, as we discuss sociology and politics in the context of COVID-19. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.80 ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS) with Drs. Bishal Gyawali and Nathan Cherny

May 20, 2021 19:00 - 54 minutes - 45.9 MB

Today we sit down with Dr. Bishal Gyawali of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and with Dr. Nathan Cherny of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel to talk about the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS), which aims to improve cancer therapy decision-making. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.79 Sweden's Stance on COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine, Schools, & Mask Data with Dr. Cathrine Axfors

May 19, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 99.6 MB

On today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Cathrine Axfors of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) to discuss how Sweden responded to COVID-19 and the nation's attention to what policies would be sustainable. We also touch on her paper "Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials" as well as school closures, data to support mask policies, and more! Hydroxychloroquine: doi.org/...

3.78 Astronomy, Being a Scientist, and the Culture of the Academy with Dr. Avi Loeb

May 18, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB

Today we talk with Dr. Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics about astronomy and the culture of the academy, as well as diving into topics discussed in his new book Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Extraterrestrial: https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Extraterrestrial/9780358274551 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.77 Reporting of Race in US FDA Registration Trials with Dr. Mark Lythgoe

May 17, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutes - 21.9 MB

Today we talk with Dr. Mark Lythgoe, a Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London, on his new paper titled "Race reporting and diversity in US food and drug administration (FDA) registration trials for prostate cancer; 2006-2020", out now in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. Race Reporting: doi.org/10.1038/s41391-021-00361-0 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.76 COVID-19 Transmission in Schools with Dr. Christopher Whaley and Dr. Neeraj Sood

May 14, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 35.4 MB

On today's episode, we invite Dr. Chris Whaley of RAND and Dr. Neeraj Sood of the USC Price School of Public Policy to discuss their new paper titled "Back to School: The Effect of School Visits During COVID-19 on COVID-19 Transmission", out now in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Back to School: doi.org/10.3386/w28645 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.75 All Things COVID-19 with Infectious Disease Professor Dr. Paul Edward Sax

May 14, 2021 01:23 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB

Today our guest is Dr. Paul Edward Sax, Clinical Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. We talk about all things COVID-19. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.74 Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology with Dr. Roxana Daneshjou

May 13, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 35 MB

On today's episode, we interview Dr. Roxana Daneshjou, a clinical scholar in dermatology and postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University. We talk about artificial intelligence in dermatology and beyond. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.73 CheckMate 577: Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

May 12, 2021 02:16 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

On today's episode, we have a short monologue for you on the recent CheckMate 577 study that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The title of the paper is "Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer". CheckMate 577: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2032125 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.72 Industry Payments to US Physicians for Cancer Therapeutics with Dr. Daniel Meyers

May 11, 2021 01:02 - 48 minutes - 42.8 MB

Today we're joined by Dr. Daniel Meyers of the University of Calgary who's here to discuss his new paper out now in the Journal of Cancer Policy. It's titled "Industry payments to US physicians for cancer therapeutics: An analysis of the 2016–2018 open payments datasets". Industry payments: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2021.100283 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.71 How Research Influences Policy with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

May 05, 2021 17:24 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

Today we sit down with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine. We talk about mentorship throughout a career, the unique value of epidemiology and biostatistics, finding passion in your work, disparities in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtu...

3.70 The Motivation We Need to Reach the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic with Dr. Monica Gandhi

April 30, 2021 19:00 - 31 minutes - 23.5 MB

Today we sit down with Dr. Monica Gandhi, Associate Division Chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/ San Francisco General Hospital, and medical director of the HIV Clinic at SFGH. We talk about ending COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, vaccination boosters, and more. She gives us the motivation we all need right now. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.69 Reporting of Postprotocol Therapies in Multiple Myeloma with Dr. Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin

April 29, 2021 19:00 - 39 minutes - 33.4 MB

Today we talk with Dr. Manni Mohyuddin of Kansas University Medical Center on his new paper out now in JAMA Network Open titled "Reporting of Postprotocol Therapies and Attrition in Multiple Myeloma Randomized Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review". Postprotocol Therapies: doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8084 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.68 A Career in Academic Medicine & Challenges of 2021 with Former Harvard Dean, Dr. Jeffrey Flier

April 29, 2021 04:50 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

On today's episode, we interview Dr. Jeffrey Flier, an esteemed endocrinologist and physician researcher who was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University for nine years (2007-2016). We talk about his career in academic medicine as well as the challenges of 2021. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.67 Thoughts on PhD Programs and Idecabtagene Vicleucel with Dr. David Russler-Germain

April 23, 2021 16:02 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

Today we bring back popular guest Dr. David Russler-Germain, a Hematology/Oncology Fellow at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, to discuss his thoughts on PhD programs (in response to a listener question) as well as his take on Idecabtagene vicleucel for multiple myeloma. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.66 COVID-19 Policies and Progressing Past Disagreement with Dr. Martin Kulldorff

April 16, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MB

Today we talk with Dr. Martin Kulldorff, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, about COVID-19 health policy and about disagreement. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.65 Banning Books, Social Media, & Medical Education with Dr. Adam Cifu

April 14, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MB

Today we bring back popular guest Dr. Adam Cifu, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, to talk about the idea of banning books. the power of social media, and the current state of medical education. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.64 A Legal and Philosophical View on COVID-19 with Samantha Godwin

April 12, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 47.5 MB

Today we are joined by Samantha Godwin, a Resident Fellow for the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, to discuss COVID-19 health policy from a legal and philosophical perspective. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.63 The Medical Scientist Training Program with Dr. David Russler-Germain

April 08, 2021 17:06 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB

Today we talk again with Dr. David Russler-Germain, a Hematology/Oncology Fellow at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, this time on the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.62 COVID-19 Transmission, Vaccines, & Olaparib with Dr. Tom Beer

April 08, 2021 01:15 - 35 minutes - 29.4 MB

Today we interview Dr. Tom Beer, the Deputy Director of the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, about COVID-19 transmission, policy, and vaccines. We also talk about olaparib. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.61 The Neuroscience and Psychology of Recreational Drug Use in Adults with Dr. Carl Hart

April 06, 2021 02:32 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MB

Today we are joined by guest Dr. Carl Hart, a behavioral neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology at Columbia University. We discuss his research, his philosophies, and his new book "Drug Use for Grown-Ups." Drug Use for Grown-Ups: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534657/drug-use-for-grown-ups-by-dr-carl-l-hart/ Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.60 Drugs for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Dr. Bernard Marini

March 31, 2021 00:57 - 1 hour - 76.6 MB

Today we bring back popular guest Dr. Bernie Marini, a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Hematology at University of Michigan Medicine, to discuss treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.59 Genetic Alterations Linked to SARS-CoV-2 Acquisition and Bad Outcomes with Dr. Nathan Pearson

March 30, 2021 01:28 - 27 minutes - 23.9 MB

Today we are joined by genomicist Dr. Nathan Pearson, founder of Root (rootdeep.com), to discuss which genetic alterations in the host predispose to SARS-CoV-2 acquisition and bad outcomes. Gift of Life: www.giftoflife.org/page/content/covid19faq Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.58 Expertise and Disinformation with Jacob Hale Russell

March 26, 2021 22:11 - 1 hour - 61 MB

Today we bring back popular guest Jacob Hale Russell, an Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School, for a discussion on expertise, disinformation, and intellectual disagreement. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

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