
The Lancet Voice (The Lancet Group)
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14 Feb 2022 | Defining long COVID | 00:32:28 | |
What actually is long COVID? How much do we know about what causes it? How many people do we think currently have it? Dr. Claire Steves joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about the future of long COVID research now that we have a definition for the condition. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
28 Feb 2022 | Inequity, society, and infectious diseases in the USA | 00:38:05 | |
Professor Samuel K. Roberts joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss racial inequities in the USA and how infectious diseases historically find and exploit the gaps in societies. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
15 Mar 2022 | The past, present, and future of health in Nigeria | 00:34:40 | |
Ibrahim Abubakar, Tolullah Oni, and Obinna Onwujekwe join The Lancet Voice to discuss how Nigeria's history affects the modern-day health system, and the challenges and opportunities for Nigeria in the future. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
21 Mar 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine: the health and humanitarian cost | 00:28:05 | |
Oksana Pyzik joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about the short and long-term health impacts of the conflict in Ukraine, and what happens next for those forced to flee. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
12 Apr 2022 | Omicron in Hong Kong | 00:25:33 | |
Prof. Gabriel Leung, Dean of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss Hong Kong's recent Omicron wave of COVID-19 and what this variant means for health systems and zero-COVID containment approaches. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
25 Apr 2022 | Misinformation, health, and social media | 00:21:59 | |
Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center For Countering Digital Hate, joins the podcast to discuss the proliferation of misinformation across social media, how medical misinformation has become a profitable industry, why it's been allowed, and what can be done. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
05 May 2022 | The past and future of child health, with Richard Horton | 00:17:59 | |
In 2019 there were 8.6m deaths globally among children and adolescents aged 0-20 years. Almost two decades on from The Lancet's first ever global health series, on child survival, we've published our new Series, Optimising Child and Adolescent Health and Development. Richard Horton reflects on the progress and setbacks across 20 years of child health and global health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
17 May 2022 | Health and politics | 00:48:44 | |
How does health shape politics? How does politics shape health? Why do some diseases get international attention and funding when others don't? What role do institutions play? Richard Horton, Eduardo Gomez, and Jeremy Shiffman join Jessamy and Gavin to discuss the talking points from a new Lancet Series on Political Science and Health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
30 May 2022 | Syria and enabling local humanitarian efforts in warzones | 00:27:02 | |
Rola Hallam joins Gavin to talk about her path from being a Syrian refugee in the UK to running CanDo, a humanitarian organisation enabling local relief efforts, and the lessons for aid in warzones and protecting healthcare from attack. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
15 Jun 2022 | Smell disorders and COVID-19 | 00:30:49 | |
How many people have had their sense of smell affected in the long-term by COVID-19? What does it mean for them? Did some COVID-19 waves have a greater effect on sense of smell than others? How can people regain their sense of smell? Prof. Carl Philpott joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss anosmia and parosmia. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
28 Jun 2022 | Mental health and HIV | 00:28:13 | |
Poor mental health can contribute to HIV risk and affect outcomes of HIV care, and living with HIV or risk of HIV can contribute to poor mental health. Editor-in-chief of The Lancet HIV, Peter Hayward, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss new research on the overlapping issues and where the opportunities for improving care can be found. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
11 Jul 2022 | Measuring impact | 00:37:08 | |
Nine Lancet journals are top of their categories for Impact Factor in the latest measurements. What is the value of Impact Factors? What do they capture, and what don’t they capture? Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss impact. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
26 Jul 2022 | Marking South Asian Heritage Month and discussing GRacE | 00:33:21 | |
Mandip Aujla talks to Binita Kane, co-founder of South Asian Heritage Month, about South Asian culture, history, and community, and the two new chairs of the Lancet's Group for Racial Equality discuss the group's work on diversity and inclusion. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
09 Aug 2022 | Monkeypox: an African perspective | 00:30:04 | |
What's happening with monkeypox in Africa? Why wasn't monkeypox tackled when we had the chance? What will the PHEIC declaration change? Prof. Yap Boum, Epicentre Representative for Africa, the research arm of Medecins sans Frontieres, joins Gavin and guest host Dr. Miriam Lewis Sabin to discuss. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
25 Aug 2022 | Low COVID-19 vaccination rates in Bulgaria | 00:34:07 | |
There hasn't been a shortage of vaccines in Bulgaria, but only around 30% of the population are vaccinated, in a country which already had the lowest life expectancy in the EU. Professor Antoniya Dimova joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about the pandemic in Bulgaria, how misinformation shaped the public health response during COVID-19, and where Bulgaria goes from here. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
15 Sep 2022 | Roe v. Wade and Black maternal mortality in the USA | 00:43:10 | |
The amazing Prof. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Professor of Black Maternal Health at Tufts University School of Medicine, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss the widening mortality and morbidity gap affecting Black mothers in the USA, the prospects for maternal safety following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and how we can increase the diversity of NIH grant recipients. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
29 Sep 2022 | Gender and equity in rheumatology | 00:31:02 | |
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Rheumatology Heather Van Epps joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss the journal's recent work on gender and equity, and their podcast series looking at the realities of clinical care in under-served populations. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
06 Oct 2022 | Anthony Fauci on COVID-19, scientific communication, and the future | 00:29:50 | |
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President of the United States and Director of NIAID, is standing down at the end of 2022. He joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss becoming a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, why scientific discourse in the USA is broken, and how the pandemic could end. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
24 Oct 2022 | World Polio Day: "Vaccine-derived" polio, eradication, and surveillance | 00:35:35 | |
What does it mean that polio was found in wastewater in London and New York? What is “vaccine-derived” polio? What does eradication mean, and how will we achieve it? On this World Polio Day, Dr. Ananda Bandyopadhyay, deputy director of the polio team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explains the most up-to-date information and maps out the future of tackling polio. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
08 Nov 2022 | The role of litigation in fighting the climate crisis | 00:38:58 | |
What is climate litigation? How is it used to hold governments to account? What is the role of legal justice in trying to achieve climate justice? Marta Schaaf, director of the program on climate, economic and social justice and corporate accountability at Amnesty International, and Iain Byrne, international human rights lawyer at Amnesty, join Gavin and Jessamy to discuss using the law to achieve climate justice and their hopes for COP27. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
29 Nov 2022 | Firearms and public health in the Americas | 00:36:06 | |
Why do half of the world's firearm deaths occur in just six countries, all in the Americas? What does consistently treating guns as a public health issue entail? Stephen Hargarten and Arturo Cervantes Trejo join Gavin to discuss their work with the Network To Prevent Gun Violence In The Americas. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
08 Dec 2022 | Advancing racial and ethnic equity in science, medicine, and global health | 00:44:47 | |
A special joint episode sees Prof. Delan Devakumar, host of the Race & Health podcast and Professor of Global Child Health at UCL, speak with Prof. Tendayi Achiume, Dr. Gideon Lasco, and Dr. Sujitha Selvarajah about what racism means to them, how racism affects health, and what we can learn from The Lancet's new Series on racial and ethnic equity in science, medicine, and global health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
15 Dec 2022 | Louis Pasteur special edition: Rabies | 00:29:00 | |
Louis Pasteur was involved in the creation of the first rabies vaccine in the 1880s, but today one person every ten minutes still dies from rabies, with all of the deaths concentrated in low and middle-income countries. Prof. Katie Hampson joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about the history of the vaccine and why it's proven so difficult to eliminate rabies. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
05 Jan 2023 | 200 Years of The Lancet | 00:20:59 | |
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton looks back at two centuries of medical publishing, previews how we will be marking the journal’s 200th anniversary, and explains what the milestone means to him. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
21 Dec 2022 | Gender equity in Latin American health leadership | 00:48:14 | |
Taissa Vila and Elisa Pucu of The Lancet Regional Health Americas are joined by Prof. Felicia Knaul to discuss the lack of gender diversity in medical leadership in Latin America, the gap in evidence on gender dimensions of the health workforce, and how the majority of unpaid health care and caregiving is provided by women while men occupy leadership positions. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
19 Jan 2023 | What does The Lancet’s 200th anniversary mean? | 00:35:32 | |
Members of The Lancet’s International Advisory Board and staff members reflect on 200 years of The Lancet and talk about what it means to them. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
02 Feb 2023 | Spotlight on Child & Adolescent Health: Peer support | 00:46:58 | |
Phoebe Ashley-Norman is joined by Kareem Zuhdi, Ramona Hiltensperger, and Tanaka Mukuhwa to discuss the importance of children and adolescents being able to access peer support facilities. Ramona Hiltensperger - @rhiltensperger Tanaka Mukuhwa - @TMukuhwa Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
16 Feb 2023 | Spotlight on Child & Adolescent Health: Indigenous communities | 00:35:27 | |
Indigenous children and adolescents, regardless of where in the world they live, have worse health outcomes than other groups of children and adolescents. For our second Spotlight podcast in the Child and Adolescent Health Spotlight, acting Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Healthy Longevity Philippa Harris is joined by Lisa Richardson, Indigenous Health Strategy Lead at Women's College Hospital in Toronto, and Yves Minani, executive director of UPARED in Burundi, to discuss health among children and adolescents in indigenous communities. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
23 Feb 2023 | Towards a pandemic treaty | 00:31:59 | |
Can the countries of the world learn from the mistakes of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Panel for a Global Public Health Convention is calling for an international treaty which could stop the next outbreak from becoming a pandemic. Dame Barbara Stocking, chair of the panel, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss progress that has been made, how such a treaty could be enforced, and what needs to happen. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
02 Mar 2023 | Spotlight on Child & Adolescent Health: Period poverty | 00:45:14 | |
Georgia Bisbas and Priya Chudasama are joined by Jhumka Gupta, Zeal Desai, and Ziyu Peng to discuss "Taxes, Taboos, Tampons, (and TikTok)—the state of period poverty worldwide". Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
23 Mar 2023 | Spotlight on Child & Adolescent Health: Childhood obesity | 00:37:48 | |
Jessamy Bagenal is joined by Dr. Eduardo J. Gomez and Pauline Mapfumo to discuss the drivers of childhood obesity, predatory industry tactics, and what steps can be taken to help bring down levels of childhood obesity. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
30 Mar 2023 | Medicine Unboxed: Where arts and medicine meet | 00:25:25 | |
Dr. Sam Guglani, an oncologist from Cheltenham, UK, has been running Medicine Unboxed for ten sold-out years. His show examines the interface between medicine, philosophy, and the humanities through a series of speakers and performances. Here, he joins Gavin to discuss philosophy, "good medicine", and the show's move to London. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
06 Apr 2023 | Spotlight on Universal Health Coverage: Financing UHC | 00:44:16 | |
How can health systems make progress towards financing UHC? What are the different approaches? And why don't voluntary contribution and out-of-pocket systems perform as well? Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Global Health, Zoe Mullan, is joined by Irene Agyepong and Joseph Kutzin to discuss how funding affects UHC, in the first of a series of podcasts spotlighting UHC's importance to health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
20 Apr 2023 | Spotlight on Universal Health Coverage: Innovation in UHC | 00:25:00 | |
How can we innovate to make UHC more efficient? How does UHC need to adapt in times of crisis? Pooja Jha, Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Regional Health: Europe, is joined by Sarah Thomson, Triin Habicht, and Haja Wurie to discuss. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
04 May 2023 | Spotlight on Universal Health Coverage: The future of UHC | 00:23:37 | |
Justin Koonin and Helga Fogstad, of the Coalition of Partnerships for UHC and Global Health, join Zoë Mullan to discuss their hopes and expectations for the upcoming High-Level Meetings on health in 2023. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
25 May 2023 | Spotlight on Universal Health Coverage: Putting the U in UHC | 00:43:08 | |
When is universal health coverage not actually universal? What are the main hurdles to universality? And how can we get health coverage to hard-to-reach population? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
01 Jun 2023 | Spotlight on Mental Health: Mental health in China | 00:37:54 | |
Helena Wang, Asia Executive Editor at The Lancet, is joined by three guests to discuss the trajectory of mental health services in China, culturally-adapted mental health interventions for Chinese populations, and self-harm and suicide prevention approaches for children and adolescents in China. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
19 Jun 2023 | Spotlight on Mental Health: Physical and mental health | 00:36:25 | |
Sophia Davis, Senior Editor of The Lancet Psychiatry, is joined by Laura Fischer, Sarah Garfinkel, and Simon Rosenbaum to talk about how physical and mental health are interlinked, from the connections between mental and physical health conditions, to the physiological and neurobiological mechanisms involved in mental health and ill health, and to mental health interventions that are integrating the body within them. You can see all of our Spotlight content relating to mental health here: Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
29 Jun 2023 | Spotlight on Mental Health: Breaking down barriers | 00:52:42 | |
Anya Sharman, Assistant Editor at The Lancet, is joined by Pat McGorry and Stephan Zipfel to discuss breaking down barriers in mental health services, specifically, the challenges that professionals face when working in mental health, their role in scaling-up services, and the stigma surrounding the profession. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
20 Jul 2023 | Spotlight on Mental Health: Trauma, recovery, and justice | 00:54:06 | |
Content warning: Discussion of traumatic experiences Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
03 Aug 2023 | Spotlight on Research for Health: Incorporating lived experience | 00:48:14 | |
How can clinical research better involve and recognise those with lived experience? Ensuring diverse representation and removing barriers to trial participation is essential for equitable health research, but key voices are being missed. Senior editor at The Lancet Callam Davidson is joined by trialist Otavio Berwanger and consumer adviser Vicki Grey to discuss the benefits and challenges of patient and public involvement, in the first of a series of podcasts spotlighting research for health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
17 Aug 2023 | Spotlight on Research for Health: The career path | 00:36:18 | |
What are the difficulties of pursuing a research career? How do hard choices and decisions affect your path? And what does an ideal mentor-mentee relationship look like? Dan Erkes, Senior Editor at The Lancet, speaks with Laura Marcela Aguirre-Martínez, a member of the youth advisory panel of The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, and Lyda Osorio, an associate professor at the Universidad del Valle about moving through one’s career. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
07 Sep 2023 | 100 episodes of The Lancet Voice, with Richard Horton | 00:46:19 | |
Gavin and Jessamy return to the studio for a special chat marking 100 episodes, and are joined by Richard Horton to look back across the last few years of global health and COVID, and discuss the changing landscape of health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
14 Sep 2023 | Spotlight on Research for Health: Translating evidence to policy | 00:32:58 | |
Generating scientific evidence is, although essential, just the first step. For clinical practice to be driven by evidence we must ensure that the knowledge is translated into policies that guide practice and are available for all. But how? The road from research to clinics is not a linear one, nor it is the same in every setting. Trials conducted in high-income countries can offer limited support to practice-changing in other contexts. So how do we go from evidence to implementation? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
28 Sep 2023 | Spotlight on Research for Health: Excluded voices | 00:47:01 | |
The generation of research has long excluded some voices, while prioritising others. In conversation with Mabel Chew, Senior Editor at The Lancet, Australian First Nations researchers Fiona Cornforth and Ray Lovett, and global South researchers Nancy Kagwanja, Sudha Ramani, and Eleanor Whyle, explain how this still happens today and what we need to do to decolonise research. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
12 Oct 2023 | Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: How do we make change? | 00:52:45 | |
Action on climate change globally has been too little, too slow, or politically fragile. Professors Colin Davis and Dana Fisher join John Carson, Senior Editor at The Lancet Planetary Health, to discuss how social movements and activism can effectively persuade the public and politicians to support bolder action on climate change. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
26 Oct 2023 | Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: Extreme heat and health | 00:49:58 | |
Dr Patricia Fabian and Professor Ollie Jay join Lancet editors Saleha Hassan and Pierre Nauleau to discuss the current and potential future impacts of climate-change induced extreme heat on health - from the mechanisms that link temperature and health to potential adaptation strategies to build resilience in a heating world. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
06 Nov 2023 | Race & Health: COVID-19 and racism | 00:36:53 | |
Host Delan Devakumar is joined by Kevin Fenton (Public Health Director for London, UK), Ayoade Alakija (Chair of the African Vaccine Delivery Alliance), and Kumanan Rasanathan (Executive Director, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research) to explore COVID-19 and racism by unpacking key themes of power and influence. Drawing from their experiences in public health practice and global health policy, they discuss how racism stratifies power across the community and structural levels, and why communities of colour bore the brunt of the pandemic. How do policies informing preparedness and resource distribution reinforce these differences? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
06 Nov 2023 | A series from the Race & Health podcast and The Lancet Voice - an introduction | 00:13:13 | |
Welcome to a series of podcasts produced as a collaboration between The Lancet Voice and the Race & Health podcast. The upcoming series will host a diverse array of experts, activists, and storytellers. We will take a deep dive into issues ranging from COVID-19, to history, to populism. This series offers expert perspectives, technical background, and field accounts to provide listeners a better understanding of racism and its impact health around the world. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
09 Nov 2023 | Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: Decarbonising healthcare | 00:50:31 | |
Dr Forbes McGain and Dr Cristina Richie join Lancet editors Chloe Wilson and John Carson to discuss the whys, the hows, and the ethics of decarbonising global healthcare. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
23 Nov 2023 | Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: Urban green and blue spaces | 00:55:08 | |
What are the benefits of urban green and blue spaces for health? Ruth Hunter from Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, and Thomas Astell-Burt from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, talk to Lauren Southwell and Heather Brown about the importance of these spaces and the challenges in translating their potential benefits into improved health outcomes. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
07 Dec 2023 | Race & Health: Populism and health | 00:36:38 | |
How does historically divisive discourse and the political systems and institutions that grow from them reinforce inequities? Learn more about these issues with our guests Gustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Professor of Public Policy at the A Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil, Alexandra Haas, the executive director of Oxfam Mexico, and Martin McKee, a Professor of European Public Health and Medical Director at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This episode will discuss how populist narratives demonise migrants, feed back into public health, and more. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
14 Dec 2023 | 2023 in health, with Richard Horton | 00:52:46 | |
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton joins Jessamy and Gavin to discuss his highlights (and lowlights!) of 2023, and looks forward to an important 2024 for global health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
11 Jan 2024 | Race & Health: Eugenics in science | 00:39:23 | |
Eugenics is a concept closely tied to what makes us unwell, and its roots in race medicine amplifies the drivers of racial health inequities, ableism, and white supremacy. Though scientifically flawed, eugenic thinking is present throughout modern-day society and politics. We can see eugenic thinking in policies and protocols throughout the pandemic, through mental health, and much more. In the third episode of our collaboration with the Race & Health podcast, we learn about how eugenics was created, how it has been employed, and how today’s public health world is still riddled with this divisive concept. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
25 Jan 2024 | Michael Marmot on health and the UK election | 00:33:54 | |
Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, and Past President of the World Medical Association, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss the centrality of health issues to UK politics, what the upcoming election should be fought on, and the role of equity and equality in UK health outcomes. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
08 Feb 2024 | Race & Health: Under the skin | 00:31:01 | |
In this episode, Delan Devakumar and guests shed light on how the social construction of race and its operators take a physiological toll of chronic exposure to racism. They discuss maternal and child health, the concept of race and biology, and how constant microaggressions, systemic inequalities, and overt discrimination can lead to a sustained state of stress that goes far beyond mere emotional distress. There are also recommendations for applying anti-racism in everyday life, and how we can strive for a future where everyone, regardless of their background, can live a healthy and fulfilling life. Guests include Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, the Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Arline Geronimus, Professor of Health Behaviour and Health Education at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Jonathan Wells, Professor of Anthropology and Paediatric Nutrition at the Population, Policy & Practice Department at UCL. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
29 Feb 2024 | A new vaccine in the fight against malaria | 00:28:00 | |
In 2022, WHO’s African Region saw 233 million cases of malaria, with 580,000 deaths. 80% of those deaths are children under 5. The phase 3 trial of the new R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine was published in The Lancet this month, and the results suggest a turning point in the fight against malaria. Gavin is joined by Professor Sir Adrian Hill, one of the creators of the vaccine, to discuss the process the vaccine went through, the history of malaria vaccine research, and what the future holds. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
14 Mar 2024 | Race & Health: Epistemic injustice | 00:35:21 | |
Whose knowledge is represented in our health research, policies, and practice? Who is heard, listened to and believed in our health system, and why? There are differences in not only whose perspectives are represented in society, but also what knowledge is valuable. On this episode of the Race & Health Podcast in collaboration with The Lancet Voice, we explore the concept of epistemic injustice: the idea that knowledge and systems of knowledge production favour the perspectives of those at the top of the social hierarchy. We will explore how epistemic injustice works, what this means for representation in research, services, and policies, and ultimately, how this relates to racism and health. This episode's guests include Dr Seye Abimbola, Associate Professor and Principle Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, and Dr Naidu Thirusha, Head of Clinical Psychology at King Dinuzulu Hospital and an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Public Health at University of KwaZulu-Natal. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
04 Apr 2024 | Early menopause | 00:26:40 | |
Jessamy and Gavin are joined by Prof. Gita Mishra, life course epidemiologist at the University of Queensland, to discuss her work on understanding early menopause. How many women does early menopause affect? How can we improve gaps in care? What are the consequences of early menopause, and what does menopause onset look like around the world? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
11 Apr 2024 | Race & Health: History of medical racism | 00:40:05 | |
Race and racism are based in history, and how humans thought about the physical differences. Early conceptions of these differences were focused on physical adaptations across geographies around the world. This thinking evolved over time: explanations for these differences changed as human history and science evolved. The associations between disease and race grew closer over time, however the extent to which this can be explained by science is limited. Listen to learn more about this evolution, and the impact that this has on today’s medical practices. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
02 May 2024 | Race & Health: Intersectionality | 00:31:44 | |
In our final episode of this collaboration between the Race & Health podcast and The Lancet Voice, intersectionality brings three researchers together to discuss how intersectionality can serve the health community and promote health equity. The episode explores where intersectionality comes from, why it was created, and how it can be used to address health inequities across the health community. Guests include Dr Brenda Hayanga, Presidential Fellow at the School of Health and Psychological Science, University of London; Dr Geordan Shannon, medical doctor and ex-academic, and founder of Stema, Unexia, Planet.Health, and Global Health Disrupted; and Dr Zara Trafford, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
16 May 2024 | The hidden costs of breast cancer | 00:39:56 | |
What are the hidden costs of breast cancer? What advances in breast cancer treatment have been made, and how can we tackle the problematic inequities that remain? What needs to be done for patients with metastatic breast cancer? Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Felicia Knaul, Reshma Jagsi, and Fatima Cardoso to discuss the recent Lancet Breast Cancer Commission. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
30 May 2024 | AI and LLMs in healthcare | 00:32:04 | |
Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Rupa Sarkar, editor-in-chief of The Lancet Digital Health, to discuss the uses of Large Language Models (LLMs) in healthcare, the safety and patient concerns, progress that’s been made, and the what the future of AI in health might hold. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
13 Jun 2024 | Women in global health | 00:23:52 | |
Anita Zaidi, President of The Gender Equality Division at the Gates Foundation, joins Gavin to discuss women in global health from visibility in data all the way through to women in leadership positions in global health. Also on the agenda is the impact of vaccines, innovations in gender equity, and challenges and successes in addressing maternal mortality. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
11 Jul 2024 | Ozempic, public health, and black markets | 00:40:06 | |
Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Oksana Pyzik (UCL, Fight The Fakes Alliance) to discuss how Ozempic/Wegovy/semaglutide works, what becoming mainstream means for our understanding of obesity and public health, and how demand is fuelling an unregulated black market in the drugs. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
22 Jul 2024 | Losing progress on human rights | 00:30:13 | |
Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director of UNDP’s HIV, Health and Development Group, to discuss the access to health and freedom of the most vulnerable people around the world. Are we maintaining progress on rights, or are we in danger of backsliding? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
31 Jul 2024 | Developments in our understanding of dementia | 00:35:22 | |
14 modifiable risk factors account for 45% of dementia cases worldwide. Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Prof. Gill Livingston (UCL) and Prof. Geir Selbaek (University of Oslo) to discuss the 2024 updates to The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
22 Aug 2024 | The UK's COVID-19 public enquiry, with Richard Horton | 00:43:18 | |
The first module of the UK's COVID-19 enquiry was published in July 2024. The enquiry found that the UK prepared for the wrong sort of pandemic, suffered from groupthink, and ultimately failed its citizens, more than 200,000 of whom died as a result of the pandemic. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
06 Sep 2024 | Health in Africa: Mpox and the Public Health Emergency of International Concern | 00:25:46 | |
The mpox case surge in Africa has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO. A new clade of the virus has emerged since the 2022 outbreak which has led to a rapid increase in cases. Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who is the the chair of the Africa CDC’s Emergency Consultative Group and the director of CAPRISA, the Center for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, joins Gavin Cleaver and Maneet Virdi to lay out in clear terms what's happening in Africa, what the PHEIC means, and what the future could look like. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
12 Sep 2024 | Energy transitions, sharing vaccines, and making research accessible for non-English speakers | 00:38:55 | |
In something of a bonus episode, Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy sit down for an informal chat about what's going on in the news, in health, and in the world of The Lancet, covering healthcare emissions, solar power, and the challenge of global co-operation on vaccines. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
26 Sep 2024 | Antimicrobial resistance - the path to sustainability | 00:27:10 | |
Ramanan Laxminarayan is the founder and president of the One Health Trust, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Antimicrobial Resistance in New Delhi, India, and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. He is the lead author of The Lancet’s May 2024 series on Sustainable Access to Antibiotics. He joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss how big of a problem AMR currently is and will be, what is being done, and what needs to be done. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
03 Oct 2024 | AI in publishing, the Darzi report, and population levels | 01:08:19 | |
Jessamy, Gavin, and Richard come together for another bonus episode of The Lancet Voice. A freeform chat covers xenotransplantation, the use of AI in scientific research, the Darzi report into the UK's National Health Service, and falling population levels over the next few decades. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
09 Oct 2024 | Self-harm | 00:35:48 | |
Gavin is joined by Paul Moran (Professor of Psychiatry, University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK) and Helen Christensen (Scientia Professor of Mental Health at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) to discuss The Lancet's new commission on self-harm, exploring its prevalence, cultural factors, and the crucial need for better data and compassionate care. We also talk about stigma and improving mental health services globally. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
24 Oct 2024 | Poverty and health in the US | 00:31:48 | |
The US is the richest country in the world, but has some of the most entrenched poverty and associated poor health outcomes. Miriam Sabin (North American Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet) joins Jessamy to chat with Luke Shaefer (Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and Director of Poverty Solutions) and Mona Hanna (Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University and paediatrician at Hurley Medical Centre) about why this is, their innovative Rx Kids cash grant program for families in Michigan, and what the upcoming US election means. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
29 Oct 2024 | Reducing premature deaths, the limits of human longevity, and healthy cities | 00:42:55 | |
Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy get into the studio for another bonus episode looking at the launch of the Global Health 2050 report at the World Health Summit in Berlin, a report which shows a path to cutting premature mortality by 50% by 2050. Also up for discussion are the limits of human longevity and what well-designed cities mean for health. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
21 Nov 2024 | Reducing health inequities across NYC | 00:22:28 | |
What is the impact of systemic racism on public health in New York City? How can we leverage government to meet ambitious goals for improving life expectancy? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
12 Dec 2024 | 20mph speed limits and public health in Wales | 00:34:53 | |
In September 2023, Wales passed legislation making the maximum speed limit 20mph in built-up areas. How are speed limits linked to public health? How can researchers engage with governments to enact public health research? And how do you deal with the situation when there is a huge online backlash to your work? Dr. Sarah Jones from Public Health Wales joins Gavin to discuss how her research was implemented, how it's gone so far, and what's next. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
19 Dec 2024 | Health metrics, life expectancy, and obesity in the US | 00:39:47 | |
The last Lancet Voice of the year delves into the latest findings from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) from our recently released US Special Issue. Ali Mokdad and Emmanuela Gakidou join Miriam Sabin and Gavin Cleaver to explore the comprehensive analysis of the Global Burden of Disease, the alarming trends in obesity and life expectancy, and the critical need for policy changes to improve public health in the United States. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
09 Jan 2025 | Power and allyship in the Global North and Global South | 00:47:56 | |
Where does power lie in global health? What are the historical and systemic barriers that perpetuate inequities, and what is the impact of political shifts towards nationalism? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
16 Jan 2025 | Fact checking, misinformation, wildfires, and institutional memory | 01:08:24 | |
Richard, Gavin, and Jessamy return to the studio for another freeform discussion kicking off with the responsibilities of science and scientific publishing in a time where fact checking and moderation are going out of fashion. We also cover climate change in the US with the recent wildfires, and the importance of retaining institutional memory following traumatic experiences after Richard was particularly struck by a recent trip to Argentina. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
06 Feb 2025 | How Trump is affecting health around the world | 00:38:44 | |
Donald Trump has taken office in the US and immediately turned his attention to dismantling the US position as a world leader in global health. How will actions taken so far affect the health of people around the world? Gavin is joined by co-host Miriam Sabin, North American Executive Editor at The Lancet, and they speak to Dr. Gavin Yamey, lead author of The Lancet's recent Commission on Investing in Health, and Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
20 Feb 2025 | Gambling and public health | 00:33:18 | |
Gavin is joined by Heather Wardle, Professor of Gambling Research and Policy at the University of Glasgow, and the lead commissioner on The Lancet Public Health’s Commission on Gambling, to discuss the rapid expansion of the global gambling industry and its profound public health implications. We chat online gambling, technological advancements, and increasing accessibility, and how they are transforming the gambling landscape, leading to widespread health harms. You can read the Commission here: Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
17 Mar 2025 | Sexual assault, stigma, health, and society | 00:44:50 | |
Content warning: discussions of sexual assault, violence, and rape Gavin is joined by Professor Betsy Stanko OBE and Professor Katrin Hohl OBE, who together worked on the London Metropolitan Police's Operation Soteria to change how the police deal with sexual assault cases. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
27 Mar 2025 | Bird flu on the rise | 00:40:37 | |
Following the discovery of H5N1 influenza of avian origin in a sheep in the UK this week, Gavin is joined by Dr. Abraar Karan of Stanford University to discuss the current state of bird flu in the US, its impact on public health, and the potential for human-to-human transmission. Dr. Karan analyses the ongoing outbreaks and infections in the US, the challenges in detecting and controlling the virus, and the lessons learned from COVID-19. We chat about the complexities of viral evolution, the importance of robust testing and surveillance, the critical need for coordinated efforts to prevent a potential epidemic, and how bird flu might end. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
10 Apr 2025 | US health under Trump, gender justice, and child mortality | 00:47:43 | |
Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy reunite for another bonus episode, covering the first three months or so of health in the US under Trump. What do the appointments tell us about the administration's agenda? How can institutions stand up to cuts and intimidation? We also look at gender justice in global health as laid out by the excellent new Commission in The Lancet, and highlight that the world's impressive gains on maternal and newborn mortality are slowing - what more needs to be done? You can read "Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health" here: Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
04 Mar 2020 | COVID-19, Ben Goldacre, and the planetary health diet | 00:41:38 | |
In a packed pilot episode of The Lancet Voice, our EBioMedicine Editor-in-Chief, Julie Stacey, reports on how SARS changed our approach to treating and tracking coronaviruses, The Lancet's Editor-In-Chief, Richard Horton chats with Ben Goldacre about researchers owing the US Government $7bn, and we discuss the planetary health diet – what’s the real link between food and the climate? Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
17 Mar 2020 | Invisible women, COVID-19, and NASA | 00:40:30 | |
Caroline Criado Perez discusses how cardiovascular health in women has been ignored by medicine, a doctor in Wuhan shares first-hand COVID-19 experiences, and NASA scientists explain how life on Mars might affect health on Earth. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
25 Mar 2020 | Pregnancy and COVID-19 | 00:19:26 | |
How does COVID-19 affect pregnancy? In this special episode of The Lancet Voice, Lancet editors speak to frontline staff around the world to see how approaches have evolved. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
26 Mar 2020 | PPE in the NHS during COVID-19 | 00:12:25 | |
A special episode of The Lancet Voice looks into the lack of personal protective equipment, or PPE, for healthcare workers in the NHS. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
02 Apr 2020 | Misinformation in a pandemic | 00:23:05 | |
How does misinformation start? Why is it spread? What is being done about it? What is “behavioural fatigue”? The Lancet Voice speaks with Sander van der Linden, director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory, to find out more. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
06 Apr 2020 | Old age and COVID-19 | 00:16:39 | |
Much of the discourse on COVID-19 has been about older people being at high risk. The Lancet Voice speaks to Professor Thomas Scharf, president of The British Society of Gerontology about how COVID-19 is affecting age discrimination and loneliness. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
08 Apr 2020 | Asthma and COVID-19 | 00:17:26 | |
A special episode speaks with Professor Hilary Pinnock to examine the current evidence and advice for patients with asthma and clinicians caring for them. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
09 Apr 2020 | NHS reorganisation during COVID-19 | 00:29:22 | |
How are staff being reassigned? What have their experiences been like? A special episode speaks with NHS doctors to ask about life during COVID-19 in the UK. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
24 Apr 2020 | Convalescent plasma as a COVID-19 treatment | 00:23:15 | |
Another special COVID-19 episode of The Lancet Voice looks into using the blood of recovered patients to treat serious cases. Julie Stacey speaks with Prof. Liise-Anne Pirofski of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
14 May 2020 | Kawasaki-like disease | 00:23:49 | |
Another special episode of The Lancet Voice speaks with a doctor about the outbreak of Kawasaki-like disease in children following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
20 May 2020 | COVID-19 and the immune system | 00:24:05 | |
Does infection confer immunity? Is the virus mutating? How long could immunity last? Arne Akbar, Professor of Immunology at UCL, answers some of the big questions surrounding the pandemic. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
21 May 2020 | COVID-19 and Sub-Saharan Africa | 00:20:49 | |
Yap Boum of Médecins Sans Frontières and Zoe Mullan, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Global Health, discuss the particular issues facing Sub-Saharan Africa. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
29 May 2020 | The role of the state during and after COVID-19 | 00:34:17 | |
Philosopher Philippe Van Parijs discusses the state's stake in its citizens' health and the expansion of the role of the state during and after the coronavirus pandemic. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
02 Jun 2020 | Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection | 00:26:27 | |
The Lancet Voice chats with Holger Schünemann and Derek Chu, authors of new research on physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection, to find out the best approach to these vital virus control methods. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet | |||
11 Jun 2020 | Cytokine storms explained | 00:23:38 | |
What are cytokine storms, and how do they affect patients? Our editors speak with immunologist Scott Canna and rheumatologist Rachel Tattersall to help understand this condition. Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet |