Chadi is joined by Priya Sampathkumar (@PSampathkumarMD), MD, infectious disease specialist and hospital epidemiologist, Mayo Clinic, to detail the COVID vaccine effort over the past 12 months and how the currently approved ones came to be safe and effective in such a short period of time. She then compares each vaccine in relation to their clinical trials a ... Show More
Jul 28
Episode 289 - Treating Leukemias: Past and Present With Hagop Kantarjian
In this special episode, Chadi sits down with one of the most influential figures in modern leukemia research and care: Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD, Professor and Samsung Distinguished Leukemia Chair in Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Kantarj ... Show More
44m 20s
Jul 21
Episode 288 - Leadership Lessons: From Bunker Hill to the Boardroom
Chadi sits down with Andy Moye—author of From Bunker Hill to the Boardroom—to explore the battle-tested leadership principles that shaped his journey from military service to executive leadership in biotechnology, life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and artificial intelligence. ... Show More
53m 22s
Jul 14
Episode 287 - RAS in Pancreatic Cancer: The RASolute 302 Study
Chadi is joined by renowned gastrointestinal oncologists, Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, of Mayo Clinic, and Shubham Pant, MD, MBBS, of MD Anderson Cancer Center, to discuss the groundbreaking findings from the RASolute 302 trial, recently published in The New England Journal of Medi ... Show More
38m 58s
Feb 2021
Coronavirus Vaccine Q&A: Variants, Side Effects, And More
Can people who are vaccinated still carry and transmit the coronavirus to other people? How effective are the vaccines against coronavirus variants? And what's the deal with side effects? In this episode, an excerpt of Maddie's appearance on another NPR podcast, It's Been a Minut ... Show More
16m 3s
Dec 2020
COVID-19 Chapter 13: Vaccines, Take 2
<p>We’re back with another episode in our Anatomy of a Pandemic series on COVID-19. This time, our subject matter is the one everyone has been waiting for: vaccines. In this episode, with the help of two amazing guests, we attempt to answer all of your burning questions about the ... Show More
1h 19m
Nov 2021
COVID Quickly, Episode 18: Vaccines for Kids and the Limits of Natural Immunity
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.
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7m 48s