The Open Forum Infectious Diseases Podcast
1) A dehumanizing experience with COVID-19 infection and hospitalization – An interview with Chris Stolarski
In episode 38 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, interviews Chris Stolarski, associate director of university communication at Marquette University, about his frightening experien...Show More
2) Debating the top animal-related infections – An interview with Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo
In episode 37 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, and Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at...Show More
3) An economist’s take on risk, COVID-19, and infectious diseases – An interview with Dr. Emily Oster
In episode 36 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, interviews Emily Oster, PhD, professor of economics at Brown University and author of several books assessing risk during pregnanc...Show More
4) A Sociologist’s Methodology for Pandemic Predictions and Public Health Messaging – An interview with Dr. Zeynep Tufekci
In episode 35 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, is joined by Zeynep Tufekci, PhD, sociologist and associate professor at the University of North Carolina, to discuss the logic be...Show More
5) Debating the Role of Vitamin D in COVID-19 – An interview with Dr. David Meltzer
In episode 34 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks with David Meltzer, MD, PhD, professor and chief of hospital medicine at the University of Chicago, about his research link...Show More
Debating the Role of Vitamin D in COVID-19 – An interview with Dr. David Meltzer
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6) Calling for an Evidence-Based Approach to COVID-19 – An interview with Dr. Vinay Prasad
In episode 33 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks with Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, author and associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, abou...Show More
7) An ID Doctor’s Confrontation with His Own Case of COVID-19 - An interview with Dr. Michael Saag
In episode 32 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, invites University of Alabama Jim Straley Chair in AIDS Research Michael Saag, MD, to walk through his harrowing experience with C...Show More
8) Debating the Top ID Internet Resources with Dr. Monica Mahoney
In a pre-pandemic OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, takes on Monica Mahoney, PharmD, clinical pharmacy coordinator of infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in a p...Show More
9) How to Conduct a Clinical Trial During a Pandemic - An interview with Dr. David Boulware
In episode 30 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks with David Boulware, MD, MPH, about the large, double-blind, internet-based trial he and his team conducted (https://www.ne...Show More
10) COVID-19’s Siege on Elmhurst Hospital in New York City – An interview with Dr. Eric Bressman
In episode 29 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks candidly with Eric Bressman, MD, chief medical resident at Mt. Sinai Hospital, about confronting the onslaught of COVID-19 ...Show More