Physiological Reviews Podcast

Physiological Reviews Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sadis Matalon speaks with Prof. Rebecca M. Reynolds, Prof. Sarah J. Stock, and Prof. Hilary O. D. Critchley about their editorial “ Pregnancy and the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, ” published in the July 2022 issue of Physiological Reviews. The authors also have contributed a review article on this topic, “ Pregnancy and COVID-19 ,” which was one of the most highly...

Physiological Reviews Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sadis Matalon speaks with Michael Saag, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) about his editorial “ Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles: the unprecedented speed of COVID-19 science .” Dr. Saag is Associate Dean for Global Health in the School of Medicine, Director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research and a Professor of Medicine in the Divi...

To follow up on our recently published AIP manuscript “Physiology and Pathophysiology of Human Airway Mucus” ( https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00004.2021 ), we were able to connect with senior author Dr. Richard Boucher.   In this podcast, Physiological Reviews Editorial Ken Adler and Dr. Boucher have an interesting conversation on pathogenesis and future therapies in lung and airway diseases.  Th...

Advances in our understanding of brain function, along with the development of neural interfaces that allow for the monitoring and activation of neurons, have paved the way for brain machine interfaces (BMI), which harness neural signals to reanimate the limbs via electrical activation of the muscles, or to control extra-corporeal devices, thereby bypassing the muscles and senses altogether. BMIs...

Deputy Editor Dr. Willis Samson takes a deep dive into the complex universe that control the behavior and mechanisms of eating.  He is joined by the authors of our recent published review "The Physiological Control of Eating: Signals, Neurons, and Networks" by Alan G. Watts, Scott E Kanoski, Graciela Sanchez-Watts and Wolfgang Langhans. Learn about the advances of this complicated process and the...

Dr. Sadis Matalon, editor in Chief and Dr. Sally Wenzel discuss Asthma and her PRV review Are We Meeting the Promise of Endotypes and Precision Medicine in Asthma?  

Editor in Chief, Dr. Sadis Matalon and Dr. MIchael Matthay discuss the lung research and how it moves from the bench to the beside.  Dr. Matthay has had two very well cited reviews published in Physiological Reviews: Lung Epithelial Fluid Transport and the Resolution of Pulmonary Edema Michael A. Matthay, Hans G. Folkesson, and Christine Clerici Physiological Reviews Volume 82, Issue 3 2002 Jan 07...

Editor in Chief, Dr. Sadis Matalon and corresponding author Stefano Romagnoli discuss the Covid-19 virus in Italy and beyond including which practices they have successfully taken from the bench to the bedside.

Colette Bean, Chief Publishing Officer of the American Physiological Society, discusses the past, present, and future of Physiological Reviews with Editor-in-Chief, Sadis Matalon, PhD.