The SHEA Podcast

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator, Dr. Waleed Javaid, has a discussion with Katherine Burdge, President-elect of the Florida Association of School Nurses and full-time registered nurse for the Hillsborough County School District in Tampa, Florida, and Dr. Shanna Kowalsky, Assistant P...

Overview: In this special podcast episode, our moderator, Dr. Waleed Javaid has a discussion with Dr. Dorry Segev of Johns Hopkins University about booster vaccinations for immunocompromised individuals. They talk about the evidence behind the recommendation, how effective the booster will be for these individuals, and how to talk with patients about it. Note: Given this is a special episode of th...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. In addition, our moderator, Dr. David Banach, speaks with Roza Tammer, Infection Control Epidemiologist at Oregon Health Authority, about the ways healthcare epidemiologists in settings like university hospitals interact with their state public health epidemiologi...

Overview: Communicating with minorities and underrepresented groups is a challenge for healthcare workers and the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a lot of communication disparity. In the final episode of this podcast series, our moderator, Dr. Jennifer Hanrahan, talks with Marielee Santiago, Pastor Duncan Gerard, and Sheikh Nuru Mohammed about how healthcare workers can better communicate with mino...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator, Dr. Waleed Javaid, discusses COVID-19 and travel safety with Dr. Carlos Del Rio, who, on top of his roles at Emory University, currently serves as an infectious diseases advisor to both Delta Airlines and Royal Caribbean Cruises. They cover topics a...

Overview: In a world dominated by computers, cell phones, and social media, how do healthcare professionals utilize these tools to share important medical information and news? In the second episode of SHEA's Communication in the Age of Fake News podcast series, our moderator, Dr. Waleed Javaid, talks with social media expert Krista Neher and Dr. Jennifer Spicer about how and why to use social med...

Overview: In this episode our moderator, Dr. David Weber, asks Dr. Marci Drees, Dr. Trini Mathew, and Dr. Sharon Wright questions surrounding the July 13th multi-society statement about COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment. Questions focus on how the societies developed this statement, why it was important to create this statement now, legal & human resources considerations, and more. Not...

Overview: Communicating with stakeholders is important during a public health crisis but evolving scientific knowledge can make it difficult to gain the trust of the public. In the first episode of SHEA's new Communication in the Age of Fake News podcast series, our moderator, Dr. Jennifer Hanrahan, talks with Eileen Korey about how to build and maintain trust with patients and the public, communi...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator, Dr. Kryssie Woods, talks with Dr. Marion Kainer of Western Health about Australia's effort to get and keep COVID-19 under control, even with the emerging delta variant. They discuss lessons learned from previous waves, how colleagues globally can wo...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator, Dr. Cindy Prins, has a conversation with Dr. Sanjeev Singh about COVID-19 in India. They discuss challenges faced, lessons learned, best practices, and more. Speakers: - Sanjeev Singh, PhD, MPhil, DCH, MBBS - Cindy Prins, PhD, MPH, CIC, CPH (moderat...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator, Dr. Josh Schaffzin sits down with Dr. Andi Shane to discuss COVID-19 in children & potential long-term implications, the pediatric vaccination & ideas on how to address hesitancy and ensure vaccine access for all children. Speakers: - Andi Shane, MD...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator, Dr. David Banach, also has a powerful conversation with our speakers, Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable & Dr. Antonie Auguste, on how COVID is revealing the long-existing problem of racial and ethnic healthcare disparities in the US, challenges faced as a res...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator and speaker also have a discussion around Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), who is impacted, biggest challenges around these patients, and how to address current knowledge gaps. Speakers: - Avindra Nath, MD - Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc (moderat...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator also has a powerful discussion with three brilliant women who work in healthcare epidemiology about the impact of COVID-19 on women in healthcare, what women can do to empower themselves and each other, and takeaways such as finding peer mentorship p...

Overview: In this episode, our moderator has a conversation with the chair and vice-chair of the SHEA Conference Planning Committee about SHEA Spring 2021, including how COVID impacted planning and programming, highlights from the event (both COVID and non COVID sessions), key takeaways, and more. Speakers: - Tom Sandora, MD, MPH - Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc - Waleed Javaid, MD (moderator) We will...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our speaker also discusses how COVID-19 has impacted antimicrobial resistance and ways we can learn from it moving forward. Speakers: - David van Duin, MD, PhD - Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc (Moderator & news update) Sources from news update: https://www.nejm.org/do...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator also has an insightful and impactful conversation about how to better recognize healthcare epidemiologists and promote infection prevention as we navigate through this pandemic and beyond. Speakers: - Julie Trivedi, MD - Krystina Woods, MD (moderator...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator also has a discussion with Dr. Christopher Graber and Dr. Kerri Thom on the impact of COVID-19 on trainees and medical students, lessons learned, and best practices moving forward. Speakers: - Christopher Graber, MD, MPH - Kerri Thom, MD, MS - Jessic...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Dr. Chris Crnich also has a discussion with our speaker on long-term care, with a specific focus on the current state with vaccination rollout and what LTC may look like in the future. Speakers: - Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MBBS - Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD (moderat...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Dr. Jennifer Hanrahan also has a discussion with our speaker on COVID-19 in South Africa, including an emphasis on the variants, how it's impacted South Africa, and what we can expect from it. Speakers: - Wolfgang Preiser - Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc (moderator) -...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator also has a discussion around the UK "Kent" variant, with Dr. Sharon Peacock, Director of the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium. In particular, they discuss transmissibility, clinical illness, deadliness, and how Americans should handle this variant. Sp...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator also has a discussion with Dr. Tara Palmore and Dr. David Henderson around isolation precautions and vaccination considerations for immunocompromised patients and healthcare personnel. Speakers: - Tara Palmore, MD - David Henderson, MD - Jessica Howa...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. It also features a discussion around one of the country's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive-thru clinic events, best practices, lessons learned, and considerations for doing your own drive-thru campaign. Speakers: - Richard Zane, MD - Cindy Prins, PhD, MPH, CIC,...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. It also focuses on the vaccine, including discussion around side effects that could also be signs of COVID contraction, administering the second dose after getting COVID, and thoughts on if individuals who've previously had COVID need the second dose. Speakers: -...

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. It also includes a discussion about the SARS-CoV-2 mutations & variants. Speakers: - Adam Lauring, MD, PhD - Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc (moderator) - Cindy Prins, PhD, MPH, CIC, CPH (news update) Sources from news update: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM...