Harlan M. Krumholz
Harlan Krumholz is the co-host of Health & Veritas. He talks with Howard Forman about the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise.
The Scientist-Entrepreneur
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz react to President Joe Biden’s declaration that the pandemic is over. Then they’re joined by Jonathan Rothberg, a Yale-trained scientist who has created new methods for sequencing DNA and founded a series of successful biotech companies.
Is COVID Over? It's Complicated.
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz discuss the confusion over COVID therapeutics, even among professionals. Then they’re joined by Dr. Jeremy Faust, a researcher, emergency physician, and public voice on COVID and other issues—as well as an active choral conductor. They discuss his unusual path, the state of the pandemic, and the importance of understanding “excess mortality.”
The View from the Emergency Department
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Harlan Krumholz outlines his new study tracking excess mortality over the course of the pandemic in the highly vaccinated state of Massachusetts; Howard Forman discusses how the Inflation Reduction Act will tackle drug prices. They’re joined by Dr. Esther Choo to talk about life as a doctor on social media and the crisis facing emergency departments.
Beating the Outbreaks
In this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz provide a sense of proportion while discussing a grim trio of diseases: monkeypox, polio, and COVID-19.
Should You Stop Washing?
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Dr. James Hamblin, a journalist and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. They discuss his approach to communicating about public health, his prescient February 2020 article on COVID-19, and why he’s quit taking showers.
The Social Entrepreneur's Guide to Making Change
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Teresa Chahine, the Sheila and Ron ’92 B.A. Marcelo Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at Yale SOM. They discuss how social entrepreneurs use an interdisciplinary, iterative, community-centric approach to innovation to create self-sustaining solutions to problems in public health and other areas.
Scoring the Ethics of Pharma Companies
In this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz discuss Harlan’s large new study tracking the trajectory of patient safety in hospitals, and consider how individuals should respond to the latest COVID-19 variants. And they’re joined by Jennifer Miller, a Yale bioethicist and the director of the Good Pharma Scorecard, which evaluates the performance of pharmaceutical companies on measures like the transparency of clinical trials and the accessibility of medicines.
Rethinking Research
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz discuss a concerning new COVID-19 variant, the discovery casting doubt on a major fish-oil study, and the need for new models of funding research.
Can We Bring Family Healthcare to the Home?
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Harlan Krumholz reviews the latest COVID-19 research, and Howard Forman reflects on the vast ramifications of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. They’re joined by Dr. Rebekah Gee, an ob-gyn and the CEO of Nest Health, which aims to deliver care to vulnerable children and their parents at home. She also describes her experience as a pro-choice physician serving as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
An Inspiring Nonlinear Path to Impact
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Yale epidemiologist and MacArthur ‘genius’ Gregg Gonsalves to discuss his non-traditional route to improving responses to global public health challenges.
