The Lancet Voice
The Lancet Voice is a fortnightly podcast from the Lancet family of journals. Lancet editors and their guests unravel the stories behind the best global health, policy and clinical research of the day―and what it means for people around the world.
Episodes
135 episodes
Health metrics, life expectancy, and obesity in the US
The last Lancet Voice of the year delves into the latest findings from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) from our recently released US Special Issue. Ali Mokdad and Emmanuela Gakidou join Miriam Sabin and Gavin Cleaver to e...
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39:47
20mph speed limits and public health in Wales
In September 2023, Wales passed legislation making the maximum speed limit 20mph in built-up areas. How are speed limits linked to public health? How can researchers engage with governments to enact public health research? And how do you deal w...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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34:53
Reducing health inequities across NYC
What is the impact of systemic racism on public health in New York City? How can we leverage government to meet ambitious goals for improving life expectancy?Prof. Michelle Morse, the interim Health Commissioner of the Department of Hea...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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22:28
Reducing premature deaths, the limits of human longevity, and healthy cities
Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy get into the studio for another bonus episode looking at the launch of the Global Health 2050 report at the World Health Summit in Berlin, a report which shows a path to cutting premature mortality by 50% by 2050. Al...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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42:55
Poverty and health in the US
The US is the richest country in the world, but has some of the most entrenched poverty and associated poor health outcomes. Miriam Sabin (North American Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet) joins Jessamy to chat with Luke Shaefer (P...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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31:48
Self-harm
Gavin is joined by Paul Moran (Professor of Psychiatry, University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK) and Helen Christensen (Scientia Professor of Mental Health at the University of New South Wales, Sy...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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35:48
AI in publishing, the Darzi report, and population levels
Jessamy, Gavin, and Richard come together for another bonus episode of The Lancet Voice. A freeform chat covers xenotransplantation, the use of AI in scientific research, the Darzi report into the UK's National Health Service, and fall...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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1:08:19
Antimicrobial resistance - the path to sustainability
Ramanan Laxminarayan is the founder and president of the One Health Trust, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Antimicrobial Resistance in New Delhi, India, and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. He is ...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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27:10
Energy transitions, sharing vaccines, and making research accessible for non-English speakers
In something of a bonus episode, Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy sit down for an informal chat about what's going on in the news, in health, and in the world of The Lancet, covering healthcare emissions, solar power, and the challenge of g...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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38:55
Health in Africa: Mpox and the Public Health Emergency of International Concern
The mpox case surge in Africa has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO. A new clade of the virus has emerged since the 2022 outbreak which has led to a rapid increase in cases. Professor Salim Abdo...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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25:46
The UK's COVID-19 public enquiry, with Richard Horton
The first module of the UK's COVID-19 enquiry was published in July 2024. The enquiry found that the UK prepared for the wrong sort of pandemic, suffered from groupthink, and ultimately failed its citizens, more than 200,000 of whom died as a r...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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43:18
Developments in our understanding of dementia
14 modifiable risk factors account for 45% of dementia cases worldwide. Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Prof. Gill Livingston (UCL) and Prof. Geir Selbaek (University of Oslo) to discuss the 2024 updates to The Lancet Commission on dementia pre...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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35:22
Losing progress on human rights
Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director of UNDP’s HIV, Health and Development Group, to discuss the access to health and freedom of the most vulnerable people around the world. Are we maintaining progress on rights, or are we...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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30:13
Ozempic, public health, and black markets
Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Oksana Pyzik (UCL, Fight The Fakes Alliance) to discuss how Ozempic/Wegovy/semaglutide works, what becoming mainstream means for our understanding of obesity and public health, and how demand is fuelling an unreg...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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40:06
Women in global health
Anita Zaidi, President of The Gender Equality Division at the Gates Foundation, joins Gavin to discuss women in global health from visibility in data all the way through to women in leadership positions in global health. Also on the agenda is t...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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23:52
AI and LLMs in healthcare
Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Rupa Sarkar, editor-in-chief of The Lancet Digital Health, to discuss the uses of Large Language Models (LLMs) in healthcare, the safety and patient concerns, progress that’s been made, and the what the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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32:04
The hidden costs of breast cancer
What are the hidden costs of breast cancer? What advances in breast cancer treatment have been made, and how can we tackle the problematic inequities that remain? What needs to be done for patients with metastatic breast cancer? Gavin and Jessa...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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39:56
Race & Health: Intersectionality
In our final episode of this collaboration between the Race & Health podcast and The Lancet Voice, intersectionality brings three researchers together to discuss how intersectionality can serve the health community and promote heal...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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31:44
Race & Health: History of medical racism
Race and racism are based in history, and how humans thought about the physical differences. Early conceptions of these differences were focused on physical adaptations across geographies around the world. This thinking evolved over time: expla...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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40:05
Early menopause
Jessamy and Gavin are joined by Prof. Gita Mishra, life course epidemiologist at the University of Queensland, to discuss her work on understanding early menopause. How many women does early menopause affect? How can we improve gaps in care? Wh...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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26:40
Race & Health: Epistemic injustice
Whose knowledge is represented in our health research, policies, and practice? Who is heard, listened to and believed in our health system, and why? There are differences in not only whose perspectives are represented in society, but also what ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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35:21
A new vaccine in the fight against malaria
In 2022, WHO’s African Region saw 233 million cases of malaria, with 580,000 deaths. 80% of those deaths are children under 5. The phase 3 trial of the new R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine was published in The Lancet this month, and the re...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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28:00
Race & Health: Under the skin
In this episode, Delan Devakumar and guests shed light on how the social construction of race and its operators take a physiological toll of chronic exposure to racism. They discuss maternal and child health, the concept of race and biology, an...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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31:01
Michael Marmot on health and the UK election
Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, and Past President of the World Medical Association, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss the centrality of health issues to U...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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33:54
Race & Health: Eugenics in science
Eugenics is a concept closely tied to what makes us unwell, and its roots in race medicine amplifies the drivers of racial health inequities, ableism, and white supremacy. Though scientifically flawed, eugenic thinking is present throughout mod...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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39:23