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
127 episodes since 2020
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...
September 12, 2024
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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...
September 06, 2024
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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...
August 22, 2024
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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...
July 31, 2024
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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...
July 22, 2024
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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...
July 11, 2024
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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...
June 13, 2024
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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 ...
May 30, 2024
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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...
May 16, 2024
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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...
May 02, 2024
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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...
April 11, 2024
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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...
April 04, 2024
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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 ...
March 14, 2024
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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...
February 29, 2024
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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...
February 08, 2024
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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...
January 25, 2024
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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...
January 11, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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39:23
2023 in health, with Richard Horton
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton joins Jessamy and Gavin to discuss his highlights (and lowlights!) of 2023, and looks forward to an important 2024 for global health.
December 14, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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52:46
Race & Health: Populism and health
How does historically divisive discourse and the political systems and institutions that grow from them reinforce inequities? Learn more about these issues with our guests Gustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Professor of Public Policy at...
December 07, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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36:38
Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: Urban green and blue spaces
What are the benefits of urban green and blue spaces for health? Ruth Hunter from Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, and Thomas Astell-Burt from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, talk to Lauren Southwell a...
November 23, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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55:08
Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: Decarbonising healthcare
Dr Forbes McGain and Dr Cristina Richie join Lancet editors Chloe Wilson and John Carson to discuss the whys, the hows, and the ethics of decarbonising global healthcare. You can see all of our Spotlight content relating to hea...
November 09, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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50:31
Race & Health: COVID-19 and racism
Host Delan Devakumar is joined by Kevin Fenton (Public Health Director for London, UK), Ayoade Alakija (Chair of the African Vaccine Delivery Alliance), and Kumanan Rasanathan (Executive Director, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research...
November 06, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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36:53
A series from the Race & Health podcast and The Lancet Voice - an introduction
Welcome to a series of podcasts produced as a collaboration between The Lancet Voice and the Race & Health podcast. The upcoming series will host a diverse array of experts, activists, and storytellers. We will take a deep dive int...
November 06, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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13:13
Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: Extreme heat and health
Dr Patricia Fabian and Professor Ollie Jay join Lancet editors Saleha Hassan and Pierre Nauleau to discuss the current and potential future impacts of climate-change induced extreme heat on health - from the mechanisms that link temper...
October 26, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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49:58
Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: How do we make change?
Action on climate change globally has been too little, too slow, or politically fragile. Professors Colin Davis and Dana Fisher join John Carson, Senior Editor at The Lancet Planetary Health, to discuss how social movements and activis...
October 12, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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52:45