JAMA Health Forum Conversations

Centering Corporate Activity in the Population Health Research Agenda

Commercial determinants of health drive chronic disease through corporate influence on science, regulation, and public narratives. JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, speaks with Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, of University of California, San Francisco, about health equity, industry approaches, and policy solutions. Related Content: * Centering Corporate Activity in the Population Health Research Agenda [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.1007?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Policy Approaches to Securing an Adequate Nursing Workforce for Years to Come

There can be no health care system without an adequate supply of well-educated nurses. Linda H. Aiken, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the distinction between a supply problem and a deployment and retention problem and their direct policy implications. Related Content: * Policy Approaches to Ensuring an Adequate Nursing Workforce in Coming Decades [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.0154?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Aging America: Policy, Workforce, and the Future of Long-Term Care

The US's aging population is reshaping health policy, care models, and workforce demands. This episode examines the structural challenges and urgent innovations required for long-term care as JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Harvard's David Grabowski, PhD, a leading expert in aging policy. Related Content: * The Implications of Population Aging for Health Policy and Health Services Research [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.0153?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Science Bearing Witness in a Post-Dobbs World

The 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision had consequences for access to abortion in the US, resulting in near-total abortion bans in effect in more than a dozen states. Diana Foster, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco, joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the impact of the Dobbs decision and role of science in documenting reproductive health in the coming years. Related Content: * Science Bearing Witness in the Post-Dobbs Era [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.0152?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

The Year We Lost Medicaid

Heidi Allen, MSW, PhD, from Columbia University discusses policy shifts that may reshape healthcare for millions in the US with JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief and "The Year We Lost Medicaid" author Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH. Related Content: * The Year We Lost Medicaid [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.6476?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]