Healthy Dialogue

Derek C. Angus

Booking Overview

An expert-led health and health care interview show featuring in-depth conversations with prominent physician-scientists, biomedical researchers, and health policy leaders. Agencies could credibly pitch senior medical researchers, public health experts, clinical specialists, and leaders in health care or biomedical policy, but booking is likely difficult because the show favors highly established experts with significant academic or institutional credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 870

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 241.0k subscribers

Instagram: 228.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

support@jamanetwork.org

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Host

Derek C. Angus - Physician and senior editor at JAMA, specializing in health and health care scholarship.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior physician-scientists, biomedical researchers, public health experts, health policy leaders, and clinical specialists with established academic, research, or institutional credentials

Required Achievements:

Leadership of major research institutions or government health agencies, Senior editorial or academic appointments, Significant contributions to biomedical or clinical research

Recent Guest Discussions

Jeremy Berg - Government Funding Of Biomedical Research, Science Policy, And The Future Of Research Funding

Dimitri Christakis - Social Media Use Disorder, Social Media’s Effects On Children, And Consequences For Young People

Ilana Richman - The Increase In Early-onset Cancer, Potential Causes, Diagnosis, And Treatment

Kimmie Ng - The Increase In Early-onset Cancer, Potential Causes, Diagnosis, And Treatment

Recent Topics

Healthcare, Medicine, Public Health, Health Policy, Medical Research

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Healthy Dialogue

Food Politics, Obesity, and the "Wicked Mess" We're In

August 05, 2026

The United States has witnessed a staggering rise in obesity beginning in the early 1980s, leading to a wide array of important health consequences including heart disease, diabetes, and premature death. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, Host Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, talks with Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, Paulette Goddard Professor Emerita at New York University and influential author on food politics, for a candid conversation about how society became ensnared in the current obesity epidemic...

Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?

July 22, 2026

This episode of Healthy Dialogue explores the history and future of science funding in the US in light of recent changes, and proposed changes, from the federal government. Host Derek Angus, MD, MPH, speaks with former editor in chief of Science and a former director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the NIH, Jeremy Berg, PhD. Related Content: Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?

Social Media Use by Children – wonderful, hazardous, or something in-between?

July 01, 2026

In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek Angus, MD, MPH sits down with Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, to discuss whether social media use disorder is a real phenomenon, the mechanisms behind it, and its consequences for young people. Related Content: Social Media Use by Children—Wonderful, Hazardous, or Something in Between?

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