3.68 A Career in Academic Medicine & Challenges of 2021 with Former Harvard Dean, Dr. Jeffrey Flier

Plenary Session

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

Health, Medicine, Policy, Oncology, Science & Medicine

4.7 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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On today's episode, we interview Dr. Jeffrey Flier, an esteemed endocrinologist and physician researcher who was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University for nine years (2007-2016). We talk about his career in academic medicine as well as the challenges of 2021. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

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0:00.0	Welcome to plenary session.
0:07.0	I'm Dr. Vinay Prasad. I'm an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
0:13.0	My interests are medicine, hematology, oncology, and health policy, and that's what you're going to get on this podcast.
0:23.7	This week, we got a great episode in store for you.
0:26.4	We've got an interview, and I think you're going to really like this.
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0:59.4	And with that, let's start the show.
1:06.6	I'm back in plenary session, joined by Dr. Jeffrey Flyer. Jeff Flyer is a former dean of Harvard Medical School, and he is someone who I've had the good
1:16.1	fortune to chat with quite a bit over the last year and a half.
1:19.4	Dr. Flyer, it's a pleasure to have you here on the podcast.
1:22.6	Thanks for doing this.
1:24.0	My pleasure to join you.
1:26.2	So I wanted to, I don't know, there's so many things I wanted to talk to you about,
1:29.8	and particularly your time as the dean of Harvard Medical School and also about the culture
1:35.6	of science in the moment.
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