Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast

What if the goal of children’s health went beyond treating illness to creating the conditions where every child can thrive? We explore what it means to invest in Whole Child Health and why healthier children require more than what happens in a doctor’s office with guest David Keller, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Clinical Strategy and Transformation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, and Chair, Pediatric Policy Council. He discusses the role of families, schools and communities, and why the way we define, measure and pay for children’s health must evolve. Together, we explore how shifting from fixing problems to creating health can build a healthier future for children and their communities.
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Featuring:
David Keller, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Clinical Strategy and Transformation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, and Chair, Pediatric Policy Council
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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What’s driving the alarming rise in suicide deaths among Black youth — and what can we do about it? In part two of our youth suicide prevention series, three experts examine findings from Pain in the Nation 2026 and explore how schools, health care systems, communities, and public policy can work together to create the conditions young people need to thrive.
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Featuring:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, President and CEO, Trust for America’s Health
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Physician, Population Health Scientist, Author, Margaret C. Ryan Dean, Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health, WashU Bursky School of Public Health
Mallory Garnett, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Nemours Children’s Health
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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What can we do to better understand and prevent suicide among young people? In part one of our two-part series, Christine Yu Moultier, MD, Chief Medical Officer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, explores what science tells us about youth suicide risk, including the protective power of belonging, the impact of loneliness and social media, emerging concerns around AI chatbots, and how adults can start a potentially lifesaving conversation.
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Featuring:
Christine Yu Moultier, MD, Chief Medical Officer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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What does it take for a child to fight cancer while holding on to the life they love? This Childhood Cancer Awareness Day, we team up with the Philadelphia Phillies to share Alivia Eder's inspiring journey alongside her oncologist, Nicholas Manini, MD, pediatric hematologist-oncologist, Nemours Children's Health. Hear Alivia share what cancer, treatment and finding her way back to everyday life have been like, then join Douglas J. Harrison, MD, MS, Division Chief of Hematology/Oncology/Transplant and Cellular Therapy, Inaugural Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Presidential Endowed Chair, Nemours Children’s Health, for a look at decades of research and emerging innovations giving children with cancer brighter futures.
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Featuring:
Alivia Eder, student and cancer survivor
Nicholas Manini, MD, pediatric hematologist-oncologist, Nemours Children's Health
Douglas J. Harrison, MD, MS, Division Chief of Hematology/Oncology/Transplant and Cellular Therapy, Inaugural Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Presidential Endowed Chair, Nemours Children’s Health
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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Trust is at the heart of health care, but misinformation and confusing health information can make it harder for people to know who and what to trust. Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, MPA, Founder & CEO, Grapevine Health, explores how plain language, trusted sources and genuine human connection can make health information more accessible and use it to help rebuild trust. 
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Featuring:
Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, MPA, Founder, Grapevine Health
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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