Videos

In the second episode of Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Media Day, Cassandra Oehler, MD, provides insights on HIV care at AHN's Positive Health Clinic (PHC), including the comprehensive services they offer and how they are involved in clinical trials using long-acting injectables.

Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS, continues her conversation about a study she was involved in that compared ceftolozane-tazobactam and ceftazidime-avibactam. She discusses the usage of inverse probability weighting with propensity scores to balance patient groups and limit bias.

As virus season begins, Leilani Valdes, MD, MBA, FCAP, highlights the lab’s role in early detection and the importance of informed, respectful dialogue on vaccines.

Robert Bransfield, MD, discusses how microbes may influence violent behavior and global instability through biological and environmental pathways.

Jose Alexander, MD, offers insights on these antimicrobial combinations when treating against this bacterium.

Pathologist Leilani Valdes, MD, MBA, FCAP, explains the role of PCR testing, early surveillance, and vaccine education in protecting community health.

Sharon Nachman, MD, breaks down the latest on Stratus and Nimbus variants and what families should consider as schools resume.

Emily Olsen, PhD, offers some insights on this underdiagnosed infection, including describing antimicrobial studies, particularly in biofilm and intracellular environments. Her findings look to create a standardized approach for treating all forms of the different presentations of bartonellosis.

Athena Hobbs, PharmD, BCIDP, looked at this issue through the lens of treating urinary tract infections.

Pediatric infectious disease expert Sharon Nachman, MD, explains how to identify symptoms, assess travel risk, and prevent mosquito-borne illness in kids.

Results from a recent study comparing ceftolozane-tazobactam and ceftazidime-avibactam for difficult-to-treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections found no statistically significant difference in resistance emergence but a surprising numerical trend favoring ceftazidime-avibactam. Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS, continues her conversation about this topic.

Sara Keely Schultz, MD, offers some insights on the Temple infectious disease fellowship and what sets the program apart from others.

In part 2 of the conversation, David Relman, MD, discusses the importance of the research and medical communities in shaping future work in this area as well as the potential severe consequences of Mirror Life in a worse case scenario.

David Relman, MD, discusses the theoretical issues of "mirror life," how the scientific community could potentially research natural chirality synthetic life, and how mirror molecules may be a way to extract beneficial research from the concept.

Heather Clauss, MD, explains why Temple hires many of its fellows into full-time positions, why it is important for young providers to seek out mentors, and some strategies in learning how to navigate careers early-on.

Epidemiologist Anders Peter Hviid leads research reassuring vaccine safety across autoimmune, allergic, and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Aaron Mishkin, MD, discusses the prolific transplantation department at Temple University and how the infectious disease team, including the fellows, supports these lifesaving procedures.

Raven Boone, DO, discusses her experience in the Temple University fellowship program and what she is exposed to in terms of cases and learning opportunities.

How infectious diseases may fuel global instability in a conversation with psychiatrist Robert C. Bransfield, MD.

In the second part of her interview, Temple’s Stephanie Spivack, MD, talks about how she works with different specialties at the hospital to help this marginalized population receive the care they need.

In the second part of an interview with Andrea Prinzi, PhD, MPH, SM(ASCP), she talks about how the March of Dimes played such a significant role against the disease, how the polio oral vaccine is a singular lesson that can be applied to medical science as a whole, and the understanding of the need to adapt to changing circumstances.

Andrea Prinzi, PhD, MPH, SM(ASCP), provides insights on how polio cases rose despite sanitation and hygiene improving as well as Jonas Salk’s and Albert Sabin's approaches to their vaccines' development.

Stephanie Spivack, MD, talks about the diverse educational experiences afforded to fellows during their time at Temple University as well as the devoted clinical care that serves the local community.

César de la Fuente, PhD, provides insights on the promising work of his lab as they accelerate the speed of finding new antimicrobial molecules.

At ASM Microbe 2025, Pelumi Oladipo discusses E marmotae’s reduced motility, misidentification as E coli, and the diagnostic tools closing the gap.

Rafik Samuel, MD, chief of the Section of Infectious Disease at Temple University Hospital and professor of medicine at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, talks about its history and the uniqueness of its fellowship program.

Presented at ASM Microbe, Pelumi Oladipo's study identifies the first North American human case of E marmotae infection and introduces methods to improve species-level diagnosis.

Shaun Yang, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, MLS(ASCP) talks about how his team developed a test to identify fungi, and how they utilize it to diagnose, make treatment adjustments, and rule out hospital acquired infections.

Jason Haukoos, MD, on how the DETECT Hep C trial leverages 24/7 emergency care to reach vulnerable patients.

Margie Lee, DVM, MS, PhD, wants young researchers and providers to know that despite the current environment, this is not the first time science has had to deal with a challenges to research and funding.