Hema Now: Innovation, Access, and Leadership in Cellular Therapy
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
Release Date: 07/29/2026
Quickfire: Gender-Affirming Care and LGBTQIA+ Health
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
In this quickfire episode, Linda Wesp answers rapid-fire questions on gender-affirming care, HIV, culturally safe healthcare, and LGBTQIA+ health. Discover practical insights on tackling stigma, improving clinician education, and creating more inclusive healthcare environments in just a few minutes.
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Gender-Affirming Care and LGBTQIA+ Health: Providing Culturally Safe Care
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
Linda Wesp joins host Catherine Glass to discuss how clinicians can deliver culturally safe, gender-affirming healthcare across all areas of practice. From informed consent models and trauma-informed care to supporting patients who are transgender and gender-diverse, this episode explores practical approaches to improving healthcare experiences and outcomes. Timestamps: 01:03 – The historical timeline of gender-affirming care 04:49 – Gender-affirming care outside of specialist clinics 07:06 - Breaking down misconceptions of gender-affirming care 09:25 – Informed consent models 13:30...
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Intersectionality and Transgender Health: Translating Health Equity Research into Clinical Practice
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
In the final episode, Tonia Poteat discusses how healthcare systems can move beyond recognising health inequities to implement meaningful change. From community-engaged research and inclusive policy development to the future priorities for transgender health research, this episode explores practical strategies for advancing equitable healthcare. Timestamps: 01:00 – Translating Evidence Into Practice 05:30 – Policy Change and Challenging Healthcare Systems
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Intersectionality and Transgender Health: Structural Determinants, HIV, and Health Equity
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
Why do transgender communities continue to experience profound health inequities? In Part 2, Tonia Poteat examines the structural and social determinants influencing transgender health, the persistent disparities in HIV prevention and care, and the importance of addressing housing, employment, stigma, and gender affirmation alongside traditional healthcare interventions. Timestamps: 01:01 – Political Determinants of Health 04:00 – Gender and Racial Minorities – HIV 06:04 – Why Intersectionality is Important in HIV Care 08:52 – Responding to...
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Hema Now: Reimagining Multiple Myeloma Treatment
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
Sagar Lonial discusses advances in multiple myeloma treatment, the evolving role of immunotherapy and minimal residual disease, unmet needs in relapsed disease, lessons from research, and emerging technologies shaping future care. Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction 01:24 – Inspiration for Myeloma Research 03:20 – Transformative Myeloma Treatment Developments 05:03 – Translating Science into Treatment 07:41 – Future of Immunotherapy in Myeloma 09:45 – Unmet Needs After Relapse 10:53 – Lessons from...
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Intersectionality and Transgender Health: Understanding Intersectionality in Healthcare
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
Tonia Poteat joins host Catherine Glass to explore how intersectionality provides a more complete understanding of health inequities. Together, they discuss why single-axis approaches often fail, how overlapping identities shape health outcomes, and how clinicians can begin applying intersectional thinking to improve patient care and healthcare research. Timestamps: 01:00 – Intersectionality 02:26 – Why Intersectionality is Important in HIV Care 04:13 – Intersectionality and Gender-Diverse People
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Quickfire: Intersectionality and Transgender Health
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
In this rapid-fire episode, Tonia Poteat answers key questions on intersectionality, transgender health, and health equity. Discover what drives her work in LGBTQIA+ health, common misconceptions surrounding transgender healthcare, the biggest challenges facing transgender communities today, and the practical steps healthcare organisations can take to become more inclusive in just a few minutes.
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Innovation, Research, and Inclusion in Healthcare Equity and LGBTQIA+ Health: Evidence, Risk, and Policy in Transgender Health
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
In the final episode of this series, Dr Carl Streed Jr explores the evolving evidence base, risk assessment, and policy landscape in transgender healthcare. From cardiovascular outcomes and research challenges to the interpretation of emerging evidence in healthcare and sport, this episode examines how clinicians, researchers, and policymakers can translate evidence into guidance while advancing inclusive, equitable care. Timestamps: 01:00 – Cardiovascular Risk in Transgender Patients 04:29 – Sports Governing Bodies 06:05 – Methodological Challenges 07:26 – Translating Evidence into...
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Innovation, Research, and Inclusion in Healthcare Equity and LGBTQIA+ Health: Clinical Practice and Gender-Affirming Care
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
How can clinical practice evolve to deliver more inclusive gender-affirming care? In Part 2, Carl Streed Jr shares insights from his research on implementing equitable healthcare, including the impact of targeted education, barriers to care delivery, and the role of training programmes in building long-term clinical competence. A must-listen for clinicians seeking to understand the evidence, practice, and future of transgender healthcare. Timestamps: 01:08 – Providing Training on Gender Affirming Care 02:32 – Barriers to Gender Affirming Care 03:29 – Well-Rounded Gender-Affirming Care...
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Innovation, Research, and Inclusion in Healthcare Equity and LGBTQIA+ Health: Health Systems and Equity in LGBTQIA+ Healthcare
EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals
Carl Streed Jr joins host Catherine Glass to explore how healthcare systems can advance equity and inclusion for sexual and gender minority populations. From improving continuity of care and electronic health record design to addressing structural disparities and embedding equity at a systems level, this episode examines how research and implementation can transform LGBTQIA+ healthcare. Timestamps: 01:02 – Continuity of Care 02:06 – Reshaping Electronic Health Records 04:08 – Equity at a Systems Level
info_outlineIn this episode of Hema Now, Megan Melody speaks about the evolution of CAR-T cell therapy and its impact on lymphoma care. She explores the major advances that have transformed outcomes for patients with relapsed and refractory disease, the unanswered questions shaping current research, and the practical challenges of building successful cellular therapy programmes. The conversation also covers equitable access to treatment, the role of quality standards and accreditation, personalised approaches to CAR-T therapy, and the importance of physician leadership and mentorship in shaping the future of academic haematology.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
01:13 – Journey into Haematology and Lymphoma
04:19 – Major Advances in CAR-T
06:00 – Unanswered Questions After CAR-T
07:45 – Building Successful Cellular Therapy Programmes
09:06 – Improving Access to CAR-T
12:55 – Evolving Standards in Cellular Therapy
14:16 – Towards Personalised CAR-T Treatment
16:00 – Physician Leadership in Academic Medicine
17:10 – Career Advice for Future Specialists
19:02 – Future Directions in Cellular Therapy