#440 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Are We Studying the Right Things the Right Way in Neonatology?

Send us Fan MailDr. Lily Lou joins Daphna and Rupa to reflect on this year's Silverman Lecture at PAS — the annual honorary lecture of the AAP Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine — delivered by Dr. John Ioannidis of Boston, who turned the lens of research methodology back on the research community itself. Drawing on meta-analyses of meta-analyses, he offered ten provocations about how neonatology studies its own practice: are we studying the right populations, asking about race and ethnicity appropriately, and publishing the right amount? Dr. Lou also makes a heartfelt call for trainees to prioritize these foundational lectures alongside the practical career-building sessions, arguing that understanding the history and philosophy of how neonatology does science is just as important as learning how to get published.Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: [email protected]. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!