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It’s a Lung Story is a podcast about aging with cystic fibrosis, hosted by Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, and Lauren Harvey, and produced by Andrea Gavin Becker. As medical advances allow more people with CF to live longer, the show explores what growing old with cystic fibrosis really looks like—the…
What happens when the heart becomes part of the cystic fibrosis story?In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker welcome cardiologists Evan Manning, MD and Mark Harvey, MD to discuss the connection between cystic fibrosis and cardiovascular health. CF care has historically centered…
Welcome to the first episode of “Salty Stories”, our new recurring series featuring three voices from the cystic fibrosis community. Each episode explores a different theme. The only rule? CF has to be part of the story.We’re kicking things off with “First Dates”, naturally.
What if the future you spent your entire life preparing not to have suddenly became possible?In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker welcome journalist, war correspondent, and author Will Cathcart, who lives with cystic fibrosis, to discuss his debut novel, This Is How People…
In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Andrea Gavin Becker, and Lauren Harvey explore one of the most talked-about emerging therapies in cystic fibrosis care: bacteriophage therapy.They’re joined by Steffanie Strathdee, PhD, infectious disease epidemiologist, co-founder of UC San Diego’s Center for Innovative Phage…
In this episode, we talk with Karen von Berg, a physical therapist at Johns Hopkins who’s spent her career helping people with cystic fibrosis navigate movement, function, and the realities of living in their bodies over time. We go beyond what most people might expect from physical therapy, diving into posture…
In this episode, we talk with science journalist Bijal Trivedi, author of “Breath from Salt,” the definitive and surprisingly human account of how families, scientists, and clinicians helped transform cystic fibrosis (CF) from a fatal childhood disease into one of the greatest success stories in modern medicine…
Most people with cystic fibrosis (CF) know their lungs better than anyone. But what happens when living longer means needing care that reaches beyond the lungs? In this episode, our very own Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH—co-founder of the CFRI Patrick Nash Fellows Program—joins Carolyn Nash to share the story behind the…
Pain is one of the most common experiences in cystic fibrosis—and also one of the most under-discussed. In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, and Andrea Gavin Becker are joined by Elisabeth (Liz) Dellon, MD, MPH, a pulmonologist and palliative care physician who helped lead the CF Foundation’s pain management…
In the season finale of “It’s a Lung Story”, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker return to the studio for a deeply honest conversation about caregiving in cystic fibrosis—what it demands, what it gives back, and what often goes unseen. They’re joined by two caregivers: Pam Richards, mother to…
For many couples in the cystic fibrosis community, building a family means facing infertility—and deciding how to move forward when biology makes things harder, yet again. In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey and Andrea Gavin Becker dive in with Darcy Esiason—CF spouse, mom of two, therapist, and…
Most people with CF know their lungs better than anyone. But the liver? It’s rarely front and center. In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey and Andrea Gavin Becker talk all things liver with Jay Freeman, MD, a hepatologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a leader in the GI and liver complications…
In Part 2 of "CF Parenting Stories: 3 Voices, 3 Perspectives", Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Andrea Gavin Becker, and Lauren Harvey sit down with returning guests Abi, Mike, and Morgan to discuss how parenting when you have cystic fibrosis evolves across stages of life. They talk about managing decline, building support, and…
As more people with cystic fibrosis have the chance to become parents (because for the first time, many are living long enough to consider it), Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker are asking what that looks like. In "CF Parenting Stories: 3 Voices, 3 Perspectives" (Part 1), we talk with three…
People with CF are used to waiting for the other shoe to drop—but a cancer diagnosis? That one still lands with a thud. In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker, sit down with Steve Freedman. MD, PhD, and Chelsea Lau, MD to talk about something that’s been in medical literature for…
In the second part of "CF Transplant Stories: 3 Women’s Voices", the conversation shifts to a more open, deconstructed rhythm with collective reflection. Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey and Andrea Gavin Becker continue their talks with Tara, Beth, and Caleigh about what it takes to get listed, find a center that…
You asked for an episode on lung transplants—so we made two . In the first half of "CF Transplant Stories: 3 Women’s Voices", Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker talk with three women from the cystic fibrosis (CF) community—Tara, Beth and Caleigh—about what it means to make the choice to…
This month, Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker discuss something often overlooked in cystic fibrosis (CF) care: hearing loss. We are joined by Angie Garinis, PhD: an audiologist, researcher, and expert in hearing and balance disorders—especially when caused by medications like aminoglycoside…
In Part 2 of "Salty and Sexy", Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker go further into how growing old with cystic fibrosis intersects with reproductive and sexual health. Raksha Jain, MD, and Traci Kazmerski, MD, MS, are back to talk about the realities of perimenopause and menopause in…
Sexual and reproductive health isn’t always talked about in CF clinic—but we think it should be part of normal clinic discourse. In episode three of It’s a Lung Story, Ahmet Uluer, MD, MS, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker are joined by two incredible guests; pulmonologists Raksha Jain, MD and Traci Kazmerski…
In this episode of It’s a Lung Story, Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker dive into the complex relationship between mental health and cystic fibrosis. Anna Georgiopoulos, MD, a psychiatrist at Mass General Brigham and an expert in CF mental health, joins the team to explore how medical…
Managing cystic fibrosis is tough—but adding cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) to the mix? That’s next level. Not everyone with CF develops CFRD so why does it happen? And what are the emotional and mental tolls of a second diagnosis? Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker ask the questions…
Welcome to the launch trailer for It's a Lung Story! In this podcast, Dr. Ahmet Uluer, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker explore the realities of aging with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the era of modulators and medical advancements. Through expert interviews, personal narratives, and compelling storytelling, we get…
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