{"podcast":{"title":"Advances in Care","slug":"advances-in-care-6039100","podcast_index_feed_id":6039100,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/TZu4B0z0","website_url":"https://advances-in-care.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/28227570-5d93-44b2-858d-45c721fe98dd/cd346cd3-6c1f-4dca-bfad-555d89b80e6c/3000x3000/nypreputationpodcastheroimage1400x1400042226_2.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"NewYork-Presbyterian","episode_count":65,"summary":"On Advances in Care, epidemiologist and science communicator Erin Welsh sits down with physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian hospital to discuss the details behind cutting-edge research and innovative treatments that are changing the course of medicine. From breakthroughs in genome sequencing to the backstories on life-saving cardiac procedures, the work of these doctors from Columbia & Weill Cornell Medicine is united by a collective mission to shape the future of health care and transform the lives of their patients. Erin Welsh, who also hosts This Podcast Will Kill You, gets to the heart of her guests’ most challenging and inventive medical discoveries. Advances in Care is a show for health careprofessionals and listeners who want to stay at the forefront of the latest medical innovations and research. Tune in to learn more about some of medicine’s greatest leaps forward. For more information visit nyp.org/Advances","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T18:18:15.177380+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advances-in-care-6039100"},"episode":{"title":"Improving Preterm Birth Outcomes with Virtual Cervix Technology","slug":"improving-preterm-birth-outcomes-with-virtual-cervix-technology","published_at":"2026-04-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advances-in-care-6039100/improving-preterm-birth-outcomes-with-virtual-cervix-technology","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advances-in-care-6039100","url":"https://advances-in-care.simplecast.com/episodes/improving-preterm-birth-outcomes-with-virtual-cervix-technology-GUomO2kA","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/1440337256/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/20f5dff1-c9dc-44ab-8b84-fc16c4ca51b2/cc9697ff-ec07-4499-8331-0e85c7cccb15/episodes/audio/group/de7ba530-5a73-479c-84d5-f6a2dc5f9937/group-item/9da8629d-a5dd-44e4-b2a4-2c0d6f62e72b/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=TZu4B0z0","summary":"Advances in Care host Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Mirella Mourad, maternal-fetal medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and co-director of the Preterm Birth Prevention Center at Columbia, to talk about her groundbreaking work in obstetrics and high-risk pregnancy care. Along with her collaborator Dr. Kristin Meyers from Columbia’s School of Engineering, Dr. Mourad has developed a patient-specific “digital twin” of the cervix: an innovative model designed to improve the assessment, diagnosis, and management of preterm birth. This cutting-edge technology enables clinicians to better identify patients at risk, personalize treatment strategies for successful pregnancy outcomes, and advance research in the field of maternal-fetal medicine.","meta_description":"Advances in Care host Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Mirella Mourad, maternal-fetal medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and co-director of the Preter…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1225,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/advances-in-care-6039100/episodes/improving-preterm-birth-outcomes-with-virtual-cervix-technology/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advances-in-care-6039100/improving-preterm-birth-outcomes-with-virtual-cervix-technology.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}