Health Care Rounds · 2026-05-01 · 43 min
Health care spends trillions treating disease, but far less preventing it. The gap between what we know works and what actually gets implemented may be the most expensive problem in medicine. Dr. Barry Davis, physician, professor, and author of Preventioneers, joins host John Marchica to explore why prevention so rarely makes it from research to reality, and what it would take for health system leaders to finally close that gap. ================================================ ABOUT DR. BARRY R. DAVIS Barry R. Davis is a physician-scientist, biostatistician, and clinical trialist whose career has centered on prevention - not only as a medical strategy, but as a societal responsibility. He is Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics and Data Science at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, where he previously served as Chair of the Department and Director of the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials. He also held the Guy S. Parcel Chair in Public Health. Based in Houston and the Texas Medical Center, his work has shaped national and international approaches to cardiovascular prevention. Dr.
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