David Fajgenbaum (on repurposing medicine)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Published
- November 26, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 33m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Discusses David Fajgenbaum (Chasing My Cure, Every Cure) is an immunology researcher, professor, and author. D…
Summary
David Fajgenbaum (Chasing My Cure, Every Cure) is an immunology researcher, professor, and author. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being recruited to play football at an assortment of Ivy League schools before ending up at Georgetown, the promise he made to his mother to pursue medicine before she passed away, and starting a foundation in his m…
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David Fajgenbaum (Chasing My Cure, Every Cure) is an immunology researcher, professor, and author. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being recruited to play football at an assortment of Ivy League schools before ending up at Georgetown, the promise he made to his mother to pursue medicine before she passed away, and starting a foundation in his mom’s honor to help college students with grief. David and Dax talk about the sudden onset of symptoms that meant his liver and kidneys were shu