PDR Podcast

Episodes

1. 8

   Episode 008: Doing is the Other Half of the Battle

   This week we sit down with SynthRITE team and winners of last year's BIO Competition Gayatri Sanku, Sunshine Lucky Go, and Jarjieh Fang. Building an international team and writing a proposal is a hard thing to do well, so we sat down with the team that did it best last year to find out what the...

   Jul 14, 2020

   1h 07m
2. 7

   Episode 007: Knowing is Only Half the Battle

   In this episode, we sit down with NTI's Jessica Bell to discuss the Global Health Security Index, the current coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming Bio Competition, and, of course, all things Prevent, Detect, Respond. Links: World Economic Forum Article (Intro) Global Health Security Index

   Jun 23, 2020

   52m
3. 6

   Episode 006: The Next (Greatest) Generation

   In this week's episode, we talk to historian and Augusta University professor Dr. Ruth McClelland-Nugent about connections between the current COVID-19 pandemic and the lessons we can learn from World War 2 public messaging. References: Introduction from: Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema…

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   Apr 7, 2020

   49m
4. 5

   Episode 005: COVID-19 Special Episode

   In this special episode, Taylor and co-producer Jess talk to Dr. Jonathan (Jono) Quick, author of The End of Epidemics and Professor at Duke University. Data presented in the episode was collected from Johns Hopkins University.

   Feb 14, 2020

   53m
5. 4

   Episode 004: Found in Translation

   This week we do our very first remote interview. Our guest is Ms. Ana Izar (Twitter: @a_izar) of the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs Bioweapons Convention (UNODA-BWC) about the very first Global South in Biosecurity Workshop, biosecurity and biosafety, and the importance and relevance of the...

   Sep 25, 2019

   52m
6. 3

   Episode 003: Outbreak Exhibit Breaks Out

   This episode, we sit down with Smithsonian Museum of Natural History curator Dr. Sabrina Sholts (Twitter: @SabrinaBSholts) and talk about the Outbreak Exhibit currently on display at the museum (2018-2021).

   Jun 17, 2019

   54m
7. 2

   Episode 002: Cultivating Leaders in Global Health Security

   I sit down with Dr. Julie Fischer at Georgetown University to discuss her career path and ways in which we can begin to cultivate leaders in GHSA instead of capturing them in the wild. Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/gdd/stories/india-_diarrhea_on_run.html

   May 14, 2019

   59m
8. 1

   Episode 001: Ebola, Then and Now

   A conversation with Dr. Daniel Lucey comparing and contrasting the current Ebola epidemic in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the 2014 West Africa Ebola epidemic. We touch on advances made in vaccines, diagnostics, treatments, and how the lessons learned from the...

   Mar 10, 2019

   57m