Peter Doherty - An Insider's Plague Year
We welcome back the Patron and Namesake of the Doherty Institute, Laureate Professor Peter Doherty. It’s been a big week for Peter with the launch of his seventh lay book, , published by Melbourne Uni...
6 Aug 202151min
Exploring airborne COVID-19 transmission in hospital
In this episode in our series on COVID-19 the virus, variants and vaccines we are chatting with Professor Kirsty Buising, Royal Melbourne Hospital Infectious Diseases Physician and co-lead of the Anti...
23 Jul 202117min
2020 - A year like no other
This week, we published the Doherty Institute’s 2020 Impact Report, which highlights our research, clinical, public health and teaching successes throughout the year and provides insight into the expe...
16 Jul 202123min
The power of science communication during a pandemic
Sonya Pemberton is my guest. Sonya is an Emmy-award winning filmmaker - she won an Emmy Award in 2012 and has won the Eureka Award for Science Journalist a record five times.Her films include Jabbed –...
9 Jul 202128min
Diving into wastewater testing for disease surveillance
We’re going to take a deep dive into wastewater testing for COVID-19 surveillance – it’s origins, why it’s used and exactly what it can tell us.Associate Professor Bruce Thorley is our guest – he is t...
25 Jun 202117min
Melbourne Knowledge Week Pandemic proofing the future
How could Australia be better prepared to respond to future pandemics?Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the strongest and most effective in the world. And yet, there are st...
11 Jun 202153min
Checking in with Laureate Professor Peter Doherty
We check in with Laureate Professor Peter Doherty to find out how he's doing through Melbourne's lockdown, whether he made it to Dan Murphy's before it began, what he's binge watching on Netflix, his ...
4 Jun 202116min
Getting back to zero - analysing Melbourne's outbreak
We speak with Dr Katherine Gibney, infectious diseases clinician, public health physician and medical epidemiologist about the decision to extend Victoria's lockdown, the latest evidence of the transm...
3 Jun 202122min
