Episode 53: [Recap] "Let's just make it to 2021" - Conversation with Dr Zoë Ayres about Academic Mental Health Part I

In this episode, (part II of episode 66) Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham talks with Dr Alyson Kelvin, an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University. who is currently seconded as a Scientist at VIDO-InterVac to aid in the evaluation and development of COVID-19 vaccines for Canada. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) - https://www.mondaysciencepodcast.com/get-in-touch e. info@mondaysciencepodcast.com

22 Feb 202118min

In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham talks with Dr Alyson Kelvin, an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University. who is currently seconded as a Scientist at VIDO-InterVac to aid in the evaluation and development of COVID-19 vaccines for Canada. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) - https://www.mondaysciencepodcast.com/get-in-touch e. info@mondaysciencepodcast.com

15 Feb 202137min

In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham talks about COVID19 transmission with Dr Michael Tildesley , a Reader of infectious disease modelling at the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling group (SPI-M) of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Bio. available https://www.mondaysciencepodcast.com/episode-65. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via www.mondaysciencepodcast.com e. info@mondaysciencepodcast.com

8 Feb 202146min

In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham welcomes you back to Monday Science after our January 2020 catch up month! She introduces the new episode format and interviews Sandile Mtetwa, a 3rd year PhD Research at the University of Cambridge (bio. here) as part of our Royal Society of Chemistry funded project aimed at opening up conversations about diversity in chemical sciences and engaging the public with chemistry using creative approaches. Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via www.mondaysciencepodcast.com e. info@mondaysciencepodcast.com

1 Feb 202136min

In this episode, Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham reviews the 2021 Tech Top 10 List developed by Dr. Jessica Baron. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Additional Information Advocacy, support groups and law enforcement agencies mentioned to support domestic abuse victims in America National Domestic Violence Hotline and National Network to End Domestic Violence and in the UK Refuge or Support Line . Episode summary available MondayScience.Medium.com Let us know what you thought of the episode. Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via www.mondaysciencepodcast.com e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com

31 Jan 202135min

Fight the Fakes is a campaign that aims to raise awareness about the dangers of fake medicines. The campaign gives a voice to those who have been personally impacted and shares the stories of those working to put a stop to this threat to public health. It seeks to build a global movement of organizations and individuals who will shine light on the negative impact that fake medicines have on people around the globe and to reduce the negative consequences on individuals worldwide. King's College London Fight the Fakes was founded by Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham in March 2020. King's College London Fight the Fakes is a multidisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate student-led campaign with a primary focus to raise awareness on the global issue of falsified, counterfeit and substandard anti-infective medicines particularly antimalarials and antibiotics which causes several deaths annually globally. In addition, the campaign also includes raising awareness of the rising use of falsified, counterfeit and substandard medicines in the United Kingdom. In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses the global impact of fake medicines, the Fight the Fakes Campaign, fake COVID products and the COVID19 infodemic with Miriam Holm (for further information - https://www.mondaysciencepodcast.com/episode30 ), co-leading the Secretariat for Fight the Fakes . Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Additional Information Give us feedback & you could win a prize! https://forms.gle/stkdnYhsqy2af6KN9 Fight the Fakes Week (3rd to 11th of December) http://fightthefakes.org/week/3rd-annual-fight-the-fakes-week/ King's College London Inaugural Fight the Fakes Week events https://kclfightthefakes.wixsite.com/kingsftf/kclftfweek Book https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/kings-college-london-fight-the-fakes-31680980285 Episode summary available MondayScience.Medium.com Let us know what you thought of the episode. Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via www.mondaysciencepodcast.com e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com

30 Jan 202141min

In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses funding challenges in Academia, impact on research outputs and academic mental health with Dr Tina Joshi (bio. available https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast/episode28), Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Plymouth. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Episode summary available MondayScience.Medium.com Let us know what you thought of the episode. Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via www.mondaysciencepodcast.com e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com

29 Jan 202119min

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) (18-24th of November) aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. In this episode Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham discusses antimicrobial awareness, antimicrobial resistance, microbial diagnostics and infection with Dr Tina Joshi (bio. available https://mondayscience.wixsite.com/podcast), Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Plymouth. Episode image credit: https://unsplash.com/ Additional Information Publication mentioned with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) image of Clostridium difficile spores survive on hospital gown fibres after disinfection. Biocide Resistance and Transmission of Clostridium difficile Spores Spiked onto Clinical Surfaces from an American Health Care Facility - 10.1128/AEM.01090-19 Dr Tina Joshi was involved in the "The End of Medicine" documentary due to be released in 2021 COVID mink analysis shows mutations are not dangerous — yet, Nature News King's College London Fight the Fakes - https://kclfightthefakes.wixsite.com/kingsftf Episode 2 (recap) Episode summary available MondayScience.Medium.com Let us know what you thought of the episode. Subscribe, follow, comment and get in touch! Submit your questions or send your voice note questions (up to 30 seconds) via www.mondaysciencepodcast.com e. MondayScience2020@gmail.com

28 Jan 20211h 5min