Organ donation: Kidney paired donations, Donate Life Month
In this podcast, I pull out two interviews from the past couple years concerning organ donation. The first interview, from June 2016, I am joined by President and Founder of the Living Kidney Donors N...
12 Mars 201828min
Vaccine law and exemptions
In this January 2017 interview, Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of Law, Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, PhD joined me to discuss the types and issues of vaccine exemption, the role and purposes of the...
11 Mars 201833min
The Global Virome Project: Providing timely data to battle future pandemics
Outbreaks of previously unknown viral and other diseases have the potential to inflict serious and massive negative health and economic impact on the world. A new program, a really big idea, is set to...
9 Mars 20189min
Lyme disease: Olivia's story, the LivLyme Foundation and the TickTracker app
13-year old Olivia Goodreau has been living with Lyme disease for half her life. She joined me today to tell her story from the tick bite to a myriad of symptoms to visiting 51 doctors before being di...
9 Mars 201814min
Legionella Conference 2018: Approaches for successfully preventing the spread of Legionella in buildings, hospitals and other at-risk facilities
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, is hosting Legionella Conference 2018 – Managing Legionella and Other Pathogens in Building Water Systems on May 9-11, 2018, in Balti...
2 Mars 201814min
Lassa fever: An interview with Dr Judy Stone
Nigeria is currently experiencing what is described as an "unprecedented outbreak" of Lassa fever. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and partners like the World Health Organization (WHO)ar...
1 Mars 20189min
Fasciola hepatica: The sheep liver fluke
On today's podcast, we ventured back into the world of trematodes, or flukes and discussed the sheep liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. Parasitology teacher and author of the book, Parasites: Tales of Hu...
28 Feb 201811min
The Medical Laboratory profession: A discussion with Dr Rodney Rohde
According to the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS), Medical laboratory science professionals, often called medical laboratorians, are vital healthcare detectives, uncovering and...
24 Feb 201846min
