Mona Siddiqui speaks to her colleague Professor Linda Bauld. Linda holds the Bruce and John Usher Chair in Public Health in the Usher Institute, College of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.  Linda is a behavioural scientist, who also serves as Cancer Research UK’s cancer prevention champion and is currently one of the most widely respected voices in the media speaking on the Covid crisis. Here, she speaks of growing up in Canada, her work on  prevention of disease, gratitude for the support of her colleagues, and the small vase of flowers which has become the backdrop to her online appearances.