What are we learning from COVID-19 and how can we prepare for a future pandemic?As global coronavirus cases rise and we experience a second wave, there is an increasing need to address biopreparedness and response for hospitals. Join us on this

Eradicating a Disease | Sarah Ives, Jacob Glanville, Julia Peng, Nazli Senyuva

Nov 9th, 2020 36m 40s

In our last panel from Nextopic: Future of Pandemics, we will be learning about the various efforts it takes to eradicate a disease. Why are vaccines important and when can we realistically expect one? Is there such a thing as disinfecting too

Surface Transmission & Infection Prevention of COVID-19 | Julia Peng

Oct 29th, 2020 17m 42s

These days we are all anxious about contracting COVID-19 from any surface we touch. Some of us even use hand sanitizer after every single thing we touch, so in this chaos how will we reach some semblance of normality? Find out the answer biotec

The Hunt for COVID-19 Therapeutic Antibodies | Jacob Glanville

Oct 21st, 2020 28m 22s

It’s been almost a year since we’ve been introduced to COVID-19 and since that day we’ve all been asking ourselves the same thing: When and how does this pandemic end? One possible solution is the discovery of therapeutic antibodies for the nov

The Quest to Create a Universal Flu Vaccine | Sarah Ives

Oct 15th, 2020 17m 48s

Is it possible to create a universal vaccine?⁠ If yes, this will change the lives of thousands if not millions of people. Find out the answer from immune engineer extraordinaire Sarah Ives, the Director of Contract Research for Distributed Bio.

Containing a Pandemic | Jennifer Radin, Khudejah Ali, Adnan Hussain, Nazli Senyuva

Oct 8th, 2020 40m 38s

Join us on this sub-session from Nextopic: Future of Pandemics, where digital epidemiologist Dr. Jennifer Radin, fake news researcher Dr. Khudejah Ali, and emergency medicine doctor Dr. Adnan Hussain come together in a panel moderated by health

COVID-19 Experiences From the Frontlines | Adnan Hussain

Oct 2nd, 2020 19m 36s

Have you ever wondered how frontline healthcare workers are navigating the COVID-19 outbreak? ⁠⁠“So the first case of COVID-19 was identified on January 21st in the US. I work in the Amita system which is a health system in the Chicagoland area

The War on Fake News During a Pandemic | Khudejah Ali

Sep 24th, 2020 16m 1s

During the pandemic, we’ve all seen false stories on social media about how drinking alcohol can protect you against COVID-19 or how 5G mobile networks cause the spread of the virus. While these fake news have been disproven by numerous public

Real-Time Viral Illness Detection Via Wearables | Jennifer Radin

Sep 16th, 2020 9m 54s

Have you ever wondered how COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases are tracked in our communities? In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Radin, an epidemiologist at the Scripps Research Translational Institute's digital medicine division, explains the

Analyzing an Epidemic | Steven Taylor, Nükhet Varlık, Mauro Guillén, Phil Lelyveld

Sep 10th, 2020 40m 5s

In the pièce de résistance of our first sub-session from Nextopic: Future of Pandemics, 'Analyzing an Epidemic', sociologist and political economist Dr. Mauro Guillén, historian of early modern medicine Dr. Nükhet Varlık, and clinical psycholo

Pandemic Impacts: Short and Long Term | Mauro Guillén

Aug 1st, 2020 13m 25s

Sociologist and political economist, Dr. Mauro Guillén joins us for a talk on the sociological and business impacts of the pandemic. Will people want to live in cities in the future?How does globalization affect manufacturing during a crisis?

Why the History of Past Pandemics Matters Now | Nükhet Varlık

Jul 23rd, 2020 15m 38s

Historian of early modern medicine, Dr. Nükhet Varlık takes us on a trip through past pandemics, shedding light on the Black Death of 1346, the Spanish Flu of 1918, and the dynamic relationship between societies and epidemic diseases. How did o

The Psychology of Pandemics | Steven Taylor

Jul 15th, 2020 15m 27s

Clinical psychologist and author of ‘The Psychology of Pandemics’, Dr. Steven Taylor explores the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak through modern and historical lenses. Does the hoarding of toilet paper seem odd to you? Are you cur

COVID-19: A Microcosm of American Healthcare | Peter Kolchinsky

Jun 18th, 2020 39m 3s

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has severely stressed the healthcare system both in the US and abroad. America has been enacting new policies and applying short-term solutions during this time in order to get through the pandemic. Will we treat th