Conor McMeniman On Combating Zika With Mosquito Biology and Science Communication
Public Health United is the podcast all about improving science and public health communication. In our latest episode, Nina interviews Dr. Conor McMeniman (Johns Hopkins) who has made the news alot recently because he won a challenge grant from the United States Agency for International Development to tackle the Zika virus outbreak by discovering novel ways to prevent, detect and treat Zika and future infectious disease outbreaks. We discuss his grant proposal that won this prestigious award, the field work in Australia in the lab of Scott O'Neill that got him involved in mosquito research, and his thoughts on science communication and how scientists need to be involved in community engagement so that our interventions will be accepted, trusted and implemented. Please check our show page for related links at www.publichealthunited.org