JameelCast: New podcast exploring public health research with leading scientists

A new podcast will showcase the Jameel Institute’s work and the scientists behind it.

JameelCast is a limited series podcast hosted by Dr Thom Rawson, a research associate within the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (Jameel Institute). The series will spotlight the latest frontiers of public health research work being done within the Institute.

In the first episode, released this week, Dr Thom Rawson speaks to Professor Neil Ferguson, Director of the Jameel Institute and Director of the School of Public Health. Professor Ferguson reflects on the global response to disease outbreaks over the past 30 years.

Episodes will be released on a weekly basis, each Tuesday. Other episodes feature conversations with Dr Anne Cori discussing forecasting disease spread, Tristan Naidoo on how we can use Twitter/X data to understand how populations respond to public health messages and Professor Nim Pathy on the battle to meet global tuberculosis treatment targets.

Dr Thom Rawson, said: "The Jameel Institute is a group with diverse academic backgrounds, all coming at global health challenges from a different perspective. With such diverse expertise, you also get a great range of interesting stories to tell. Speaking with non-scientists after the pandemic, I realised that people were well-versed in the language of epidemiology and global health, making it the perfect time to give people the opportunity to expand that further by listening to these scientists' stories."

Founded in 2019 by Imperial College London and Community Jameel, Jameel Institute brings together multi-disciplinary researchers from across the School of Public Health and Imperial College, utilising expertise in data analytics to help combat disease threats worldwide.

Listen to the podcast via pinecast or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.