Georgina Ferry interviews Neil Barclay. Neil Barclay is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Pathology in the Dunn School. He arrived in Oxford as an undergraduate in 1969 to study Biochemistry, and undertook a DPhil in the same department supervised by Alan Williams. After a post-doctoral position in Sweden, he returned to Oxford to work on monoclonal antibodies ... Show More
Jan 2022
African science, African future
Professor Tom Kariuki has spent his career battling for science in Africa, both as a leading immunologist and as the former director of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa. Now, as the world comes to grips with the coronavirus pandemic and a global movem ... Show More
27m 10s
Jan 2024
Tackling tuberculosis in South Africa
In this episode of Science in Action, we find out that tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in South Africa. After visiting a clinic dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of TB, Roland Pease meets researcher Professor Grant Theron at Stellenbosch University, who exp ... Show More
29m 36s
Sep 2022
Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated | Anthony Fauci
“Be spreaders of facts and truths,” says scientist and immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Having advised seven US presidents on various disease outbreaks including COVID-19, he shares insights on the present and future of pandemics, backed up by decades of experience in public healt ... Show More
29m 10s
Jul 2023
NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on PEPFAR’s achievements and remaining challenges in HIV prevention and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jean Nachega is an associate professor of infectious diseases and microbiology and of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and a professor of medicine at Stellenbosch University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor ... Show More
6m 37s