Episodes
Message from the laboratories at Imperial College London: Hand hygiene and bacteria .
Published 03/15/16
What are the advantages of taking part in clinical trials?
Published 08/05/15
Imperial is recruiting healthy volunteers to take part in the first trials of two new Ebola vaccines. (Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 3 June 2015)
Published 06/03/15
A discovery that could lead to a new cancer therapy and a look ahead to our big event on 9-10 May. (Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 22 April 2015)
Published 04/22/15
News: A skin-eating fungal disease brought from Asia by the pet trade poses a threat to European amphibians. (Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 12 November 2014)
Published 11/11/14
A short animation film about Influenza, commissioned by the MOSAIC consortium. Designed and Produced by Steve Appleby and Peter Bishop, with scientific input from Professor Peter Openshaw and Dr Calum Semple.
Published 07/09/14
Researchers have found evidence that a large gap exists between the number of recorded TB cases and the true underlying incidence. The study published in Lancet Global Health, shows that TB in children is a major public health problem.
Published 07/09/14
This video clip shows how the flu virus can spread through a community using an interactive display of dominoes set up over a city-scape. It also shows how vaccines (immunisations) can protect individuals, their family, friends and contacts
Published 06/17/14
Professor Peter Openshaw looks at the challenges these viruses create and how we could lessen the impact of future pandemics.
Published 05/19/14
Medical student Thomas Webb has designed a drug that could defeat the most resistant bacteria – but he needs donations to put it to the test. (Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 15 January 2014)
Published 01/15/14
Professor Sheena McCormack (Medicine) discusses the trials and tribulations of HIV prevention in her inaugural lecture.
Published 10/30/13
Professor Alison Holmes and Esmita Charani describe how their research has highlighted the cultural norms that affect doctors' decisions to prescribe antibiotics.
Published 05/24/13
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains how a WHO-led project analysing the 2009 pandemic will help us plan for future flu outbreaks. (Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 27 February 2013)
Published 02/26/13
Professor Sunil Shaunak explains how controlling excessive immune responses could reduce deaths from bacterial infections.
Published 09/12/12
A new study by Professor Nick Grassly evaluates the impact of new vaccines on efforts to eradicate polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Extract 2 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 11 July 2012)
Published 07/10/12
Professor Nick Grassly discusses how we can make poliovirus vaccines more effective in the developing world in his inaugural lecture.
Published 07/10/12
Professor Beate Kampmann talks about her experiences researching childhood immunity in Africa in her inaugural lecture.
Published 06/26/12
Professor Simon Gregson, Professor in Demography and Behavioural Science, School of Public Health, Imperial College London. Part of the Department of Primary Care and Public Health Seminar Programme. 14th March 2012.
Published 03/20/12
Controversial research into transmissible strains of H5N1 influenza should not be censored, argues the Professor of Virology. (Extract 4 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 29 February 2012)
Published 02/28/12
An Imperial study has found that doxycycline prevents lung destruction caused by tuberculosis bacteria. (Extract 1 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 29 February 2012)
Published 02/28/12
Eighty years after the discovery of penicillin, gene sequencing has revealed new secrets about the mould that kickstarted the antimicrobial revolution.
Published 11/17/11
Professor Kathryn Maitland talks about her experiences on the front lines of emergency child care in Kenya and how unexpected results like these may affect not just clinical care in Africa, but could impact the West too.
Published 11/14/11
Your Life On Mars: Professor Alan Fenwick on the Imperial initiative delivering millions of treatments for tropical parasites in Africa and what he would take on a trip to the Red Planet.
Published 11/01/11
Recent news from the College, including a genetic cause of extreme thinness and new research to help fight drug-resistant fungal infections.
Published 09/19/11
The unique, population-based Manicaland study tracks the Zimbabwean HIV epidemic over 19 years. Professor Simon Gregson delivers his inaugural lecture. Recorded at Imperial College London on 08 Jun 2011
Published 06/27/11