MI4's community of experts explains in their own words how their research changes our world
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Episodes
Episode 1 - Nicole Basta
"We're really proud that we've been able to use the support from MI4 to create this resource, so anyone, anywhere can access information"
Nicole Basta,聽PhD, MPhil, and her team created the 鈥淐OVID-19 Vaccine Development and Approvals Tracker鈥�, to track the progress of vaccine candidates and monitor the latest developments with funding provided by MI4.
Episode 2 - Lara Khoury
"We have to think of alternative means of moving forward as a society"
In April 2020, Prof. Lara Khoury received a grant from MI4's Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding for her research project "Le droit en p茅riode de pand茅mie : pouvoirs et responsabilit茅 en situation d鈥檜rgence". Prof. Khoury explains how her team and her study the balance between the unprecedented steps taking by governments to deal with the COVID-19 crisis and maintaining the trust of citizens.
Episode 3 - Makeda Semret
"By strengthening the diagnostics labs, it ended up being useful to optimize antibiotics prescriptions"聽
Dr. Makeda Semret's research focuses on hospital-associated infections (HAI) in Africa and in Canada, with an emphasis on specific infection control measures that will improve quality of care and patient safety. Discover how Dr. Semret and a team of healthcare professionals and researchers from 成人VR视频 and Addis Ababa University are working to improve diagnostics labs in Ethiopia.
Episode 4 - Dao Nguyen
"... there was an untapped potential for these people to work together."
Dr. Dao Nguyen explains how MI4 inspired the creation of the 成人VR视频 Antimicrobial Centre. Learn how Dr. Nguyen's focus on the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections led to collaborations with other investigators to find new molecules and better diagnostic technologies.
Episode 5 - Don Vinh
"Science doesn't exist outside of society, society depends on science to be a society"
Dr. Donald Vinh bridges the gap between scientists and the public by discussing infectious and immunity-related topics in anglophone and francophone media outlets. In this episode of We Are MI4, learn more about Dr. Vinh's research and what inspires him to bring science and society together.
