Episode 210: Microbe Monitoring: New Frontiers in Pathogen Surveillance

The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

Jonathan and Vindana Chibabhai, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, discuss novel tools for pathogen surveillance, and the future of microbiology.

Timestamps:

(00:00)-Introduction

(03:20)-Podcast host to podcast host

(04:50)-Vindana’s journey into microbiology

(06:48)-Antibiotic resistance

(10:38)-Antibiotic use and food consumption

(12:31)-What can we do about antibiotic resistance?

(14:34)-Pathogen surveillance

(16:58)-HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

(20:36)-Accepting HIV treatment

(22:22)-Vindana’s current PhD work

(24:10)-Microbe Mail podcast

(26:56)-International infectious diseases

(31:31)-Preventing the spread of diseases globally

(34:45)-Future of microbiology research

(36:58)-Three wishes for the future of healthcare