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PODCAST | Anthony Fauci: Science Helps Us... Prepare for Pandemics

Adejare Atanda

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden’s former Chief Medical Advisor sat down with host and AAAS STPF fellow Dr. Adejare (Jay) Atanda to discuss pandemic preparedness and response. Dr. Fauci also discusses the duality of his former role as a public facing physician-scientist, lessons from his service responding to COVID-19, and how scientists can leverage the power of the media for good. In the process, we learn about the risks from new and emerging technology… and how we can be better prepared for the next pandemic.

This is the first in a 4-part podcast series called "Science Helps Us" that showcases ways that science helps shape our modern world.

Guest

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Physician-Scientist;
Former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases;
Former Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden;
https://anthonyfaucimd.com/

Host & Producer

Adejare (Jay) Atanda, DMD, DrPH, MPH, Clinician-Scientist & Epidemiologist;
2022-23 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Homeland Security;
Twitter: @jr_tnd; https://drjay.xyz/

Executive Producer

Reshmina William, Ph.D., Civil Engineer;
2022-23 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy;
2021-22 Judicial Branch Fellow;
Twitter: @ReshminaWilliam

Image: Karolina Grabowska, Pexels

Disclaimer

This blog does not necessarily reflect the views of AAAS, its Council, Board of Directors, officers, or members. AAAS is not responsible for the accuracy of this material. AAAS has made this material available as a public service, but this does not constitute endorsement by the association.

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Authors

Adejare Atanda

Atanda, Adejare: Fellowship 2022-2023 Atanda, Adejare: Fellowship 2023-2024

Adejare (Jay) Atanda is a program officer at Ending Pandemics (formerly Skoll Global Threats Fund) where he is leading work in south Africa and south-east Asia to expand epidemic intelligence by building event-based surveillance dashboards that use locally relevant, “multi-sectoral data feeds” at the human, animal and environmental interface for early detection of signals of potential disease outbreaks; and building a web-based, one-stop shop for global influenza-like illness data called Global Flu View designed to be an exemplar of utilization of data collected via participatory surveillance to show global flu trends over time.

Previously, he led the biosurveillance program at the Maryland Department of Health – a disease early warning system launched post-9/11 in response to Amerithrax, supported the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Initiative at NIH to help identify small U.S. businesses developing innovative technologies to rapidly scale up COVID-19 testing, and has over a decade of experience supporting the work of the WHO, national public health institutes, and think tanks.