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Transmission · Sep 26, 2023 · 30 min

S1E2: Solving the riddle

Meet the members of the Outbreak Research Team. Follow in the footsteps of the most talented scientists as they travel the world to get a grasp on global health challenges, or toil away in hi-tech labs to solve the complex riddles that come with new infectious diseases. (c) The news broadcasts at the beginning of this episode were taken from VRT-Beeldarchief. The audio interview with Isabel Brosius was broadcast in "Laat" on 19 May 2022. For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast. This episode features: Laurens Liesenborghs, infectious disease specialist, Head of the Unit of Clinical Emerging Infectious Diseases, ITM Antwerp Katharina (Kathy) Kreppel, epidemiologist, Head of the Unit of Emerging Infectious Diseases, ITM Antwerp Johan van Griensven, neglected tropical diseases expert, Head of Department of Clinical Sciences , ITM Antwerp Charlotte Gryseels, medical anthropologist, senior researcher in Unit of Socio-Ecological Health Research, ITM Antwerp Isabel Brosius, infectious disease specialist, Unit of Tropical Diseases, ITM Antwerp Jean-Jacques Muyembe, virologist and microbiologist, Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), DRC Alexandre Delamou, medical doctor and public health expert, Director of Centre d'Excellence d'Afrique, Guinea Follow ITM and our work on: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn To learn more about outbreaks and outbreak research, go to www.itg.be/outbreaks. Strategy & Creation: Onlyhumans Creation & Production: Sonhouse

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Meet the members of the Outbreak Research Team. Follow in the footsteps of the most talented scientists as they travel the world to get a grasp on global health challenges, or toil away in hi-tech labs to solve the complex riddles that come with new infectious diseases. 

(c) The news broadcasts at the beginning of this episode were taken from VRT-Beeldarchief. The audio interview with Isabel Brosius was broadcast in "Laat" on 19 May 2022.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

  • Laurens Liesenborghs, infectious disease specialist, Head of the Unit of Clinical Emerging Infectious Diseases, ITM Antwerp
  • Katharina (Kathy) Kreppel, epidemiologist, Head of the Unit of Emerging Infectious Diseases, ITM Antwerp
  • Johan van Griensven, neglected tropical diseases expert, Head of Department of Clinical Sciences , ITM Antwerp
  • Charlotte Gryseels, medical anthropologist, senior researcher in Unit of Socio-Ecological Health Research, ITM Antwerp
  • Isabel Brosius, infectious disease specialist, Unit of Tropical Diseases, ITM Antwerp
  • Jean-Jacques Muyembe, virologist and microbiologist, Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), DRC
  • Alexandre Delamou, medical doctor and public health expert, Director of Centre d'Excellence d'Afrique, Guinea

Follow ITM and our work on:

To learn more about outbreaks and outbreak research,  go to www.itg.be/outbreaks.

Strategy & Creation: Onlyhumans

Creation & Production: Sonhouse 

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