Anti-Waffle Podcast with Dr Sudax Murdan

01/22/20 • 21 min

Sudax Murdan Associate Professor of Pharmacy, carries out innovative research into how we can better and more conveniently administer vaccines and medicines. In this episode she discusses her ideas for vaccine designs that would protect new babies from the common Strep-B infection as they are born, specifically relevant in remote regions where the normal westernised medical procedure of giving antibiotics to the mother during birth, cannot happen, usually because no medical professional is present. Instead she hopes to design an effective oral vaccine that can be taken by the mother alone. We also hear about the apparently neglected field of research in fungal nail infections. Dr Murdan has laid the ground in her research to develop new methods for medicines to be administered to treat fungal nail infections, for example, through commonly used products like nail varnish, lacquers and UV gels.

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Anti-Waffle Podcast with Prof Andrew Hayward and Dr Al Story

In this episode we hear about research, past and present, of Professor Andrew Hayward and Dr Al Story, who've spent much of their careers looking into the pathways of a disease, often perceived to be a one of migration and, at least in the UK, a disease of the past. In fact, London is leading in Europe with a disease that is really one of poverty and exclusion, and much of it is home grown. Here they discuss some of their findings; the link of TB prevalence to crack cocaine use, to poverty, access and availability of services - the social determinants of TB. And they talk about the development and purpose of their Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health; a research centre based on a long history, initially focusing on infectious diseases and how we control them in socially excluded groups, then looking into the broader health needs of these excluded groups with complex needs and circumstances. Listen to hear how the evidence they're generating is allowing for NHS 'Find and Treat' services to go into hostels, day treatment centres and prisons, taking diagnostics, to where the cases are and finding treatment plans that work for the individual.

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Anti-Waffle Podcast with Dr Matthew Winning

Dr Matthew Winning Research Associate UCL Energy Institute, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. Dr Winning is an environmental economist and his research is looking at how you can apply economics to make the planet better! Listen to Dr Winning discuss his research. What impact changes will have on the planet and people. He is also a stand up comedian and he has an upcoming tour starting in London, 21-23 Feb 2020.

Matthew's main research focus is on the macroeconomic impacts of environmental policies. His research interests include climate change policy, circular economy, green growth, low carbon transitions, and macroeconomic modelling. He has published on the economics of the Paris Agreement, improved global economic modelling of the role of scrap steel in the circular economy, the role of negative emissions technologies in achieving deep decarbonisation towards 1.5oC, and the links between energy system and macroeconomic models.