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S1E2: Solving the riddle

September 26, 2023 · 31 min

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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

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

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