Podcast: New President, treating cystic fibrosis and updating medical education

In this edition: We meet Imperial's new President and researchers transforming cystic fibrosis patients' lives and medical education. News: COVID-19 isolation and bees' response to changing climate – We learn that the first real-world study of COVID-19 infectiousness suggests many people are still able to pass on the virus after five days , and that museum specimens show bumblebees have been increasingly under stress from hotter and warmer conditions since 1925. Meet Imperial's new President – We sit down with Professor Hugh Brady , Imperial's new President, and hear about his academic career in medicine, his views on student issues, and his plans for the College. Transforming cystic fibrosis treatment – As part of a series on the people behind our world-leading research, we meet Professor Jane Davies , who leads clinical trials for drugs that have transformed the lives of cystic fibrosis patients. A community approach to medical education – We talk to Professor Sonia Kumar about her pioneering work creating a new approach to medical education that embeds students in the community from the start, via the Medical Education Innovation and Research Centre (MEdIC).

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Podcast: New President, treating cystic fibrosis and updating medical education is an episode from Imperial College Podcast by Imperial College London.

This episode is 23:43 long.

This episode was published on Aug 24, 2022.

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