Graham Cooke is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London and member of the WHO Essential Medicines Committee. His research has focused on HIV, TB and viral hepatitis. He is currently working on multiple large scale COVID-19 research projects. This is the second of a two-parter with Graham (here is the first part). […]
PonderMed #18 Prof Graham Cooke: Fast research and COVID-19
Professor Graham Cooke is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London. His research has focused on HIV, TB and viral hepatitis. He was chief investigator on the STOPHCV-1 trial and currently has clinical studies running in the UK and Vietnam. He has also been active in promoting access to medicines and is a […]
I wrote a blog for St.Emlyn’s… “Purposefully Practicing for COVID-19”
I wrote a blog post for the first time in ages… and managed to get it published on the St.Emlyn’s blog. Huge thanks to Prof Simon Carley for allowing me to pitch the idea. Check it out here. Robbie Ponder_Med PS I’m planning to do a podcast version of the blog in the next week or […]
PonderMed #16 Simon Fleming: Was NHS Nightingale a white elephant?
This is the second of a two-parter (part 1 here) I’ve recorded with Simon Fleming (@OrthopodReg) where we take a deep dive into his work at the recently “hibernated” London Nightingale Hospital. In this one we chat about what might have been done better. Simon is an orthopaedic registrar, #MedEd PhD, and man behind the #HammerItOut campaign (which you can […]
PonderMed #15 Simon Fleming: The Nightingale “culture”
This is the first of two pods I’ve recorded with Simon Fleming (@OrthopodReg). We take a deep dive into his work at the recently “hibernated” London Nightingale Hospital. In this first instalment we discuss his role as a faculty member/strategist at the Nightingale, and the process of building the right “culture”. Simon is an orthopaedic […]
PonderMed #14 Prof Maddy Noursadeghi: The research game in the COVID era
Professor Mahdad Noursadeghi is a clinician scientist at UCL and consultant in Infectious Diseases at UCLH. He has a huge research portfolio, including extensive work in HIV and TB immunology. He has recently put the majority of his usual work on hold in order to throw himself (and his laboratory) at the COVID 19 research effort. […]
PonderMed #13 Dr Sam Hare: A chest radiologist’s take on COVID 19
What is “Classic COVID”? CXR vs CT chest? Should we be getting more CTPAs? I chat to Dr. Sam Hare (@lungdiagnosis) about what COVID 19 looks like on imaging, along with some other interesting stuff including the crucial role of the radiographer in this pandemic. Some cool stuff he’s written: Covid 19: Is CT scanning ready to […]
