Podcasts about professor sharon lewin

Podcast Episode 97Professor Sharon Lewin AO FRACP FAHMSSharon Lewin is a remarkable woman. For a start, she has been heading up two global pandemics. Simultaneously.  In 1989 Dr Lewin (as she then was), instead of seeking a medical appointment in some prestigious city hospital, chose to work in a small hospital in Kenya. It was here she became passionate about infectious diseases, specifically HIV. And it would be a path she continues to tread to this day. She's determined to find the cure.  In 2014, she was appointed Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and her research focuses on why HIV persists, and on developing clinical trials aimed at finding that cure. She's delivered more than 100 talks internationally and has published 280-plus papers. Whilst doing all that her other role in this field is as the President of the International Aids Society. A huge organisation which ‘convenes, educates and advocates for a world in which HIV no longer presents a threat to public health and individual well-being.' I believe there are about 14,000 members of the IAS.Oh, she's also been a leader and spokesperson for the Covid response since about January 2020 when her team were the 1st in the world to isolate, grow and then share the virus with other nations. Her ongoing education of others in this area has been a much wanted voice of reason with a steadying hand on the tiller. It was a privilege having a conversation with someone so focussed on helping humanity. It was an informative, down to earth and, at times, very funny chat.Head to the podcast to have a listen. The link is in my bio.Visit instagram @reallyinterestingwomen for further interviews and posts of interesting women in history. Follow the link to leave a review....and tell your friendshttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/really-interesting-women/id1526764849If you know of a potential guest or interesting woman in history, email me atreallyinterestingwomen@gmail.com

 Grace speaks with Tim Wright, Treaty Coordinator at International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), discussing the signage of the nuclear ban treaty at the recent UN General Assembly, and what happens now for Australia which has yet to sign the treaty. To understand more about the treaty and the impacts of nuclear weapons, you can head on to ICAN's website icanw.org  or via Twitter @nuclearban   Director General of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyaysus declared last fortnight that the end of COVID-19 was “in sight”, after the leading health body declared that weekly COVID deaths had been the lowest since March 2020. Jacob speaks with Professor Sharon Lewin, Director of the Doherty Institute and infectious disease expert, discussing the future of COVID-19.   Jacob speaks with independent writer and political commentator Joel Jenkins (via Twitter @boganintel) who recently wrote about striking similarities between Labor and the Liberal Party namely on new coal and gas projects and Stage 3 tax cuts in their recent article entitled ‘The Duopoly'.  You can also head to Bogan Intelligentsia for more of Joel's articles.   Grace spoke with Michelle Fahy (via Twitter @FahyMichelle), an investigative journalist on Australia's armed weapons industry and close connections with the government on militarisation in Australia, also discussing the 'blanket secrecy' and how this links with anti-corruption measures that the government wants to put in place.   Songs:So I Crossed the River by Beth King and the Hemingway CollectiveThe Life by Bea Moon and Kobie DeePayin' My Dues by Duncan GrahamTwo Face (Radio Edit) by Sincerely Grizzly 

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Neil Mitchell was joined for a second future forum by Professor Sharon Lewin, director of the Doherty Institute, and Paul Guerra, CEO of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Mitchell wants  to "cut through the spin" of Victoria's COVID-19 recovery. He held a forum on Wednesday with Professor Sharon Lewin from the Doherty Institute and Paul Guerra from the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first guest tonight is the Doherty Institute's Professor Sharon Lewin AO provides us with some very interesting insights to the COVID-19 response in Israel and Australia. She also briefs us on her research for an AIDS cure. To contact us at L'Chaim: lchaim3ZZZ@gmail.com L'Chaim Am Yisrael Chai PEACE

The Doherty modelling is the government's underpinning for a proposed easing of COVID restrictions once we reach targets of 70% and 80% of the adult population vaccinated. But the exit path has put Scott Morrison at odds with Western Australia and Queensland, states which would inevitably have to give up their present status of having little or no COVID. The model's priority is pivoting from reaching zero cases, to limiting COVID by vaccination, minimising serious illness, hospitalisation, and deaths. This week, Professor Sharon Lewin, Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity joins the podcast to explain into the much-discussed modelling and its policy implications. In the event things open up, our “first line of defence” will be the public health capacity, says Lewin. The ability to trace, test, isolate, and quarantine limits the explosion of cases and keeps the transmission potential “less than one”. Some critics have said the 70-80% target won't sufficiently protect the entire population from COVID. Lewin notes that amongst the varying models there is agreement we cannot open up on vaccine uptake alone. “You can't just open up a 70% with nothing else in place. There is no ‘Freedom Day'. You do need these additional public health measures.” In particular, while “tremendous advances have been made in capabilities[…] it's not universal across the country. In particular, First Nation communities, which have been prepared and boasted an "effective community lead response” earlier in the pandemic, will require a strengthening of their public health facilities.

Victoria is now grappling with 11 cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, with hopes the state's lockdown could still end at midnight on Thursday seeming less and less likely.Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino said the state had recorded another six cases after the midnight cut-off and health authorities were "urgently" investigating them.The state is now dealing with 51 community transmission cases linked to the Melbourne outbreak, with another nine in hotel quarantine.Merlino said the situation in the state was "incredibly serious" and it was likely the outbreak "may well get worse before it gets better".The outbreak has spread to four aged care homes — with Arcare Aged Care Home, in the west Melbourne suburb of Maidstone, now having three cases linked to it.The home was put in lockdown over the weekend after a worker, a woman aged in her 50s, tested positive to coronavirus late Saturday night.Arcare today confirmed a second team member and a resident had since tested positive to coronavirus.The resident had received one dose of the Pfizer vaccine however the second team member had not received any vaccinations.The aged care resident is displaying mild symptoms however has been taken to hospital as a precaution."Arcare is well prepared for this outbreak and our infection control practices position us well to manage this effectively," the aged care provider said.Another of today's cases is a worker at the BlueCross Western Gardens aged care home in Sunshine, the suburb next to Maidstone in Melbourne.The staff member tested positive late last night and is a close contact of the care worker who tested positive at Arcare.In a letter to staff, BlueCross' CEO said 76 per cent of residents had received their first coronavirus vaccine.And the Coppin Centre Royal Freemasons aged care home, along with the Royal Freemasons Footscray aged care home, are now both in lockdown after its staff worked in a home where a positive coronavirus case has been identified.Kerri Rivett, the chief executive of the aged care provider, said the homes had brought in "full outbreak procedures"."We have just been notified that clinical staff members at our Coppin Centre and Footscray homes have, last week, worked at another aged care provider where a staff member has now tested positive for Covid-19," she said."The potential exposure occurred during work at the other provider and all staff were wearing a mask. Within our homes, staff have also been wearing masks at all times."Fears of extended lockdown over aged care casesEarlier today, health experts admitted the mystery case found in the Arcare Aged Care Home in Maidstone was extremely "concerning" as contact tracers rush to figure out how the employee caught coronavirus.A massive health response, including a testing blitz of all staff and resident, was launched on Sunday morning after it was revealed the woman had inadvertently worked for two days while infectious.Leading infectious diseases expert Professor Sharon Lewin said the mystery case in the aged care home was "concerning" but Melburnians should take solace in the fact that she had received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine."The mystery case is certainly concerning. [Firstly], it's a mystery case, so we need to know where this person acquired Covid. And second of all — they work in an aged care home which is the most vulnerable setting for Covid," Lewin told ABC News Breakfast.Lewin said it was encouraging that contact tracers continued to link Victoria's new cases — but the aged care mystery case could mean lockdown is extended."Thousands and thousands of tests have been done, which is fantastic. And up until this one mystery case, they have all been linked which is also very reassuring," she said. "I'm very hopeful that we won't need to extend the lockdown for much longer should this sort of pattern even continue over coming days."Arcare Aged Care Home in Maidstone was also hit by a coronavirus outbr...

Leading infectious diseases expert Professor Sharon Lewin, Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, talks about challenges with treating COVID, and challenges treating HIV.  And in weekly science news, the team talk about the discovery of ancient poo found to not contain antibacterial resistance genes, unlike modern poo; and a new paper has been published about Voyager 1. With presenters Dr. Shane and Dr. Krystal.Program page: Einstein-A-Go-GoFacebook page: Einstein-A-Go-GoTwitter: Einstein-A-Go-Go

Impressive women changing the world? We're full of them and Jo Stanley and Kirsty Webeck chat to them on the shown this week.

After more than 100 days of mandatory mask wearing outside the home, Victorians can today go mask-free in uncrowded outdoor areas. Infectious diseases physician from the Doherty Institute and Melbourne University, Professor Sharon Lewin, welcomed the rule relaxation. Here are the tools she predicts will help keep the virus under control, and some we shouldn't rely on yet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You might be suffering pandemic fatigue but at least Australia doesn't have a dramatic spike in cases. Virus numbers are surging in Britain, Europe and America. Is there an end in sight ? How long before the world gets on top of the coronavirus? That’s the question for America’s top infectious disease specialist , Dr Anthony Fauci and Professor Sharon Lewin from Melbourne’s Doherty Institute.

You might be suffering pandemic fatigue but at least Australia doesn't have a dramatic spike in cases. Virus numbers are surging in Britain, Europe and America. Is there an end in sight ? How long before the world gets on top of the coronavirus? That’s the question for America’s top infectious disease specialist , Dr Anthony Fauci and Professor Sharon Lewin from Melbourne’s Doherty Institute.

You might be suffering pandemic fatigue but at least Australia doesn't have a dramatic spike in cases. Virus numbers are surging in Britain, Europe and America. Is there an end in sight ? How long before the world gets on top of the coronavirus? That’s the question for America’s top infectious disease specialist , Dr Anthony Fauci and Professor Sharon Lewin from Melbourne’s Doherty Institute.

Professor Sharon Lewin, Director of the Doherty Institute, spoke with Ross and Russel on Monday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Head of Centre, Robin Davies joins our pilot episode to talk about some of the work The Centre does. We also talk about our annual event - the Ruth Bishop Address. We leave you with the audio from the 2019 Address, presented by Professor Sharon Lewin. The audio was recorded at the venue and we apologise in advance for the low quality recording.

In the studio this week are Drs Linden, Ray, Laura and Shane who discuss what's been in the news:Evolutionary Biology island effect on Alor, Indonesia in an ANU study, use of VR in pain management; Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands MASCOT probe on Ryugu (a 900m asteroid); and Dr Laura is one of this year's Eureka Prize-winners for outstanding early career researcher.Today's first guest Professor Sharon Lewin (in the studio) from the Doherty Institute talks about her research in HIV and hepatitis, the Doherty Institute and the Institute's anniversary.Today's second guest Dr Hui-Fern Koay (in the studio) from the University of Melbourne talks about her work with T-cells in particular MAIT cells.There is a Anniversary lecture at the Doherty Institute on the 9th Sep. "Pandemics, pathogens and the environment".Remember, “Science is everywhere”, including:Facebook page: Einstein-A-Go-GoTwitter: Einstein-A-Go-Goand every Sunday at 11:00a.m AEST on RRR 102.7mHz FM.

Cal, Liam and Michael are joined in the studio by  Professor Sharon Lewin from the Doherty Institute & Living Positive Victoria's President Christabel Millar  to discuss HIV into the future in the final episode of our three part series looking at the past, present and future of HIV leading up to World AIDS Day. This show, Episode #601 originally aired Monday November 27th 2017 Grab this and other podcasts from the Well, Well, Well team on iTunes | Spotify | or your favourite podcast platform - or head to joy.org.au/wellwellwell Head to www.thorneharbour.org for more information about Thorne Harbour's LGBTI health and well-being services Thorne Harbour is social! facebook: facebook.com/thorneharbour  |  twitter: @ThorneHarbour  |  instagram: @thorneharbour  

Currently there is a lot of chatter about HIV Cure.  What role do HIV positive people play in the research for a cure?  Are there different types of Cures? Why would I want to participate in cure research? Realistically, how far away is a cure for HIV?These questions and so much more were discussed during the 2017 ASHM Conference in Canberra.In this podcast, recorded live on 7 November 2017, Professor Sharon Lewin from the Doherty Institute in Melbourne, discusses some of the challenges that researchers face in their search for an HIV cure.  Also on the discussion panel are, Cipri Martinez, President of NAPWHA, Dr Rowena Johnston, Vice President of amfAR and Dr Robert Page, a S100 GP from Sydney.  Moderating this discussion is Heath Paynter from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.To find out more about HIV Cure research head to http://hivcure.com.au/

Joining Dr Shane is Dr Lauren (US), Dr Laura, Dr Ray. First guest in the studio is Dr Michelle Hall - Research Fellow from the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Dept of Physiotherapy at The University of Melbourne. Her current research focuses on how osteoarthritis develops in young and middle-aged individuals following injury and surgery, and how exercise can ultimately improve quality of life for people living with osteoarthritis. Second guest is Professor Sharon Lewin, Director, Doherty Institute. Day of immunology approaches so Professor Sharon discusses the three biggest infections - influenza, Dengue fever and HIV. Dr Chris Hurren from Deakin University comes into the studio to explain why our denim jeans are destroying the planet. The Genioz study aims to investigate the Australian public's expectations of personal genomics. Link http://www.genioz.net.au/

Half of Australia’s positive people are over 50 years old – as long-term survivors their experience of living with HIV for 25, 30 even 35 years – means that the effects of the virus and the long-term effects of some medications, are compromising their wellbeing.   In August of 2016, 4000 of the worlds top immunologists came to Melbourne for the International Congress of Immunology.  Inside HIV was there to capture the key note address delivered by Dr Clovis Palmer from the Burnet Institute and introduced by Professor Sharon Lewin from the Doherty Institute.

By 2020 there is estimated to be some 30 000 Australians living with HIV and more than half of them will be over 50 years of age.Globally there is a real push to do further research to understand the affects of HIV and aging on the immune system.  In August of 2016, 4000 of the worlds leading immunologists assembled in Melbourne for the International Congress of Immunology.At the invitation of Professor Sharon Lewin from the Doherty Institute, inside HIV went along to capture some of the latest findings delivered during a special panel of experts.

Dr Lauren and Dr Krystal join Dr Shane in the studio, they're also joined by Dr Katherine.Professor Sharon Lewin, Melburnian of the year 2014 - on the line from Mexico discussing HIV prevention and treatment.In news, scientific tours of Fukishima - studying the uranium in the core; controversial Nobel prize winner James Watson sells his Nobel prize; prehistoric engraving dated at 500,000 years; still an alarmingly high number of infants sleeping in high SIDS risk environments; and fungus.