Are We Ready for Another Pandemic?

Art of Discussing

In this episode, we discuss with our returning guest, Dr. Lawrence Basso, what challenges we encountered in this pandemic and what we can learn and change for a future pandemic. Join us and our guest as we discuss if we are ready for the next pandemic.
Dr. Lawrence Basso Bio:
Lawrence V. Basso MD is a native of San Francisco. Following graduation from Medical School at UCSF, he trained at the University of Washington in Seattle in Internal Medicine and thereafter he returned to San Francisco for a fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism. After two years in the US Army he returned to accept a position in Endocrinology at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Palo Alto. He also was able to work part time at Stanford University with responsibility for organizing and teaching Medical Residents. It was there that he developed a love of teaching. At the same time, he became certified in the specialty of Nuclear Medicine and later in his career was also an attending physician in Nuclear Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He also was the chief of Nuclear Medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. In the last 15 years he has taught at Stanford, Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, UC Extension in Belmont in Human Physiology, Human Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Developmental Biology. He has published over 30 papers and is a co-author on a Textbook on Immunoassay. In recent years he extended his teaching to the lay public. He enjoys taking very complex topics like Genetics or Immunology and making them understandable to the non-medical public.
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Research/Resources Notes:
Ready for the Next Pandemic (Spoiler Alert: It’s Coming) by Jan Dyer. Published in Infection Control Today website March 1, 2021 and available on https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/ready-for-the-next-pandemic-spoiler-alert-it-s-coming-

Public Health Systems Still Aren’t Ready for the Next Pandemic by Michael Ollove and Christine Vestal. Published in The Pew Charitable Trusts website January 27, 2021 and available on https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/01/27/public-health-systems-still-arent-ready-for-the-next-pandemic

First Person: Prepare for the next pandemic, says WHO scientist by WHO Health. Published in United Nations website March 20, 2021 and available on https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1087732

A key to the next pandemic: An early-warning system by Alvin Powell. Published in The Harvard Gazette May 19, 2021 and available on https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/michael-mina-shares-insight-on-how-to-prevent-another-pandemic/

Are we ready for the next pandemic? Because It’s Coming by Matt Erskine. Published in The Balti

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