Infectious Conversations: Getting a Grip on How to #SquashSuperbugs

About Infectious Conversations: Getting a Grip on How to #SquashSuperbugs

As we continue to encourage urgency and action on the problem of antimicrobial resistance, the Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease (PFID) is convening discussions among health care professionals, policy experts and others to help underscore the threat AMR poses as “the next pandemic,” the need to address it now, and how we can build on lessons learned throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and other experiences.

Publisher

Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Feb 2022

Latest episode

7 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Jul 2025

   Episode 8: Addressing Vaccine Misinformation with Dr. Michael Miller

   Dr. Michael Miller explores the roots of vaccine misinformation and offers strategies for productive conversations, interviewed by Candace DeMatteis, to improve public health.

2. 

   17 Oct 2024

   Episode 7: Dr. Eli Cahan on "the Climate Change of Medicine"

   Vice President Candace DeMatteis interviews Dr. Eli Cahan about his Rolling Stone article, exploring how antimicrobial resistance parallels climate change and threatens millions of lives.

3. 

   3 Oct 2022

   Episode 6: How Dr. Strathdee Helped Save Her Husband’s Life

   Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Steffanie Strathdee recounts using phage therapy to save her husband from a drug-resistant infection, leading to their book, in this interview with Candace.

4. 

   9 Sept 2022

   Episode 5: CARB-X & Sepsis Awareness Month

   Dr. Erin Duffy of CARB-X discusses the challenges in the antimicrobial medication pipeline and how CARB-X provides funding to companies innovating solutions for resistant bacterial infections and sepsis, emphasizing the need for market incentives during this interview.

5. 

   11 Jul 2022

   Episode 4: Sepsis Alliance

   Dr. Sandy Cayo and Tom Heymann of Sepsis Alliance discuss the connection between sepsis and antimicrobial resistance, highlighting health equity issues and strategies for prevention and treatment in this interview.

6. 

   5 Jul 2022

   Episode 3: Peggy Lillis Foundation

   Christian Lillis shares the story of the Peggy Lillis Foundation with Candace DeMatteis in an interview, discussing their work to raise awareness about Clostridioides difficile and prevent deaths from this infection.

7. 

   31 Mar 2022

   Episode 2: Healthcare’s Fire Extinguishers

   Candace interviews Michael Craig from the CDC and physician John Rex about strategies to combat antibiotic resistance, drawing parallels to fire extinguishers as essential tools in healthcare.

8. 

   25 Feb 2022

   Episode 1: The Global Burden of AMR

   Candace DeMatteis interviews Helen Boucher, Mary Dwight, and Kevin Outterson about the Lancet report on the global burden of antimicrobial resistance in 2019, highlighting the importance of addressing superbugs.

Who has been a guest on Infectious Conversations: Getting a Grip on How to #SquashSuperbugs

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Michael Miller
• Dr Eli Cahan
• Dr Steffanie Strathdee
• Dr Erin Duffy
• Dr Sandy Cayo

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 6 / 100

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Quality

13

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

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