Clinical features of patients isolated for suspected Ebola virus disease
Amol Gill and Matthew Dawkins discuss Ebola via a fake interview with a fictional expert, Max Lord.
Career Advice for Health Sciences Students
Mar 19, 2016 — The Health Sciences Students Association of the University of Ottawa invited Dr Deonandan to say a few words about career planning. Here is the raw audio of that presentation.
How to Teach Health Sciences – Interview with Kahina Abdesselam and Sam Ileka-Priouzeau
Feb 7, 2016 — Sometime last year I sat down with two of my favourite young Epidemiologists, Kahina Abdesselam and Samuel Ileka-Priouzeau, to talk about a variety of issues around Epidemiology and health sciences education. The audio quality is poor,
Epidemiology Graduate Work – Interview with Priscilla Karnabi and Rami El-Sayegh
On Jan 24, 2016, I met up with some former students who are now pursuing graduate work in Vancouver. Priscilla Karnabi and Rami El-Sayegh sat down with me at a very loud coffee shop to tell me about their work and their thoughts about the future of Epi...
Career Planning for Global Health Students
Nov 8, 2015 — My presentation at the Global Health Students and Young Professional Summit in Montreal. I served on the career panel. I didn’t have any slides, but I think the audio is sufficient!
The IJHS Podcast
Oct 13, 2015 – The inaugural podcast of the IJHS journal, which I founded and presently advise, features myself and Stephen Kutcher discussing the present Canadian federal election through the lens of health scientists.
Breastfeeding, Homeopathy, and Astrology — part 2 of my interview with Patrick Saunders-Hastings
July 2, 2015 — Chatting once more with public health expert Patrick Saunders-Hastings. This time we go over three studies that have been in the news lately, everything from whether breastfeeding makes smarter babies to whether your horoscope can predi...
California Makes Vaccination Mandatory — Part 1 of my interview with Patrick Saunders-Hastings
July 2, 2015 — A few days ago, the state of California signed into law bill SB-277, which makes it mandatory for children attending public school to be vaccinated against certain diseases. To talk about this event,
Globalization and the Indian Middle Class
June 2, 2015 – Greetings from Ahmedabad, India, where I am one of the instructors at the Indian Institute of Technology (Gandhinagar) Summer Institute on Global Health & Development. As part of our program,
The Uncanny Return of the Race Concept
May 5, 2015 — This is the first of 7 guest podcasts produced by the graduate students of the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences. In today’s episode, Lynne Jrade, Andréanne Chaumont, Jennifer Kathleen Cano,