Science communication in public health, with Neal Goldstein, Epidemiologist and author of Pandemics for Babies
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English - March 09, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBSelf-Improvement Education Business Careers public health career health health career education higher ed self-improvement school job community Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Sujani sits down with Neal Goldstein to talk about his career as an infectious disease epidemiologist and author. They discuss Neal’s career from working as an engineer to becoming a public health expert and his experience writing a book designed to explain complex scientific ideas to younger audiences.
You’ll Learn
The importance of communication skills in the public health fieldTips that Neal has for developing or practicing communication to different audiencesNeal’s experience going from working as an engineer to an infectious disease epidemiologistWhat skills he took from his previous career were useful in his current careerWhat new skills he needed to succeed in his current careerWhat the book “Pandemic for Babies” is aboutHow Neal and his co-authors came up with this book ideaNeal’s experience as an academic and researcher writing a book targeted to younger audiencesNeal’s process for distilling complex topics so they can be understood by childrenSurprises Neal discovered about communication when writing for different audiencesToday’s Guest
Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI is an Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology. With a background in biomedical informatics, he focuses on computational approaches in complex data settings, especially electronic health records and disease surveillance, to understand infectious disease transmission among vulnerable populations. This has been demonstrated through his work with blood borne pathogens (HIV and hepatitis C), COVID-19, vaccine preventable diseases, and healthcare associated infections.
Resources
Neal Goldstein's websiteYou can purchase “Pandemics for Babies” from the publisher or from AmazonYou can purchase “Germ Theory for Babies” from the publisher or from Amazon
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