In support of @BlackInImmuno and #BlackInImmunoWeek, Jessica Elmore and Candice Limper interviewed one of the co-founders. Tune in to hear from Alexis Mobley, as she describes why and how they got started. If you are interested in learning more go here: https://www.blackinimmuno.org/ Intro/middle/Outro: Scarlett Lee Interview of Alex Mobley: Candice Limper and Jessica Elmore Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

Today, we answer these questions and more in our interview with Dr. Luis Schang, professor of chemical virology at Cornell's Baker Institute for Animal Health. His research focuses on discovering broad-spectrum antiviral drugs, and his lab has recently started to investigate the use of such antivirals to treat SARS-CoV-2.

Katherine McComas, Ph.D. and is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. Her research focuses on risk communications and is studying environment and health factors to determine why some follow risk recommendations and how individuals perceive risk. Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

In this episode, you will hear from Dr. Andrew Karolyi. He is the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management and the Deputy Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs at SC Johnson College of Business. In this interview, Dr. Karolyi describes the three different shocks (supply, demand, and financial) that we are experiencing due to this pandemic. Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

Are you interested in learning the wildlife origins of SARS-Cov2? In this episode, Dr. Scarlett Lee interviews Dr. Steve Osofsky. Dr. Osofsky is a wildlife veterinarian and directs the Cornell Wildlife Health Center. Host: Dr. Scarlett Lee.                        Guest of honor: Dr. Steve Osofsky Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

Dr. Alison Stout holds a DVM and is pursuing a Ph.D. and working in the lab of Dr. Gary Whittaker. In this episode, Dr. Stout shares 1) insights into the mechanism of how COVID-19 invades cells, 2) provides tips on how to avoid infection, and 3) has summarized potential treatments. Hosts: Candice B. Limper and Dr. Scarlett Lee.                        Guest of honor: Dr. Alison Stout  Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Interna

I am happy to announce that Dr. Scarlett Lee is committing to helping make future podcasts. In this episode, Dr. Lee is interviewing a medical doctor to get a first-hand account of what is happening in a hospital where she works.  Additionally, we have welcomed another person to this podcast Lauren Rosenthal. Lauren is a radio producer and an award-winning reporter who works at NPR and produced this entire episode! Music credit: Podinton Bear, SwingLo, Rainy:  https://tinyurl.com/tdbjxnv

Dr. Javier Jaimes is a virologist who is studying the novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2). He is trying to understand how this virus causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in humans. Dr. Jaimes works in the lab of Dr. Gary Whittaker's at Cornell University. Dr. Whittaker is a world-renown coronavirus researcher. Music credit: Blue Dot Sessions, Throughput, Holyoke, 2019, instrumental, Glen Huchkins, Blue Dot Studio.

Through a historical reenactment of the 1950s. Our hopes from this episode are to show the general public how the development of vaccines has and can protect us from getting sick from poliovirus. Contributors: Candice B. Limper (Host/Producer/Rose) | Justin T. Limper (co-host) | Jonathan Fuller (Frank) | Matt Gonzales (Jack) | Nick Segerson (co-editor) Music Credits: blue dot sessions - Via Verre the sweet hots, Free music archive: Dee Yan-Key: Jazzy, Lee_Rosevere: 06, and Quizitive

For this season, we are going to cover how vaccines depend on our immune system to keep us safe. We will dive into the history of how the polio vaccine. We will address some of the health concerns that people have against getting a vaccine and more importantly talk the anti-vaxxer movement. Finally, we will talk about the future of vaccines and interview a famous scientist to talk about their career path in studying viruses from an immunologist point of view.