Healthcare Triage
Antibiotic Resistance: What Can You Do?
The impact of antibiotics on human health cannot be overstated. They are a big deal. And thanks to evolution, more and more bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Is there anything we can do? Yes. Let's talk about it.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Linear Regression - made easy
Simple linear regression models don't need to be scary. This video will take you through the basics of how to interpret linear regression results. If you are learning regression modelling or just learning statistics and quantitative...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Global Health: Immunization - 10 facts
This is a global health video blog giving you 10 facts about immunisation and the importance of vaccination. Global health (and public health) is truly multidisciplinary and leans on epidemiology, health economics, health policy,...
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Tracking Virus Spread with a Supercomputer
A Japanese supercomputer is investigating how virus particles spread through train cars and offices. Let's look at the results! Pandemic Innovations part 5/6
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The Importance of Surface Hygiene: Unseen Dangers and Effective Solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic caused people to think more about how germs spread across surfaces and how we clean those surfaces. Let's investigate which areas carry the most germs and some creative methods of sanitizing. Pandemic Changes part 3/6
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How Far Do Moisture Droplets Spread When Singing?
In this video, the speaker demonstrates the potential danger of singing and talking in spreading COVID-19. Pandemic part 6/7
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Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in Singapore
This video explains the concept of the SED curve, also known as an epidemic curve, and why it is important to flatten it. The video also mentions the impact of COVID-19 on Singapore's economy and the cautious approach being taken in...
Global Health with Greg Martin
How to create online video teaching content
In the age of COVID-19 teaching needs to be increasingly done online using video teaching content. Whether its for an MPH class teaching public health, or its a university lecture using a blended teaching methodology, there are some...
Global Health with Greg Martin
HIV - an exceptional epidemic? An interview with Prof Alan Whiteside
Is the HIV / AIDS epidemic exceptional? Should the global health response be differentiated from mainstream health interventions? Dr Greg Martin interview Prof Alan Whiteside who talks about a paper that he published in Globalization and...
NASA
How the 2015-2016 El Niño Triggered Outbreaks Across the Globe
The 2015-2016 El Niño event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new NASA study that is the first to comprehensively assess the public health impacts of the major...
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Putting Safe Distance Measures to the Sneeze Test
In this video, the host designs an experiment to test how far sneeze droplets travel and how safe the various designated safe distances really are. Hint: not as safe as you might expect! Pandemic part 5/7
Science360
Environmental Engineer - Tamar Losleben
Tamar Losleben is an environmental engineer passionate about balancing urban grown with environmental protection and preservation. She works on a number of projects where she has the opportunity to work in the office and outdoors in the...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Justice, Equality and Global Health
In this video, Dr Greg Martin talks about the idea of justice and how it applies to global health. This video is part of a series of videos that look at ethics and public health.
Catalyst University
What is Herd Immunity? Does it Relate to COVID-19?
n this video, we will discuss the basic idea of herd immunity and what it means. Then, we will discuss the basic idea of a pathogen's basic reproduction number (R0) and how to predict the number of individuals who require immunization to...
Global Health with Greg Martin
The Ebola Virus Epidemic - where to from here...
Greg Martin takes a look at the factors that could lead to the Ebola Virus Epidemic spreading out of Africa and into other parts of the world like the USA and Europe. Dr Martin highlights the fact that front line medical workers might be...
Global Health with Greg Martin
TWiGH live from the World Health Assembly!
Live from Geneva, Switzerland at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly (WHA) the TWiGH Team discusses the pressing Global Health Agenda. Joining the panel are students from the University of South California (USC)...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Writing a grant application for public health projects
In this video, Dr Greg Martin does a screen recording of himself writing a concept note for funding of a research projects. The video focusses on the "activities" (done on a gantt chart) and budget. If you're wanting to send a concept...
Global Health with Greg Martin
The New Role of the World Health Organization
On this episode, we discuss the changing role of the World Health Organization and it's goals, priorities, governance- as well as the outcomes we hope to see as the needs of the global health community evolve and grow!
60 Second Histories
Metropolitan Commission of Sewers
Part 3 of the Bazalgette series gives an overview of Bazalgette's appointment as Chief Engineer with the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers and the beginning of the great sewer project.
Global Health with Greg Martin
T-test, ANOVA and Chi Squared test made easy.
Statistics doesn't need to be difficult. Using the t-test, ANOVA or Chi Squared test as part of your statistical analysis is straight forward. You do need to understanding the underlying principles of hypothesis testing and p-values of...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Cancer - a growing problem
This video is about the burden of cancer in both developed and developing countries and what needs to be done to prevent cancer
Global Health with Greg Martin
Cohort and Case Control Studies
In this short video, Dr Greg Martin discusses Case Control and Cohort studies. He compares the strengths of each study design and describes when each of them would be a preferred research method.
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Breaking Bad Habits: Can This Device Help Stop Face Touching?
Host Joshua tries the face touch buzzer, but soon gets used to the light buzzing. He takes it to a user experience (UX) designer, in hopes that making it more annoying will also make it more effective. Let's see how it goes! Pandemic...
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Health Promotion
Health promotion is an arm of Public Health that is all about helping people make choices that translate into better health. The Ottawa Charter provides overall strategies that can be used to address the economic and environmental...