This episode features three renowned communicators of science who work to inform, educate and inspire the public about health issues. Microbiologist Natalia Pasternak has become one of the leading communicators of science in Brazil and internationally. As founder of Instituto Questão de Ciência, she offers advice on how others can set up science communication institutes in their countries. Imogen Foulkes reflects upon how scientists can better communicate their research to the public, given her experience as a journalist with the BBC and SWI swissinfo.ch based in Geneva. And Sonia Lowman of International Medical Corps highlights the power of film to connect audiences to global health issues and create a vision for the way forward.
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Imogen Foulkes has been the BBC’s correspondent in Geneva since 2004. As well as being the BBC Correspondent, Imogen Foulkes is host of Inside Geneva, a SWI swissinfo.ch podcast looking at global issues from international Geneva. Prior to that she worked for Swiss Radio International and for Scottish Television. She has travelled widely as part of her work and has reported on a variety of humanitarian crises and post-conflict situations, such as Bosnia, Kosovo, South Ossetia, Kyrgyzstan and Haiti. She lives in the Swiss capital Berne and is married with two children.
