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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Sonia Lowman is the Writer and Director of BLACK BOYS, a feature-length documentary illuminating the humanity of Black men and boys in America, currently streaming on NBC Peacock. Sonia’s first film, TEACH US ALL, a feature-length documentary on school segregation in the U.S., was acquired by Ava DuVernay/ARRAY (13TH & SELMA) and released on Netflix in September 2017. Sonia’s short film, WAR & GRACE, about midwives fighting for the women of conflict-ridden South Sudan, won the Grand Prix in the World Health Organization’s Health for All Film Festival. She currently serves as a Senior Communications Specialist for International Medical Corps, a global humanitarian relief organization with operations in 30+ countries affected by war and disaster.
