Cale Lawlor - Podcast Details

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Public Health Careers 085: From Medical Doctor to Becoming a Public Health and Global Health Enthusiast with Dr. Cale Lawlor, MBBS, MPH, MIPHDr. Cale Lawlor, MBBS, MPH, MIPH is a Public Health Senior Medical Officer at Health Service Executive and a Community Building Coordinator at Coalition for Global Health Innovation. He initially trained as a medical doctor, but upon completion of a Double Masters of Public Health and International Public Health degrees, decided to move into a career in Public Health. He got his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at University of New England (Australia). Then got a Double Master of Public Health and Master’s Degree in International Public Health at the University of Sydney, New South Wales. He cu...

2022-01-041h 25

Rockcast 45 Biology ShowAn Interview with Dr. Johnny Walker who is an Interventional Radiologist & Nuclear Physician and Founder of Jinga Life. Followed by an interview with Cale Lawlor Public and Global Health Enthusiast, and a discussion panel about COVID-19.

2021-04-151h 25

Outbreak Fever!Climate change will have a massive impact on humanity. The changes will be many and diverse, and the health of people all around the globe stands to be greatly impacted in a number of major ways. Sources: Books - A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic. Peter Wadhams Reports - State of the Climate 2018. CSIRO and Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Journal Articles - Bambrick, H., Dear, K., Woodruff, R., Hanigan, I. & McMichael, A. (2008). The impacts of climate change on three health outcomes: temperature-related mortality and hospitalisations, salmonellosis and other bacterial gastroenteritis, and population at risk from dengue...

2019-11-0614 min

Outbreak The Glasgow EffectStanding in the affluent part of Glasgow, you can expect the people around you to live for 80 years. On the other side of town, they only live 54 years. The difference in only a few kilometres, but the factors in society and the environment around people can strongly determine their health. The determinants of health give us an insight into the differences we see around the world, and across town Sources: Books – Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design. Charles Montgomery Reports – History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality in Scotland and Glasgow. Glasgow Centre for Population Health. https://www.gcph...

2019-11-0515 min

Outbreak Siege MentalityIn 1992, the city of Sarajevo was placed under siege, in what turned out to be the longest siege in modern history. The numbers of death and injury were staggering, but as with siege conditions, there are more effects than just injury. Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Journal Articles – Andersson, N., Paredes-Solis, S., Legorreta-Soberanis, J., Cockcroft, A., & Sherr, L. (2010). Breastfeeding in a complex emergency: four linked cross-sectional studies during the Bosnian conflict. Public Health Nutrition. 2010;13 (12): p. 2097 – 2104. Barath, A. (2002). Psychological Status of Sarajevo Children after War: 1999-2000 Survey. Public Health and Peace. 2002; 43 (2): p. 213 – 220. Carballo, M., Simic, S...

2019-07-3009 min

Outbreak Black 47In 1845, potato blight hit Europe, crippling isolated Ireland. Potato crops failed and despite efforts, famine ensued. But like most famines, it isn't just a lack of food that creates a disaster. Politics has a role to play in human suffering and disease. Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites – Irish Potato Famine. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine The Blight Begins. The History Place. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/begins.htm Epidemic Diseases of the Great Famine. History Ireland. https://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/epidemic-diseases-of-the-great-famine/ Journal Articles – Kelly BD. The Grea...

2019-07-2908 min

Outbreak The Jungle BookAnimals are some of our best friends, and have been at our side for millennia. But they can also cause human infections and kick of new epidemics, and all the big pandemics in the recent years, including swine flu, MERS, HIV and Ebola have had an animal origin. Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites – Rabies. World Health Organisation. https://www.who.int/rabies/about/en/ Origins of the 2014 Ebola epidemic. World Health Organisation. https://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/one-year-report/virus-origin/en/ 2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa. Centre for Disease Control. https://ww...

2019-07-2914 min

Outbreak The Grim Reaper Goes BowlingAn eerie ad played on Australian television in the late 1980s. The Grim Reaper carelessly bowled balls of death at normal members of society, killing many with his reckless behaviour. What this advert did however was play on the widespread panic that gripped the globe as a massive global pandemic did what the Grim Reaper does Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites – Precursor to H.I.V. Was in Monkeys for Millenniums. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/health/17aids.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general Origin of HIV & AIDS. Avert. https://ww...

2019-07-2715 min

Outbreak Disease, Be Gone!Some disease, theoretically, can be eliminated, and stop causing human disease. But it takes a lot of effort of a lot of people to do this, and there are many barriers standing in the way of eradicating diseases. Some of which are not scientific. Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites – Smallpox (variola) fact sheet. NSW Health. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/smallpox-variola.aspx A brief history of vaccination. The Immunisation Advisory Centre. https://www.immune.org.nz/node/182 Salk announces polio vaccine. History.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/salk-announces-polio-vaccine Th...

2019-07-2517 min

Outbreak The Battle of the Biotics91 years ago the medical world changed forever with the discovery of penicillin. Through the hard work of many scientists, today bacterial infections are nearly trivial. But the threat of resistant bacterial is threatening to reverse 100 years of medical progress Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites – Alexander Fleming. Science History Institute. https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/alexander-fleming Howard Walter Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. Science History Institute. https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/howard-walter-florey-and-ernst-boris-chain Antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels, global study finds. University of York. https://www.york.ac.uk/news...

2019-07-1811 min

Outbreak A Train, An Envelope and a Salad BarA train and envelope walk into a salad bar... joke. That's not one of these. Guess the three things these outbreaks have in common... Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites - Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp Anthrax – including symptoms, treatment and prevention. SA Health. https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/health+topics/health+conditions+prevention+and+treatment/infectious+diseases/anthrax/anthrax+-+including+symptoms+treatment+and+prevention Aum Shinrikyo’s legacy of toxic terror. The Stra...

2019-07-1514 min

Outbreak The Angel of DeathThe Book of Revelations foretells of the Angel Wormwood falling to Earth and poisoning the rivers. Though this may be a far off event in today's world, to the people of the north of the Ukrainian Socialist Republic in April 1986, this must have seemed liked a reality. Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites - Chernobyl nuclear disaster-affected areas spring to life, 33 years on. UN News. https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/04/1037451 Air Pollution Caused Over 1.2 Million Deaths in India in 2017: Report. The Wire. https://thewire.in/health/air-pollution-caused-over-1-2-million-deaths-in-india-in-2017-report Publications - Biology...

2019-07-1416 min

Outbreak Epidemiology in the Time of CholeraIn 1854 a cholera epidemic ripped through the heart of London. One visionary scientist believed that he could analyse the outbreak and prevent further spread, in an event that marked the birth of epidemiology and went on to aid the establishment of public health and germ theory. Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Past Medical History – John Snow and the 1854 Cholera Outbreak (https://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/john-snow-and-the-1854-cholera-outbreak/) The Lancet – Cholera World Health Organisation – Cholera Fact Sheet (https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cholera) World Health Organisation – Yemen Country Profile (https://www.who.int/coun...

2019-07-1111 min

Outbreak Black HistoryTo look at today, the village of Walsham-le-Willows in Suffolk, Britain, doesn’t let on the depth of its terrifying history. The sleepy main street, with the occasional strolling local and looming church, where one struggles to find a coffee, does not convey the images of suffering and horror that once plagued this village. But this village, like most of Europe and Asia, has a very black history. And for Walsham-le-Willows, this dark time was the mid 1300s Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites - Ancient History Encyclopaedia (https://www.ancient.eu/article/782/justinians-plague-541-5...

2019-04-2214 min