In this episode, we follow the journey of Hannah, a young Ghanaian researcher whose relationship with mathematics completely transformed once she discovered where the equations finally led. From early confusion in abstract university courses to…
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Faith, Science and Safe Medicines
đź“Ś Host: Paul Adepoju 👤 Guest: Prof. Moji Adeyeye – Director-General of NAFDAC (Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control) In this episode of Paul Talks Science, I sit down with Prof….
Building Cancer Systems That Work
When Professor Richard Sullivan talks about cancer, he doesn’t begin with miracle drugs or new machines. He starts with systems — the people, politics and policies that decide whether any of those advances will actually…
Resistance, Regulation, and Reformulation: Malaria’s Next Scientific Chapter
In this episode of Paul Talks Science, Paul Adepoju sits down with Adam Aspinall, Senior Director of Access & Product Management at Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). They discuss the science and strategy behind a…
HIV Treatment and the Realities of Growing Older
As people living with HIV live longer, a new challenge emerges: how do we adapt treatment for an ageing population? In this episode of Paul Talks Science, Paul Adepoju speaks with Dr Loice Achieng Ombajo…
How Economics Drives Safer Chemistry
In this special episode of Paul Talks Science—the first in a series recorded during my visit to the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell—I sit down with TURI Director Baskut…
Oxitec’s Mosquitoes and the Promise of Malaria Control
In this episode, Paul spotlights Oxitec — the biotech company behind one of the most ambitious malaria control projects on the African continent. CEO Grey Frandsen joins Paul Talks Science to break down how Oxitec’s…
Battle of the mosquitoes
What if the future of malaria control involves releasing more mosquitoes — not fewer? In this special feature episode, science journalist Paul Adepoju takes you deep into the high-stakes fight against a new urban malaria threat: Anopheles stephensi….
What we know, thanks to genomics, about Mpox
Mpox is surging again across parts of Africa — and this time, it seems like the world is paying even less attention. In this episode, I sit down with Ifeanyi Omah, a Wellcome Trust Doctoral Researcher…
The Politics of a Scan: Making Imaging a Global Priority
In this episode of Paul Talks Science, I spoke with Prof. Hedvig Hricak, lead commissioner of The Lancet Oncology Commission on Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, to discuss a historic win for global health: the…