Episodes

  • Why does malaria persist?
    Sep 30 2024

    Malaria is one of the earliest diseases recorded in medical literature, first described in the writings of Hippocrates, around six thousand years ago. In this episode of ONE future, Dr. Brandon Wilder discusses a new approach to malaria that, if successful, could achieve game-changing outcomes equal to curing childhood cancer year-after-year.

    Dr. Wilder is a member of the Center for Global Child Health Research—as well as Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute at OHSU in Portland, Oregon.

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    10 mins
  • What does impact look like, really?
    Jun 29 2022

    In this episode of ONE future, Dr. Diane Stadler draws a straight line from her childhood wanderlust to the grown-up challenges she's faced improving women and children's nutrition in Laos and Zambia. Spoiler alert: She succeeds.

    Dr. Stadler is a member of the Center for Global Child Health Research—specializing in nutrition and education.

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    9 mins
  • How can one farm in Oregon end two epidemics in Africa?
    Jan 20 2022

    From Ethiopia to Utrecht to the Ivy League to rural Oregon, Dr. Fikadu Tafesse's journey defines the interconnectedness of global health. In our second episode, Dr. Tafesse retraces his steps, previewing a revolution to come in the treatment and diagnostics of diseases in resource-limited settings: nanobodies.

    Dr. Tafesse is a member of the Center for Global Child Health Research—specializing in Molecular Biology.

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    12 mins
  • Where does child health begin? (Hint: Not with the child.)
    Jan 10 2022

    "I will tell you a story—a little bit about social determinants of health."

    And so, with the first episode of ONE future, Dr. Christina Lancioni sets the tone in this story that digs deep into global child health's greatest successes of the past thirty years to find a frontier for even better outcomes in the next thirty.

    It's a story of humility and perseverance. But above all it's a story that offers first-hand insights into the essential role maternal mental health plays in child survival rates.

    Dr. Lancioni is a member of the Center for Global Child Health Research—specializing in Infectious Diseases.

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    13 mins